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10:40 AM ET, January 9, 2009

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Eunice Oh / People.com:
Tom Cruise Speaks Out About Jett Travolta's Death  —  Tom Cruise, a family friend of John Travolta and Kelly Preston, is speaking out about the tragic death of their 16-year-old son Jett.  —  “I remember Jett when he was born,” Cruise, 46, says on The View, scheduled to air on Friday.
Sheila Marikar / ABCNEWS:
Cruise Calls Travolta Tragedy ‘Horrific,’ Defends Scientology
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Us Weekly:
Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie Get Cozy at Critics Choice Awards  —  Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie packed on the PDA at Thursday's 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards in Santa Monica.  —  Though they both did not take home any awards, the two did not seem to mind.
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Hellomagazine.com:
Brad and Ang in movie star mode as Critics kick off award season  —  While they're almost as well known these days for being the parents of six as they are for their screen careers, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were very much in movie star mode this week as they attended the latest Hollywood pre-Oscars award ceremony.
Discussion: Access Hollywood
Susan King / Los Angeles Times:
‘Slumdog’ is the Critics' Choice  —  Indie sleeper wins best film, best director, best writer, best composer and best young actor.  —  “ Slumdog Millionaire,” a drama set in Mumbai about a young Indian man on a game show, was the big winner Thursday evening at the Broadcast Film Critics Assn.'s 14th annual Critics Choice Awards.
Heath Ledger / The Huffington Post:
Lisa Bonet's New Baby: Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa  —  You know her as Lisa Bonet from “The Cosby Show,” and Lilakoi Moon (Bonet changed her name in 1995) has given birth to her third child: Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa.  —  Lilakoi, 41, has a daughter Zoe, 20 …
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Lisa Bonet Welcomes Baby Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa  —  Try saying this name three times fast!  —  Former Cosby star Lisa Bonet and her husband Jason Momoa welcomed their second baby, Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa, her rep confirms to Usmagazine.com.
The Smoking Gun:
Putting Sex In “The City”  —  MTV show features man nabbed for offering cop drugs for sex  —  Meet James Nevan Donahue.  If you're a fan of MTV's new faux reality show “The City,” you'll recognize Donahue as the bothersome swell who pals around with an odious New York City woman named Olivia Palermo …
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Debra Lewis-Boothman / People.com:
R. Kelly & Wife Finalize Divorce  —  R&B singer R. Kelly and his wife of 11 years, Andrea Lee Kelly, are officially divorced, according to a statement from their lawyers Thursday.  —  Kelly, 42, and Andrea, 35, will have joint custody of their three children.  No other details were revealed.
TMZ.com:
Kevin Costner 911  —  TMZ has learned Kevin Costner was rushed to the hospital Tuesday.  —  It happened in Hollywood, at around 10 AM.  We're told Costner was driving to a meeting when he began feeling ill and lightheaded — so bad he pulled over and called 911.  As he waited for paramedics, we're told Costner began vomiting.
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Ken Lee / People.com:
Kevin Costner Briefly Hospitalized
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People.com:
Ugly Betty's Ana Ortiz Is Pregnant  —  Ugly Betty star Ana Ortiz is pregnant with her first child, PEOPLE has learned.  —  Ortiz, 37, and her husband Noah Lebenzon, the guitarist for the band Half Life, are expecting the baby at the end of July.  —  “They are thrilled and ecstatic,” says a friend of the New York City-based couple.
Guy Patrick / The Sun:
Ronaldo wrecks Ferrari in smash  —  Smash ... Ronaldo's wrecked Ferrari sportscar  —  The lucky Manchester Utd winger escaped without a scratch after the Italian sportscar was smashed to smithereens in a crash early today.  —  Witnesses said his car was a “mangled wreck” - and police say it is a write-off.
Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Trump Enlists New Batch of Celebrity Apprentices  —  Sure you might quibble with NBC's definition of celebrity, but Donald Trump's latest incarnation of The Apprentice is shaping up to be some must-see trainwreck TV.  —  The Peacock just announced the 16 participants for the second installment …
Discussion: TV Envy
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Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Blind Riddle: Which Heroes Star Wants Out?  —  Looks like T.R. Knight may be setting a trend.  —  Sources close to Heroes tell me that one of the show's stars has asked to leave the show at the end of the current season, in part because of a lack of screen time.
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed and OH NO!!
Britney Spears / Contactmusic.com:
BRITNEY SPEARS - JEWELLER DESIGNING $27,000 GEM FOR BRITNEY'S GRAMMY NIGHT  —  Jewellery designer DARA DUBINET has designed a $27,000 (GBP18,000) black Chinese agate rock ring for BRITNEY SPEARS to wear to the Grammy Awards in February (09).  —  Dubinet started work on the huge gem …
Access Hollywood:
Sanjaya Returns!  —  American Idol,Music,Memoirs,Reality TV,Authors  —  One of “American Idol's” most memorable alums is coming back in a big way.  —  Sanjaya Malakar, who was known as much for his big hair & personality as for his mediocre voice on his unsuccessful “Idol” Season 6 campaign …
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip and Perez Hilton
PARADE Magazine:
Liev Schreiber's On-Set Rivalry  —  Liev Schreiber and Daniel Craig co-star in Defiance as Jewish brothers who take refuge in the forest to escape the Nazis during WWII.  And Schreiber admits that he and Craig pushed each other's buttons during filming.  —  Schreiber also gets ready …
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Real Housewives Star Sheree Ready to Be ‘Single & Hot’  —  Sheree Whitfield, one of the stars of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, is flying high these days.  Whitfield — along with Nene Leakes, Lisa Wu-Hartwell, Deshawn Snow and Kim Zolciak — made the show Bravo's most successful Housewives franchise …
Phil / Egotastic!:
Mischa Barton Posted Bikini Pictures  —  Wow!  Mischa Barton is really scraping the bottom of the barrel when it comes to trying to get publicity.  We've already seen her posing for staged “paparazzi” bikini pictures, and now she's posting bikini pictures on her website, in a bid to get attention.
Discussion: Celebslam
Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
Exclusive ‘Gossip’: Nate's getting a cousin!  —  Gossip Girl is wisely expanding Chace Crawford's enviable gene pool in the form of a cousin for Nate.  —  The yet-to-be-cast character is in his 20s and described as wealthy, confident, politically-minded and — all together now — extremely good-looking.
 
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