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9:25 AM ET, January 16, 2009

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Melissa / Style News:
EXCLUSIVE: Even More Katie Holmes for Miu Miu!  —  Yesterday, we showed you one of Katie Holmes's striking ads for Miu Miu, and today we have another image from the Spring 2009 campaign exclusively for PEOPLE.com readers.  The star shows her flair for the dramatic, put to excellent use …
Korin Miller / NY Daily News:
Jennifer Lopez fumbles wedding ring explanation, denies she's divorcing Marc Anthony  —  Jennifer Lopez has an itty-bitty problem with her absentee wedding ring explanation.  —  The singer-actress poo-poos reports that her marriage to Marc Anthony is on the rocks in the new issue of In Touch Weekly …
Discussion: The Blemish, Dlisted and JLo Stalker
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The Sun:
Something doesn't ring true  —  JENNIFER LOPEZ has denied further rumours her marriage to MARC ANTHONY is in trouble, insisting she didn't wear her wedding ring to the Golden Globes because 'it didn't go with the dress.'  —  The actress made the bizarre remark after she was snapped posing …
TMZ.com:
Knoxville Pinned in Airport Grenade Incident  —  Only a jackass brings a grenade to an airport — and cops say that's exactly what Johnny Knoxville did today.  —  Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Knoxville was detained this morning at LAX after security found a fake grenade in his carry-on bag.
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Amanda Bynes Dumps Doug Reinhardt  —  Amanda Bynes has split with baseball player Doug Reinhardt .  —  “She ended it.  She had had enough,” a source close to the actress tells Usmagazine.com.  “Her friends didn't trust him.  Everyone thought he was using her for celebrity.  He was not good, and she was over it.
Elaine Aradillas / People.com:
Adventurer Bear Grylls Welcomes Baby No. 3  —  Bear Grylls  —  Adventurer and television host Bear Grylls and his wife Shara have welcomed a new pup to their pack - a baby boy born Thursday.  —  The couple's third child, Huckleberry Edward Jocelyne Grylls, weighed in at 7 lbs., 7 oz. …
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Man vs. Wild Star Welcomes Son
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop
FemaleFirst:
Marijuana Advocate Reveals Pitt's Pot Past  —  A Los Angeles stoner guru has exposed movie hunk Brad Pitt as a one-time weed-smoking beach bum, who used to live to get high.  —  Now a responsible dad of six, Pitt recently revealed he no longer smokes anything, but one old pal claims …
Access Hollywood:
Jenny McCarthy On How Jett Travolta's Death Hit Close To Home  —  Jenny McCarthy,John Travolta,Deaths,Celebrities  —  Jenny McCarthy knows the terror of nearly losing her autistic son, Evan, following a seizure.  Evan was saved, while sadly, John Travolta's son, Jett, died from his seizure, a death that hit Jenny close to home.
Discussion: Lifeline Live and Us Weekly
Jennifer Garcia / People.com:
Bridget Marquardt: Hugh Hefner Wants Me to Find a Man  —  Bridget Marquardt doesn't have to worry about Hugh Hefner being a jealous ex-boyfriend.  In fact, he wants the Girls Next Door star to find new love.  —  “He's so excited for me and happy for me.  Hef says if I want to come …
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CNN:
Airplane in Hudson River after failed takeoff, FAA says  —  NEW YORK (CNN) — A US Airways plane was down in the Hudson River on Thursday after attempting to take off from LaGuardia Airport, officials said.  —  US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320, was headed to Charlotte, North Carolina, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Jenna Fischer: Cooking Improved My Sex Life!  —  Jenna Fischer has a Crock-Pot to thank for a better sex life.  —  Self magazine editors asked the Office star to adopt a few healthy lifestyle changes — including using the slow cooker — over a two-week “Get-Healthier-and-Happier Challenge” — and she discovered some extra perks!
Carl Cortez / iF Magazine:
Exclusive Breaking News: ‘JERICHO’ THEATRICAL MOVIE IN DEVELOPMENT  —  Executive producer/Director Jon Turteltaub also talks about JERICHO repeats on CW  —  THE SKINNY: It's the concept that never seems to die, and that's a good thing according to JERICHO executive producer/director.
People.com:
Caught in the Act!  —  • Anne Hathaway, playing stylist for younger brother Tom, during a visit to New York vintage store What Comes Around Goes Around.  The award-winning actress was helping her sibling pick out clothes for his semester abroad, and “bought him a bunch of things,” a source says.
