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1:15 PM ET, November 26, 2008

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Sandy Cohen / Associated Press:
Is reality TV's most public couple really married?  —  LOS ANGELES - Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, the reality-TV couple whose on-again, off-again relationship has been chronicled by MTV's “The Hills” and celebrity magazines, appear on the Wednesday cover of Us Weekly with the headline “Heidi & Spencer Elope!”
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Chris Harris / MTV:
Exclusive: Heidi And Spencer's Wedding And Honeymoon To Be Featured On ‘The Hills’  —  Show's exec producer says cameras followed the couple to Mexico for their ‘vacation.’  —  After all the moving in and the fallings out, the first proposal and the post-engagement lull …
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Heidi and Spencer's Wedding, Honeymoon to Be Featured on The Hills  —  Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt's married life will play a prominent part on The Hills' upcoming fifth season, says executive producer Liz Gateley.  —  Gateley tells MTV News that cameras are still down in Mexico …
TMZ.com:
Madonna & A-Rod Have Landed ... Together  —  Despite all the rumors and divorces, Madonna and Alex Rodriguez have never been seen cavorting together ... until now.  —  The 50-year-old pop diva and the 33-year-old Yankee were spotted exiting a private jet in Miami early Tuesday morning, along with their manager Guy Oseary.
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Mariah Passes on the Bubbly...Because of Baby?  —  Ellen DeGeneres knows how to put a possible baby-carrier in a corner.  —  Hey, the Emmy-winning talk-show host had to ask about guest Mariah Carey's rumored expectant status.  But while she pretended to let the pop diva off the hook Tuesday …
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People.com:
Mariah's Motto: No Champagne Before 3 P.M.  —  Mariah (left) and Ellen toast  —  Is Mariah Carey pregnant?  No way, the singer insists on Wednesday's episode of Ellen.  —  But DeGeneres seemed determined to put her to the test.  —  “Let's just toast with Champagne,” the sly talk show host suggested …
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Mariah Carey Plays Coy on Pregnancy Rumors
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Mollygood
People.com:
How I Met Your Mother's Cobie Smulders Is Expecting  —  Cobie Smulders and Taran Killam  —  How I Met Your Mother star Cobie Smulders and actor Taran Killam are expecting their first child.  —  Smulders, 26, who plays Robin Scherbatsky on the CBS hit, is due in late Spring, Smulders's rep confirms exclusively to PEOPLE.
Carole Glines / OK! Magazine:
OK!  Investigates: Warren Sapp vs. Derek Hough  —  As Brooke Burke and Derek Hough were celebrating their win on DWTS Tuesday night, the buzz behind the scenes was about a report that second-place finisher, football legend Warren Sapp, had allegedly roughed Derek up!
Discussion: Seriously? OMG!
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PEOPLE TV Watch:
Brooke Burke Is the New Dancing Queen
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and iVillage
Perez Hilton:
A-Rod Chooses His Kids  —  As we mentioned yesterday, reports claimed that Alex Rodriguez's soon-to-be ex wife, Cynthia Rodriguez, was spreading word to family and friends that A-Rod was ditching his kids for Madonna tomorrow.  —  An email reportedly from Cynthia to a friend said, “My 6-foot-3 …
Discussion: Hellomagazine.com and Fox News
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Dan Mangan / New York Post:
A HIGH FLY BALL
Discussion: Extra
People.com:   Source: A-Rod Spending Holiday with Family, Not Madonna
Bill Zwecker / Chicago Sun Times:
Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown may reunite  —  Suit by stepmother adds to legal woes  —  We've heard it before, but folks inside Whitney Houston's circle of pals again insist the on-the-rebound diva and ex-husband Bobby Brown may be getting back together.  —  The official word …
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Rep: “Not True” Angelina Jolie Is Pregnant  —  Call off the bump watch: Angelina Jolie is not pregnant.  —  Reports that the 33-year-old is expecting are “not true,” her rep, Geyer Kosinski, tells Usmagazine.com exclusively.  The actress is scheduled to start shooting Edwin A. Salt in February, in an action role as a CIA agent.
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Jennifer Garcia / People.com:
Carson Daly to Be a Dad!  —  Carson Daly and girlfriend Siri Pinter are expecting their first child together, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.  —  A new baby will be one more reason for the 35-year-old host of Last Call With Carson Daly to stay up late.  —  “Carson is thrilled to be a father …
TMZ.com:
Aubrey O'Face — Danity Reject Bares All  —  Aubrey O'Day has gone from wearing skankerrific clothes to get attention ... to not wearing clothes at all to get attention.  —  TMZ spies say the Danity Kane has-been spent all day at a Manhattan photo studio doing a spread for Playboy …
Donna McConnell / Daily Mail:
Our cuts and bruises were caused by ‘Christmas decoration accident,’ insist Kate Moss and Jamie Hince … Kate Moss and boyfriend Jamie Hince played down some mysterious cuts and bruises saying it was a ‘Christmas decoration accident.’  —  The supermodel arrived at the Christmas lights switch …
People.com:
Nephew Investigated in Death of Kanye West's Mom  —  The relative, a registered nurse, may have left West's bedside to attend a baby shower  —  Donda and Kanye West  —  A year after Kanye_West's mother, Donda, 58, died while recovering from plastic surgery, PEOPLE has learned …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Bossip
Tim Nixon / The Sun:
Dita does Playboy  —  DITA VON TEESE has posed in nothing but stockings and suspenders for the German edition of Playboy - but you don't need to be on the continent to see the snaps.  —  We've got hold of three sizzling pics from the burlesque babe's sexiest ever shoot.
Access Hollywood:
Linda Hogan's Boyfriend Gets Restraining Order Against Hulk  —  MIAMI, Florida — Linda Hogan's boyfriend has taken out a restraining order against Linda's estranged husband, Hulk Hogan, Access Hollywood has learned.  —  In court papers obtained by Access, Charlie Hill, 20, claims Hulk …
Discussion: X17 Online and TMZ.com
New York Post:
FIRED?  HERE'S Y  —  SOMEBODY'S head should roll at OK!  Just weeks after Susan Toepfer was installed as the new editor-in-chief, the glossy had its first big bungle.  It somehow managed to misspell Ashlee Simpson's name as “Ashley” - on the cover, no less.
Billboard:
Beyonce Starts ‘Fierce’ Atop Album Chart  —  Beyonce scores her third straight No. 1 debut on The Billboard 200 this week as the double-disc “I Am ... Sasha Fierce” (Music World/Columbia) shifts a whopping 482,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Discussion: POPSUGAR and New York Magazine
 
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