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12:30 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:
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 …
Discussion: Jossip, Socialite Life and OH NO!!
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.
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 …
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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Jennifer Quinn / Associated Press:
Boy George is sentenced to 15 months in jail
Discussion: Stereogum and The Blemish
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 …
Brian Orloff / People.com:
Anne Hathaway: I Want to Babysit the Obama Girls  —  Anne Hathaway (left) and Malia and Sasha Obama  —  President-elect Barack Obama has already filled his cabinet with Washington veterans like Hillary Clinton - but could there be room for Hollywood in his administration?
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: Queerty
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: Dlisted, The Blemish and JLo Stalker
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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.
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.
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Associated Press:
Knoxville detained for inert grenade at airport
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: Us Weekly
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. …
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
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 …
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.
James Hibberd / Hollywood Reporter:
NBC renews ‘Office’ and ‘30 Rock’  —  Net says ‘Heroes’ has ‘very secure’ future  —  NBC announced early renewals for a trio of returning shows while providing reassurance that weakened powerhouse “Heroes” has a “very secure” future.  —  Solid performers “The Office,” “30 Rock” and …
Discussion: Gawker and New York Magazine
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.
Michael K / Dlisted:
Kendra Admits To F**king Around On Hef  —  Now that Kendra Wilkinson has moved out of the Playboy mansion and is no longer one of Hef's whores, she's spilling s**t to UsWeekly (via NYDN).  Oh, I love it when bitches diarrhea all over what made them famous in the first place.
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