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Weekend Gossip Quickie
Britney Spears's new friend and advisor Sam Lufti may be charged in a Los Angeles court this week for ramming his car into a process server's Range Rover who was hired by Kevin Federline to subpeona Lufti back in August - US Weekly
Jessica Simpson's reps are denying she had any work done on her lips, have they not seen the pics? - People
In more celeb plastic surgery news, looks like Jennifer Aniston had some nose work done - Cityrag
New couple alert! Canadian singer Bryan Adams and supermodel Elle Macpherson are an item - Starpulse
Denise Richard's mother has passed away from cancer - OK magazine
Australian model Megan Gale has been cast as the new Wonder Woman beating out actresses Jessica Biel, Shannyn Sossaman, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead - Dlisted
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Looks like Lindsay Lohan and her rehab beau Riley Giles have called it quits - PerezHilton
Kim Kardashian, Lindsay Lohan, and Spencer Pratt top Daily News's list of 50 Dumbest celebrities - Daily News
Happy Birthday to Woody Allen, Candace Bushnell, Sarah Silverman and more - Dlisted
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