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CHRISTINA AGUILERA and husband JORDAN BRATMAN are finally celebrating after welcoming a baby boy into the world on Saturday night. She was reported to have gone into labor on Friday at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, with E! news claiming the singer gave birth by caesarian section at around 4pm that afternoon - one hour after Nicole Richie and rocker Joel Madden celebrated the birth of their daughter, Harlow Winter Kate Madden at the same hospital. 

But Aguilera's representative was forced to deny the reports on Saturday morning, telling Usmagazine.com, "She is still pregnant. She is not in labor." However, it has now been confirmed that Aguilera gave birth to little Max Liron Bratman at 10.05pm on Saturday - with the newborn weighing in at six pounds and two ounces

Britney Going To Get Married?

BRITNEY SPEARS is reportedly planning to marry paparazzo boyfriend ADNAN GHALIB (I thought dude was still married to someone else) - in a desperate bid to win back custody of her children. 

The concerned family of the already twice-wed singer have approached lawyers about the "very likely" possibility of a wedding because the 26-year-old's recent erratic behavior, including a sudden trip to Mexico on Wednesday. 

The trip to Mexico has raised fears over whether the Brit Brit will elope. A source says, "Lawyers are now on red alert in case she does get married. Britney is very unpredictable at the moment. But the feeling is that a wedding is very likely. 

"Her family have discussed with lawyers what could be done if she does suddenly fly away and tie the know. They are preparing to argue that she is not in a sound state of mind - that she is strung out on so many prescription drugs that she does not know what she is doing. 

Bucket List Opens Today

Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman both shaved their heads for The Bucket List. Jack Nicholson visited cancer patients at an L-A hospital before playing one in The Bucket List. He continued stopping by after filming wrapped.

Stand By For Baby...

Nicole Richie's endless pregnancy is nearing its logical conclusion. On Wednesday, the brother of expectant father Joel Madden told Us Weekly that the baby is due "sometime in the next week." Apparently the soon-to-be parents scuttled those plans to get married before the blessed event.

Pamela Anderson Says...

Pamela Anderson is adamantly denying rumors that she's pregnant by Rick Salomon, the man she married in October and filed for divorce from in December.

In fact, Pam, who has knocked down the pregnant rumors on her website, recently told E!, "No more kids. No more kids." She has two from her marriage to Motley Crue's Tommy Lee.

Someone That Knows Britney

from us magazine...
Although she's no longer on the payroll, Britney Spears' former publicist is still on the singer's side. Lizzie Grubman, who was a tabloid staple herself for a while, tells Us magazine, "There is still a real girl in there, but she's shutting people out and doesn't want to trust anybody. It's all very tragic and sad.Never in a million years would I have believed it would go this way. When I first started working with her she was this humble, sweet little girl."

Can The Dawg Dance?

The reality series Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew debuts on M-T-V on February 7th. Mario Lopez, J-C Chasez and Shane Sparks are the judges.

Upcoming Chuck

N-B-C will air the final two episodes of the sitcom Chuck on one night -- January 24th, one before and one after Celebrity Apprentice.

Celeb Rehab Tonight

Tonight V-H-1 debuts Celebrity Rehab With Doctor Drew. The show follows Hollywood doctor Drew Pinsky as he helps B-list stars get clean. We'll get to see Brigitte Nielsen, Daniel Baldwin, pro wrestler Chyna and former American Idol finalist Jessica Sierra battle their addictions for our viewing pleasure.

Yoko Romo Releases Statement

Jessica Simpson's representative has issued a statement saying that she won't be on hand when boyfriend Tony Romo and his Dallas Cowboys take on the New York Giants in an N-F-L playoff game on Sunday. The statement goes on to say, "She'll be watching on T-V and cheering him on."

Toxicology Report Due Today

The toxicology report in the death of Kanye West's mother, Doctor Donda West, will be released today, according to Access Hollywood. The 58-year-old died suddenly in November, following a couple of cosmetic surgery procedures performed by Doctor Jan Adams.

