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K-Fed has been collecting stories from the people around Britney to help in his pursuit of primary custody of his two sons. Some of these stories include a fling with her assistant, drinking in front of the kiddies, and walking around naked in front of her staff. Who knew K-Fed would turn out to be the "responsible" one? - US Weekly
New Couple Alert! Looks like Cameron Diaz just can't stay away from those musicians, her new flame is Jessica Simpson ex John Mayer - DListed
One year old Suri Cruise is the face of the newest Gap Baby ad campaign. C'mon, she is REALLY cute - Extra
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Foxy Brown takes a cue from Naomi Campbell and gets arrested for smacking her pesky neighbor upside the head with her blackberry - TMZ
A missing persons poster of Lindsay Lohan was posted outside of Paris Hilton's home, listing Lindsay as having "dilated eyes" and her breed being a "freckle-bellied cokewhore terrior". Even though it was posted outside Paris's house, I doubt she's clever enough to pull it off - Just Jared
Speaking of Paris....now that her TV career is ended and the spotlight has been off of her for a bit, she is going back to what she knows best- partying. The celebutante has been "shopping around" for places to party in Vegas for New Years, her going price is a cool half million for just showing up - Page Six
Happy Birthday to Ben Affleck, Debra Messing, Cris Judd and more - Dlisted
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