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1:20 PM ET, January 28, 2009

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Ashlee Simpson / Ashlee Simpson:
Since when did a woman's weight become newsworthy...  I am completely disgusted by the headlines concerning my sister's weight.  A week after the inauguration and with such a feeling of hope in the air for our country, I find it completely embarrassing and belittling to all women to read …
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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Ashlee Simpson: Stop Talking About Jessica's Weight  —  Ashlee Simpson-Wentz says people should leave her older sister Jessica alone.  —  “I am completely disgusted by the headlines concerning my sister's weight,” Ashlee, 24, writes on her blog after photos appeared of Jessica, 28 …
OK! Magazine:
Tony Likes Jessica's Curves
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, Dlisted and Celebslam
TMZ.com:
Details in Mystery Travolta Extortion Doc  —  We've now gotten to the bottom of the mystery document that was the basis for the alleged extortion plot in the John Travolta case.  —  Sources connected with the investigation tell us John Travolta told EMT workers he wanted to fly his son …
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Siobhan Morrissey / People.com:
Police Reveal Details of John Travolta Extortion Plot
Discussion: The Superficial and iVillage
TMZ.com:
Mystery Document in Travolta Case — Revealed
Roy Edroso / Runnin' Scared:
Voice of Bart Simpson Robo-Calls for Scientology  —  We aren't usually much troubled by celebrities' affiliations with Scientology.  Hell, Celine was a Nazi collaborator, and we still love his books.  And we're not such fans of Look Who's Talking Too that Kirstie Alley's and John Travolta's religious beliefs would spoil it for us.
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Simpsons Star Uses Bart's Voice to Promote Scientology Event
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Simon Perry / People.com:
Prince Harry and Chelsy Davy: Behind Their Breakup  —  Chelsy Davy and Prince Harry  —  After five years of dating, what caused Prince Harry and girlfriend Chelsy Davy to finally call it quits last week?  —  Those close to the prince believe time and distance may have pulled the 24-year-old royal …
Steven Zeitchik / Hollywood Reporter:
Lara Croft to return to the big screen  —  Warners, Dan Lin in early development on reboot  —  Lara Croft could soon be going on a new big-screen mission.  —  Warners Bros. and producer Dan Lin are in early development on a a reboot of “Tomb Raider,” the popular video game action franchise.
Josh Rottenberg / EW.com:
Joaquin Phoenix's rap career: An elaborate hoax?  —  Two people close to Joaquin Phoenix tell EW that the actor's recent attempt to reinvent himself as a rapper is not what it appears to be.  —  Ever since the actor announced he was ditching his career in movies to try to make it as a rap artist …
Courtney Hazlett / MSNBC:
Scoop: Alba schools Fox's O'Reilly  —  Plus: Simpson won't spin weight loss; Anderson finds trailer-park love  —  Jessica Alba is setting the record straight: Sweden was neutral during World War II.  —  Alba and Fox TV show host Bill O'Reilly traded punches last week after the presidential inauguration.
Simon Cable / Daily Mail:
The beer shampoo and strawberry toothpaste that keeps Catherine Zeta-Jones looking youthful … She might be the face of Elizabeth Arden cosmetics, but Catherine Zeta- Jones is happy to use her own homegrown beauty secrets.  —  Such as rubbing honey and salt on her skin to beat wrinkles …
Reagan Alexander / People.com:
HIMYM's Cobie Smulders Flashes Her New Engagement Ring  —  Cobie Smulders and Taran Killam  —  How I Met Your Mother star Cobie Smulders is clearly ringing in the New Year in style: with a baby due this spring and some new hardware adorning her left hand.  —  Asked by PEOPLE if it is …
OK! Magazine:
Cover Story: Tom & Katie's Baby News  —  When Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes exited the Ivy restaurant in L.A. on Jan. 21, the smiles on their faces as they glanced at each other said it all: “We're in love!”  But when Tom gently placed his hand over his beautiful wife's belly and she clasped …
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Bundchen Bumped: Gisele Doesn't Have Most Sought-After Body Anymore  —  Bundchen Bumped: Gisele Doesn't Have the Most Sought-after Body, So Who Does?  —  Gisele Bundchen's body is nothing short of bangin'.  However, the sexy supermodel didn't quite earn the top spot on the 12th Annual …
blogs.myspace.com:
A Few Thoughts and the Inauguration Category: News and Politics  —  Jay_eh here.  I wanted to share with everyone in the ibeatyou and MySpace communities my experiences at the inauguration last week, so I put together a little video.  —  Before I get to the video, I want to clear some things up that have been bothering me lately.
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
It's the Economy, Girlfriend  —  The economic crisis came home to 27-year-old Megan Petrus early last year when her boyfriend of eight months, a derivatives trader for a major bank, proved to be more concerned about helping a laid-off colleague than comforting Ms. Petrus after her father had a heart attack.
Discussion: Jezebel, Gawker and Salon
Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on ‘Desperate Housewives,’ ‘House,’ ‘Battlestar,’ ‘Lost,’ ‘Brothers & Sisters,’ ‘Scrubs,’ ‘Heroes,’ ‘Daisies,’ ‘Ugly Betty,’ and more!  —  Question: Your scoop about the lack of Cameron and Chase in the 100th episode of House really killed me.
The Real Story with Michael Lohan:
PLEASE HELP!!!  —  Like I said in the past, “if I see or hear of anyone or anything causing harm or is seen as a threat to my children,” I will speak about it, and do anything I can to try to intervene regardless of the repercussions on me.  —  With that said, after seeing promise …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
TMZ.com:
Even Shauna Can't Walk in Those Heels  —  After years of wear and tear on her body and psyche, those Hollywood Blvd. Lucite stripper heels have finally taken their toll on Shauna Sand.  —  With her Frenchie husband Romain at her side, the 37-year-old good mother of three rested her tanned …
New York Observer:
Gays Go Ga-Ga Over Andrea Mitchell!!!!  —  Each week, one of us is lucky to have the opportunity to call up big New York City magazine and newspaper editors and shoot the breeze.  Remnick!  Graydon!  Keller!  What a job!  But whenever he brags to friends about it, it never really goes over well.
Discussion: Gawker, New York Magazine and Jezebel
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Paula Abdul Storms Out of American Idol Audition  —  Paula Abdul's wacky antics returned on Tuesday's American Idol.  —  Miffed because the other three judges didn't ask her what she thought of 19-year-old contestant Julissa Veloz, Abdul walked out of an audition in Jacksonville, Fla.
Discussion: Socialite Life
 
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