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10:00 AM ET, December 9, 2008

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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Idol Winner Fantasia Barrino's Home in Foreclosure  —  American Idol's third season winner, Fantasia Barrino, is about to be evicted from one of her two Charlotte, North Carolina, homes — according to the blog, realestalker.  —  Find out where Barrino and your other favorite American Idol stars are now.
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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
Your Mama / The Real Estalker:
In Other American Idol News...  ...It looks like third season American Idol winner and 8-time Grammy nominated R&B singer Fantasia Barrino is about to get booted from one of her Charlotte, NC homes.  According to recent reports and county records, big voiced Miss Barrino's 6,232 square foot house …
Michael K / Dlisted:   Fantasia Is Losing Her House!
Ent Lawyer / Crazy Days and Nights:
T.R. Knight Update  —  So, I got a little more information from my source and they say, “He hasn't attended table reads since episode 2.  He is pissed and miserable and thinks his story line is stupid.  He said goodbye to his hair and makeup people last week.  He says he is done and has quit.
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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.
Just Jared:   T.R. Knight Quits Grey's Anatomy?
Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Rep: T.R. Knight Not Leaving Grey's Anatomy
Bill Carter / New York Times:
WHERE IS LENO GOING?  TO PRIME TIME, ON NBC  —  NBC will keep Jay Leno five nights a week, but in prime time, competing not with David Letterman, but with shows like “CSI: Miami.”  —  The network will announce Tuesday that Mr. Leno's new show will appear at 10 o'clock each weeknight in a format similar to …
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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.
TMZ.com:
Ruffalo Dies  —  Scott Ruffalo, the brother of actor Mark Ruffalo, died last night after suffering a gunshot wound last week.  —  Brian Scofield and Shaha Mishaal Adham turned themselves in to the Bev Hills PD yesterday.  Adham was named a “suspect” and Scofield was named a"person of interest" in the shooting.
Discussion: Dlisted, Us Weekly and Perez Hilton
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People.com:
Lost's Josh Holloway to Be a Dad  —  Holloway and wife Yessica  —  Lost hunk Josh Holloway is going to be a daddy.  —  The actor and his wife, Yessica, are expecting their first child, TV Guide reports.  —  The baby is due next year, the 39-year-old actor tells the magazine.
Discussion: iVillage
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New York Post:
LA PAPER TRAIL  —  MARIAH Carey's wish may finally be coming true.  Spies in LA saw the songbird (above) coming out of a well-known ob/gyn's office on North Crescent Boulevard, “clutching what looked like a sonogram and being greeted by her entourage with cheers.  She was ebullient.”
Hellomagazine.com:
‘Curious’ A-list ladies check out Brad's age-defying romance  —  Most of us love a little cinematic romance, especially when the film stars Hollywood heart-throb Brad Pitt.  And as the actor presented his unusual new project The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button this week …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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” …
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
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.
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. …
Ted Casablanca / E! Online:
It's Official: Katie Holmes Is Broadway Gold  —  In a stunningly short amount of time, TomKat's apparently more red-hot half, Katie Holmes, has already helped the Broadway show, All My Sons, turn a profit.  The show's producers officially announced today that the revival of Arthur Miller's play …
Discussion: POPSUGAR and X17 Online
Michelle Tan / People.com:
Miley Cyrus Gets in the Holiday Spirit  —  Miley Cyrus on Hannah Montana  —  When you're a pop star one thing's for certain: You never know where your family is going to land for the holidays, according to Miley Cyrus.  —  “It is so chaotic all the time,” says Cyrus …
Discussion: oceanUP
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.
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 and The Movie Blog
 
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