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2:45 AM ET, January 29, 2009

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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Why Angelina Jolie Wore Her Dress Backward  —  Blogs have been buzzing that Angelina Jolie wore her cornflower blue Max Azria gown backward at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles.  —  Well, she did.  —  Her stylist Jen Rade tells Usmagazine.com Jolie purposefully turned around the dress …
Cristina Gibson / E! Online:
Hugh Hefner Dishes on “New Love”  —  Holly Madison, Kendra Wilkinson and Bridget Marquardt may be moving on, but Hugh Hefner's not exactly missing his Girls Next Door...he's too busy with three new girlfriends.  —  “The best solution to lost love is new love,” Hef tells E! …
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,” …
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Elaine Aradillas / People.com:
Kelly Clarkson Breaks Britney Spears's Record
Discussion: iVillage
Sam / That Grape Juice:
Official: Kelly Rowland Leaves Music World  —  I have literally just received this from Music World.  Kelly Rowland has officially ended her working relationship with the company: … What I would have done to be a fly on the wall during Kelly and Mathew's convo LOL.
Discussion: CONCRETELOOP.COM and Sandra Rose
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Kelly Rowland Parts Ways With Beyonce's Manager Dad
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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.
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Jay Bird / Cele|bitchy:
Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer split again for good
Simon Rothstein / The Sun:
Amy's game of topless Scrabble … AMY WINEHOUSE scores a couple of extra points during a game of Scrabble - by throwing off her top.  —  The singer stripped down to just a tiny pair of bikini bottoms as she helped a fellow holidaymaker with her triple word scores.
Jen / Britney Spears:
EXCLUSIVE: Tour Rehearsal Pics  — “WTF im verry mad britney did not make an anouncemetn that she was addind dates” —anthony saavedra  — “SO hot!”  —karm  — “Hi Britney just want to tell you that as someone who has suffered from manic” —kelley  — “look at those arms, want to see the vegas show... hope i can!”
Candy / CandyKirby.com:
Shauna Sand: Pure Elegance on a Segway  —  Oh, stop rolling your eyes.  As if YOU've never ridden a scooter in Lucite stripper heels before.  —  No Responses to “Shauna Sand: Pure Elegance on a Segway”  —  Comment a lot?  Register here.  Already registered?  Login here.  —  Want your own gravatar?
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People.com:
Good Charlotte Rocker Is a Dad!  —  Billy Martin and wife, Linzi.  —  Good Charlotte guitarist Billy Martin and his wife Linzi, a hairstylist, have welcomed a son, the rocker tells PEOPLE exclusively.  —  Dreavyn Kingslee Martin was born on Jan. 26 in Pasadena, Calif. He is the first child for the couple.
Guardian:
Protests at Indian cinemas over Slumdog Millionaire  —  Armed guards have been deployed outside cinemas in the east of India after protests against the title of the Oscar-nominated British film Slumdog Millionaire threatened to turn violent.  —  The protesters, who have threatened …
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Telegraph:
Slumdog child stars miss out on the movie millions
Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Lara Croft Reboots Without Angelina  —  Angelina Jolie's loss may just be Megan Fox's gain.  —  Warner Bros. has confirmed plans to relaunch—and completely overhaul—the hot-pants-wearing, artifact-collecting Lara Croft: Tomb Raider franchise, with the first major casualty being Jolie.
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 …
Hollywoodtuna:
Paris Hilton's Magical Boobies Have Disappeared  —  Normally I only do Paris Hilton posts when she's showing off her magical boobies, but here she is exiting a car and as you can see she's flat as a board.  No double-sided tape.  Nothing!  So basically, now she really has no talent.  What a waste of time.
Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone:
Lynyrd Skynyrd Keyboardist Billy Powell Dead at 56  —  Billy Powell, the only keyboardist Lynyrd Skynyrd ever had, died last night at his home near Jacksonville, Florida.  He was 56.  No cause of death has been announced, and a post on the official Synyrd Website reads, “A Great Loss …
Discussion: Bitten and Bound and Gabby Babble
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 …
Silas Lesnick / MTV:
Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson Dish About Dating Advice  —  'He's Just Not That Into You' stars talk cherry tomatoes and the downside of dating in the public eye.  —  Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore and Scarlett Johansson are three of the lovely ladies in next week's …
TMZ.com:
Kristen Stewart Keeps On Truckin'  —  Apparently, Kristen Stewart is spending her “Twilight” dollars on things besides fancy new cars.  —  The 18-year-old upped her hipster cool points by keepin' it real in a dirty pickup truck.  —  Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Robert Pattinson.  —  See Also
Discussion: OH NO!!
Pete Samson / The Sun:
Macca: Divorce has been so dark  —  SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY has spoken out on his bitter divorce from HEATHER MILLS, saying: “I've been through a dark place.”  —  Macca, 66, gave his most honest account of his love-split pain and made a thinly-veiled attack on his ex-wife.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
TMZ.com:
Jake G. Kicks Ass — Ours!  —  Our photog got a kick out of Jake Gyllenhaal today outside court — as in, Jake mule-kicked him in the leg!  —  Our cameraman was waiting for Jake to return from a scheduled lunch break from jury duty, when a frustrated Gyllenhaal walked into the door after pushing instead of pulling.
 
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