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Ken Lee / People.com:
Police: Lindsay Lohan Committed Battery  —  So much for Lindsay Lohan's clean start in 2011.  —  Police now assert the actress did, in fact, commit battery against a Betty Ford employee in a Dec. 12 scuffle - and plan to hand the case over to local prosecutors for review.
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Elise / INF Daily:
Lindsay Lohan Released From Rehab & Moving Across The Street From Ex Samantha Ronson!  —  In a wacky twist of events, Lindsay Lohan has been released from the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, CA and is setting up shop next door to her ex-girlfriend Samantha Ronson.
New York Post:
Vivica engaged  —  Vivica Fox got engaged to her younger boyfriend, Atlanta club promoter Omar “Slim” White, 27, during the holidays.  A source told us that White proposed to Fox, 46, on Dec. 26 with an 8-karat stunner while the two were staying at the Ritz Carlton in South Beach.
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PopEater:
Vivica A. Fox Engaged to Young Concert Promoter  —  Congrats are in order for ‘Independence Day’ actress Vivica A. Fox, who got engaged over the holidays to her much-younger boyfriend, Omar “Slim” White.  —  According to a Page Six source, the 27-year-old concert promoter asked for Fox's hand …
Linda Marx / People.com:
Vivica A. Fox Is Engaged!
Vanity Fair:
Justin Bieber on His Musical Inspirations, His Fans, and Trying to Be a Regular Kid  —  New York, N.Y.— “I'm crazy, I'm nuts,” Justin Bieber tells Vanity Fair contributing editor Lisa Robinson.  “Just the way my brain works.  I'm not normal.  I think differently—my mind is always racing.
Tim Nudd / People.com:
Meg Ryan & John Mellencamp Quietly Dating  —  The new year brings new beginnings for Meg Ryan and John Mellencamp.  —  The pair have spent time together on Martha's Vineyard and in New York City in recent days, enjoying a fresh romance just as Mellencamp has announced his separation from wife Elaine after 18 years of marriage.
Tim Nudd / People.com:
Gwyneth Paltrow: ‘I Felt Like a Zombie’ with Postpartum Depression  —  Gwyneth Paltrow had a blissful time during daughter Apple's first few months of life in summer 2004.  Two years later, when son Moses was born, things couldn't have been more different.  The actress found herself living a nightmare.
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Sarah Crow / PopEater:
Gwyneth Paltrow and Jimmy Fallon Tell the World ‘We Did It’
Discussion: Digital Spy and Perez Hilton
Lindsay Powers / Hollywood Reporter:
Gwyneth Paltrow to Host SNL — With Cee Lo as Musical Guest
The Huffington Post:
Gwyneth Paltrow Dons Wig & Costume, Sings 90's R&B With Jimmy Fallon (VIDEO)
TMZ.com:
Sam Ronson — ‘Pissed Off’ at LiLo Move-In  —  Sam Ronson is furious that her ex-GF Lindsay Lohan is moving in next door — and yesterday, the DJ wanted to make it crystal clear, “Trust me, it wasn't planned.”  —  As Ronson tried to get out of her Venice, CA pad yesterday …
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Us Weekly:
Lindsay Lohan Moving Next Door to Ex Sam Ronson  —  Lindsay Lohan may be moving to a new pad — but she's not leaving her old friends behind!  —  The starlet, who finished her 90-day rehab stint at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California on Monday, is leaving …
Us Weekly:
PIC: Check Out Kelly Osbourne's New Boyfriend!  —  Kelly Osbourne has got her groove back!  —  Just one week after the E! Fashion Police critic, 26, went off on ex-fiance Luke Worrall on Twitter, calling him “the biggest piece of sh**” and saying he was “trying to get back with me” while …
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Perez Hilton:   Exclusive! Kelly Osbourne's Got A New Man!
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Source: LeAnn Rimes Got a Boob Job  —  My, how she's grown!  —  A newly-engaged LeAnn Rimes flaunted a noticeably bustier figure Thursday while sporting a teeny bikini during her vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico with fiance Eddie Cibrian, 37.  —  “She recently got a boob job,” a source reveals to UsMagazine.com.
TMZ.com:
Gucci Mane Committed to Mental Facility  —  Rapper Gucci Mane believes he's not mentally competent to fight prosecutors' efforts to revoke his probation ... this according to court documents obtained by TMZ.  —  The 30-year-old rapper — real name Radric Davis — appeared in a Georgia courtroom yesterday …
TMZ.com:
‘Bachelor’ Slap: Womack Says NOT Criminal Battery  —  ABC is promoting “The Bachelor” with a slap to the face by a contestant, but the victim tells TMZ he doesn't want her prosecuted.  —  You probably saw Brad Womack take a slap to the face, when he was greeted by Chantal O'Brien …
Discussion: omg!, Perez Hilton and The Stir
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Lynette Rice / Inside TV:
‘The Bachelor’ premiere on ABC: Bad, Brad Womack!
Discussion: TV Squad and TV Envy
TMZ.com:
Lindsay's New Beach House — The SICK Photos  —  TMZ just obtained pictures of Lindsay Lohan's new beach pad — and it's pretty sweet.  —  Lindsay's renting the 3,100 sq. foot place in Venice, CA for just under $7,100 a month — and it comes with 4 bedrooms, 4 toilets and an awesome view.
National Enquirer:
TRAVOLTA LEAVES WIFE AND BABY TO PARTY WITH PALS  —  In a devastating blow to his marriage, JOHN TRAVOLTA has broken his wife's heart - leaving her and spending the night in a hotel.  —  Less than a month after the arrival of the couple's miracle baby Benjamin, the Hairspray star left wife Kelly Preston …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
New York Post:
Snooki's ‘plump’ fiction  —  Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, the “Jersey Shore” guidette who famously admitted she had only read two books — “Twilight” and “Dear John” — is now an author.  Here are some choice lines from her new novel “A Shore Thing,” out this week:  —  * “He had an okay body.
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Us Weekly:
Singer Kellie Pickler Gets Married!  —  Shania Twain wasn't the only country superstar who said “I Do” on January 1 — Kellie Picker wed songwriter Kyle Jacobs too!  —  The couple tied the knot on a private island in the Caribbean in an intimate ceremony, a rep for the singer confirms to UsMagazine.com.
Discussion: Hollywood Rag
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Perez Hilton:
Surprise! Kellie Pickler Got Married!
Keith Staskiewicz / EW.com:
New edition of ‘Huckleberry Finn’ to lose the ‘n’ word  —  What is a word worth?  According to Publishers Weekly, NewSouth Books' upcoming edition of Mark Twain's seminal novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn will remove all instances of the “n” word—I'll give you a hint, it's not nonesuch …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Big Hollywood
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Marc Schultz / Publishers Weekly:
Upcoming NewSouth ‘Huck Finn’ Eliminates the ‘N’ Word
Juliet Izon / Life and Style:
Nicki Minaj and Drake: It's on!  —  The new year started off on a high note for Nicki Minaj and Drake.  While both stars were hosting separate parties in Miami for New Year's Eve, Drake couldn't wait to cozy up to the pint-size, neon-haired Nicki.  “Right after the clock struck midnight …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and I Need My Fix
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TMZ.com:
Nicki Minaj's New Year — Six Minutes Behind Schedule
Discussion: TheFABlife, Perez Hilton and Bossip
 
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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Pepsi to Sponsor ‘American Idol’ Rival
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Edith Zimmerman / The Hairpin:
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Us Weekly:
JWoww's New Year's Eve Outfit: Too Hot for TV!
 

 
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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