Li-Lo Lawsuit Of The Day

A woman who was in the car that Lindsay Lohan chased in a bizarre incident last year -- a car that was being driven by the mother of Lindsay's assistant, who had just quit-- claims that the emotional trauma from the incident cost her a 60-thousand-dollar-a-year job and seven-thousand dollars worth of medical bills.

Tracie Rice says she thought the chase put her "at extreme risk of death or injury," leading her to seek therapy and, ultimately, to quit her job. She's suing Lindsay Lohan for unspecified damages and medical and other expenses related to emotional distress.

Britney Story For Today

If Britney Spears' father had his way, she'd have been hospitalized months before her recent meltdown. T-M-Z reports that Jamie Spears

has been pleading with the singer to get help for the bipolar disorder that he -- and others -- considers to be her problem. She's refused to undergo any psychological testing, but her dad is said to be continuing his quest to change her mind.

Britney's also getting some advice from American Idol judge Simon Cowell, who tells Britain's Sun newspaper, "I'd have told her, 'Stay with your mum, don't go out with your stupid friends, just live normally.' You'd be amazed -- you live normally, and suddenly everything becomes normal. All that craziness, being followed around and all that stuff, it's going to do your head in. But you can get away from it if you want to."

This Is Sad

Warner Brothers could lay off as many as thousand workers on Friday, as part of the continuing fallout from the writers' strike.

Pamela Anderson Preggers

Pamela Anderson says she is definitely getting divorced thgis time and has revealed that she is pregnant with her current hubby's baby.

Rick Saloman had this to say about that..."We've only been married since October. Theres still some things I want to try." He blames her behavior on her hormones. In her divorce petition, Pamela asks for spousal support but not child support.

Another American Idol Dropped From Her Record Label

In the past few weeks both Reuben Studdard and Taylor Hicks have been dropped by their record label and now Kathrine McPhee has been dropped as well.

Getting Laughs From The Grave

Billionaire Merv Griffin is generating a lot of traffic for the small memorial park in Westwood Village. The talk show hosts final request was to have "I will not be right back after this message." on his headstone.

Team Lachey Does A Great Deed

from The Enquirer...

A group of Cincinnati Country Day School students has enlisted Cincinnati native Nick Lachey and his choir in their efforts to raise money for an AIDS-wracked South African village.

Lachey will bring his 20-member Cincinnati choir, which won NBC reality show “Clash of the Choirs” on Dec. 20, to Music Hall’s ballroom to perform a benefit concert at 8 p.m. on Jan. 18.

Proceeds will go to help Langkloof, South Africa, an impoverished village that several Cincinnati Country Day School juniors have raised more than $950,000 for during the past four years.

Maya Amoils, a Cincinnati Country Day student who instigated the HOPE project, is thrilled that Lachey will be appearing with his “Team Lachey” choir.

“He postponed a trip to California for his grandmother’s 80th birthday to do this concert,” Amoils said. “It’s pretty amazing. And he’s doing it for free.”

Amoils first met Lachey through a friend of her father’s on Labor Day at a benefit concert for the School for the Creative and Performing Arts at the Great American Ball Park. She told him about Help Other People Endure, the non-profit group she and her friends formed to help Langkloof, and asked him about the possibility of his performing at a benefit concert.

Later, she gave her father’s friend a DVD and a brochure about the HOPE project to give to Lachey.

He first agreed to perform at a concert on Jan. 20, but had to cancel a couple of weeks ago because of a planned celebration for his grandmother’s 80th birthday in Los Angeles.

On Dec. 31, Amoils arranged the Jan. 18 date in a conference call with Lachey, who was in Costa Rica, and her father’s friend.

“I said, ‘Won’t that interfere with your trip for your grandmother’s birthday?,” Amoils said. “He said, ‘I’d be happy to push it back a day for you guys.’ He was unbelievably nice.”

