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2:45 PM ET, January 16, 2009

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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Kimora Lee Simmons, Djimon Hounsou Expecting a Baby!  —  Kimora Lee Simmons and actor Djimon Hounsou are expecting their first child together, a source close to the couple tells Usmagazine.com.  —  See photos of the cutest babies born in 2008.  —  Simmons, 33, has two daughters, Ming Lee …
New York Post:
NO DANCING!  —  SEN. John McCain might regret choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate, but an even worse decision will deprive his fellow Americans of what would have been the best season of “Dancing With the Stars” ever.  Our impeccably placed source says, “Just before Thanksgiving …
Perez Hilton:
Boy George Sentenced To 15 Months In Jail!!!!  —  He's off to the clink!  —  Boy George was found guilty late last years of falsely imprisoning a male escort in 2007.  —  On Friday, a judge in London sentenced the singer to 15 months in jail.  —  Hey, at least he'll have a good story to [tell] sell once he gets out of prison!
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Daily Mail:
‘Drug-crazed idiot’ Boy George jailed for 15 months for chaining …
BBC:   Boy George jailed for 15 months
Jennifer Quinn / Associated Press:   Boy George is sentenced to 15 months in jail
New York Post:
LOVE'S ANTI-SEMITIC RAVINGS  —  COURTNEY Love claims she's not taking drugs anymore, but you wouldn't know it from comments she made in the Jewish magazine Heeb.  Love, whose mother is Jewish but who describes herself as Buddhist, says of ex-husband Kurt Cobain's legacy …
Daily Mail:
Superskinny Lohan goes out for pizza and a bagload of snacks... that should bring back her vanishing curves … Lindsay Lohan stepped out looking much thinner again alarming fans.  —  But judging by the actress's supermarket sweep she appears to keen to get her missing curves back.
Ted Casablanca / E! Online:
Caught!  Jennifer Steps Out With Another Man!  —  Jennifer Aniston was surely looking as if she was doing something, or someone, naughty last night at Chateau Marmont.  An utterly radiant, glowing, just-washed-that-hanger-  —  on-stinky-pop-star-outta-my- fabulously-coiffed hair Jen was dashing down to the valet last night giggling.
Variety:
WB, Fox make deal for ‘Watchmen’  —  Warner to open superhero film March 6  —  Warner Bros. and Fox have settled their very public battle over “Watchmen.”  A deal has been hammered out that that gives WB some face-saving points, but which gives Fox the equivalent of a movie star's gross participation.
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Hollywood Reporter:   Warners, Fox settle over ‘Watchmen’
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Ellen Finally Gets Her Man: George Clooney  —  Baseball greats Joe Morgan, left, and Johnny Bench, with George Clooney and Ellen DeGeneres  —  All season long, since moving into new headquarters on the Warner Bros. lot, Ellen DeGeneres has had one goal in mind: get George Clooney on the show.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Britney Spears Shows Off Killer Abs in New Tour Photo  —  Britney's definitely got her body back.  —  Spears, 27, shows off killer abs in a new tour rehearsal photo posted on her Web site Friday.  In other photos (taken Monday night), the singer (in Lisa Kline J'aime Drawsting Pants) …
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Casey Affleck helming Joaquin Phoenix docu  —  Film to track actor-turned-rapper's musical career  —  Casey Affleck will track the musical career of Joaquin Phoenix behind the lens of a camera.  —  Affleck is directing a documentary feature on Phoenix, his friend and fellow actor …
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Beyonce to Sing for Obamas' First Dance on Inauguration Night  —  What will she belt out?  —  The Presidential Inaugural Committee won't say.  —  “It is our hope that we can keep the song secret until the moment,” spokeswoman Linda Douglass told The AP.  —  Look back at Beyonce's style hits and misses over the years.
Discussion: iVillage
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Lisa Tolin / Associated Press:
Beyonce to sing for Obamas' first inaugural dance
Discussion: Dlisted
Fiona Byrne / NEWS.com.au:
Paris Hilton loses her camera  —  PARIS Hilton has lost a camera filled with hundreds of personal photographs taken during her controversial Australian visit.  —  And the finder may be hawking the private happy snaps to the highest bidder.  —  Hilton misplaced the camera at the Bongo Virus party …
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Tom Hanks Says Mormon Supporters of Proposition 8 ‘Un-American’  —  LOS ANGELES —  Tom Hanks Says Mormon Supporters of Prop-8 “Un-American”  —  Tom Hanks, Executive Producer for HBO's controversial polygamist series “Big Love,” made his feelings toward the Mormon Church's involvement …
Discussion: Scandalist and Queerty
Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
Exclusive: Pete and Ashlee escape to ‘CSI: NY’  —  If there were any lingering doubts as to which of the three CSIs was the most stunt happy, this next story should erase them: Sources confirm to me exclusively that ubiquitous real-life couple Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Pete Wentz just closed a deal to guest star on CSI: NY.
TMZ.com:
Civil War Averted in Bev Hills — For Now  —  The battle over hired help in Bev Hills has been resolved — score one for Southern maids.  —  A judge ruled yesterday that nannies, gardeners, et al. who work in a really exclusive area called Beverly Park can enter and exit through the gates …
Discussion: Bossip.com
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Nicollette Sheridan Plays Coy on David Spade Romance Rumors  —  One Hollywood hookup that will never happen: Nicollette Sheridan and Ryan Seacrest.  —  On Friday's Ellen DeGeneres Show, she asks the single Desperate Housewives star if she'd ever go on a date with the American Idol host.
 
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People.com:
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Access Hollywood:
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Korin Miller / NY Daily News:
Jennifer Lopez fumbles wedding ring explanation, denies she's divorcing Marc Anthony
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The Guardian:
How China is using AI news anchors to spread its propaganda on social media; Microsoft: some AI anchors were created using ByteDance's video editing app CapCut

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Culture secretary Lucy Frazer says the UK is working on rules around the use of creative work for training AI after media and arts executives voiced concerns

Rodney Tiffen / Inside Story:
Court discovery docs from the UK's News Group phone hacking cases give more detail about evidence destruction and indicate the company gathered political intel

 
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