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10:05 AM ET, February 7, 2009

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Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
Subway Dropping Michael Phelps, Too (Fools)  —  Kellogg cut off merman Michael Phelps after finding out he smokes weed, even though everyone knows Frosted Flakes are so good, toasted.  Now it looks like Subway—also great toasted!—is making the same mistake.  —  The sandwich chain is yanking Phelps off its website.
Discussion: Pop Crunch, L.A. Rag Mag, Jezebel and AdAge
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Rep: Michael Phelps Still Endorses Subway  —  Another company is standing by Michael Phelps.  —  Despite being removed from the sandwich chain's website, Subway will not drop its endorsement deal with the Olympic gold medalist because of his controversial pot photos.  —  See photos of Hollywood's biggest scandals.
Blaine Zuckerman / People.com:
Claire Danes & Hugh Dancy Are Engaged!  —  Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy will be getting married, a rep for the pair confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.  —  Danes, 29, and Dancy, 33, met while filming Evening in Newport, R.I., and had been dating for more than a year.
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Peter G / Us Weekly:
Rep Confirms: Claire Danes And Hugh Dancy Engaged!  —  Claire Danes and her British boyfriend, Hugh Dancy, are engaged, her rep confirms to Usmagazine.com  —  The couple have been inseparable since meeting on the 2007 film Evening.  —  No word yet on when Danes, 29, and Dancy, 33, plan to walk down the aisle.
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
Gina Serpe / Yahoo! News:
Christian Bale Apologizes for “Potty Mouth,” “Unexcusable” Rant  —  Los Angeles (E! Online) - There are at least two men with whom Christian Bale is not professionally done: Los Angeles DJs Kevin and Bean.  —  After a week of unrelenting press coverage in the wake of his leaked onset rant …
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TMZ.com:
Simpson's Excuse — I Had an Off Night  —  Jessica Simpson is already explaining her reportedly bizarre, calamity-filled, lyric-forgetting performance in Michigan last night — chalking the whole thing up to an “off night.”  —  Her rep tells TMZ, “Jessica had an off night.
Discussion: Perez Hilton and X17 Online
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John D. Gonzalez / MLive.com:
Rascal Flatts rocks, while opening act Jessica Simpson steals …
Discussion: Socialite Life and The Superficial
Ruth Harrison / FemaleFirst:
Poison Star Denies Financial Crisis … But the musician has hit back at claims he is close to financial ruin - insisting he is not selling his possessions to pay off any debts.  —  He tells Blabbermouth, “I decided to sell my 2006 Rolex because I haven't worn it even once since I got the new one.
Discussion: Gabby Babble
Contactmusic.com:
SALMA HAYEK - HAYEK SUCKLED ANOTHER MUM'S SICK BABY  —  SALMA HAYEK is so fond of breastfeeding she suckled the starving child of a woman who couldn't express milk during a recent trip to Sierra Leone.  The actress, who told the Huffington Post website last year (08) she was so hooked …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Salma Hayek's Chichis Will Save The World!
Discussion: E! Online
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Kate Winslet: “I Am Going to Start Loving My Backside”  —  Kate Winslet says she is not going to go crazy if she has a little junk in the trunk.  —  “I don't know a single woman who doesn't stand up and check the tushie before she walks out the door,” she tells Nightline in an interview airing Friday.
Discussion: Socialite Life
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Katie Escherich / ABCNEWS:
Kate Winslet: 'I Don't Want to Be the Most-Nominated Loser'
Discussion: Socialite Life and Perez Hilton
Just Jared:
Josh Radnor & Lindsay Price: New Couple!  —  How I Met Your Mother star Josh Radnor and Lipstick Jungle actress Lindsay Price cozy up to one another courtside at the basketball game at New York City's Madison Square Garden on Friday night (February 6).  —  Josh, 34, and Lindsay, 32 …
Discussion: E! Online
Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
Exclusive: Look who's moving into the new ‘Melrose Place’  —  Here comes the neighborhood!  —  With Smallville producers Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer now officially installed as showrunners, The CW at last has revealed who'll be moving into its remodeled Melrose Place next season.
NBCSports.com:
Beckham: AC Milan move worth losing money  —  Soccer star says staying with Italian club ‘more important’ mega-MLS deal  —  MILAN - David Beckham wants to stay with AC Milan because he's “rediscovered” himself as a soccer player.  —  The ex-Manchester United and Real Madrid player …
Phil / Egotastic!:
Isla Fisher is Alluring  —  Isla Fisher's new movie, Confessions of a Shopaholic, opens next week, and I'm totally going to see it because A) Isla is super cute, and super funny, and 2) girlie romantic comedies are a total guilty pleasure of mine.  I've seen The Devil Wears Prada way more times than I should.
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Drew Barrymore and Jennifer Aniston: 'We've Got Some Girl Crushes Going On....'  —  Jennifer Aniston and Drew Barrymore: 'We've Got Some Girl Crushes Going On ....'  —  Jennifer Aniston and Drew Barrymore were featured alongside a star-studded cast (including Scarlett Johansson, Ginnifer Goodwin …
Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas Is a Dad-To-Be  —  Taboo and Jaymie Dizon  —  Looks like Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas will have an addition to his pod: The keyboardist is expecting his first child with his fashion publicist wife, Jaymie.  —  His rep confirms to PEOPLE that Jaymie, 29 - who wed Taboo last July - is due this summer.
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog and Just Jared
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