It will be the first concert of Lachey and his choir since their victory on “Clash of the Choirs.” Team Lachey sang on Fountain Square on New Year’s Eve without Lachey.

Tickets for the Jan. 18 concert will cost $20 in advance and will be available at Music Hall’s box office or online at www.cincinnatiarts.org. Tickets will be $25 at door on the night of the concert. There will be 100 VIP tickets available for $100 each. VIP ticket-buyers will have seats in the front rows. The ballroom can hold as many as 1,300 people.

Amy Winehouse And Her New Look

Jamie Lynn Spears New Valentine Card

Useless Facts To Know and Trade

Jerry Seinfeld's full first name is Jerome.

Mister Blackwell began his career as an actor.

Bad Luck Jess?

The gambling site Sportsbook-dot-com is taking bets as to whether Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo will allow gal pal Jessica Simpson to attend his playoff game against the New York Giants on Sunday. As of now, the odds are two-to-one against her making it to the stadium. Fans of the Texas team have dubbed Jess a jinx, since her beau has suffered a pair of sub-par performances since she began showing up in the stands.

Great News For No Doubt Fans

No Doubt drummer Adrian Young says there's a light at the end of the tunnel for their long-suffering fans -- and that they should have a new album in stores by the end of the year. Young says that he and the rest of the guys in the band have "a lot of songs" ready to go, and that Gwen Stefani will begin recording her vocals in the next month.

Big Brother Coming Soon To 2 Networks Again

C-B-S and Showtime will once again team up for Big Brother: After Dark, an after-hours look at the goings-on at Big Brother, which returns to the Eye Network on February 12th.

More Reality

A-B-C is bringing back its investigative series The Mole after a four-year hiatus.

$$$ Lost

According to the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation, the cancellation of the Golden Globes awards ceremony could cost L-A more than 80-million dollars in lost revenues.

Paula And Airports Not A Good Combo

from tmz...
Another season of "Idol," another meltdown for Paula Abdul – if a "radar" report is to believed.

"She had an insane nervous breakdown that lasted ten minutes," said a tipster, at a Continental Airlines terminal at LAX. "One minute she was hyperventilating ... the next she was yelling into her cell phone in this deep, rage-filled 'Poltergeist' voice." Abdul's rep had no comment.

Mrs. Spears Not Happy With Dr. Phil

from tmz...
Jamie and Lynne Spears slammed -- and we mean slammed -- Dr. Phil this morning, calling the way he handled his contact with Britney a betrayal, inappropriate, and a total breach of their trust.

Spears family rep Lou Taylor told Meredith Vieira on the "Today" show that Dr. Phil actually broached the subject of doing a show about Britney, but that they nixed the idea, only to have Phil try to set up the show anyway. Taylor scorched Phil, saying it was even "inappropriate" for Phil to bring up doing a show, and that the family thought it would be detrimental to Britney.

What's more, Taylor said that the family felt "betrayed" that Phil would issue any kind of statement after meeting with Brit, and that nobody had given him any authority to say anything, much less bellow on and on like he did.

Eminem Survives A Scare

from contact and tmz...

EMINEM is recovering well at his Michigan home after he was hospitalized during the festive season for heart problems arising from a bout of pneumonia. The Slim Shady star - real name Marshall Mathers III - has been suffering from multiple heath problems of late, and reports claim the star has piled on the pounds as a result - he now weighs over 200 pounds. 

The 35-year-old's publicist tells TMZ.com, "Over the holidays, Marshall Mathers, pka (professionally known as) Eminem, was under doctor's care at a Detroit-area hospital for complications due to pneumonia. He has since been released and is doing well recovering at home."

Heigl On Her Honeymoon And Britney

from people magazine...

Katherine Heigl still had that honeymoon glow as she walked the red carpet Monday night for the L.A. premiere of her romantic comedy 27 Dresses. 

