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Amy Winehouse got booed offstage during the opening of her new tour after ranting about her husband's incarceration - BBC
Britney Spears runs over another photographer last night while leaving The Four Seasons - TMZ
Rumer Willis has been named "Miss Golden Globe" by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Defamer
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Little Zahara's family wants her back in Africa! They are claiming that Angelina Jolie's adoption paperwork is wrong - Digital Spy
Dave Letterman opens his wallet to pay his writers through the end of the year - Deadline Hollywood
Sarah Michelle Gellar changes her last name as a fifth wedding anniversary present for her husband Freddie Prinze - Us Weekly
Kanye West pulls out of Victoria Secret Fashion Show due to the recent death of his mother Donda West - People
Marie Osmond confirmed that her sixteen year old son, Michael,has entered into rehab for substance abuse - ET Online
Regina Spektor was rushed to the hospital after she collapsed in Nashville just hours before a show - PerezHilton
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