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5:30 PM ET, December 1, 2008

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Maureen Dowd / Vanity Fair:
What Tina Wants  —  Tina Fey has rules.  They've guided the 38-year-old writer-comedian through marriage, motherhood, and a career that went into hyperdrive this fall, when her Sarah Palin impression convulsed the nation, boosting the ratings of both Saturday Night Live and her own NBC show, 30 Rock.
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Allison Corneau / Us Weekly:
Simon Cowell: Britney Spears Is in Awe of Me  —  Britney Spears won over one of America's toughest critics with her string of comeback performances last week: Simon Cowell!  —  As part of a promotional tour to tout Tuesday's release of her new album, Circus, Spears, 26, performed “Womanizer” on Cowell's X-Factor Saturday.
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Daily Mail:
Simon Cowell ‘completely freaked out’ …
Gabriele Marcotti / Times of London:
Britney Spears's X Factor comeback was nothing to sing about
Discussion: Celebslam.com and The Blemish
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Brad Pitt: The Best Meal Angelina Jolie Has Cooked for Me Is Cereal  —  Don't expect Angelina Jolie to whip up a fancy dinner for her six kids and beau Brad Pitt.  —  In the new issue of chef Jamie Oliver's eponymous magazine, Pitt, 44, admits the best meal Jolie has ever cooked for him was “cereals,” according to the U.K. Guardian.
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Lizzie Smith / Daily Mail:
Angelina Jolie shows off her flat stomach proving she's NOT pregnant … Repeated denials have failed to quash reports in the U.S. media that Angelina Jolie is three-months pregnant.  —  But rather than worry about the rumours the mother-of-six fell back on a tried and tested method to end them.
Associated Press:
Ivana Trump separates from fourth hubby Rubicondi  —  NEW YORK - Ivana Trump has issued a statement confirming reports of marital discord with Italian entrepreneur Rossano Rubicondi.  —  Trump, who married Rubicondi in April, says she filed a legal separation agreement three months ago.
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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Marg Helgenberger & Husband Separate After 19 Years  —  CSI star Marg Helgenberger has separated from her husband of nearly 20 years, actor Alan Rosenberg.  —  “After 19 years of marriage, Marg and Alan have decided to take some time apart,” the actress's rep said Monday.
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Pop Tarts: Was Gordon Ramsay's Alleged Affair Just a PR Stunt?  —  LOS ANGELES — It has been quite a rough week for top British chef Gordon Ramsay after author Sarah Symonds went public with claims she has been having a ten-year affair with the married “Hell's Kitchen” star.
Chris Rovzar / New York Magazine:
So Plaxico Burress Walked Into a Bar...  Details are coming together about what happened after Giants receiver Plaxico Burress pulled a Suge Knight on Friday night and accidentally shot himself in the leg at the midtown club Latin Quarter.  The Post reports that a series of efforts to hide the injury …
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New York Times:
Burress Arraigned on Gun Charges
Discussion: Scandalist
Haven Thompson / Editors' Blog:
ED WESTWICK & JESSICA SZOHR: FURTHER INTRIGUE AT DFW  —  This just in: Another one of W's spies also happened to be stuck in the Dallas airport yesterday with the Gossip Girl threesome (see our previous item here).  And he swears to us that after the pals finished up at Chilis Too …
Discussion: Just Jared and Gossip Girl Insider
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: ER Star Parminder Nagra Pregnant With First Child  —  ER star Parminder Nagra and her photographer beau, James Stenson, are expecting their first child this summer, the actress confirms to Usmagazine.com exclusively.  —  “We are thrilled and overjoyed at the prospect of becoming first time parents,” Nagra tells Us.
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed and Lifeline Live
Michael K / Dlisted:
This S**t Is Impossible  —  If Mary-Kate Olsen is f**king pregnant, then I better go to the vet, because I might have immaculately conceived a litter of Spaghetti Cat's kittens.  If that evil troll can get knocked up, anybody can.  —  Some obvious jokester told the National Enquirer …
Liz McNeil / People.com:
Ricki Lake: 'I Can't Believe I Was Fat'  —  Ricki Lake has trimmed 140 lbs. from her all-time top weight of 270 pounds - and says she is holding steady.  —  “I can't believe I was a fat person for most of my life,” the former talk show host, rocking a sexy black Herve Leger dress (size small) …
New York Post:
SEAN MILKS IT  —  JAMES Franco says Sean Penn pushed the gay sex scenes in “Milk” further than he expected.  “In the original script I read, there was only one real kissing scene,” Franco tells next month's Elle.  “A month after [director] Gus [Van Sant] asked me to do it, they sent me another script …
Lissey / Marie Claire:
KATE BOSWORTH INTERVIEW  —  Kate Bosworth, through no fault of her own, is one of those young Hollywood actresses whose personality has been writ large in their absence; altogether human complexities expediently forgotten in favour of half truths, tossed into the frying pan of tabloid hysteria …
Starpulse:
Kate Hudson: ‘I Stalked A Man’  —  Kate Hudson once stalked a man she was desperate to date, and even recruited her friends to help her track the unwitting suitor down.  —  The single star confesses she was so obsessed with an unnamed bachelor, she tried to manipulate meetings in the hope he would ask her out.
TMZ.com:
McConaughey Goes Bongos Again  —  No cops were called when Matthew McConaughey banged on a drum in Rio this weekend.  —  Granted, this time there were no drug charges that were eventually dropped and he wasn't hanging out naked with Cole Hauser in the middle of the night.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
PopEater:
Downey Jr. Knocked Out on ‘Holmes’ Set  —  A freak accident on the set of Robert Downey Jr.'s latest movie was less ‘Iron Man’ and more iron chin.  —  The Sun reports that Downey Jr. was knocked unconscious when a 350-pound stuntman accidentally punched him during a scene they were filming …
Just Jared:
Kirsten Dunst is on Stalker Alert  —  Kirsten Dunst has obtained a restraining order against alleged stalker Christopher Smith.  —  The declaration states, “Mr. Smith has repeatedly shown up uninvited at my place of residence in Los Angeles, going so far as to ignore police warnings …
 
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James Hibberd / Hollywood Reporter:
Heller looking for movie version of ‘Rome’
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Simon Perry / People.com:
Divorce Drama for Amy Winehouse?
Discussion: Us Weekly and Splash News Online
Michael K / Dlisted:
The Feeling Is Mutual  —  DOUCHE ALERT!  Put your dirty 'ginas …
Danielle Turchiano / Starpulse:
Spotlight On Reality Stars Who Want To Be Legitimate Actors...But Fail
Kati Cornell / New York Post:
BLOND JUSTICE  —  MODEL ‘ATTACKS’ MISTRESS AT HUBBY'S TRIAL
Discussion: Jezebel
Hollywoodtuna:
Geri Halliwell Gets Cheeky For Children
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Daily Mail:
While mummy's away, daddy David Beckham is left holding the babies …
 

 
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
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