So what does the actress – who wed musician Josh Kelley Dec. 23 during a Christmas-themed ceremony in Park City, Utah – remember most from her whirlwind Mexican getaway? "Ahhh, the Piña Coladas!" she told PEOPLE. "Oh my God, Cabo! The Esperanza [resort] and Piña Coladas – it doesn't get a lot better." 

The Grey's Anatomy star, 29, turned serious, though, when asked by a reporter about Britney Spears, "I can't possibly imagine what that young girl is going through," she said. "I just hope ... that even with all this attention, people can find it in their hearts to be compassionate and not be so judgmental. She is obviously in a great deal of drama and pain, and that's a horrible thing for someone to go through in front of the entire world – and I'm sorry for her."

Denial Is Not A River In Egypt ;-)

Nicole Kidman and her husband of 18 months have confirmed they are expecting their first child, after denying the pregnancy a couple of weeks ago.

The Oscar-winning actress and her husband, Keith Urban, are said to be "thrilled" at the news of their impending arrival. Nicole's publicist Wendy Day said last night: "The couple are thrilled".

Scandal = Ratings

from the ny post
Last Friday's season-ending episode of "Zoey 101," starring pregnant, 16-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears, averaged 7.3 million viewers - a huge audience for cable and more-than-double the Nickelodeon show's season average.

The hourlong episode, "Goodbye Zoey," aired just two weeks after Jamie Lynn, the younger sister of troubled pop star Britney Spears disclosed that she's pregnant - setting off a tabloid frenzy.

"Goodbye Zoey" was the show's third-season finale. Spears has already filmed a fourth and final season - and Nickelodeon officials say they'll air that season, as planned, beginning next month.

Britney Goes British

from entertainment tonight...

Sources tell ET that BRITNEY SPEARS spoke with a British accent during her stay at Cedars-Sinai hospital last Friday. While Dr. Phil wouldn't comment on that during our exclusive interview with him, he did say that the troubled pop star needs to be in treatment.

"She needs to be in in-patient care for a period of time," he advises. "Is she having a rough time right now? Yes, she is. Why? I'm not really going to go into that at this point. But I can tell you this is a good person and I truly believe she'll get back to being a good person."

Bitter Old Man's Worst Dressed List

MR. BLACKWELL'S 48TH ANNUAL WORST-DRESSED WOMEN LIST

10.) Alison Arngrim: "Little Nellie of the prairie, looks like a 1940's fashion editor for the Farmers Almanac."

9.) Lindsay Lohan: "Lindsay the fashion frenzy strikes again! Lohan takes fashion to a new low."

8.) Jessica Simpson: "Forget the Cowboys. In prom queen screams, can it get any worse? She's a global fashion curse!"

7.) Avril Lavigne: "Gothic make-up courtesy the mad spatula-Fashions provided by.. The house of Dracula!"

6.) Eva Green: "Stuck in neon nightmares not fit for the sane. Fashion this loud could give Bond a migraine! A profusion of confusion from toes to nose!"

5.) Kelly Clarkson: "Her heavenly voice soars above the rest... but those belly-baring bombs are hellish at best! She may be the queen of 'Pro-Active' – but that wardrobe looks downright radioactive!"

4.) Fergie: "Another style-free 'Fergie' in fashion's hall of shame? Yes, when it comes to couture chaos, guess it's all in a name!"

3.) Mary Kate Olsen: "YIKES! In layers of cut-rate kitsch, Mary Kate's look is hard to explain... she resembles a tattered toothpick-trapped in a hurricane!"

2.) Amy Winehouse: "Exploding beehives above…tacky polka-dots below... she's part 50's car-hop horror."

1.) Victoria Beckham: "Forget the fashion spice - wearing a skirt would suffice! In one skinny-mini monstrosity after another, pouty posh can really wreck-em."

No Live Golden Globes

from lee jeske...
N-B-C has decided to cancel Sunday night's telecast of the Golden Globes. But there will be Golden Globe Award-winners announced -- and N-B-C will cover that.

