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1:45 PM ET, January 28, 2009

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Ashlee Simpson / Ashlee Simpson:
Since when did a woman's weight become newsworthy...  I am completely disgusted by the headlines concerning my sister's weight.  A week after the inauguration and with such a feeling of hope in the air for our country, I find it completely embarrassing and belittling to all women to read …
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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Ashlee Simpson: Stop Talking About Jessica's Weight  —  Ashlee Simpson-Wentz says people should leave her older sister Jessica alone.  —  “I am completely disgusted by the headlines concerning my sister's weight,” Ashlee, 24, writes on her blog after photos appeared of Jessica, 28 …
OK! Magazine:
Cover Story: Tom & Katie's Baby News  —  When Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes exited the Ivy restaurant in L.A. on Jan. 21, the smiles on their faces as they glanced at each other said it all: “We're in love!”  But when Tom gently placed his hand over his beautiful wife's belly and she clasped …
TMZ.com:
Details in Mystery Travolta Extortion Doc  —  We've now gotten to the bottom of the mystery document that was the basis for the alleged extortion plot in the John Travolta case.  —  Sources connected with the investigation tell us John Travolta told EMT workers he wanted to fly his son …
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Siobhan Morrissey / People.com:
Police Reveal Details of John Travolta Extortion Plot
Discussion: The Superficial and iVillage
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Simpsons Star Uses Bart's Voice to Promote Scientology Event  —  Ay Carumba!  —  Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson, uses her famous cartoon character's name and voice to promote a Hollywood Scientology event in Los Angeles (listen, above).  —  “This is Bart Simpson,” …
Discussion: Webster's Is My Bitch
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Simon Perry / People.com:
Prince Harry and Chelsy Davy: Behind Their Breakup  —  Chelsy Davy and Prince Harry  —  After five years of dating, what caused Prince Harry and girlfriend Chelsy Davy to finally call it quits last week?  —  Those close to the prince believe time and distance may have pulled the 24-year-old royal …
Billboard:
Kelly Clarkson Breaks Record For Hot 100 Jump  —  Kelly Clarkson will make history on this week's Billboard Hot 100, to be posted tomorrow (Jan. 29) on Billboard.com, with the largest leap to No. 1 in the chart's 50-year history.  —  Her new single, “My Life Would Suck Without You,” …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Idolator
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People.com:
PHOTOS: Kelly Clarkson in Her New Music Video
Discussion: Just Jared
Steven Zeitchik / Hollywood Reporter:
Lara Croft to return to the big screen  —  Warners, Dan Lin in early development on reboot  —  Lara Croft could soon be going on a new big-screen mission.  —  Warners Bros. and producer Dan Lin are in early development on a a reboot of “Tomb Raider,” the popular video game action franchise.
Courtney Hazlett / MSNBC:
Scoop: Alba schools Fox's O'Reilly  —  Plus: Simpson won't spin weight loss; Anderson finds trailer-park love  —  Jessica Alba is setting the record straight: Sweden was neutral during World War II.  —  Alba and Fox TV show host Bill O'Reilly traded punches last week after the presidential inauguration.
Simon Cable / Daily Mail:
The beer shampoo and strawberry toothpaste that keeps Catherine Zeta-Jones looking youthful … She might be the face of Elizabeth Arden cosmetics, but Catherine Zeta- Jones is happy to use her own homegrown beauty secrets.  —  Such as rubbing honey and salt on her skin to beat wrinkles …
Reagan Alexander / People.com:
HIMYM's Cobie Smulders Flashes Her New Engagement Ring  —  Cobie Smulders and Taran Killam  —  How I Met Your Mother star Cobie Smulders is clearly ringing in the New Year in style: with a baby due this spring and some new hardware adorning her left hand.  —  Asked by PEOPLE if it is …
Josh Rottenberg / EW.com:
Joaquin Phoenix's rap career: An elaborate hoax?  —  Two people close to Joaquin Phoenix tell EW that the actor's recent attempt to reinvent himself as a rapper is not what it appears to be.  —  Ever since the actor announced he was ditching his career in movies to try to make it as a rap artist …
The Real Story with Michael Lohan:
PLEASE HELP!!!  —  Like I said in the past, “if I see or hear of anyone or anything causing harm or is seen as a threat to my children,” I will speak about it, and do anything I can to try to intervene regardless of the repercussions on me.  —  With that said, after seeing promise …
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
It's the Economy, Girlfriend  —  The economic crisis came home to 27-year-old Megan Petrus early last year when her boyfriend of eight months, a derivatives trader for a major bank, proved to be more concerned about helping a laid-off colleague than comforting Ms. Petrus after her father had a heart attack.
Discussion: Jezebel, Gawker and Salon
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Bundchen Bumped: Gisele Doesn't Have Most Sought-After Body Anymore  —  Bundchen Bumped: Gisele Doesn't Have the Most Sought-after Body, So Who Does?  —  Gisele Bundchen's body is nothing short of bangin'.  However, the sexy supermodel didn't quite earn the top spot on the 12th Annual …
Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on ‘Desperate Housewives,’ ‘House,’ ‘Battlestar,’ ‘Lost,’ ‘Brothers & Sisters,’ ‘Scrubs,’ ‘Heroes,’ ‘Daisies,’ ‘Ugly Betty,’ and more!  —  Question: Your scoop about the lack of Cameron and Chase in the 100th episode of House really killed me.
blogs.myspace.com:
A Few Thoughts and the Inauguration Category: News and Politics  —  Jay_eh here.  I wanted to share with everyone in the ibeatyou and MySpace communities my experiences at the inauguration last week, so I put together a little video.  —  Before I get to the video, I want to clear some things up that have been bothering me lately.
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Paula Abdul Storms Out of American Idol Audition  —  Paula Abdul's wacky antics returned on Tuesday's American Idol.  —  Miffed because the other three judges didn't ask her what she thought of 19-year-old contestant Julissa Veloz, Abdul walked out of an audition in Jacksonville, Fla.
Discussion: Socialite Life
TMZ.com:
Even Shauna Can't Walk in Those Heels  —  After years of wear and tear on her body and psyche, those Hollywood Blvd. Lucite stripper heels have finally taken their toll on Shauna Sand.  —  With her Frenchie husband Romain at her side, the 37-year-old good mother of three rested her tanned …
 
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Jose Martinez / NY Daily News:
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Bossip.com:
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People.com:
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New York Post:
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MTV:
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