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3:40 PM ET, January 5, 2009

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Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O'Connell Welcome Twin Girls!  —  In July, Usmagazine.com first broke the news that the two (who wed in 2007) were expecting.  —  A month later, O'Connell, 34, joked that he was already feeling protective of his unborn daughters.  —  “Just the fact that they're girls, you know?” he told Us.
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Just Jared:
Charlie & Dolly O'Connell: Rebecca Romijn's Twin Girls!
Discussion: INF Daily
POPSUGAR:   Rebecca and Jerry Are New Parents to Twin Girls
Cele|bitchy:
Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O'Connell have twin girls
Discussion: ParentDish
Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O'Connell Welcome Twins
TMZ.com:
Jett Travolta Autopsy May Never Be Public  —  The Ministry of Heath in the Bahamas tells TMZ the autopsy findings in the death of John Travolta's son may never be public.  —  Dr. Hubert Minnis says a pathologist at Rand Memorial Hospital (where Jett Travolta was pronounced dead) …
Discussion: Access Hollywood and X17 Online
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Daily Mail:
Lourdes acting ambition takes her to New York drama school … Madonna's teenage daughter Lourdes has taken the first steps to becoming an actress.  —  After moving back to Manhattan with her mother after Madonna split from Guy Ritchie, 14-year-old Lourdes has enrolled at the New York drama school …
Telegraph:
Katie Holmes spends 14m in six months in New York  —  Katie Holmes has singlehandedly come to the rescue of New York's economy, spending £10 million in the city since she moved there six months ago, it has been claimed.  —  The actress arrived in the New York in July to appear on Broadway in the Arthur Miller play, All My Sons.
Telegraph:
Gary Oldman marries fourth wife Alexandra Edenborough  —  Actor Gary Oldman has married for the fourth time, tying the knot with musician Alexandra Edenborough at a secret ceremony.  —  The British star, 50, whose films include the Harry Potter series, Batman Begins and Sid & Nancy …
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Michael K / Dlisted:   You'll Have To Wait A Little Longer To Marry Gary Oldman
Daily Mail:
Wills and Harry go it alone
Discussion: OH NO!! and I'm Not Obsessed
Daily Mail:
Amy Winehouse cuddles up to mystery hunk as she flaunts her new healthy beach figure … Cavorting on the beach in yet another bikini top, Amy Winehouse looks healthier than she has in years - and appears to have attracted the attentions of a mystery man.  —  The Rehab star cuddled …
Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
‘Gossip Girl’ exclusive: Michelle Trachtenberg to return  —  Batten down the hatches, Upper East Siders — Hurricane Georgina is blowing back into town.  —  Sources confirm to me exclusively that Michelle Trachtenberg is reprising her role as Blake Lively's arch nemesis on Gossip Girl for multiple episodes.
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Jessica Simpson Appears in “Wives of Cowboys” Family Cookbook  —  She's not engaged to Tony Romo (yet), but Jessica Simpson is officially a part of the Dallas Cowboys family.  —  She appears in the 2008 Cowboys Family Cookbook, presented by “the wives of the Dallas Cowboys” ($25, www.happyhillfarm.org).
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
TMZ.com:
Seacrest Out ... with Another Chick  —  First Ryan Seacrest was spotted in the Caribbean with blonde Playmate Sara Jean Underwood and now he's with some bikini-clad brunette in St. Barts.  —  The 34-year-old metrosexual is our American Idol.  —  See Also  — Ryan Seacrest Pulls in Playboy Playmate
Mary Beth / INF Daily:
JENNIFER ANISTON PARTIES WITH COURTNEY COX AND SHERYL CROW IN CABO  —  Jennifer Aniston and friends took over Cabo San Lucas, Mexico for the new year.  Jen along with Courtney Cox, Sheryl Crow, Laura Dern and all their husbands and kids rented a private villa at a Cabo resort and rang in '09 on the sands.
Discussion: TMZ.com
Starpulse:
Madonna Planning ‘High-Energy Routine’ For Spears Tour  —  Madonna and Britney Spears are planning an explosive dance routine to ensure her forthcoming comeback world tour kicks off with a bang.  —  The Queen of Pop is expected to appear as a surprise guest on Spears' upcoming Circus tour later this year.
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
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Mirror.co.uk:
Madge dates with Britney
Discussion: POPSUGAR
New York Post:
‘STEROIDS MADE SEX LIFE HELL’  —  DAN Clark loved the power steroids gave him - until the “American Gladiators” star discovered the muscle-enhancing drugs made him grow man-boobs, shrank his privates and turned sex into a painful experience.  —  “Bitch t- -s, man boobs, breast-chesticles is what they're called on the street.
 
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BBC:
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Daily Mail:
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Just Jared:
Carrie Underwood & Mike Fisher: New Couple?
David Germain / Associated Press:
‘Marley & Me’ remains top dog with $24M weekend
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Associated Press:
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Adam / Showbiz Spy:
Hugh Jackman Bows Out of Cleo
Starpulse:
Jennifer Hudson Won't Sing At Inauguration
Discussion: L.A. Rag Mag and Bossip.com
TMZ.com:
Kim K: I Need a Shot to the Ass — Stat!
Discussion: Bossip.com
Just Jared:
Elijah Wood is Very Venice
Discussion: OH NO!!
 

 
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Financial Times:
OpenAI hopes the Disney deal boosts Sora, which has high costs and limited traction; Sensor Tower: users average 13 minutes per day on Sora vs. 90 on TikTok

Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
The Washington Post's new Your Personal Podcast, which offers AI-generated customizable podcasts, was developed under a multiyear agreement with ElevenLabs

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Arkansas PBS severs ties with the PBS network, the first state public TV system to do so since Congress cut CPB funds, citing the annual $2M+ membership cost

 
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