After Dick Clark Productions failed to reach an interim agreement with the Writer's Guild to allow the show to go on with writers -- and with the Screen Actors Guild demanding that its members not cross writers' picket lines -- N-B-C and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association decided to cancel the big event.

However, N-B-C's news division will cover a press conference announcing the winners, preceded by an episode of Dateline featuring clips from the nominated films and movies and interviews with nominees. As for the nominees -- since there won't be a telecast event, they're welcome to stroll a red carpet and attend the various planned after-parties, which will also be covered, Access Hollywood-style, by N-B-C News.

Due To The Writers Strike....

With the writers' strike putting the kibosh on new shows, C-B-S has turned to Showtime's Dexter. Beginning February 17th, the first season of the serial killer series will air on Sunday nights.

Courtney Love To The Rescue!!!

from contact...
COURTNEY LOVE has expressed her sympathy for troubled pop star BRITNEY SPEARS, because she knows what it's like to be demonised in the press. Love, has battled her own substance abuse problems in the past, but admits it must be harder for Spears to deal with the media attention because of her previous reputation as a clean-cut pop star.

Dr Phil Not Going To Do The Britney Special

from Contact...
A TV special of DR PHIL MCGRAW's U.S. show focusing on BRITNEY SPEARS' latest troubles has been cancelled, after the pop star's parents pulled out of the program. Dr, Phil visited Spears at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center last week, where she was being held following a stand-off with police at her Beverly Hills mansion when she refused to hand over her boys to ex-husband Kevin Federline after a scheduled visit.

Tim McGraw planned to discuss the singer's ongoing personal problems on Tuesday's edition of the show - with her parents Lynne and Jamie as special guests. But Spears' mum and dad cancelled on Sunday when the taping was due to take place - and MCGraw has now decided to shelve the idea altogether because of the "intensity" of the situation.

In a statement issued to Entertainment Tonight, he says, "As was widely reported this weekend, at the request of concerned family members, I visited Britney Spears in the hospital. The details of that visit will, of course, remain private. "We had planned to tape a 'Dr. Phil Now' show tomorrow, focusing not on the tabloid side of Britney's latest problems, but instead on the very serious issues surrounding this case. Clearly, it is not just Britney's family struggling to find a way to protect adult children who cannot be ordered or compelled to seek help. "Because the Spears situation is too intense at this time, and out of consideration to the family, I have made the decision not to move forward with the taping at this particular time. Britney and her family are in our prayers and we ask that they be in yours."

Kid's Waffle House Blues

KID ROCK's arraignment for battery charges relating to an October incident at Atlanta, Georgia's Waffle House has been postponed. Kid was arrested and charged with a misdemeanour of simple battery after the scuffle in October. 

He was due to be arraigned in Dekalb County in Georgia on Monday, but the case has been postponed until February 4th, reports TMZ.com. And there's good news for Rock - he could escape the charges altogether, depending on further evidence, according to the Dekalb County Solicitors Office. 

The other man involved in the fight has been charged with a felony count of second degree criminal damage to property after breaking a window in the incident

New Dance Show Hosted By Drew Lachey Tonight!

Tonight A-B-C (ch 9) premieres the new dance reality series Dance War: Bruno Versus Carrie Ann. Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba of Dancing With the Stars fame break out on their own to find America's most talented singers and dancers.

The two gather hopefuls to join Team Bruno and Team Carrie Ann in singing and dancing competitions. Bruno tells us, "We found them from all over America. We auditioned in Nashville, New York and Los Angeles. We looked for rough diamonds. They all have to sing and dance, two disciplines combined, because we want production value, so it makes it pretty hard. We have an amazing pool of talent. They don't even know what I know they can do."

Drew Lachey hosts the show.

No TV Sag?

The decision of the Screen Actors Guild to have its members boycott this Sunday's Golden Globe Awards is reportedly being spearheaded by one high-profile nominee -- George Clooney.

