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9:55 AM 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 …
Emily Bryson York / AdAge:
Kellogg to Drop Olympian Phelps  —  Will Let Endorsement Deal Expire at Month's End  —  CHICAGO (AdAge.com) — One bong hit seen around the world, and Olympian Michael Phelps is watching at least one contract go up in smoke.  Kellogg will let the swimmer's contract expire at the end of the month.
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Michael Phelps Smoked by Kellogg, USA Swimming Over Pot Picture  —  Kellogg likes its flakes frosted, not baked.  —  A couple days after Michael Phelps apologized for being photographed with a marijuana pipe, the cereal maker says it has dropped the 14-time Olympic gold medalist as a spokesman.
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Bret Michaels: Jennifer Aniston Rocks My World!  —  Forget those ladies vying for Bret Michael's attention on Rock of Love — he's only got eyes for Jennifer Aniston.  —  “There is no doubt I find Jennifer to be very hot, smart, funny down-to-earth and a great actress,” Michaels reveals to Usmagazine.com.
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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.
Discussion: iVillage and I'm Not Obsessed
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Sex and the City Sequel: SJP & Co. Make It Official!  —  UPDATE: SATC writer-director Michael Patrick King confirms the scoop!  In an exclusive statement, King says, “I'm very excited to work with these amazing actresses again and would love to give everyone more information about the sequel...but I'm busy with my ‘Sex’ life.”
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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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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 …
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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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Ben Child / Guardian:
Bale rant  —  Christian Bale's estranged mother has waded …
Discussion: Defamer and Perez Hilton
Audrina Patridge:
Clearing Up Rumors  —  I'm getting a lot of calls today about a story that ran in a New York paper saying that I am now in a “romantic” relationship with Benji Madden.  —  I find it highly amusing, since I haven't seen him since December.  I think Benji is a sweetheart and we're good friends, but we are definitely NOT dating!
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Perez Hilton:
Paul Walker, 35, Engaged To TEENAGER!  —  The D-list actor from The Fast and the Furious, Paul Walker, is finally getting married to his long-time girlfriend.  —  According to Star magazine, the 35-year old proposed to girlfriend Jasmine Pilchard-Gosnell over the holidays.
Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
Nick Carter: Alcohol & Drugs Almost Killed Me  —  After 10 years of struggling with alcohol and drugs, Backstreet Boy Nick Carter knew he had a problem.  But nothing could make him stop for more than a few months at a time - not a DUI, a bar brawl, or even his ballooning weight, which reached 224 lbs.
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
American Idol's Fantasia Goes Back to High School  —  Fantasia Barrino is a class act.  —  The American Idol star, 24, says she's ready to hit the books and earn her high school degree after giving up the chance to do so when she dropped out of school about a decade ago in the ninth grade.
TMZ.com:
Mini-Me's Chick Wants to Bare All ... Alone  —  Have you ever wanted to see Mini-Me's sex tape co-star, Ranae Shrider, naked ... without a little person on top of her?  Well, you just might get your chance!  —  Shrider has shot a series of scantily-clad photos with the hope of submitting …
Discussion: Geno's World
Nikki Finke / Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily:
Doors Documentary Snags Johnny Depp  —  I already wrote about how the world premiere screening of Wolf Films' (i.e. Law & Order Dick Wolf's) When You're Strange, that documentary about The Doors, met with such a great response at the Sundance Film Festival.  Now Wolf has scored another coup: getting Johnny Depp to narrate.
Korin Miller / NY Daily News:
‘Hannah Montana’ star Miley Cyrus kinda apologizes over controversial Asian photos  —  Disney darling Miley Cyrus is speaking out her most recent controversial photos.  And she's going on the offensive.  —  “I've also been told there are some people upset about some pictures taken …
Discussion: SFGate
AceShowBiz.com:
Selena Gomez to Be an Older Sister in ‘Beezus and Ramona’  —  ‘Wizards of Waverly Place’ star Selena Gomez has been picked up to star in film adaptation of ‘Beezus and Ramona’ alongside young actress Joey King.  —  “Beezus and Ramona”, a movie adaptation of Beverly Cleary's book series of the same name …
Discussion: Junior Celebs
Access Hollywood:
'American Idol's' Bikini Girl: ‘Of Course Playboy Has Called’  —  American Idol,Reality TV,Tony Potts,TV,Playboy  —  Katrina Darell didn't make a lot of friends when she auditioned for “American Idol” in a bikini, but Playboy sure took notice.  —  According to the recently ousted chanteuse …
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
Jay Bird / Cele|bitchy:
Lindsay Lohan moves out of Sam's place and rents a house  —  Lindsay Lohan's on again, off again (times 40) relationship with Samantha Ronson might be off again.  If nothing else, the pair are putting a little distance between each other.  Lindsay has moved out of Samantha's house and found a cozy little $10,000 a month rental nearby.
Discussion: X17 Online and The Shallow End
 
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