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8:40 PM ET, December 16, 2008

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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Pete Wentz: Ashlee Simpson and I Have “an Amazing Sex Life”  —  In a raunchy interview on Howard Stern's radio show Tuesday, Pete Wentz revealed that wife Ashlee Simpson is “awesome” between the sheets.  —  “We have an amazing sex life,” the Fall Out Boy bassist, 29, said while promoting the band's new album, Folie a Deux.
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Gil Kaufman / MTV:
Pete Wentz Dishes On His Sex Life With Ashlee Simpson On ‘Howard Stern Show’  —  Before the show, Simpson asked the Fall Out Boy bassist to not ‘say anything crummy’ about her.  —  Don't be surprised if Pete Wentz calls you up this week to see if he can crash on your couch.
Jennifer Cady / E! Online:
Pete and Ashlee's Sex Life: How Much Would You Like to Know?
Discussion: The Superficial and F-Listed
Jay Bird / Cele|bitchy:
Pete Wentz reassures us that his sex life is awesome
Discussion: Best Week Ever
NY Daily News:
Code blue for Red Hot Chili Pepper Anthony Kiedis  —  Anthony Kiedis can add one more piece of “Scar Tissue” to his lanky frame — the Red Hot Chili Peppers front man narrowly escaped kidney failure.  —  According to several sources, the former cocaine and heroin addict was a frequent patient …
Variety:
Jennifer Lopez going with ‘Plan B’  —  CBS Films seeking director for project  —  Jennifer Lopez has signed on to star in the fertility-themed romantic comedy “Plan B” for CBS Films.  —  Penned by Kate Angelo, story centers on a single woman (Lopez) who turns to artificial insemination …
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Steven Zeitchik / Hollywood Reporter:
Jennifer Lopez pencils in ‘Plan B’
Discussion: Cinematical, Jezebel and Guanabee
Paul Chi / People.com:
Tom Cruise Gushes Over Suri's Incredible Vocabulary  —  Tom and Suri Cruise  —  Watch out, Harvard.  She's not even three years old, but little Suri Cruise is a bona fide brainiac, boasts her proud papa.  —  “Her vocabulary is incredible,” Tom Cruise told PEOPLE Monday night at the New York premiere of Valkyrie.
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New York Post:
NEIGHBORLY KATE  —  KATIE Holmes is no snob.  Even though her downtown apartment building has been deluged by paparazzi since her Broadway debut in “All My Sons,” she took time to make an appearance at the low-key Christmas party in the building's lobby.  “She was very nice …
Daily Mail:
Demi Moore's daughter Rumer shows off fiery new locks (and a fair bit of her enviable figure) … Rumer Willis looked right at home among a bevy of Hollywood It Girls last night as she turned out for the opening of the D&G flagship boutique in Los Angeles.  —  The daughter of Demi Moore …
Discussion: Allie Is Wired
G is for Gossip / Bauer-Griffin:
Halle Berry Goes Grier, Bares Bod  —  Halle Berry continued filming on Frankie and Alice yesterday.  But, this scene looks a bit more, how shall we say, intense than the last we spotted.  —  Despite sub-zero temperatures, Halle let it all hang out... even though “hang” is a totally inaccurate descriptor of what she was showin'.
Discussion: Just Jared
Just Jared:
Kellie Pickler: No Makeup!  —  A makeup-free Kellie Pickler stops by Andrews Air Force Baselands and then to Washington, D.C., just before heading off to Iraq to support the troops on Tuesday.  —  The 22-year-old former American Idol contestant was in very good spirits and happy to be supporting …
J Koot / Busted Coverage:
Bia And Branca Do Acrobatics For MTV Brazil  —  Like any good news outlet we are all over this developing Bia and Branca ‘do MTV Brazil’ story.  —  Our researchers have been busy translating Portugese Web sites and BC Photo Editor Big Gay Rich has been eyeballing dozens of Feres Twins pics to bring you the very best.
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Singer Hilary Duff: I “Absolutely Did Not Say” I Was Still a Virgin  —  Hilary Duff says she never told Elle magazine in 2006 that she was still a virgin.  —  “You know what?  I was quoted saying I was a virgin, but I absolutely did not say that,” she says in the January issue of Maxim.
Perez Hilton:
Madonna Won't Be Pleased  —  Madonna's ex - Lola's babydaddy - is speaking out, and the Queen of Pop must be royally peeved!  —  There's nothing more annoying and desperate than an Ex speaking out about your love life.  —  HELLO!magazine has interviewed Carlos Leon about Madge's recent split …
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop
PEOPLE TV Watch:
It's Official: Housewives of Atlanta to Return for Season 2  —  Get ready for more drama — southern style!  —  Bravo has picked up a second season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, EW reports.  —  That shouldn't come as a shock.  The first season — starring Kim Zolciak, Sheree Whitfield …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Variety
Agence France Presse:
‘Columbo’ star Peter Falk has Alzheimer's: reports  —  LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Peter Falk, famous for playing a dishevelled police detective in hit 1970s television show “Columbo”, is suffering from Alzheimer's, US media reports said Tuesday.  —  The 81-year-old actor, who portrayed Columbo …
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Aubrey O'Day: I Have No Sexual Preference  —  Aubrey O'Day likes girls - and guys.  —  “At this point in my life, I wouldn't say one way or another what my preference is sexually,” the former Danity Kane singer tells Usmagazine.com exclusively.  —  See more photos of celeb girl-on-girl action.
Discussion: Pop Crunch
Chris Willard / People.com:
Source: Ryan Gosling Still Loves Rachel McAdams  —  Rachel McAdams shops in London  —  While former couple Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling made headlines this summer after a little bit of PDA in Toronto, a source tells PEOPLE the two actors are both “openly single” right now.
Perez Hilton:
Case Closed In Murder Of The Son Of America's Most Wanted Host  —  After 27 years, police are going to officially close the case of abducted and murdered Adam Walsh, son of America's Most Wanted host John Walsh.  —  In 1981, Adam disappeared from a department store when his mother left him unattended to shop.
Discussion: MiamiHerald.com, TMZ.com and Us Weekly
Chris Willard / People.com:
Ryan Phillippe to Spend Christmas with the Cornishes  —  This Christmas will be a family affair for Ryan Phillippe and Abbie Cornish.  —  The couple are currently in Australia, where Phillippe will spend Christmas with Cornish's family.  Cornish landed in Sydney Dec. 7 and then greeted Phillippe at the airport on Sunday.
Phil / Egotastic!:
Heidi Klum Does GQ Italy - Now and Then  —  Heidi Klum is featured on the cover of the January 2009 issue of GQ Italy, and while she looks good, thanks vey much to the Photoshopping efforts of the editors, it's been a while since her hay-day.  And just to point it out, we've …
Discussion: Celebslam.com
Roger Friedman / Fox News:
Gwyneth's Marriage Is OK, Says Mom  —  You pretty much can't pick up a supermarket tabloid or read a gossip blog without getting this message: Gwyneth Paltrow's marriage to Coldplay's Chris Martin is over.  That's it, done, over and out, stick a fork in 'em.
 
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