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2:55 PM ET, December 4, 2006

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TMZ.com:
Lane Garrison — Not His First Accident  —  "Prison Break" star Lane Garrison's SUV struck a tree Saturday night, killing a 17-year-old boy.  Just six weeks ago, Garrison was in yet another SUV crash.  —  A TMZ camera caught Garrison leaving Hyde nightclub on October 20, right after his Land Rover struck an Infiniti in front of him.
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TMZ.com:
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
George Clooney's Pet Pig Heads to Hog Heaven  —  Max, the nearly 300-lb. potbellied pig who lived with George Clooney in the actor's Hollywood Hills home, has died.  He had lived with Clooney for 18 years and had suffered from arthritis and partial blindness.
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Tabloid Whore!
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USA Today:
Clooney: A true friend to the piggish  —  NEW YORK — Max has gone to hog heaven.  —  The nearly 300-pound potbellied pig who shared George Clooney's Hollywood Hills home, and sometimes his bed, died Friday while his owner was out of town promoting his latest film, The Good German, due Dec. 15.
Discussion: Defamer
USA Today:
Spelling to put life into words for 'memoir'  —  It won't be a Mommie Dearest or a non-fiction Father Knows Best, but Tori Spelling has signed a deal with Simon & Schuster to write what she calls her "memoir," due in spring 2008.  —  Though she's just 33, there's plenty to say.
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Tori Spelling to Write Memoir  —  Besides running a bed & breakfast with husband Dean McDermott for their upcoming Oxygen network series, the pregnant Tori Spelling intends to do something else between the sheets - write a memoir.  —  Simon & Schuster will publish the book …
Discussion: Jossip and celebrity nation
Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Keith Urban Out of Rehab  —  Country singer Keith Urban is out of rehab and has reunited with his wife of five months, actress Nicole Kidman, Us reports exclusively.  The couple had brunch on Sunday at the Polo Lounge in Los Angeles.  —  They were last seen together on November 12 …
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Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Britney's new hobby: Pole dancing  —  Paris Hilton demonstrates striptease moves on her very own pole  —  Now Britney Spears is stripping.  —  The panty-eschewing singer has been pole-dancing with her new best friend, Paris Hilton, who has been giving her private striptease lessons, according to U.K. reports.
Shruti Dhalwala / People.com:
Renée Zellweger: Making Movies Keeps Me Slim  —  Renée Zellweger, who showed up looking svelte at Sunday night's London premiere of her new movie, Miss Potter, credits her slim figure to her work.  —  She says that the 20-minute lunch breaks she was allotted while making another movie, Case 39, helped her stay fit.
Discussion: POPSUGAR
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People.com:
Beyoncé Denies Rumors of Jennifer Hudson Feud  —  You can put those rumors of a feud on the set of Dreamgirls to rest.  Beyoncé Knowles says that she and her costar Jennifer Hudson, of American Idol fame, didn't have bad blood while filming the movie.
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Daily Mail:
Posh spotted house-hunting next door to the Cruises  —  Stalker alert!  Victoria Beckham has been spotted house-hunting in Hollywood next door to...you guessed it, her NBF Katie Holmes.  —  Uber-skinny Posh, 32, has wanted to move to America to expand her growing fashion empire …
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The Sun:
Party girl Chris looking cross  —  I RECKON pop vixen CHRISTINA AGUILERA should record a cover of It's My Party And I'll Cry If I Want To.  —  The singer had a face like thunder as she stormed out of her own 1920s-themed aftershow party at London's Paper club on Thursday night.
Discussion: HotRag.net and Popdirt.com
Katie Fretland / Associated Press:
Pete Doherty fined on drug charges  —  LONDON - Pete Doherty smiled and hugged fans outside court Monday after a judge ruled he will not serve jail time for possession of drugs including heroin and crack cocaine.  —  District Judge Jane McIvor ordered the 27-year-old Babyshambles singer …
Discussion: Dlisted
Just Jared:
Family Man Will Smith Honored  —  Will Smith was honored last night by the Museum of the Moving Image at its 22nd annual black-tie Salute on un the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.  The program was taped last night and will air on Friday, Jan. 12, 2007 @ 8PM on Bravo.
PerezHilton.com:
Princess Frostylocks & The First Reich: Calling It Quits!!!  —  It saddens us to report this, but....  PerezHilton.com can exclusively reveal that Lance Bass and his boyfriend, Reichen, have decided to end their relationship.  —  The split - which happened very recently - was a mutual decision, pals of the couple tell us.
People.com:
Project Runway's Laura Bennett Has a Boy  —  Architect-turned-designer Laura Bennett, a finalist on the third season of Project Runway, has welcomed her sixth child, a boy, she tells PEOPLE exclusively.  —  Her son Finn was born at 10:46 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 1, and weighed in at 8 lbs.
New York Times:
Anne Hearst, Jay McInerney  —  Anne Randolph Hearst and Jay McInerney were married on Nov. 21 at "21" Club in New York.  Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani officiated.  —  Mrs. McInerney, 48, is a contributing editor of Town & Country magazine in New York, published by the Hearst Corporation …
Discussion: Gawker and The Corsair
Hollywoodtuna:
Jenna Jameson Skinny And Engaged In '06?  —  Here's Jenna Jameson at the VH1 Big In '06 Awards show.  I know it's going to be a good week when we kick it off with some Jenna pics.  But then I looked closely at these pictures and became a little concerned about what I discovered:  —  First of all, she's a twig.
Ulrica Wihlborg / People.com:
Jesse James: Giving Jobs to the Homeless  —  Monster Garage host Jesse James has found a new passion: Helping homeless people by offering them jobs at his Long Beach, Calif., motorcycle shop West Coast Choppers.  —  "Long Beach has a homeless problem," he tells PEOPLE.
Discussion: A Socialite's Life and TV Squad
 
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