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4:40 PM ET, January 8, 2009

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People.com:
Ugly Betty's Ana Ortiz Is Pregnant  —  Ugly Betty star Ana Ortiz is pregnant with her first child, PEOPLE has learned.  —  Ortiz, 37, and her husband Noah Lebenzon, the guitarist for the band Half Life, are expecting the baby at the end of July.  —  “They are thrilled and ecstatic,” says a friend of the New York City-based couple.
TMZ.com:
Kevin Costner 911  —  TMZ has learned Kevin Costner was rushed to the hospital Tuesday.  —  It happened in Hollywood, at around 10 AM.  We're told Costner was driving to a meeting when he began feeling ill and lightheaded — so bad he pulled over and called 911.  As he waited for paramedics, we're told Costner began vomiting.
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler
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Ken Lee / People.com:
Kevin Costner Briefly Hospitalized  —  Kevin Costner was hospitalized overnight Tuesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, but was released the following day after tests showed nothing was amiss, his rep tells PEOPLE.  —  “Kevin was driving in the Hollywood area Tuesday morning …
Discussion: iVillage
Heath Ledger / The Huffington Post:
Lisa Bonet's New Baby: Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa  —  You know her as Lisa Bonet from “The Cosby Show,” and Lilakoi Moon (Bonet changed her name in 1995) has given birth to her third child: Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa.  —  Lilakoi, 41, has a daughter Zoe, 20 …
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X17 Online:
Lindsay Gives One Heck Of An Interview!  —  Images courtesy of Interview Magazine Lindsay Lohan is Interview magazine's February 2009 cover girl, and Lauren Hutton interviewed the 22-year-old actress and the two ladies discussed the paparazzi, fame, movie roles, and the media's perception of the young starlet.
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New York Post:
SEX SECRETS OF BARBIE & KEN  —  BARBIE and Ken are beloved by millions of children - but the people behind the world's most popular dolls were involved in unsavory sexual behavior they kept secret for years, a new book reveals.  —  In “Toy Monster: The Big, Bad World of Mattel,” …
Discussion: MomLogic, Jezebel and Jossip
Brian Orloff / Style Watch:
Spoiler Alert: People's Choice Winners Revealed  —  Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie clearly have the people's vote.  —  The two were among the big winners at the 35th Annual People's Choice Awards Wednesday night at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.  Pitt was named favorite leading man at the ceremony …
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Frazier Moore / Associated Press:
Trump rounds up celebs for new ‘Apprentice’ season  —  NEW YORK - Early last October, NBC unveiled the 16-member cast of “Celebrity Apprentice” to reporters.  Everyone on hand at the locked-down news conference swore to keep the participants' identities a secret until NBC said “go.”
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip and Videogum
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Access Hollywood:
Joan Rivers, Khloe Kardashian Among New ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ Cast
Discussion: Crazy Days and Nights and iVillage
Rennie Dyball / People.com:
Fergie and Josh Kick Off Their Wedding Week  —  Fergie and Josh Duhamel at their party Jan. 7  —  Forget keeping the boys and girls apart.  Three days before her wedding, Fergie took a break from her intense bride-to-be workouts for a co-ed bachelor-bachelorette party with fiancé Josh Duhamel.
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Hollywoodtuna:
Heidi Montag Because I Hate Myself  —  Proving once again that she's a money grubbing media whore, Heidi Montag had the Chanel logo painted on to her fingernails before going shopping in the Chanel store with the paparazzi right on her tail.  I hate myself for putting this chick on the site …
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Just Jared:
Heidi Montag: Chanel Fingernails!
Discussion: OH NO!! and Best Week Ever
New York Post:
WE HEAR . . .  THAT artist Alex Gardega is painting a nude, 6-foot portrait of “charming and sexy” Rachael Ray and using paprika mixed with oils for the TV chef's skin tones . . . THAT Kanye West, Benicio Del Toro and Eva Amurri will be at the Louis Vuitton SoHo store tonight to check …
Discussion: Dlisted, Pop Crunch and OH NO!!
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Balthazar Leaving Brothers Earlier Than Expected?  —  The Walker family from Brothers & Sisters may be losing a loved one sooner than we thought.  —  According to sources who work on the fan-favorite ABC drama, the show's writers and producers have rewritten certain scenes and storylines …
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Mickey Rourke sizes up ‘Iron Man 2’  —  Actor may play Russian villian in Marvel sequel  —  In what would mark his first studio film since resurrecting his career with “The Wrestler,” Mickey Rourke is in talks to play the heavy in “Iron Man 2,” the Marvel Entertainment sequel that director Jon Favreau begins shooting this spring.
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Daily Mail:
Nicole Richie watches over baby Harlow as she takes her first tentative steps … Doting Nicole Richie kept a watchful eye on her daughter Harlow as she took some tentative steps with the help of her mother in the park.  —  The 11-month-old pootled around the park as her father Joel Madden …
Tiffany McGee / People.com:
Confirmed!  Taylor Lautner Will Be Back in Twilight Sequel  —  The speculation is over: Taylor Lautner will get to play Jacob Black after all in the Twilight sequel New Moon.  —  “It was my first instinct that Taylor was, is, and should be Jacob,” director Chris Weitz announced in a statement Jan. 7.
Discussion: The Dish Rag
MSat / Cele|bitchy:
The 2008 Razzie Nominations: Worst of the year in film  —  The 2008 Razzie Award nominations have been released, chronicling the year's worst films and performances.  There were so many stinkers to choose from - I'd bet it's harder to pick the nominees for this than it is the Oscars and Golden Globes.
Larry McShane / NY Daily News:
L.I. doctor to estranged wife: Give me my kidney back  —  Richard Batista can live with his broken heart.  He just can't bear his cheating wife living with his healthy kidney.  —  The Long Island doctor wants the one-time love of his life to pay $1.5 million for the organ he bestowed …
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New York Post:
EX IS AN ORGAN MOANER
Discussion: Extra and New York Magazine
 
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People.com:
Australian Stars Support Heath Ledger Scholarship
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New York Post:
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Shaheem Reid / MTV:
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