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11:45 AM ET, November 29, 2006

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Summer / Us Weekly:
Us EXCLUSIVE: Britney Ditches Paris as Awards Show Co-Host  —  After nearly a week of clubbing, partying and shopping in LA with new BFF, Paris Hilton, Us has learned exclusively that Britney Spears has abruptly pulled out of co-hosting with the heiress on the Fox Billboard Music Awards, scheduled to air live on December 4.
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Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna / People.com:
Britney and Paris to Co-Host Billboard Awards  —  New best friends Britney Spears and Paris Hilton are taking their act onstage: The pair will co-host next week's Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, a source confirms to PEOPLE.  —  "There are no plans for either to perform, but they will host the event together," says a show source.
Harvey / A Socialite's Life:
Couldn't They Have Gotten Cooler People to Host, Like Say Roxette or Something?  —  People sez that friendlies Britney and her whoreasaurus pal Paris will be running the Billboard Music Awards this year.  Have the producers heard these two speak publicly before?
Lesley Abravanel / Scene in the Tropics:
Britney's Here, Woo Hoo! Uh, No, She Ain't
Discussion: PerezHilton.com and Popdirt.com
TMZ.com:
Snoop Dog Arrested Outside "The Tonight Show"  —  Rapper Snoop Dogg was arrested Tuesday night for allegedly possessing drugs and a firearm.  —  Detectives from the Burbank Police Department served a search warrant on Snoop, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, outside NBC studios in Burbank at approximately 7:30 p.m. this evening.
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People.com:
Snoop Dogg Arrested After Tonight Show  —  Snoop Dogg and two members of his entourage were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of illegally possessing a handgun and drugs following the rapper's performance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in Burbank, Calif., say police.
New York Post:
KID KEPT KIDS AS PAM PARTIED  —  FRIENDS of Kid Rock (real name Bob Richie) say his marriage to Pam Anderson ended after four months because he was tired of staying home with the kids while she was out partying.  —  Yesterday, we told you how the final straw came when Richie exploded …
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Noelle Hancock / Us Weekly:
Pam & Kid: How Borat and a Sex Tape Came Between Them  —  So far the film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan has ticked off the nation of Kazhakstan, a couple of Southern frat boys, and countless other unwilling victims that were lampooned in the movie.
Discussion: Gossipin'
Daily Mail:
Christina gets carried away out clubbing  —  Once a confirmed party animal it looks as though Christina Aguilera is losing her stamina.  —  The happily married singer had to be given a piggy back as she left the Kabaret Prophecy Club at 5am today.  —  The 25-year-old had left her London hotel …
Discussion: POPSUGAR
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A Socialite's Life:
X-Tina Still Parties It Up On Occasion
Discussion: MollyGood
People.com:
Sofia Coppola Has a Baby Girl  —  Oscar winner Sofia Coppola has given birth to her first child, a baby girl named Romy, her rep confirms to PEOPLE.  —  The baby was born on Tuesday in Paris.  The father is Coppola's boyfriend, Thomas Mars, the French singer of the band Phoenix.
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Marc Malkin / E! Online:   Exclusive! Sofia Coppola Gives Birth!
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Report: K-Fed was having fling with porn star  —  But 'they're just friends who have sex,' says a source  —  Add this to the reasons that Britney Spears had to dump her hubby: Kevin Federline reportedly was having an affair with a former porn star a full month before Spears filed for divorce in November.
Discussion: The Superficial
TMZ.com:
Hours after Tracy Morgan was busted on suspicion of drunk driving in New York this morning, the actor shot down a deal that would have guaranteed he serve no time behind bars.  —  Reps from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office tell TMZ that Morgan decided not to accept a plea bargain …
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A Socialite's Life:   Tracy Morgan Fired Up For Court
X17 Online:
Paris:"Firecrotch Is No Longer Welcome!"  —  As we told you before, Lindsay and Paris exchanged some words inside of Hyde last night.  But what you haven't seen is what happened after the club shut down!  Paris and Britney took the party over to Paris' pad where our photographers recorded someone …
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X17 Online:
Paris Gives Lindsay a Verbal Smackdown at Hyde!
Discussion: The Superficial and Popdirt.com
MollyGood:
Throw us a bone, Britney  —  Un.  Der.  Wear.  Learn it.  Love it.  For the adoration of all things sacred, USE IT, BRITNEY.  Yes, Meat Curtaintacular 2006 rages on and, luuuucky you, these are the most graphic shots yet.  I really have no proof that these are real, but, then again, there's no real reason to believe they're not.
Discussion: popbytes
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NY Daily News:
Richie is raisin a figure from her past  —  Nicole Richie is madder than ever at her former stylist - unless that's somebody else she's calling a wrinkly anorexic.  —  On her MySpace page Monday, the "Simple Life" star posted a "blind item" that you don't need Lasik surgery to see is about Rachel Zoe …
Discussion: Rhymes With Snitch
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Ben Affleck: 'I Would Love' More Kids  —  Parenting agrees with Ben Affleck.  The father of Violet Anne Affleck, who turns 1 on Dec. 1, says he wants more children with wife Jennifer Garner - though just how many more seems open to discussion.  —  Ellen DeGeneres, broaching the topic …
Discussion: Barbie Martini
Ken Lee / People.com:
Christian Slater Divorce Finalized  —  Christian Slater's divorce from estranged wife Ryan Haddon has been finalized, according to legal documents obtained by PEOPLE.  —  Previously, Slater was seeking joint custody of their 5-year-old daughter Eliana and 7-year-old son Jaden, but it's unclear how that issue was resolved.
David Germain / Associated Press:
`Sunshine,' `Nelson' lead indie field  —  LOS ANGELES - The road-trip romp "Little Miss Sunshine" and the gritty classroom drama "Half Nelson" led contenders Tuesday for the Spirit Awards honoring independent films, each earning five nominations, including best picture.
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
David Caplan / Star:
EXCLUSIVE!  HILARY AND JOEL SPLIT!  —  Hilary Duff, 19, and Good Charlotte's Joel Madden, 27, have split, Star has exclusively confirmed.  Good Charlotte's manager Steve Feinberg, exclusively confirmed to Star, "Joel is at present, single."  —  Eyebrows were raised about the status …
 
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