One unnamed N-B-C executive has been quoted saying, "We know Clooney is a major force behind this decision. He has been ear-bashing others who may have been willing to cross picket lines." But a Clooney associate responds, "He does not ear-bash, he is far too easy-going for that."

Officially, N-B-C's position is, actors or no actors, Sunday's show will go on. But various other scenarios -- including one in which the actors show up, but the show is not televised -- are reportedly being discussed.

New Tom Cruise Book

written by lee jeske...
Tom Cruise is not the world's top Scientologist. But he's a close second. According to an unauthorized biography of the couch-jumper by Princess Diana biography Andrew Morton, "every aspect of planning and policy" in Cruise's bizarre life is dictated by Scientology leader David Miscavige, who considers him his second-in-arms and even joined Cruise and Katie Holmes on their honeymoon.

Speaking of Holmes, Morton says some loyal Scientologists "wondered if the actress had been impregnated with [the late Scientologist founder L. Ron] Hubbard's frozen sperm. In her more reflective moments, Katie might have felt as if she were in the middle of a real-life version of the horror movie Rosemary's Baby, in which an unsuspecting young woman is impregnated with the Devil's child."

As for Tom's second wife, Nicole Kidman, Morton claims she never spoke out about their relationship after their divorce because she was worried about the leaking of what Scientologists call "audit tapes" -- details of her and Tom's sex life that the Scientology brain trust reportedly has its members record.

Tom's lawyer, predictably, calls the tome a "boring, poorly researched book by a man who never talked to anyone involved in Tom Cruise's life or anyone close to him," and is threatening a 100-million-dollar lawsuit. The book hits stores on January 15th.

Weekend Box Office

from box office report...
Nicolas Cage added more gold to his treasure chest as National Treasure: Book of Secrets was the number-one movie for a third straight weekend. The sequel, starring Cage as a history buff searching for a lost city of gold, raked in 20-point-two-million dollars between Friday and Sunday, raising its total to 171-million -- just two-mil shy of the gross of 2004's National Treasure.

The weekend's only new wide release, the horror film One Missed Call, opened in fifth with 13-point-five-million dollars.

The weekend's three other holdovers were separated by only 300-thousand bucks. Will Smith's zombie thriller I Am Legend climbed from third to second with 16-point-three-million dollars. Its gross now stands at 228-point-seven-million. The teen-pregnancy comedy Juno jumped from fifth to third with 16-point-two-million, followed by Alvin and the Chipmunks in fifth with an even 16 million.

personal note...go see Juno, if you havent, it is an awesome movie.

Zoey Has A Baby?

Despite the pregnancy of its star, Jamie-Lynn Spears, Nickelodeon insists her series, Zoey 101, will be back in February. I had heard rumors that the next season of Zoey 101 was already filmed before she became preggers.

Izzy Bumped

The release date of the Katherine Heigl romantic comedy 27 Dresses has been bumped a week -- from this Friday to January 18th.

Deal With The Devil?

United Artists, The studio owned by Tom Cruise has reportedly signed an independent deal with the Writers Guild of America, which would allow striking members to return to work for the studio. It's said to be similar to the agreement struck by David Letterman's production company.

Brit Tops One Year End List

Britney Spears topped one year-end list, but it's probably not one she's particularly proud of. Brit Brit who famously shaved her head early in 2007 -- has gotten the honor for Worst Female Hairstyle in the 14th annual Best-Tressed Awards, edging out Courtney Love and Pink. For the record, Carrie Underwood tops the Best Female Hairstyle list.

Do You Want Another Shot?

M-T-V has ordered a second season ofA Shot at Love With Tila Tequila.

Late Night Live Again

The Writers Guild made good on its promise to picket Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Kimmel's talk shows yesterday. 

David Letterman had reached an agreement with the writers guild. Letterman sported a new beard :-)

I Am On Vacation This Week

I hope you had a great New Years Eve! Happy New Year! I am out on vacation this week and will update the blog when I can. I will be back on Q102 on Monday :-)