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4:55 PM ET, December 11, 2008

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TMZ.com:
Macaulay's Sister Dies  —  We've learned Macaulay Culkin's sister died yesterday after being struck by a car.  —  Law enforcement sources tell us Dakota Culkin was walking on the west side of Los Angeles Tuesday when she stepped off a curb and was struck by a car.
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The Huffington Post:
Dakota Culkin, Macaulay's Sister, Dies (PHOTO)
Discussion: Jossip and Us Weekly
Ken Lee / People.com:
Macaulay Culkin's Sister Killed in Traffic Accident
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
Rennie Dyball / People.com:
Usher Welcomes Baby No. 2  —  Usher and his wife, Tameka  —  It's a boy - again!  —  Sources confirm to PEOPLE that Usher and his wife Tameka have a new addition to the family: a baby boy born on Wednesday.  —  The new Raymond (whose name has not yet been released) joins older brother Usher Raymond V, who turned 1 on Nov. 26.
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Rep: Usher Welcomes Second Son, Names Baby “Naviyd Ely”  —  Usher and wife Tameka have welcomed another boy, his rep confirms to Usmagazine.com exclusively.  —  Naviyd Ely Raymond was born at 2:33 a.m. Wednesday and weighed 5 lbs, 13 oz.  Their first son, Usher Raymond V, turned 1 on Nov. 26.
NY Daily News:
Paltrow hoping to save marriage to Coldplay's Martin  —  Gwyneth Paltrow is desperately trying to save her troubled marriage.  —  Amid recent reports of their rocky romance, Paltrow and her husband, Coldplay rocker Chris Martin, are holed up in their London home “trying to make their marriage better …
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Susan King / Los Angeles Times:
Golden Globes nominations unveiled
Discussion: CandyKirby.com and Jossip
Us Weekly:
Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie Both Get Golden Globe Nominations
Discussion: INF Daily, Digital Spy and X17 Online
Chris Johnson / Daily Mail:
Jennifer Aniston poses nude with just a necktie in her most provocative shoot ever … Posing provocatively in nothing but a striped necktie, Jennifer Aniston has appeared in her most sultry photoshoot to date to grace the front cover of American GQ magazine.
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People.com:
Jennifer Aniston Strips Down for GQ Cover
New York Post:
NOT OUR BABY  —  ASHLEE Simpson and Pete Wentz are trying to drum up some cash by selling photos of their baby, Bronx Mowgli - but so far, no takers.  A celebrity weekly insider told Page Six, “Pete and Ashlee have approached every single celebrity magazine with offers to sell their first photos, but nobody wants them.
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Donna McConnell / Daily Mail:
Is that dress REALLY supposed to look like that Lily or did you fall out of the Nobu broom cupboard? … Lily Allen may well appear to be scratching her head after she was seen leaving her favourite restaurant Nobu, in Central London last night.  —  But it was her unusual choice of dress …
Discussion: Socialite Life and Seriously? OMG!
Phil / Egotastic!:
Aubrey O'Day All Wet And On Her Knees  —  Well, if these aren't the most appropriate pictures of Aubrey O'Day I've ever seen, then I don't know what are.  It's Aubrey sopping wet, and on her knees in some behind-the-scenes pictures from her Complex magazine photoshoot (you know, the one where Aubrey O'Day was topless).
Discussion: Gone Hollywood
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Hollywoodtuna:   Aubrey O'Day, Where She Belongs
ETonline:
EXCLUSIVE: KATE WALSH'S HUSBAND FILES FOR DIVORCE  —  ET breaks news that “Private Practice” star Kate Walsh's husband Alex Young has filed for divorce from the actress.  ET was first to obtain the divorce filing.  —  In divorce papers, Young cites irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split.
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Mark Ruffalo Drops Out of Movie  —  Mark Ruffalo dropped out of the dramatic feature film, Greenburg, and will be replaced by Ben Stiller.  —  It is unclear why Ruffalo — whose brother, Scott Ruffalo, passed away late Monday from a self-inflicted gun shot wound to the head — backed out of the project.
Discussion: The Blemish
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People.com:
Mark Ruffalo Drops Out of Movie Role
Discussion: Hollywood Reporter and Scandalist
Britney Spears:
EXCLUSIVE: Britney's Christmas Message  —  Check out our EXCLUSIVE Christmas message from Britney.  How cute are Jayden and Sean Preston?  Adorable!  —  Jen, Britney's British Bitch
Hollywoodtuna:
Alyssa Milano Because I was Wrong  —  I'd like to make an apology to Alyssa Milano.  When she first came out with the idea of making a women's sports team clothing line I never thought it would work.  I even went so far as to make fun of it.  But 2 years later it's still going strong, and I'm man enough to admit I was wrong.
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Scarlett Johansson: Married Life Is a “Very Beautiful Time for Me”  —  In January's UK Cosmopolitan, Scarlett Johansson breaks her silence about wedding Ryan Reynolds.  —  The usually fiercely private actress, 24, calls married life “a very beautiful time for me.  —  “This is a very beautiful time for me.
Discussion: Perez Hilton and I'm Not Obsessed
Karen Valby / EW.com:
Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio: EW's Exclusive Reunion Q&A!  —  More than a decade ago, they stepped aboard “Titanic.”  They've finally reunited for “Revolutionary Road,” and this time it's a marriage that hits an iceberg.  A surprising talk with two true friends.  —  PHOTOGRAPH BY BRIGITTE LACOMBE
 
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Mel Gibson: Britney Is Doing “Great”
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
New York Post:
JUST ASKING  —  WHICH actress who plays a teen on a hit TV …
Discussion: Dlisted and Gawker
Bruce Headlam / New York Times:
The Films Are for Him. Got That?
Just Jared:
Rachel McAdams as Irene Adler — FIRST PICS
Discussion: OH NO!! and The IESB
Robert Mendick / Daily Mail:
Revealed: Madonna and Guy STILL fighting over custody of their children
Discussion: X17 Online and L.A. Rag Mag
Kenneth Jones / Playbill.com:
CSC's Uncle Vanya Will Star Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal, Joining O'Hare
Discussion: New York Magazine
 Earlier Picks: 
X17 Online:
OMG! GG Spin-Off Deets Revealed
Reuters:
Sci-fi fan Keanu Reeves jumped at alien role
Discussion: Digital Spy
Harriet Ryan / Los Angeles Times:
Samantha Ronson, the Web and suits to spare
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Socialite Life
Cele|bitchy:
Gayle King told Oprah she wasn't looking good after weight gain
Discussion: Media Outrage
People.com:
Caught in the Act!  —  • Kim Kardashian, sharing a dance …
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Tori Spelling Back in Talks With 90210
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, including debt, to close after WBD splits in two in Q3 2026

Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi agree to part ways and let her contract expire at the end of the year, following new allegations about her affair with RFK Jr.

Oliver Darcy / Status:
Sources: David Ellison's interference in WBD's failed summer talks to extend HBO Max's South Park licensing deal left David Zaslav distrustful of Ellison

 
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