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1:05 PM ET, February 4, 2009

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OK! Magazine:
Cover Story: Angie's New Baby Diet  —  By their own admission, six children just aren't enough for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.  Indeed, when it comes to the Brangelina bunch - Maddox, 7, Pax, 5, Zahara, 4, Shiloh, 2, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 7 months, it's never a matter of if, but when the family will grow.
Helen / Cele|bitchy:
Hilary Duff criticizes Faye Dunaway's looks  —  Hilary Duff has made whole career out of being cute, and attaching that cute image to stuff to sell.  She puts out the nice music you buy instead of Britney for your kids (before Hannah Montana came along), she's got the cheaper line of fragrance, and she's been in some nice tween movies.
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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Joaquin Phoenix Denies Flip-Flop to Hip-Hop a Hoax  —  Joaquin Phoenix insists he's getting a bum rap.  —  “There's not a hoax,” Phoenix tells the Associated Press of doubts about his sudden conversation from movie star to hip-hop artist.  “Might I be ridiculous?  Might my career in music be laughable?
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David Germain / Associated Press:
Joaquin Phoenix Defends Rap Career, Denies Hoax
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Cele|bitchy:
Stephen King says Twilight author Stephenie Meyer 'can't write worth a darn'  —  Prolific king of horror Stephen King has some choice words for Twilight series author Stephenie Meyer.  He told USA Weekend that while Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is actually talented, Meyer “can't write worth a darn.”
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Elizabeth Leonard / People.com:
Hank Azaria & Girlfriend Katie Expecting First Child  —  Hank Azaria and his girlfriend Katie Wright are expecting a baby boy, his rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.  —  “They're quite ecstatic,” the actor's rep Stan Rosenfield tells PEOPLE.  —  Wright, who has begun her second trimester …
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Access Hollywood:   Hank Azaria & Girlfriend Expecting
TMZ.com:
Britney's Former BFF Could Be Out on His Ass  —  It's not hard to see why Sam Lutfi is suing the Spears clan — he's got a debt collection agency on his back.  —  According to documents obtained by TMZ, a lien was slapped on Lutfi's condo back in April.  Lutfi never paid the debt, which grew to $18,507.58 by November.
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Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Angie Everhart to Be First-Time Mom  —  Angie Everhart is having a baby.  —  The 39-year-old model and actress exclusively reveals to me that she's 14 weeks pregnant with her first child.  —  And Everhart, who costarred alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in Last Action Hero, is doing it more or less on her own.
New York Post:
DIDDY FLEES PARTY - AND COPS  —  HEY, Diddy - how come you didn't want to get searched by the police?  —  Sean Combs was supposed to co-host a birthday party for DJ Clue at club M2 on West 28th Street Monday night with Kobe Bryant after the historic Knicks/Lakers game in which Bryant scored 61 points.
Liam / Filmonic:
This is Jude Law.  —  The image above features Jude Law, a male actor, who will be seen later this year in Sherlock Holmes alongside Robert Downey Jr. Jude Law plays a character called Minx in a film called Rage, directed by Sally Potter. … Okay then.  I know this film must …
Discussion: Dlisted
TMZ.com:
Maybe Scientology Does Do the Body Good  —  Tom Cruise showed off his ripped top guns while on his Brazilian press tour for that Hitler movie on Tuesday.  —  Looks like all that time jumping on couches has really paid off for the 46-year-old.  —  See Also  — Get Out of the Light, Suri Cruise
Discussion: Pop Crunch
Hollywoodtuna:
Like Your Paris Hilton Well Done?  —  Paris Hilton was caught leaving a tanning salon in Beverly Hills.  I'm not sure what color she was hoping for but she looks like she was roasted to perfection.  I'd be careful and make sure she was cooked thoroughly though before eating, because you wouldn't want to get salmonella poisoning.
Discussion: oceanUP
NY Daily News:
Madge's double play stings A-Rod  —  Alex Rodriguez is not pleased that Madonna is parading her new man around New York.  —  As Gatecrasher reported Tuesday, Her Madgesty stepped out with 22-year-old Brazilian boy toy Jesus Luz - and two of her children - last weekend in the Meatpacking District.
Liz Smith / wowOwow:
Women's Bodies, From Jessica Simpson and Miley Cyrus to the Octuplets  —  “The famous charms are in evidence, not a little on the fleshy side - diet anyone?” ...  “This movie cements the fact that the actress is in need of a good girdle” ... “She has been slimmer and trimmer previously.”
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Britney on the Big Screen: Lynne Spears Shopping Around Spears Family Movie Deal?  —  Lynne Spears' highly-anticipated book “Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World” may not have been the huge hit she was hoping for, however that apparently hasn't stopped …
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
Derrik J. Lang / Associated Press:
Carnie Wilson to host GSN's ‘The Newlywed Game’  —  LOS ANGELES - Here comes the next “Newlywed Game” host.  —  Carnie Wilson, the Wilson Phillips singer who hosted her own talk show and appeared on VH1's “Celebrity Fit Club,” is slated to host 40 episodes of a new GSN edition of the show …
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Jessica Simpson's Latest Movie Goes Straight to DVD Today  —  What do Jessica Simpson and Audrina Patridge have in common?  —  Simpson's latest flick, Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous (original title: Major Movie Star), was released straight to DVD today, while Patridge's first movie Into the Blue 2, will hits stores April 21.
Roger Friedman / Fox News:
Gwyneth's Hubby: Viva La Lawsuit  —  You know that Gwyneth Paltrow's husband, Chris Martin, is nominated for a bunch of Grammys this Sunday with his group Coldplay.  Their song, “Viva La Vida,” is tipped to win big as is the album it comes from.  —  But Martin and his bandmates may be looking over their shoulders this Grammy weekend.
Perez Hilton:
JK Rowling Scores French Knighthood  —  French president Nicolas Sarkozy inducted Harry Potter author JK Rowling the French Legion of Honor on Tuesday - one of the country's highest honors.  —  Sarkozy hailed the English author for enchanting French kiddies with her wizard tales.
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Jamey Keaten / Associated Press:   France honors Harry Potter author Rowling
 
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