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8:45 AM ET, February 2, 2009

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Georgina Dickinson / News of the World:
14-times Olympic gold medal winner Michael Phelps caught with cannabis pipe  —  THIS is the astonishing picture which could destroy the career of the greatest competitor in Olympic history.  —  In our exclusive photo Michael Phelps, who won a record EIGHT gold medals for swimming at the Beijing games last summer, draws from a bong.
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Associated Press:
Phelps: Photo with marijuana pipe real  —  Michael Phelps won eight golds in Beijing, breaking Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven.  —  Olympic great Michael Phelps acknowledged “regrettable” behavior and “bad judgment” after a photo in a British newspaper showed him inhaling from a marijuana pipe.
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Michael Phelps: “I Am Sorry” for Drug Photos
Ulrica Wihlborg / People.com:
Lisa Loeb Is Married!  —  Lisa Loeb and Roey Hershkovitz  —  Lisa Loeb tied the knot with Roey Hershkovitz, a music supervisor for Late Night with Conan O'Brien, on Saturday, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.  —  The couple exchanged vows in a Jewish ceremony in front of 275 guests …
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Singer Lisa Loeb Weds!  —  Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb wed Roey Hershkovitz, a music supervisor for Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Saturday night, her manager, Janet Billig Rich, confirms to Usmagazine.com.  —  The couple — who became engaged in November 2008 — said …
Virginia Wheeler / The Sun:
My 2 boys will always be English  —  GUY RITCHIE yesterday vowed his sons would “always have the hearts and souls of Englishmen” after MADONNA won a court order to move them to the US.  —  The 40-year-old Brit told a close friend he was “gutted but resigned” that Rocco, eight …
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Report: Madonna Wins Custody Battle to Move Sons to New York City
TMZ.com:
Gary Collins Busted for DUI — Again  —  We've learned Gary Collins — the former Miss America host and talk show host, has been arrested yet again for DUI.  —  Law enforcement tells TMZ Collins was busted at 9:16 last night by the CHP just south of Montecito, on suspicion of DUI.
Just Jared:
Angelina Jolie - ‘Saturday Night Live’ Weekend Update  —  Saturday Night Live newcomer Abby Elliott impersonates mother-of-six Angelina Jolie during the “Weekend Update” of yesterday's episode.  Watch the video below and here's the transcription:  —  Seth Meyers: It was revealed on Thursday …
Discussion: Pittwatch.com
Steve Helling / People.com:
Kim Kardashian Skipping Super Bowl for Workout Video  —  Come Sunday, most Americans will be watching the Super Bowl, eating junk food and rooting on their favorite team.  Not Kim Kardashian: she'll be doing leg lifts and crunches.  —  “I'm flying to L.A. first thing on Sunday morning …
Douglas Wight / News of the World:
Kate plans new career as actress  —  FILMS like Citizen Cainer, The Bod-father, Wahey-lien, A-puckerlips Now, A Few Good Men, Blow . . .  . . . all versions of classics that would be perfect for Kate Moss— she wants to become an ACTRESS.  —  The ageing supermodel—famed for her past sex …
Chris Johnson / Daily Mail:
Jack Black reveals his builder's bum as he struggles to stay afloat on surfboard … Hollywood funnyman Jack Black has always been good at making people laugh.  —  And if these holiday snaps are anything to go by, it's not hard to see why.  —  The 39-year-old put on an amusing show as he struggled …
Discussion: L.A. Rag Mag
TMZ.com:
Britney Will Cancel Tour If Kiddies Can't Come  —  Britney Spears will cancel her upcoming tour if K-Fed's lawyers continue to block an agreement allowing her to take the kids on the road — informed sources tell us.  —  Here's what we know.  For weeks, Britney, K-Fed and Jamie Spears …
Wendy Straker Hauser / New York Post:
New York's Diaper Rush … O n a brisk Monday morning in January, 2-year-old twin boys Cooper and Harrison Goldberg cruise down Madison Avenue in the Mountain Buggy double-wide stroller, sleeping side by side in their matching button-downs.  As their mom, Risa, 35, waits with them at a red light …
Discussion: Gawker
Steve Helling / People.com:
Carmen Electra: ‘A Lot of Women Would Die to Look’ Like Jessica Simpson  —  Carment Electra; Jessica Simpson  —  And the outpouring of support for Jessica Simpson continues!  —  “She's a gorgeous girl,” Carmen Electra told PEOPLE Friday night at the 6th annual Leather & Laces Super Bowl Party in Tampa of her “good friend” Simpson.
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Lisa Ingrassia / People.com:
Nick Lachey Defends Jessica Simpson's Curves
TMZ.com:
Lutfi, Ghalib Claimed They Had Britney Secrets  —  TMZ has just obtained declarations from Jamie Spears and others in the latest Britney Spears case — Britney's lawyer says Sam Lutfi had inserted himself and tried peddling false and hurtful info about Jamie, Britney and others in her family.
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Access Hollywood:   Britney Spears Obtains Restraining Order Against Lutfi, Gahlib
 
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New York Post:
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Sources: WBD and the NBA settle a lawsuit and agree to let WBD develop new shows with NBA content and grant rights in parts of Northern Europe and Latin America

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