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12:45 PM ET, February 6, 2009

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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Kellogg Drops Michael Phelps Over Bong Photo  —  Smoking pot is not grrrrrrrreat.  —  So says Kellogg in not pursuing a new contract with Michael Phelps as a corn flakes spokesman after a photo showed him apparently smoking a marijuana pipe.  —  “We originally built the relationship with Michael …
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Associated Press:
Phelps suspended from competition  —  Michael Phelps won eight golds in Beijing, breaking Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven.  —  Michael Phelps' day grew lousier by the hour on Thursday.  —  First he lost a major sponsor, then he got suspended.  —  The Olympic great was suspended …
Natalie Finn / E! Online:   Michael Phelps Smoked by Kellogg, USA Swimming Over Pot Picture
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
John Mayer Talks About “Sleepovers” With Jennifer Aniston  —  On Monday's Ellen DeGeneres Show, John Mayer talks about girlfriend Jennifer Aniston's new high-tech house — and admits he occasionally sleeps over.  —  “There is no normal thing in the Aniston house,” he says.  “You won't find a light switch.
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Marla Lehner / People.com:
Jennifer Aniston Opens Up About Turning 40  —  Jennifer Aniston is feeling great as she approaches her 40th birthday next week - but admits to a moment of not wanting to face the milestone.  —  “I have to say really, I feel better than I ever felt in my life,” Aniston says on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, airing Friday.
John Gonzalez / Going Gonzo:
Jessica Simpson has meltdown in Grand Rapids after Tony Romo fails to show up for concert … Well, it looks like Tony Romo missed his flight to Grand Rapids, where his singer/girlfriend Jessica Simpson is performing tonight at Van Andel Arena.  The pop singer/actor turned country artist told …
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Perez Hilton:
Jessica Simpson Suffers Concert Meltdown!!!!  —  Is the stress surrounding the criticism of Jessica Simpson's weight gain affecting her mental well-being?  —  Seems that way!  —  The now chunkier singer had a very public meltdown last night during her concert in Grand Rapids.
Carrie Melago / NY Daily News:
Etta says she was just kidding  —  Singer Etta James says she was only trying to get a laugh when she said she “can't stand” Beyonce and made fun of President Obama's ears during a concert in Seattle.  —  James told the Daily News yesterday that she meant no harm when she poked fun …
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Perez Hilton:
Etta James: Beyonce Can't Take A Joke, Bitch!
Discussion: omg! and TMZ.com
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Etta James Can Stand Beyoncé
Gregg Kilday / Hollywood Reporter:
Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman in ‘Baster’  —  Romantic comedy set to shoot in the spring  —  Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman are teaming for the romantic comedy “The Baster,” which Mandate Pictures will shoot in the spring in New York.  —  Will Speck and Josh Gordon, who co-directed 2007's …
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John Rogers / Associated Press:
Octuplets' mom says she had 6 embryos implanted  —  WHITTIER, Calif. - The mother of newborn octuplets says she had six embryos implanted in her fertility procedure — far more than industry guidelines recommend under ordinary circumstances — and was well aware that multiple births could result.
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People.com:
Octuplet Mom: A Huge Family Was ‘Always a Dream’  —  Nadya Suleman says she tried for seven years to get pregnant before she successfully conceived with in-vitro fertilization at a facility - “and then I just kept going in.”  —  In an interview for the Today show, the recent mother of octuplets …
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Source: Paul Walker “Not Engaged” to Teen  —  Paul Walker is not engaged to a teenage girl, a source tells Usmagazine.com.  —  Star is reporting that the 2 Fast 2 Furious actor, 35, proposed to a 19-year-old college student named Jasmine and that he began dating her when she was 16.
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Brian Orloff / People.com:
Don't Mess with Taylor Swift - or She'll Write a Song About It  —  Don't cross Taylor Swift or else you may end up in one of her songs.  —  “If you don't want me to write bad songs about you, then don't do bad things,” Swift, 19, tells Self magazine in its March issue.
New York Post:
PYTHON ‘PACKAGE’ WOWED EX  —  IT'S enough to make anyone's stiff upper lip quiver.  —  Famously reserved “Monty Python” star John Cleese has had a messy breakup with a blabbermouth blonde who he claims lied to him about her age and revealed embarrassing details about his hair plugs, “nice package” and intensive anti-aging regimen.
Discussion: Jossip and L.A. Rag Mag
Donna Freydkin / USA Today:
Ginnifer Goodwin relates to ‘Just Not That Into You’ role  —  HOLLYWOOD — Dating is hard.  Even if you're an adorable actress with lashes thicker than the September issue of Vogue.  —  “I've heard things coming out of my mouth recently, while flirting — not with anyone in particular …
Discussion: USA Today and L.A. Rag Mag
New York Post:
GAY-LOVING GUY  —  JUST because Guy Ritchie hated Madonna's gay brother, Christopher Ciccone, it doesn't make him a homophobe.  Ciccone claimed in his book about his sis ter that Ritchie hated homosexu als.  But Madge's ex, who's in town directing “Sherlock Holmes,” hit Marie's Crisis …
RADAR:
HAYDEN PANTTIERRE & JESSE MCCARTNEY K-I-S-S-I-N-G!  —  We're seven hours late for work today because we partied at Crown Bar until we passed out - no, not from drinking, from shock.  It happened right after we saw 19-year-old Hayden Panettierre ALL OVER Jesse McCartney.
RADAR:
ON SET PHOTOS OF BALE AND TARGET OF HIS TIRADE  —  Christian Bale approaches the movie's director of photography, Shane Hurlbut.  Check out more in our photo gallery.  —  You've heard the rant, now here are the pictures you haven't seen.  —  RadarOnline.com has obtained photos …
 
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TMZ.com:
Paris' Bro Sued by Gas Station Dude
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‘Gossip Girl’ Spin-Off Lands First Character
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Diana Pilkington / Daily Mail:
Lily raises eyebrows as a boy in hilarious spoof of Cadbury advert …
Discussion: Seriously? OMG!
AceShowBiz.com:
Selena Gomez to Be an Older Sister in ‘Beezus and Ramona’
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Things turn nasty for Amy Winehouse
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TMZ.com:
Mini-Me's Chick Wants to Bare All ... Alone
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Korin Miller / NY Daily News:
‘Hannah Montana’ star Miley Cyrus kinda apologizes over controversial Asian photos
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Marc Malkin / E! Online:
American Idol's Fantasia Goes Back to High School
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From Mediagazer:

Arasu Kannagi Basil / Reuters:
OpenAI and Reddit partner to bring Reddit content to ChatGPT and more via Reddit's Data API, bring new AI tools to Reddit, and make OpenAI a Reddit ad partner

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Memo: Gannett is adding AI-generated summaries to the top of some stories, with a disclaimer at the bottom; some USA Today stories already show the summaries

Steven Waldman / @stevenwaldman:
The California Senate Appropriations Committee approves a bill imposing fees on Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon to pay for local news through employment tax credits

 
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