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7:20 PM ET, December 19, 2008

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Shelby Grad / L.A. Now:
Burglar hits Paris Hilton's home, takes $2 million in jewelry [updated]  —  An estimated $2 million worth of jewelry and other belongings was stolen from the home of Paris Hilton, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.  —  The incident occurred at 5 a.m. at Hilton's Hollywood Hills home on Clarendon Street.
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TMZ.com:
Paris Hilton Burglarized!  —  LAPD sources tell TMZ Paris Hilton's Beverly Hills home was broken into this morning.  —  According to cops, a man in a hooded sweatshirt forced entry into her front door and ransacked her bedroom.  Preliminary reports indicate $2 mil in jewelry and other belongings were taken.
POPSUGAR:
Paris Hilton Gives For Good and Gets $2 Million Stolen
Discussion: CasaSugar
Los Angeles Times:
Burglars hit Paris Hilton's home, take $2 million in jewelry
Discussion: Scandalist and Yeeeah!
People.com:
Fergie and Josh Set a Wedding Date!  —  Josh Duhamel and Fergie  —  Fergie and Josh Duhamel have made a special New Year's resolution: a Los Angeles-area wedding on Jan. 10, PEOPLE confirms.  —  The pop star, 33, and the actor, 36, got engaged a little more than a year ago …
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Access Hollywood:
Access Exclusive: Fergie & Josh Duhamel's Wedding Date Revealed!  —  Weddings,Fergie,Celebrities,Couples, TV,Music,Movies  —  Fergie will start the new year with a big change in her life - she's getting married.  —  A little more than a year after getting engaged, Fergie, 33, and Josh Duhamel …
Zaz Hollander / Anchorage Daily News:
Levi Johnston's mother hit with drug charges  —  Arrested: her son was in the spotlight as father of bristol palin's baby.  —  zhollander@adn.com  —  WASILLA — A 42-year-old Wasilla woman was arrested Thursday at her home by Alaska State Troopers with a search warrant in an undercover drug investigation.
Daily Mail:
We're SO together... Jennifer Aniston and boyfriend John Mayer stroll arm-in-arm in rare public display of affection … Jennifer Aniston made it very clear that she and on/off beau John Mayer are very much together as the pair strolled arm-in-arm, in a rare public display of affection in New York last night.
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Just Jared:
Jennifer Aniston: John Mayer Sleepover!
Discussion: OH NO!! and Lifeline Live
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New York Post:
LASTING KISSES  —  THE women in Tom Cruise's life seem …
Discussion: Socialite Life and L.A. Rag Mag
Alissa R / Us Weekly:   Katie Holmes Celebrates 30th Birthday on Stage — With Cake From Tom
TMZ.com:
Mama Hogan Involved in Car Accident  —  TMZ has learned Linda Hogan was involved in a fender bender in Clearwater, Fla. earlier this afternoon.  It happened less than a quarter mile from where her son Nick infamously crashed in August 2007.  —  Cops on scene tell TMZ Linda's white Mercedes was rear-ended by a red Camaro.
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed and OH NO!!
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:   Report: Linda Hogan in Car Accident
Jennifer Garcia / People.com:
Inside Tara Reid's Decision to Enter Rehab  —  Tara Reid has long been known as a party girl.  But the American Pie actress, who entered rehab last week, is trying to change her life for the better.  —  The specific reason behind her decision to check into Promises Treatment Center had not been revealed …
Extra:
‘Billie Jean’ Claims to be Blanket's Mommy  —  “Extra” has obtained legal documents from a woman who claims to be the mother of Michael Jackson's son, Prince Michael Jackson II aka Blanket.  Billie Jean Jackson says in a suit filed in Los Angeles on Wednesday that she wants joint legal and physical custody of the child.
Cele|bitchy:
Are Nicole Richie and Joel Madden planning a move to Maryland?  —  The National Enquirer reports this week that Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are planning to get married and move to a big estate in Maryland.  Joel is from Maryland and there's been a rumor that these two have wanted to escape from L.A. for some time.
Alicia Dennis / People.com:
Duggar Family Welcomes 18th (!) Child  —  The Duggar Family, before the latest arrival  —  Give us another J!  —  Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar of Tontitown, Ark., had their eighteenth child Thursday - Jordyn-Grace Makiya, who joins the rest of her J-named siblings.
Mr Holy Moly / Holy Moly!:
NO 'ARM IN IT ETC ETC  —  HM exclusive: Pete Doherty's arm explodes after drug session in studio!  —  It's been a while since the corpse in a pork pie hat, Pete Doherty, did something worthy of being in the news, but this week he's come up with a CRACKER.  —  Old Pete was in a recording studio …
MSN Movies:
Couples News: Engagement Rumors Hit ‘Very Happy’ Vince  —  Looks like Vince Vaughn could welcome in 2009 with a wife-to-be.  In Touch says the barrel-chested, baggy-eyed funnyman, 38, is planning to pop the question to squeeze Kyla Weber, a Canadian real-estate agent, over New Year's.
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler
TMZ.com:
Piven Went Mono Before Going to Mercury  —  Before Jeremy Piven ditched his Broadway show due to sushi-related mercury poisoning, producers say the actor was worried he was suffering from mononucleosis — the dreaded kissing disease.  —  The show's producer tells TMZ Piven had complained …
Nick Pisa / Daily Mail:
Victoria Beckham 'stops Italy's sexiest sports presenter from interviewing husband David' … Victoria Beckham has laid down the law and refused Italy's sexiest sports presenter permission to interview her husband, it has been claimed.  —  David and Victoria are due to arrive in Milan tomorrow …
Bossip.com:
Beyonce's Ring Too Expensive to Wear in Public  —  All ya'll Beyonce stans have made it so that the chick can't even rock her real ring: … That is just disgusting that a woman can't wear her wedding ring as a sign of the unity her and her husband have.  Damn you, stans.  Just, damn you.  SMH
Discussion: The Pop
 
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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
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