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Weekend Gossip Roundup
Helena Bonham Carter and her boyfriend, director Tim Burton, both Golden Globe nominees for Sweeney Todd welcomed their second baby together, a girl, in London this weekend - People
What better way to get attention than talk smack about some Hollywood heavyweights? Rupert Everett is starting trouble by talking about how Al Pacino and Robert De Niro have turned into "tragic paradies" of the icons they once were- StarPulse
Britney Spears's home away from home, the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills, may be getting tired of her most recent shananagans as they turned her away from their parking garage last night, telling her repeatedly that she did not have "authorization" to get in - TMZ
Victoria Beckham defends her husband's manhood in response to critics claiming David Beckham's "bulge" has been enhanced in recent Armani ads - Contactmusic
She's not fat, she's pregnant! Maybe. Reports that Jennifer Love Hewitt's recent engagement was in response to her housing a bun in her oven - DListed
Pop tart Ashley Tisdale's before and after nose job shots - StarsOrbis
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Quentin Tarantino wants to extend the same act of grace to Lindsay Lohan that he did to John Travolta in the 90's by reviving her career - EntertainmentWise
New feud alert for Rosie O'Donnell - and this time, she's not the one who started it! When asked who he'd like to see a Gladiator pummel, Hulk Hogan quickly named the ex talk show host - Fox News
Happy Birthday this weekend to Adam Brody, Don Johnson, Benjamen Bratt and more - Dlisted
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