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7:50 AM ET, February 6, 2009

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Associated Press:
Phelps suspended from competition  —  Michael Phelps won eight golds in Beijing, breaking Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven.  —  Michael Phelps' day grew lousier by the hour on Thursday.  —  First he lost a major sponsor, then he got suspended.  —  The Olympic great was suspended …
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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Kellogg Drops Michael Phelps Over Bong Photo  —  Smoking pot is not grrrrrrrreat.  —  So says Kellogg in not pursuing a new contract with Michael Phelps as a corn flakes spokesman after a photo showed him apparently smoking a marijuana pipe.  —  “We originally built the relationship with Michael …
Emily Bryson York / AdAge:
Kellogg to Drop Olympian Phelps  —  Will Let Endorsement Deal Expire at Month's End  —  CHICAGO (AdAge.com) — One bong hit seen around the world, and Olympian Michael Phelps is watching at least one contract go up in smoke.  Kellogg will let the swimmer's contract expire at the end of the month.
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Michael Phelps Smoked by Kellogg, USA Swimming Over Pot Picture
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Bret Michaels: Jennifer Aniston Rocks My World!  —  Forget those ladies vying for Bret Michael's attention on Rock of Love — he's only got eyes for Jennifer Aniston.  —  “There is no doubt I find Jennifer to be very hot, smart, funny down-to-earth and a great actress,” Michaels reveals to Usmagazine.com.
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Marla Lehner / People.com:
Jennifer Aniston Opens Up About Turning 40  —  Jennifer Aniston is feeling great as she approaches her 40th birthday next week - but admits to a moment of not wanting to face the milestone.  —  “I have to say really, I feel better than I ever felt in my life,” Aniston says on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, airing Friday.
Discussion: iVillage
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Sex and the City Sequel: SJP & Co. Make It Official!  —  UPDATE: SATC writer-director Michael Patrick King confirms the scoop!  In an exclusive statement, King says, “I'm very excited to work with these amazing actresses again and would love to give everyone more information about the sequel...but I'm busy with my ‘Sex’ life.”
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Vanessa Franko / PE Angels Baseball:
James on Beyonce: Just a joke  —  Download story podcast  —  The Press-Enterprise  —  Hear the audio from TMZ.  Warning: Not intended for young listeners.  —  One of the most popular ballads in the canon of American music has started a cat fight — or a comedy show.
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Carrie Melago / NY Daily News:
Etta says she was just kidding  —  Singer Etta James says she was only trying to get a laugh when she said she “can't stand” Beyonce and made fun of President Obama's ears during a concert in Seattle.  —  James told the Daily News yesterday that she meant no harm when she poked fun …
Discussion: Faded Youth Blog and Lifeline Live
Audrina Patridge:
Clearing Up Rumors  —  I'm getting a lot of calls today about a story that ran in a New York paper saying that I am now in a “romantic” relationship with Benji Madden.  —  I find it highly amusing, since I haven't seen him since December.  I think Benji is a sweetheart and we're good friends, but we are definitely NOT dating!
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People.com:
Octuplet Mom: A Huge Family Was ‘Always a Dream’  —  Nadya Suleman says she tried for seven years to get pregnant before she successfully conceived with in-vitro fertilization at a facility - “and then I just kept going in.”  —  In an interview for the Today show, the recent mother of octuplets …
Discussion: Pop Crunch and Lifeline Live
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RADAR:
HAYDEN PANTTIERRE & JESSE MCCARTNEY K-I-S-S-I-N-G!  —  We're seven hours late for work today because we partied at Crown Bar until we passed out - no, not from drinking, from shock.  It happened right after we saw 19-year-old Hayden Panettierre ALL OVER Jesse McCartney.
Discussion: POPWRAP and X17 Online
RADAR:
ON SET PHOTOS OF BALE AND TARGET OF HIS TIRADE  —  Christian Bale approaches the movie's director of photography, Shane Hurlbut.  Check out more in our photo gallery.  —  You've heard the rant, now here are the pictures you haven't seen.  —  RadarOnline.com has obtained photos …
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Ben Child / Guardian:
Bale rant  —  Christian Bale's estranged mother has waded …
Discussion: Defamer and Perez Hilton
Perez Hilton:
Paul Walker, 35, Engaged To TEENAGER!  —  The D-list actor from The Fast and the Furious, Paul Walker, is finally getting married to his long-time girlfriend.  —  According to Star magazine, the 35-year old proposed to girlfriend Jasmine Pilchard-Gosnell over the holidays.
Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
Nick Carter: Alcohol & Drugs Almost Killed Me  —  After 10 years of struggling with alcohol and drugs, Backstreet Boy Nick Carter knew he had a problem.  But nothing could make him stop for more than a few months at a time - not a DUI, a bar brawl, or even his ballooning weight, which reached 224 lbs.
Jay Bird / Cele|bitchy:
Lindsay Lohan moves out of Sam's place and rents a house  —  Lindsay Lohan's on again, off again (times 40) relationship with Samantha Ronson might be off again.  If nothing else, the pair are putting a little distance between each other.  Lindsay has moved out of Samantha's house and found a cozy little $10,000 a month rental nearby.
Discussion: X17 Online and The Shallow End
TMZ.com:
Mini-Me's Chick Wants to Bare All ... Alone  —  Have you ever wanted to see Mini-Me's sex tape co-star, Ranae Shrider, naked ... without a little person on top of her?  Well, you just might get your chance!  —  Shrider has shot a series of scantily-clad photos with the hope of submitting …
Discussion: Geno's World
Korin Miller / NY Daily News:
‘Hannah Montana’ star Miley Cyrus kinda apologizes over controversial Asian photos  —  Disney darling Miley Cyrus is speaking out her most recent controversial photos.  And she's going on the offensive.  —  “I've also been told there are some people upset about some pictures taken …
Discussion: SFGate
Perez Hilton:
Inside Fergie's Wedding!  —  More photos of Fergie and hottie Josh Duhamel's wedding last month.  —  The happy couple married in Malibu, CA in front of family and friends.  And surprisingly, Fergie actually looked pretty good!  Mostly.  —  The happy couple even took some semi-provocative shots.
blogs.myspace.com:
Annoying!!!!  —  So it's out on the gossip sites that I quit my job at Playboy, which is true.  I quit for several reasons: 1.  I moved to Vegas and that job doesn't pay enough to make a commute worthwhile ( I never cared about the salary when I got the job-I made my money doing Girls Next Door …
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Kristin Boehm / People.com:
Don't Call Holly Madison's Playboy Job Fake
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
American Idol's Fantasia Goes Back to High School  —  Fantasia Barrino is a class act.  —  The American Idol star, 24, says she's ready to hit the books and earn her high school degree after giving up the chance to do so when she dropped out of school about a decade ago in the ninth grade.
Discussion: TV Envy and I'm Not Obsessed
Hannah Summers / thelondonblog:
Things turn nasty for Amy Winehouse  —  IT'S starting to get nasty between Amy Winehouse and hubby Blake Fielder-Civil as the jailbird sets about compiling a dossier of his wife's bad behaviour, with the help of her former lovers.  —  The Amy and Bl-aaake Show continues as Fielder-Civil …
Discussion: Scandalist and Perez Hilton
 
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