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Happy Halloween Britney! Her pink leopard print leotard is amazing. Exactly what I would be doing after I lost custody of my kids- partying at Heidi Klum's Halloween party - Daily News
In more Britney news....cocaine use claims are flying all over the place Malibu mansion party - Female First
And in more cocaine related news, tennis star Martina Hingis is accused of testing positive for the drug at Wimbleton this year - People
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Big Brother winner and owner of Dolce, Mike Malin, landed in a Denver jail after being a little too enthusiastic over the Red Sox win - Defamer
Lindsay Lohan is sticking to her program and refusing drinks when out and about - Associated Press
Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon are finally admitting to their coupledom and were seen taking her kids trick or treating on Wednesday around her Brentwood neighborhood - Us Weekly
Rapper and reality star Da Brat was arrested in Atlanta for smashing a bottle across another woman's face at a nightclub - WSBtv
Paris Hilton has a hissy in a Toronto porn shop, all caught on video - TMZ
New couple alert! And this time its pretty gross. Lance Armstrong and Ashley Olsen have be seeing each other a lot lately - Page Six
Kiefer Sutherland blames fans and their photos, aka evidence, for his recent DUI charge -
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Pics from Heidi Klum's Halloween bash - Hollywood Tuna
Lance Bass claims to have once married a girlfriend in Vegas - PerezHilton
Heather Mills fights back, taking her case to the airwaves - Dlisted
Happy Birthday to Anthony Keidis, Jenny McCarthy, Lyle Lovett and more -Dlisted
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