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12:35 PM ET, March 21, 2007

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People.com:
Britney Spears Completes Stint in Rehab  —  Britney Spears has finished her nearly one-month stint in rehab and has left the facility.  —  Spears "has been released by the Promises Malibu Treatment Center after successfully completing their program," her manager, Larry Rudolph, said in a statement late Tuesday night.
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The Superficial:
Britney Spears is on the loose  —  Britney Spears has finished her one-month stay in rehab and has left the facility.  Her manager announced in a statement late last night that she "has been released by the Promises Malibu Treatment Center after successfully completing their program."
J. Harvey / A Socialite's Life:
Free At Last!  GOOD GOD A-MIGHTY, FREE AT LAST!  —  Britney Spears has completed rehab.*applause* You go girl, with your wiffle head and your candy bar thighs!  Hug the kids, hug your Moms, thank K-Fed.  Rest up, then complete the album and go back to being the (uh...) best and brightest.
The Blemish:   Britney Spears is on the loose
RADAR:
PAX PIX FETCH $2M FROM PEOPLE  —  $2 MILLION BABY Pitt, Jolie, and Pax (inset)  —  Looks like Angelina Jolie will have another nice little windfall to donate to charity—whenever she gets around to it.  Sources (including this one) say the globetrotting actress and her not-quite-husband …
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Hellomagazine.com:
First photos of Angelina and her son Pax in HELLO!  —  Looking comfortable and secure in his new mother's arms, Pax Thien Jolie - whose name means peaceful sky - is settling into life as the son of Hollywood actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie.  The special image, which appears …
Sara Hammel / People.com:
Angelina Jolie Leaves Vietnam with Newly Adopted Son  —  Angelina Jolie is bringing her new son home.  —  The actress left Vietnam Wednesday in a private jet with 3-year-old Pax Thien and is en route to the U.S., the Associated Press reports.  —  Jolie, 31, adopted the boy - her fourth child …
Gawker:
Angelina Jolie And 'People': Who Adopted Whom?  —  When the celebrity weeklies come out tomorrow, nearly all of them will have some version of the story of Angelina Jolie's adoption of three-year-old Pax Thien Jolie last week.  But only one magazine will certainly have it as a photo-heavy cover.
Discussion: Celebrity Blog
Noelle Hancock / Us Weekly:
Court Orders DNA Test for Dannielynn  —  The world will soon know the identity of the man who fathered Anna Nicole Smith's daughter.  —  The Bahamas Supreme Court today ordered a DNA test to determine the paternity of the five-month-old baby who's been at the center of the media maelstrom since …
Discussion: PerezHilton.com
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TMZ.com:
Judge Says It's Time To Know — Who's the Daddy?  —  The judge in the Dannielynn "who's your daddy" case has just ordered up the telltale DNA.  —  The judge in the Bahamas just ordered Howard K. Stern to submit his DNA sample for testing along with Dannielynn's.  Larry Birkhead's DNA will be tested as well.
Daily Mail:
Nicole Ritchie gets a fat lip  —  Although she seems to finally have listened to the clamour of people telling her to gain weight on her size zero frame, Nicole Ritchie chose to boost the one place she didn't need to - her lips.  —  The star of reality show The Simple Life looks to have plumped …
Phil / Egotastic!:
Katherine Heigl Picks Her Wedgie  —  You know, I could start talking about Katherine Heigl and the cellulite on the back of her thighs, but really, that wouldn't be very classy.  —  Sure, this isn't really the classiest of websites, but there's no reason to be mean.  At least not right now.
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Todd / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:
Katherine Heigl is the Hotness
Discussion: Gone Hollywood
Noelle Hancock / Us Weekly:
Why Tori and Her Mom Reunited  —  When Tori Spelling went into labor on March 13, she knew she was having a baby boy, but she didn't expect her estranged mom to be there with her and hubby Dean McDermott as they welcomed little Liam Aaron.  —  Yet, sure enough, Candy Spelling was in the delivery room …
Discussion: PerezHilton.com
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Dallas Austin's "apology"  —  Atlanta radio stations and New York Post's Page Six column have been agog over a lengthy piece of video initially posted on YouTube.com and then yanked from the Web site this week.  It features Atlanta record and film producer Dallas Austin talking smack …
A Socialite's Life:
Zach Braff Getting Too Big For His Britches?  —  It seems that Zach Braff has metamorphosed from the charmingly awkward Hollywood outsider into a completely self-aware, dime-a-dozen La La Land blowhard.  According to Star magazine, Braff's popularity on "Scrubs," along with his subsequent raise …
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Starpulse:   Does Zach Braff Have A Big Ego?
Monique Jessen / People.com:
No Wedding Bells for Charlotte Church  —  There will be no wedding for pregnant singer Charlotte Church - for now, at least.  —  Church, 21, on Monday denied tabloid reports that she is set to marry her rugby-star boyfriend Gavin Henson, 25, next month in a castle near her home in Cardiff, Wales.
TMZ.com:
Britney Spears — No More Promises  —  Britney Spears has finished her nearly month-long rehab stint — and has checked out of Promises in Malibu.  —  The pop princess left the treatment facility late yesterday "after successfully completing their program," said her manager, Larry Rudolph, in a statement released by Jive Records.
Hollywoodtuna:
Lindsay Lohan Flashes Her Vagina?  —  I don't know a grown woman who stands around and hikes up their dresss like Lindsay Lohan is doing here.  Only little girls that don't know any better do that.  Luckily for Lindsay you don't really see much of her coochie, unless one of you guys has a better eye than I do.
Discussion: Celebrity Gossip
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Phil / Egotastic!:
Lindsay Lohan Flashes Firecrotch Again
Todd Venezia / New York Post:
LOHAN MOM'S PAIN  —  FEARS LINDSAY MIGHT DIE LIKE DI  —  Lindsay Lohan's mother compares her booze-addled daughter to Princess Diana, warning that if the paparazzi keep chasing the young actress, she'll end up dead, too.  —  "Look at me," Dina Lohan said in the latest Harper's Bazaar …
Discussion: Gawker and Metadish
Noelle Hancock / Us Weekly:
Fez Tries, Fails to Karaoke His Way Back Into Lindsay's Heart  —  Lindsay Lohan rejected ex-boyfriend Wilmer Valderrama's attempts to woo her back with a ballad from Matchbox 20 on Sunday night.  —  The 20-year-old actress was enjoying herself at a karaoke party thrown by nightlife empresario Unik …
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Was Simon and Ryan's 'Idol' spat scripted?  —  Plus: Tori Spelling's newborn set to be a million-dollar baby  —  Was Ryan Seacrest and Simon Cowell's weird banter about 'coming out of the closet' scripted?  —  Slide show  —  The votes — and the surprises — are adding up and the 'American Idol' hopefuls now number 11.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Celebritology
Molly / POPSUGAR:
Salma Visits Her Future Kingdom  —  Not that Salma Hayek doesn't have a get-out-of-blow-drying-free pass for her entire pregnancy, but she just looked stunning (and well-coiffed) on a shopping trip at Yves Saint Laurent in LA this weekend.  Though I'm not sure I should call it "shopping" …
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Justin Timberlake a Gentleman When It Comes to Britney  —  When it comes to talking about his exes, Justin Timberlake is a model of diplomacy.  —  Asked what he thinks about Britney Spears's recent ups and downs, the singer, 26, demurs, telling Details in its April issue, "We had our thing, and it's over."
Discussion: Celebrity Hijinx and Popdirt.com
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popbytes:
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - NEW DETAILS COVERBOY!
 
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