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10:15 AM ET, January 9, 2012

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NY Daily News:
Blue over Beyonce's special treatment: Bed-Stuy dad says Jay-Z & Co. turned Lenox Hill into private club  —  Brooklyn dad says Beyonce's security stopped him and wife from seeing their preemie twin girls  —  Mama and Papa; Recording artists Jay-Z and Beyonce became proud parents of Blue Ivy over the weekend.
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TMZ.com:
Beyonce — Big Security Meeting Before Blue Ivy's Birth  —  Big Security Meeting  —  Before Blue Ivy's Birth  —  Beyonce's delivery of baby Blue Ivy was not some haphazardly thrown together ordeal — it was an elaborate plan involving hospital honchos and a big security force ... TMZ has learned.
Discussion: Sandra Rose, omg! and tooFab.com
E! Online:
Happy B'Day!  Beyoncé and Jay-Z Welcome a Daughter—and Her Name Is...  We were so ready for this belly, and now we're so psyched to meet this baby!  —  Beyoncé and Jay-Z welcomed a daughter Saturday night in New York, the little one's arrival coming via scheduled C-section, mutliple sources confirm to E! News
Jen Chaney / Washington Post:
Beyonce gives birth to daughter Blue Ivy Carter
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Rebecca Macatee / Us Weekly:
Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott Gets Married!  —  Release the doves!  —  Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott is a married woman.  Her rep tells Us Weekly she and Chris Tyrell wed Saturday just before sunset in upstate New York surrounded by family and close friends.  —  PHOTOS: Weddings of the year
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Annie Karni / New York Post:
ScarJo puts mom in ‘out’ house  —  She's the mother of one of the world's biggest movie stars — but she can't afford to buy a Manhattan apartment.  —  Scarlett Johansson's mom and former manager, Melanie Sloan, signed a contract to purchase a $1.4 million two-bedroom in Midtown in October.
Access Hollywood:
Stars Of ‘In Living Color’ Then... And Now  —  Keyboard Shortcuts: Left Arrow - Previous; Right Arrow - Next; … Also Check Out:  —  A civil judge on Friday granted Selena Gomez a three-year restraining order against a man accused of threatening to kill the singer-actress.
Discussion: msnbc.com
Shannon Vestal / BuzzSugar:
The 10 Best Quotes From the American Idol Panel  —  American Idol returns for an 11th season later this month, and Fox brought out the perennial hit to close out their TCA day.  Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez, Randy Jackson, and Ryan Seacrest joined producers to talk about the upcoming season …
Andrea Mandell / USA Today:
Dark roles leave Charlize Theron feeling a little ‘blue’  —  PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - Charlize Theron knows exactly what kind of antics her dark, self-centered Young Adult character Mavis Gary would pull during awards season.  —  “Here, she would probably get a little tipsy,” …
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler
Kate Goodacre / Digital Spy:
Rihanna: “There's nobody really in my league”  —  Rihanna has apparently claimed that no other singers are in her league.  —  The musician - who was named the biggest-selling digital artist of all time earlier this month - said that while the whole industry is technically competition …
Discussion: Toya'z World and That Grape Juice
X17 Online:
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS - NATALIE PORTMAN AND BENJAMIN MILLEPIED TAKE BABY ALEPH TO THE FARMER'S MARKET  —  Natalie Portman and fiance Benjamin Millepied brought their 7-month-old son Aleph to a farmer's market in Los Feliz Saturday — Baby Bjorn and all!  —  The beautiful actress …
Discussion: Celebuzz
J J Anisiobi / Daily Mail:
‘All about killing it in the gym!’  Craig David tweets about his obsessively healthy start to the year and works up a sweat on the beach  —  He used to sing about how he would romance a girl during the course of one week.  —  These days, however, Craig David, is more concerned with maintaining …
Discussion: Toya'z World
 
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