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6:25 PM ET, February 7, 2008

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Associated Press:
Amy Winehouse's request for visa denied  —  LONDON - Amy Winehouse will not be performing at this year's Grammy Awards because her request for a visa has been turned down by the U.S. Embassy, her publicist said Thursday.  —  “Amy has been progressing well since entering a rehabilitation clinic …
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Pete Norman / People.com:
Amy Winehouse Denied U.S. Visa  —  The troubled British singer will not perform at the awards ceremony in L.A.  —  Amy Winehouse will not perform at the Grammy Awards this weekend because she's been refused permission to touch down on American soil, according to her publicist
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Amy Winehouse Denied U.S. Visa  —  Amy Winehouse will not be attending Sunday's Grammy Awards after all.  —  She has been denied a U.S. Visa, her rep said in a statement Thursday.  —  “Amy has been progressing well since entering a rehabilitation clinic two weeks ago and although disappointed …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, X17 Online and iVillage
Lynette Rice / HollywoodInsider:
Amy Winehouse won't attend Grammys but will perform  —  A music executive close to the Grammys said Amy Winehouse's visa has been denied but she will still perform at this Sunday's show via satellite.  Winehouse, who is up for multiple awards including album and record of the year and best new artist …
Discussion: Perez Hilton, Jossip and Idolator
Mike Nizza / The Lede:
Amy Winehouse Denied Entry to U.S.  —  In a decision sure to reinvigorate joyful riffing of the line she's sung most famously, the American embassy in London said “no” once — not thrice — to a troubled British soul singer's request this week to visit the United States.  From Billboard magazine:
Discussion: Billboard, Gawker, Rolling Stone and Felt Up
Perez Hilton:
Winehouse's Visa Rejected!
Discussion: PageSix.com
Phil / Egotastic!:
Kirsten Dunst is in Rehab  —  Now that everyone and their assistant is getting pregnant, that's so passé, and Hollywood needs a new trend to get behind.  And would appear that new trend is rehab.  Last week we hear that Eva Mendes was in rehab, and now Kirsten Dunst is in rehab …
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Eva Mendes Takes Break From Rehab for “Personal Business”  —  Eva Mendes has temporarily checked out of the Cirque Lodge, where she was being treated for “personal issues.”  —  Her rep tells Usmagazine.com, “Eva is attending to some personal business in Los Angeles and intends to return to complete her treatment shortly.”
People.com:
Kirsten Dunst Enters Rehab  —  Kirsten Dunst has entered rehab, a source close to the actress confirms to PEOPLE.  —  The Spider-Man star is being treated at the exclusive Cirque Lodge Treatment Center in Utah, the same facility where Lindsay Lohan spent nearly two months …
OK! Magazine:
Timeline: Britney's First Day of Freedom  —  In a surprising development, Britney Spears was released on Wednesday morning from her court-ordered hospitalization at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.  What follows are the highlights of her antics in the hours following her exit from the hospital.
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TMZ.com:
Brit's Attorney Acknowledges He Can't Rep Her
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Britney Spears Spends First Night of Freedom With Dad
Discussion: Rolling Stone and We Love Celebs!
Fabian Basabe Blog:
Fabian Basabe Hits up the Parties, the After-Parties and the After-After-After-Parties  —  I have gossip for you.  And it is good.  I was asked to film  —  an interview for a new project but being busy reporting the massacre it is  —  during fashion week for paper magazine - by far my favorite assignment - I had to
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Richard / Gawker:
Tyra Banks May Have Had An Unfortunate Accident  —  Former New York “It” boy and Paper magazine blogger Fabian Basabe writes on his blog today that the supermodel turned TV personality, um, soiled herself at Fashion Week.  Basabe was filming an interview in the W suite at the tents …
Discussion: Dlisted and A Hot Mess!
ETonline:
THE CHRISTINA AGUILERA BABY EXCLUSIVE  —  CHRISTINA AGUILERA sits down with our JANN CARL for her very first television interview since having her baby boy MAX less than four weeks ago.  —  “I'm enjoying him every second,” she says of her son.  “I can't stop staring at him, studying him.
New York Post:
SAPPHIC STEAM  —  SCARLETT Johansson (below) has a steamy lesbian sex scene with Penelope Cruz in Woody Allen's upcoming “Vicky Cristina Barcelona.”  A source tells us: “It is also extremely erotic.  People will be blown away and even shocked.  Penelope and Scarlett go...
TMZ.com:
Tony Hawk Reporting for Diaper Duty  —  TMZ caught skateboarder Tony Hawk leaving Il Sole last night, and when asked what his plans were for the New Year, he rubbed his wife's belly!  —  We've confirmed that Lhotse (yah, that's her name) is pregnant!  It will be the first child for the couple, who married in 2006.
Phil / Egotastic!:
Keeley Hazell's Bikini Does the Weather Report  —  Here's Keeley Hazell in a bikini promoting some new crap body spray for men with low self esteem, and poor senses of smell.  Either that, or Keeley is doing the weather report, and it appears to be a cold day in London.  How do I know it's a cold day in London, you ask?
CNN:
Transcript: CNN interviews Angelina Jolie  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie gave an exclusive interview with CNN's Arwa Damon while visiting Iraq to draw attention to the refugee crisis in the wartorn country.  Here is a full transcript of the interview:
TMZ.com:
Spears Family Attorneys Are in Court  —  TMZ is at the downtown L.A. courthouse where attorney and co-conservator Andrew Wallet and attorneys Samuel Ingham and Jeryll Cohen are currently in a closed session, discussing what — we're still not sure.  Jamie Spears is not in court.
Daily Mail:
Posh's knobbly knees are the talk of New York  —  Victoria Beckham arrived in New York ready for the city's fashion week, but it wasn't her outfit that had onlookers talking - it was her knobbly knees.  —  Posh Spice also flashed her unsightly wrinkly thighs as she headed out for a shopping trip yesterday.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
USA Today:
Cher plans ‘visually unbelievable’ Las Vegas gig  —  Cher beat the odds at every turn in her 44-year career, so it's no surprise she's betting on an artistic rebirth in Las Vegas.  —  The indestructible diva, who retired from touring in 2005, will star in a song-and-dance spectacle starting …
Noelle Hancock / PageSix.com:
J. Lo: “I'm Having a Boy and a Girl”  —  Don't count on Jennifer Lopez dressing her forthcoming twins in identical outfits — not that the fashionista would ever stoop so low.  A PageSix.com source at the Marchesa show overheard the “beautiful and beyond glowing” star confide to a friend, “I'm having twins: a boy and a girl.”
 
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Wall Street Journal:
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