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1:15 PM ET, January 15, 2009

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Sophie Barnett / The Sun:
Do not serve drinks to the Wino  —  Creepy crawler ... Amy goes on all fours as she prowls resort for booze  —  WASTED AMY WINEHOUSE is reduced to crawling up to holidaymakers and grabbing their drinks — after fed-up resort staff refused to serve her.  —  The sneaky singer also BEGS guests …
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Simon Cable / Daily Mail:
Back in the old routine: Winehouse is left crawling on all fours and begging for drinks … It's a matter of days since Amy Winehouse was boasting of her new healthy-living regime after meeting a clean-cut young rugby player on holiday in the Caribbean.  —  Unfortunately for her, 21-year-old Josh Bowman has now returned to England.
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Gossip Girl Spins Off Serena's Mom  —  The juiciest story right now is what happened way back when.  —  Putting the not-happening rumors to rest, the CW has ordered up a pilot for a Los Angeles-set Gossip Girl spinoff, E! News confirmed Wednesday.  —  The new venture from GG creators Josh Schwartz …
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Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Gossip Girl’ spinoff moving forward  —  CW orders backdoor pilot for prequel  —  It's been the biggest mystery on the CW's “Gossip Girl” this season.  No, it's not whether Lily and Rufus will find their love child, though the two are conspicuously related.  It's whether the show will launch a spinoff.
Michael Schneider / Variety:
‘Gossip Girl’ spinoff to travel in time  —  New CW series to take place in 1980s L.A.  —  Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage are going back in time for their upcoming “Gossip Girl” spinoff.  —  The new CW project will focus on a younger version of “Gossip Girl's” Lily van der Woodsen (Kelly Rutherford).
Discussion: Dlisted, Gawker and TMZ.com
Korin Miller / NY Daily News:
Hugh Hefner's Playboy lifestyle isn't what it seems, says Kendra Wilkinson  —  Life at the Playboy Mansion wasn't always a party, according to Kendra Wilkinson.  As for sex ... well, she got it elsewhere.  —  “I had to have sex every now and then, so I had to kind of sneak it,” Hugh Hefner's 23-year-old ex tells Us Weekly.
Thailan Pham / People.com:
Raven-Symoné Is Combatting Body Critics  —  Raven-Symoné  —  When she needs a self-esteem boost, Raven-Symoné can count on her biggest fan: her mom.  —  “She'll call me and say, 'You're very pretty,' ” says the former That's So Raven star.
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Emily Blunt rumored for ‘Iron Man 2’  —  Jon Favreau searching for his Black Widow  —  With Mickey Rourke and Sam Rockwell negotiating to play key villains in “Iron Man 2,” Marvel Entertainment and director Jon Favreau are now looking for the right thesp to play femme fatale Black Widow …
New York Post:
WRESTLING MATCH  —  MICKEY Rourke (above) is already reaping the benefits of his comeback.  The star of “The Wrestler” was at the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood the other night with Sean Penn and his long-suffering wife, Robin Wright Penn, when, our witnesses said, Rourke was accosted by fame-craving Bai Ling.
Gregory Ellwood / Hitfix:
Exclusive: Kieran Culkin to star in ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’  —  Actor will play Pilgrim's gay roommate Wallace  —  HitFix has confirmed that Kieran Culkin has been cast as Wallace Wells in Edgar Wright's “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.”  —  Based on Bryan Lee O'Malley's popular series of …
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Daily Mail:
‘Bear with it,’ says Big Brother as the celebs object to dressing as teddies and eating honey … In their everyday lives they are used to being treated with a fair bit of respect.  —  But it appears Big Brother is not impressed by claims of celebrity.  —  When former pop star Michelle Heaton …
Lorenza Munoz / Los Angeles Times:
Suave actor Ricardo Montalban dies  —  (01-15) 04:00 PST Los Angeles - —  Ricardo Montalban, the suave leading man who was one of the first Mexican-born actors to make it big in Hollywood and who was best known for his roles as Mr. Roarke on ABC's “Fantasy Island” and the villainous Khan of the …
Discussion: I Watch Stuff and Defamer
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Rob Owen / Tuned In Journal:
Press Tour Journal: Poehler series' premise  —  UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — The premise of NBC's untitled Amy Poehler sitcom from “The Office” executive producer Greg Daniels has been revealed.  NBC put scripts to the first episode in TV critics' press kits with our names emblazoned across every page …
Discussion: TV Squad and Pop Crunch
X17 Online:
Is Johnny Depp Getting Hitched?!?!  —  Apparently so!!  —  Johnny and his longtime girlfriend Vanessa Paradis are planning a spring wedding in the chapel at their chateau in France, MTV UK reports.  —  It's reportedly going to be a small, low-key affair - although with Rolling Stones rocker Keith Richards …
Discussion: Digital Spy and MTV UK
X17 Online:
Happy (Belated) Birthday Orlando!  —  His 32nd birthday may have been two days ago, but that didn't stop Orlando Bloom from partying it up at Katsuya last night!  Orlando and his lady love Miranda Kerr met up with celeb pals like Liv Tyler and Adam Levine, and after the group had their fill of sushi …
Discussion: INF Daily
Elaine Sciolino / New York Times:
In the Lap of Luxury, Paris Squirms  —  FRANCE is the birthplace of luxury fashion, and here the recession biting the world has the feel of a morality play.  —  As high-end consumers everywhere have suddenly suppressed their appetite for luxury goods, what was once considered a recession-proof industry has been hit hard.
Discussion: New York Magazine and Racked
 
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Courtney Hazlett / MSNBC:
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Lauren Johnston / NY Daily News:
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Boy George Escorts Himself Outside
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