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Ken Lee / People.com:
Police: Lindsay Lohan Committed Battery  —  So much for Lindsay Lohan's clean start in 2011.  —  Police now assert the actress did, in fact, commit battery against a Betty Ford employee in a Dec. 12 scuffle - and plan to hand the case over to local prosecutors for review.
Doug / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE DETAILS & PHOTOS: David Arquette Being Treated For …
Tim Nudd / People.com:
Meg Ryan & John Mellencamp Quietly Dating  —  The new year brings new beginnings for Meg Ryan and John Mellencamp.  —  The pair have spent time together on Martha's Vineyard and in New York City in recent days, enjoying a fresh romance just as Mellencamp has announced his separation from wife Elaine after 18 years of marriage.
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Lindsay Powers / Hollywood Reporter:
Gwyneth Paltrow to Host SNL — With Cee Lo as Musical Guest
Lindsay Miller / PopSugar:
Gwyneth Talks Being Inspired by Chris Martin and Beyoncé …
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Sarah Crow / PopEater:
Gwyneth Paltrow and Jimmy Fallon Tell the World ‘We Did It’
Discussion: Digital Spy and Perez Hilton
The Huffington Post:
Gwyneth Paltrow Dons Wig & Costume, Sings 90's R&B With Jimmy Fallon (VIDEO)
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Source: LeAnn Rimes Got a Boob Job  —  My, how she's grown!  —  A newly-engaged LeAnn Rimes flaunted a noticeably bustier figure Thursday while sporting a teeny bikini during her vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico with fiance Eddie Cibrian, 37.  —  “She recently got a boob job,” a source reveals to UsMagazine.com.
New York Post:
Vivica engaged  —  Vivica Fox got engaged to her younger boyfriend, Atlanta club promoter Omar “Slim” White, 27, during the holidays.  A source told us that White proposed to Fox, 46, on Dec. 26 with an 8-karat stunner while the two were staying at the Ritz Carlton in South Beach.
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PopEater:
Vivica A. Fox Engaged to Young Concert Promoter  —  Congrats are in order for ‘Independence Day’ actress Vivica A. Fox, who got engaged over the holidays to her much-younger boyfriend, Omar “Slim” White.  —  According to a Page Six source, the 27-year-old concert promoter asked for Fox's hand …
Linda Marx / People.com:
Vivica A. Fox Is Engaged!
TMZ.com:
Sam Ronson — ‘Pissed Off’ at LiLo Move-In  —  Sam Ronson is furious that her ex-GF Lindsay Lohan is moving in next door — and yesterday, the DJ wanted to make it crystal clear, “Trust me, it wasn't planned.”  —  As Ronson tried to get out of her Venice, CA pad yesterday …
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Us Weekly:
Lindsay Lohan Moving Next Door to Ex Sam Ronson  —  Lindsay Lohan may be moving to a new pad — but she's not leaving her old friends behind!  —  The starlet, who finished her 90-day rehab stint at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California on Monday, is leaving …
Celebslam:   Lindsay's new place  —  Samantha's house on the left, Lindsay on the right
Vanity Fair:
Justin Bieber on His Musical Inspirations, His Fans, and Trying to Be a Regular Kid  —  New York, N.Y.— “I'm crazy, I'm nuts,” Justin Bieber tells Vanity Fair contributing editor Lisa Robinson.  “Just the way my brain works.  I'm not normal.  I think differently—my mind is always racing.
TMZ.com:
‘Bachelor’ Slap: Womack Says NOT Criminal Battery  —  ABC is promoting “The Bachelor” with a slap to the face by a contestant, but the victim tells TMZ he doesn't want her prosecuted.  —  You probably saw Brad Womack take a slap to the face, when he was greeted by Chantal O'Brien …
Discussion: omg! and Perez Hilton
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Lynette Rice / Inside TV:
‘The Bachelor’ premiere on ABC: Bad, Brad Womack!
Discussion: TV Squad and TV Envy
TMZ.com:
Gloria Allred — Don't Prosecute the ‘Bachelor’ Chick!
Discussion: omg! and The Stir
Us Weekly:
PIC: Check Out Kelly Osbourne's New Boyfriend!  —  Kelly Osbourne has got her groove back!  —  Just one week after the E! Fashion Police critic, 26, went off on ex-fiance Luke Worrall on Twitter, calling him “the biggest piece of sh**” and saying he was “trying to get back with me” while …
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Perez Hilton:
Exclusive! Kelly Osbourne's Got A New Man!
Discussion: X17 Online
TMZ.com:
Gucci Mane Committed to Mental Facility  —  Rapper Gucci Mane believes he's not mentally competent to fight prosecutors' efforts to revoke his probation ... this according to court documents obtained by TMZ.  —  The 30-year-old rapper — real name Radric Davis — appeared in a Georgia courtroom yesterday …
TMZ.com:
Lindsay's New Beach House — The SICK Photos  —  TMZ just obtained pictures of Lindsay Lohan's new beach pad — and it's pretty sweet.  —  Lindsay's renting the 3,100 sq. foot place in Venice, CA for just under $7,100 a month — and it comes with 4 bedrooms, 4 toilets and an awesome view.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Josh Groban Does Kanye West  —  Josh Groban's music is only tolerable if you've got ear holes full of weed smoke, but I didn't even need to prepare a bowl to enjoy his musical rendition of Kanye West's Twitter page on last night's Jimmy Kimmel: Live!.  My only real critique is that Josh sang …
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Kelly Fisher / PopEater:
Josh Groban Sings Kanye West's Tweets on TV [Video]
Discussion: CONCRETELOOP.COM
National Enquirer:
TRAVOLTA LEAVES WIFE AND BABY TO PARTY WITH PALS  —  In a devastating blow to his marriage, JOHN TRAVOLTA has broken his wife's heart - leaving her and spending the night in a hotel.  —  Less than a month after the arrival of the couple's miracle baby Benjamin, the Hairspray star left wife Kelly Preston …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Us Weekly:
Hugh Hefner's Fiancee, 24: “I Don't Notice the Age Difference”  —  Age ain't nothin' but a number — just ask Hugh Hefner's 24-year-old fiancee Crystal Harris!  —  “I don't notice the age difference with Hef at all,” Harris tells Entertainment Tonight of couple's the 60-year age gap.
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Getting a Rise Out of Hef
Discussion: The Blemish and Gawker
Daily Mail:
'Thank God David doesn't always look perfect,' admits a relieved Victoria Beckham as she covers British Vogue  —  Victoria Beckham has been unwavering in her love and devotion for husband David after 11 years of marriage.  —  But despite his athletic figure and metrosexual appearance …
Juliet Izon / Life and Style:
Nicki Minaj and Drake: It's on!  —  The new year started off on a high note for Nicki Minaj and Drake.  While both stars were hosting separate parties in Miami for New Year's Eve, Drake couldn't wait to cozy up to the pint-size, neon-haired Nicki.  “Right after the clock struck midnight …
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TMZ.com:
Nicki Minaj's New Year — Six Minutes Behind Schedule
Discussion: TheFABlife, Bossip and Perez Hilton
 
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