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2:15 PM ET, December 5, 2006

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Kristin Veitch / E! Online:   O.Crap! Adam Brody and Rachel Bilson Are Over
Anna Shanks UK / Splash News Online:
Lovebirds Rachel Bilson and Adam Brody Split.
Discussion: pop on the pop
New York Post:
JUST ASKING  —  WHICH recently separated celeb has a new habit to go along with her new friends?  The cutie is spending way too much time in the bathroom of the many clubs she visits, hoovering down cocaine that her pals supply her with . . . WHICH hard-partying Hollywood starlet …
New York Post:
RAP WEDDING THAT'S OVERDUE  —  WILL Jay-Z and Beyoncé Knowles finally tie the knot during his "surprise" 37th birthday party next weekend?  Knowles, Jay and some Def Jam executives were at STK on West 12th Street on Saturday talking about the four-day "party" - but insiders say it will be more than a birthday celebration.
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Eric So - Jay-Z Figurine  —  Another Jay-Z news item, the Def Jam exec., newly appointed UN Goodwill Ambassador and Hip-Hop megastar, been quite busy lately.  First, an Asian tour to celebrate he's coming of retirement.  Then, graced the cover of GQ as one of the magazine's men of the year.
Discussion: The Blemish
People.com:
Tracey Edmonds: I'm Dating Eddie Murphy  —  Eddie Murphy and Tracey Edmonds, a film producer and the ex-wife of singer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, are dating, she tells PEOPLE exclusively.  —  The couple have been seeing each other "for about a month and a half," Edmonds said at the New York premiere …
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TMZ.com:
Eddie's Daddy Lie — Caught on Tape!  —  Just one day after Eddie Murphy's rep lied by denying the fact that his client made comments on a Dutch TV show questioning the paternity of former Spice Girl Melanie B.'s unborn child, TMZ has confirmed the existence of the tape and obtained the footage.
New York Post:
JESSICA BOTCHES DOLLY TRIBUTE  —  JESSICA Simpson should have worked a little overtime learning her lines before she bombed in her rendition of Dolly Parton's "Nine to Five" and bolted off the stage at the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday.  —  Simpson, who wore a back-baring black dress …
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Janet Charlton / Janet Charlton's Hollywood:
JESSICA SIMPSON: REASON TO CRY
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and celebwarship.com
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Madonna's marriage has the new-baby blues  —  Plus: Bolton, Sheridan not 'Desperate' for TomKat-style wedding  —  Madonna's urge to adopt another child in Malawi is bothering more than officials in Africa; it's reportedly also upsetting her husband.  —  Guy Ritchie and Madonna's marriage …
NY Daily News:
For Mel B, a case of Murphy's Law  —  Eddie Murphy wants his freshly dumped Spice Girl-friend, Mel B, to prove he's the father of her baby.  —  Murphy was flashing his gap-toothed grin at last night's New York premiere of "Dreamgirls," but the comic is dead serious about the paternity issue.
Discussion: Good As You
Paul Bond / Yahoo! News:
Britney Spears tops Yahoo's searches  —  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Bereft of any new music to promote, Britney Spears was nevertheless the hottest thing on the Internet this year, judging from Yahoo's annual list of popular search terms.  —  Of course, a surge in online voyeurs …
Daily Mail:
Gywneth's 'Brits are more civilised' comment angers the folks back home  —  Once she complained about the British weather.  Another time she complained about British men.  —  But it seems American actress Gwyneth Paltrow is finally warming to life in London.
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PerezHilton.com:   Gwyneth Is A Filthy Liar!!!!
dailysnack.com:
Becks' fury over naked gay calendar pics  —  HUNKY football ace David Beckham has given the bum's rush to a cheeky calendar that's on sale on a gay adult website.  —  It appears to show him naked except for a cute apron as he sets about doing the housework.
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Andy / Towleroad:
DAVID BECKHAM IRKED TO BE CLEANING HOUSE IN THE NUDE
Discussion: Pink Is The New Blog
Roger Friedman / Fox News:
'DREAMGIRLS' GETS STANDING OVATIONS, CHEERS  —  'Dreamgirls' Gets Standing Ovations, Cheers  —  "Dreamgirls" premiered last night at the Ziegfeld in New York — and Jennifer Hudson got a standing ovation in the middle of the movie when she finished singing "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going."
Discussion: PerezHilton.com
3am:
PETE'S BEING A DOPE AGAIN  —  HE'S been spared jail but there seems to be a setback in the rehabilitation of Pete Doherty.  —  On Sunday night the Babyshambles singer caused mayhem in The Washington pub in North London, hurling pint glasses dangerously close to punters and crashing into tables.
Discussion: PerezHilton.com and WOW Report
Sky News:
BEYONCE'S DREAM NIGHT  —  There might have been a little dress hiccup on her way in...  But Beyonce Knowles managed to pull it all together and dazzle the fans and press alike at the NY premiere of her latest film, Dreamgirls.  —  The sexy singer made a solo entrance on the red carpet …
Daily Mail:
Cheeky J-Lo squeezes into Hollywood's no underwear craze  —  First it was Paris Hilton and then her new best buddy Britney Spears, but now it appears Hollywood's underwear shortage has hit the prize bottom of Jennifer Lopez.  —  More here:  —  J-Lo was photographed leaving …
People.com:
Keith Urban Still Undergoing Treatment  —  Keith Urban reunited with wife Nicole Kidman Sunday in Los Angeles, but his rep tells PEOPLE that the singer is still undergoing treatment for alcohol abuse.  —  "At this stage in (Keith's) treatment patients are occasionally allowed to leave for short periods of time," his rep says.
TMZ.com:
O No He Din't: Foxx Makes Oprah-Gayle Crack  —  Oprah Winfrey will not be amused at Jamie Foxx's recent riff on those Oprah - BFF Gayle King gay-love rumors (which the friends have studiously and repeatedly denied).  —  At a tribute to Will Smith on Sunday, as Rush and Molloy report …
Discussion: Jossip and Celebrity Mound
Associated Press:
Blige, Brown big winners at Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas  —  LAS VEGAS (AP) — An R&B veteran and a young upstart won big Monday night at the 2006 Billboard Music Awards.  —  A 17-year-old lothario, Chris Brown, took home new artist of the year, male of artist of the year and artist of the year awards.
 
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