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1:20 PM ET, September 17, 2007

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CHATEAU MARMONT BANS BRIT FOR BATTY BEHAVIOR: REPORT  —  After last week's disasterous "performance" at the MTV Video Music Awards, you would think it couldn't get any more humiliating for pop-tard Britney Spears.  —  But you would be wrong.  —  According to a report in The London Sun …
Discussion: Best Week Ever
TMZ.com:
O.J.'s Alleged Robbery — Caught on Tape!  —  TMZ has obtained an audio tape of O.J. Simpson's confrontation with a sports memorabilia dealer that led to his arrest on felony robbery charges.  In it, you hear someone say, "You against the motherf*****g wall."
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TMZ.com:
Wasser to Britney — You're Someone Else's Problem Now  —  TMZ has learned Britney Spears is losing her lawyer.  —  At a hearing in the ongoing Britney Spears/K-Fed custody war that is just about to start, disso-queen Laura Wasser will submit legal papers formally withdrawing as the singer's attorney.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Wasser Walks  —  Who the hell does Britney have now?  No manager, no lawyer, no stylist and now TMZ is reporting that her lawyer, Laura Wasser, is walking.  Laura will submit papers to the courty today withdrawing herself as Brit's laywer.  —  Good timing.  KFed and Brit's custody hearing begins today.
Roger Friedman / Fox News:
Britney Bombshell: Custody of Kids Imperiled  —  Britney Spears could lose custody of her two little kids as early as tomorrow morning.  —  This is a real possibility thanks to crusading Los Angeles attorney Gloria Allred.  She's bringing a "secret" witness to court tomorrow …
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X17 Online:
Will Brit's Babies Be Taken Away From Her?  - Secret Witness To Appear At Custody Hearing Today  —  Today's the day when we should learn who this "surprise witness" is (being represented by celeb-lawyer Gloria Allred) in the custody battle between Britney and Kevin.
Kimberley Dadds / Digital Spy:
Spears to face secret 'drug' witness  —  It has been claimed that Britney Spears will have to face a 'secret' witness who has been lined up to appear during her custody battle in order to testify that she took drugs in front of her two sons.  —  The singer is starting her court battle …
Discussion: X17 Online and WOW Report
Metro.co.uk:
Angelina Jolie's reefer madness  —  She has tried every hard drug under the sun, dallied with men and women alike and turned her hand to S&M - but the one thing Angelina Jolie can't handle is a joint.  —  The Hollywood actress says having taken 'every drug possible' the one she enjoyed least was cannabis …
Discussion: Dlisted, Blowing Smoke and Holy Candy
Extra:
Secrets and Surprises from Inside the Emmy Awards  —  It was all glitz and glamour for television's biggest night as stars flooded the Shrine Auditorium for the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards, and "Extra" is revealing the surprises and secrets from the star-studded show.
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Sopranos and 30 Rock Win Top Emmys  —  The Sopranos and 30 Rock took top honors, as best dramatic and comedy series, respectively, but it was often "Silent Night" at the 59th annual Primetime Emmy Awards - where such stalwarts as Sally Field and Ray Romano had their onstage comments bleeped.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Associated Press:
Winners at the Emmy Awards
Discussion: I Watch Stuff and Vh1 Blog
Kimberley Dadds / Digital Spy:
'The Sopranos' big winner at the Emmys
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ETonline Home:
HIT ORDERED ON KEVIN FEDERLINE?  —  Breaking Now: ET reveals shocking news regarding Kevin Federline.  —  ET has several reliable sources that the FBI and LAPD are investigating legitimate leads on a contract hit on KEVIN FEDERLINE's life.  —  Multiple sources tell ET that the FBI …
J. Harvey / A Socialite's Life:
Guy Ritchie Just Wants To Go To The Pub  —  Man, does he look beaten down or what?  It was bad enough when she was forcing him to direct her vanity projects.  Now she's dragging him to Israel so she can proclaim to the world that she's a Jewish American Princess.  And is that....is that Dawson?
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Noelle Hancock / Us Weekly:
Catholic-Born Madonna Says: I Am an Ambassador for Judaism
Discussion: Hollyscoop
Lynn Hirschberg / New York Times:
Being Rachel Zoe  —  Correction Appended  —  It was pouring rain in Paris in early July, and Rachel Zoe was late for the 11:30 a.m. Chanel haute couture presentation.  "Oh, I shouldn't say who my favorite is," Zoe told me the day before the show.  "So many of the designers are my friends.
Discussion: Jezebel and Jossip
Michael K / Dlisted:
Just Another Day In The Life Of Wino  —  Amy Wino was spotted getting out of a taxi in London using a rag to cover up a cut on her hand.  Witnesses say her blood was dripping on her ballet slippers and on the sidewalk.  —  A witness said, "Her hand looked to be in a right state …
Discussion: Glitterati Gossip
Metro.co.uk:
Is Lohan now addicted to sex?  —  Lindsay Lohan is substituting her alcohol and drug addiction with a sex addiction, US reports claim.  Insiders at the 21-year-old's rehab centre in Utah, claim the red head can't stop fantasising about her ex-boyfriends which include Calum Best.
Just Jared:
Zac Efron Sports Peach Fuzz  —  Zac Efron arrives at LAX on Sunday sporting a peach fuzz mustache, returning back home after promoting Hairspray during the European leg of the movie's promotional tour.  —  Zac and his BFF co-star Nikki Blonsky, aka Zikki, made guest appearances in Rome, Italy and Madrid, Spain.
Discussion: OH NO!!
New York Post:
KID'S ANDERSON CONFUSION  —  MAYBE Kid Rock should have been spending more time with his model girlfriend May Anderson than fighting with Tommy Lee in Las Vegas over his ex, Pam Anderson.  While Rock was throwing punches at Lee, May was cozying up to Calvin Klein underwear model and Bloody Social rocker Jamie Burke here in New York.
 
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