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7:50 AM ET, February 3, 2009

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TMZ.com:
Bale Went Ballistic  —  WARNING: THIS AUDIO CONTAINS GRAPHIC LANGUAGE  —  You may remember that Christian Bale went nuts on the set of “Terminator Salvation,” a few months back, threatening to stop production and beat some serious ass.  —  The incident was audiotaped, and it's amazing.
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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Christian Bale F-Bombs Terminator Set; “It Was Just a Moment,” Assistant Director Says  —  Sounds like John Connor's biggest weapon is his mouth.  —  Christian Bale, ticked off at Terminator: Salvation's director of photography for interrupting what we're told was a very intense scene …
GamePro.com:
GamePro's Terminator Salvation cover story revealed  —  The March 2009 issue of GamePro is a world exclusive first look at Terminator Salvation the game.  Feast your eyes on the cover below and get a look at Terminator 4's new evil-looking T-600 model!  —  The March issue of GamePro magazine …
Discussion: Oh Yes They Did and /Film
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Britney Spears Taking Her Sons on Tour  —  It's off to the circus for Britney Spears's children.  —  The pop star took to her blog Monday to knock down a report that her upcoming two-month tour was in trouble because of a snag over whether she could travel with her two boys.
Discussion: iVillage
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Jen / Britney Spears:
EXCLUSIVE: STAGE DESIGN ANNOUNCEMENT  —  Stage design plans are in for Virgin Mobile Presents the Circus Starring Britney Spears.  And they prove that this isn't going to be like any circus, or concert, you've seen before.  —  According to tour designer Jamie King, “Britney and I are really excited to conceptualize her Circus tour.
Eunice Oh / People.com:
Halle Berry & Gabriel Aubry Want More Kids  —  From left: Halle Berry, baby Nahla and Gabriel Aubry  —  She may be their only child for now, but Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry's daughter, Nahla Ariela, will be getting a brother or sister - if the proud papa gets his way.
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Mark Spitz: “I Feel Badly for Michael Phelps”  —  The Olympian whose gold medal world record was smashed by Michael Phelps has opened up to Usmagazine.com following Phelps' controversial pot pics.  —  “As strictly a fan, I feel badly for Michael and the situation he has put himself in,” Mark Spitz tells Us exclusively.
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Ashton Kutcher Defends Michael Phelps Over Controversial Pot Pic  —  Ashton Kutcher is standing up for Michael Phelps after photos surfaced of the Olympian smoking marijuana.  —  “God forbid he hit a bong,” Kutcher Twittered about the incident on Monday.  “Go ask your 20-year-old kid what they did last weekend.
Jay Bird / Cele|bitchy:
Ali Lohan has been skipping school  —  No one in the Lohan family is known for their brains.  Or their academic commitment.  What they are known for is their incessant attention whoring.  So it should come as no surprise that young Ali Lohan has decided she prefers hanging out with older sister Lindsay …
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Why Jennifer Hudson Lip-Synched at Super Bowl  —  Turns out, Jennifer Hudson lip-synched the national anthem before Sunday night's Super Bowl.  —  The reason?  —  “This was such an important performance, because it's the first time everyone has seen Jennifer,” the show's producer …
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The Superficial:
Jennifer Hudson pwned the National Anthem
Associated Press:
Oscar nominees be warned: Surprises lay ahead  —  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Fans of this month's Academy Awards and nominees themselves are in for something new at Hollywood's biggest party, the show's overseers said Monday.  —  Sid Ganis, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences …
Discussion: Digital Spy and Fan Fare
Simon Perry / People.com:
Being Sexy Embarrasses Emma Watson  —  Though her Harry Potter costar Daniel Radcliffe has bared all in London and New York stage productions of Equus, Hermione Granger is content to remain the clean-cut belle of Hogwarts.  —  “I have no plans to do anything for the sake of it, or to shock people …
TMZ.com:
Star, Ivana & Denise Drag Themselves to Lunch  —  Believe it or not, but only one of these wigged out, pancaked and overly done ladies is actually a man.  —  The others are Star Jones, Ivana Trump and Denise Rich.  We think.  —  See Also
Discussion: Oh Yes They Did
popbytes:
JESSICA SIMPSON LEARNED HER LESSON  —  oh my gosh - this outfit is way better than the one jessica simpson took all the flack for last week - which showed off her recent weight gain in an unflattering light (everyone had to add in their two cents on that whole situation including …
Discussion: CandyKirby.com
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Ken Lee / People.com:
Traces of Drugs Found in Scott Ruffalo's Body  —  Mark (left) and Scott Ruffalo  —  Scott Ruffalo had “very slight” traces of cocaine, morphine and alcohol in his system at the time of his death, L.A. County Coroner spokesman Ed Winter confirms to PEOPLE.  —  “Ruffalo's toxicology results showed …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Nicholas White / Style Watch:
Anne Hathaway's Oscar Date - Her Dad  —  Anne Hathaway, nominated for an Academy Award for Rachel Getting Married, wants to make the Oscars a family affair.  —  “I'm taking my dad,” Hathaway, 26, said Monday at the 81st annual Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills.
Discussion: iVillage and Defamer
Donna Freydkin / USA Today:
‘Sonny’ skies ahead for Lovato plus music, movies, more  —  NEW YORK — The hottest ticket in teen town?  —  The weekly Wednesday night meatloaf dinners that Disney star Demi Lovato throws for friends and co-stars.  —  “It sounds totally dorky.  It wasn't intended to be this huge party thing,” Lovato says.
Discussion: oceanUP and Junior Celebs
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Erykah Badu Twitters Third Child's Birth  —  Erykah Badu welcomed her third child Sunday, her rep confirms to Usmagazine.com.  —  “Erykah gave birth to a baby girl at her home on February 1, 2009 at 1:30 p.m.,” the rep tells Us.  “The baby's father, [rapper] Jay Electronica, and her two children were in attendance.”
OK! Magazine:
Eddie Murphy an Absentee Dad?  —  Eddie Murphy has never met Angel, the 22-month-old daughter he fathered with Spice Girl Mel B., OK! has learned.  —  “To see the kid, he'd have to see the mother,” a friend of the Norbit actor, 47 (who has five other children by his ex-wife Nicole Mitchell …
Michael K / Dlisted:
It's A Snow Day In London!  —  A s**t load of snow busted all over London this morning!  This is exactly what it looks like when Amy Wino sneezes.  And I bet Kate Moss thought she f**king died and gone to cokey heaven.  Bitch ran outside with a cut-off straw and was ready for a snort party.
Daily Mail:
Madonna fuels romance rumours after dinner date with Brazilian model … They haven't been photographed together for over a month, but this picture of Madonna and Brazilian model Jesus Luz will fuel speculation of a romance.  —  The singer, 50, left a restaurant with the 22-year-old in New York yesterday.
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INF Daily:
MADONNA SHOWS OFF HER NEW TOY (BOY)
Discussion: Splash News Online
 
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
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