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12:10 AM ET, December 9, 2008

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BestDamnAfternoonShow.com:
AMERICAN IDOL WINNER FANTASIA BARRINO'S HOUSE GETS FORECLOSED!!!  —  Looks like the recession has hit our girl Fantasia.  In a MTO.com EXCLUSIVE REPORT we've discovered that Fantasia's North Carolina home has been seized - and it's going up for auction next week.
Discussion: L.A. Rag Mag
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Idol Winner Fantasia Barrino's Home in Foreclosure
Discussion: Dlisted and dailystab.com
Bill Carter / New York Times:
NBC Expected to Give 10 P.M. Show to Leno  —  NBC is expected to announce Tuesday that it has signed its late-night star Jay Leno to a new contract that will keep him at the network in a new format that will give him the 10 p.m. time period each weeknight for a show similar to the one he has done on NBC's “Tonight Show” show since 1993.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Britney Spears Goes Christmas Caroling With Ellen DeGeneres  —  Britney Spears and Ellen DeGeneres spread a little holiday cheer in L.A. last Friday.  —  The singer - who just turned 27 last week - and the talk show host hit the street in old-fashioned dresses to sing a few Christmas Carols.
Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Rachel Zoe Shows Protruding Rib Cage at Fundraiser  —  Celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe, who has denied having an eating disorder, revealed a protruding rib cage at The Cracked Xmas Fundraiser held at The Wiltern in Los Angeles on Sunday.  —  Zoe, 37, (who was famously dubbed “raisin face” …
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Just Jared:
Rachel Zoe is Rib Cage Ready
Discussion: OH NO!! and Cele|bitchy
Daily Mail:
She may be one of the most beautiful women in the world... but that doesn't stop Jessica Alba from getting airbrushed … Most women would be only too happy have Jessica Alba's stunning figure.  —  Just five months after the birth of her first child, the 27-year-old actress showed off …
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Cele|bitchy:
Jessica Alba before and after airbrushing for Campari
Discussion: Webster's Is My Bitch
Ent Lawyer / Crazy Days and Nights:
T.R. Knight Walks From Grey's Anatomy  —  Details are emerging from the set of Grey's Anatomy that co star T. R. Knight has walked off the show.  Knight has played Dr. George O' Malley since the shows conception in 2005.  —  More information to follow as it becomes available.
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Just Jared:
T.R. Knight Quits Grey's Anatomy?  —  T.R. Knight, aka Dr. George O' Malley, has walked off the set of Grey's Anatomy and quit, according to an entertainment lawyer at CrazyDaysAndNights.net.  —  Reports the source, “So, I got a little more information from my source and they say, “He hasn't attended table reads since episode 2.
Discussion: Us Weekly
TMZ.com:
Warrant for Female Suspect in Ruffalo Shooting  —  In less than a week, officials have a locked down a warrant for the person they believe shot Mark Ruffalo's brother in the head — and the suspect is a woman.  —  Shaha Mishaal Adham, one of the two “persons of interest” first linked to the case …
Jenny Sundel / People.com:
Date with Anne Hathaway Goes for $12,000  —  How much does a date with Anne Hathaway cost?  Oh, about $12,000, give or take.  —  That's the price three fans paid for drinks with the Rachel Getting Married actress at the Cracked X-mas Fundraiser in Los Angeles Sunday night.
Korin Miller / NY Daily News:
Ka-ching!  LiLo hits big with leggings  —  Lindsay Lohan's got a leg up on the competition when it comes to her fashion line.  —  While some style mags have heralded the end of the leggings trend, the “Mean Girls” star is trotting her 6126 footless tights all over the world.
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Top Model's Nigel Barker Welcomes Baby Girl!  —  America's Next Top Model judge Nigel Barker may have another future catwalker on his hands.  —  He and his wife, model Christen Chin Barker, have welcomed a baby girl, he tells Usmagazine.com exclusively.  —  Jasmine Barker — who weighed 7 lbs. …
The PETA Files:
Britney: Comeback Diva or Clueless Animal Abuser?  —  Sadly, I still remember the first time I heard Britney Spears' “Baby One More Time.”  I was in the eighth grade and TRL was still wildly cool.  My skinny, stirrup-tights-wearing, headgear sportin' 13 year-old self just couldn't get enough of the song.
Natasha Stoynoff / People.com:
Tom and Katie Play Santa in N.Y.  —  Katie and Suri Cruise at FAO Schwarz  —  They're making a list and checking it twice!  —  Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes did a little holiday shopping on Katie's day off from the theater - but not for trinkets for little Suri.
Kelley L. Carter / USA Today:
‘Marley’ stars Wilson, Aniston feel an animal attraction  —  The connection between Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson extends beyond the big screen, where they're together for the first time in Marley & Me, out Christmas Day.  They serve each other Diet Cokes, finish each other's sentences and laugh knowingly as the other tells stories.
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Naughty Mama: Pamela Anderson Turns Up to Posh Party in Her Underpants  —  NEW YORK — It's one thing to party in just your panties and a shirt if you're Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan, but as a 41-year-old mama of two young boys isn't it time Pamela Anderson learned to dress appropriately?
Larry Carroll / MTV Movies Blog:
EXCLUSIVE: Jon Waters' ‘Hairspray 2’ Plot Outline Revealed!  Zac Efron On Drugs, Skinny Travolta And More  —  We've been hearing rumblings of a “Hairspray” sequel for months.  Just last week, director Adam Shankman confirmed that John Waters himself was writing an outline that would take Zac Efron …
Discussion: oceanUP
TMZ.com:
Now THIS Is Bottle Service  —  Looks like Paris' “new BFF” is fitting right in with the Hilton sisters — just close your eyes and swallow!  —  Paris, Nicky and Brittany Flickinger took turns sucking down a bottle of vodka at a Miami club this weekend.  —  Does that bottle know where they've been?!
Discussion: CandyKirby.com
Peta Hellard / NEWS.com.au:
Angelina Jolie cashes in as Nicole Kidman's fortune falls  —  ANGELINA Jolie is Hollywood's highest-paid actress, while Australian Oscar winner Nicole Kidman has dropped off the big screen's top earners list.  —  Jolie made $23.2 million for Wanted and could increase her pay to $30.9 million for a sequel …
Roger Friedman / Fox News:
Lindsay Lohan ‘ Nuzzles’ Sean Penn at ‘Milk’ Party  —  Lindsay Lohan ‘Nuzzles’ Sean Penn  —  Lindsay Lohan likes Milk.  Anyway, she likes the star of Gus Van Sant's longish take on the life and times of gay activist Harvey Milk.  —  At Sean Penn's private dinner for Milk last week …
Hollywoodtuna:
Lindsay Lohan Ruins A See Through Moment.  Lesbianism Over?  —  It looks like Lindsay Lohan's lesbianism may be starting to wear off, not that I want it to I love lesbians, but one thing I remember from my days of being home schooled was that lesbians don't wear bras.
Camilla Long / Times of London:
What next in life for Emma Watson  —  Will it be Cambridge, film stardom, fashion or chilling with the £10m already in the bank?  We talk to Emma Watson about the life ahead  —  Is Emma Watson a bit of a madam?  Given 10 years of international superstardom, £10m pocket money …
 
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Daily Mail:
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