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 …
Discussion: Socialite Life
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Plumped Paris: Did Hilton Mess With the Needle?  —  LOS ANGELES — Despite her bountiful bank balance and Beverly Hills existence, Paris Hilton has remained a natural beauty and refused to succumb to the lure of scalpels, needles and knives ...  Or has she?
Cynthia Wang / People.com:
Germaphobe Howie Mandel Calls Hospitalization ‘Really Hard’  —  Howie Mandel isn't surprised fans may have thought his hospital trip on Monday to treat an irregular heartbeat was an elaborate part of his NBC hidden camera series Howie Do It, but his experience getting treatment could make a whole reality show in itself.
Liz Thomas / Daily Mail:
Slumdog Millionaire Briton Dev Patel v Brad Pitt in battle for Bafta glory … He made his name as an awkward teenager on the TV youth drama Skins.  Now, less than two years on, he is taking on the Hollywood heavyweights  —  Dev Patel finds himself challenging Brad Pitt for the best actor accolade at this year's Bafta Film Awards.
Discussion: Socialite Life
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BBC:
2009 Bafta nominations announced
Discussion: Just Jared
Erica Powell / MTV UK:
Johnny Depp To Marry  —  Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis reveal they will marry in April.  —  The couple who have been together for 10 years and have two children together are planning to tie the knot in a chapel on the grounds of their $1.25 million French estate in late April.
NY Daily News:
Madge's Lourdes works a miracle  —  What was Guy Ritchie doing in ex-wife's Madonna's NYC apartment Tuesday?  Apparently, trying to get along with her Madgesty for the sake of the kids.  —  “Madonna and Guy aren't reconciling,” a source close to the couple tells us.
Discussion: Socialite Life
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Mirror.co.uk:
Madonna has counselling to make her less domineering in love …
Nelson Branco / Sympatico / MSN:
Most Beautiful Man Alive — 2009  —  'Y&R's uber hunk and resident nice guy, Daniel Goddard, proves God does exist.  Plus: Exclusive baby pictures of his new son, Sebastian.  Also: Goddard's homeless photography unveiled!  —  Don't hate Daniel Goddard because he's beautiful.  —  It's not his fault.
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
Jarett Wieselman / POPWRAP:
JC Chasez: 'There's No ‘N Sync Reunion’  —  After two seasons that showcased some of the most insanely talented dance crews from around the country, “America's Best Dance Crew” is reverse flipping back onto TV with a third season that is going to push the contestants to the limits like never before.
Harley / The Real Juice That Celebrities …:
ex-boyfriend: Oprah smoked crack with me  —  The most unbelievable part of this story; that Oprah actually used to have a boyfriend.  Does Gayle know about this?  —  Randolph Cook, who once upon a midnight weary, actually dated Winfrey is wrote a tell all book called “The Wizard of O” and The National Enquirer has the gory excerpt:
 
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Michelle Collins / Best Week Ever:
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Discussion: Best Week Ever and Jezebel
Michael Schneider / Variety:
Idris Elba gets ‘Office’ space
Discussion: Jossip and I Watch Stuff
Eric Ditzian / MTV Movies Blog:
Gus Van Sant Talks ‘Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test’ …
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Hannah Summers / thelondonblog:
Kate Moss plans mother of parties
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Lady GaGa Feels Nothing
Discussion: popbytes and The Bastardly
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Pink, Carey Hart Reunite for L.A. Jogging Date
Discussion: poponthepop.com
Rennie Dyball / People.com:
Kate Winslet: Please Don't Call Me a Movie Star
Mirror.co.uk:
Worry over Lindsay Lohan girlfriend Sam Ronson DJing for Barack Obama
Discussion: Dlisted
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sources: the expectation at Paramount Global is that neither of the two offers in play, Skydance-RedBird and Sony Pictures-Apollo, will come to fruition

Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Twitch streamers are growing their audiences as they stream student protests, and some viewers and protesters see them as more trustworthy than traditional news

Tom McArthur / BBC:
RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place

 
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