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Happy Tuesday Kiddies, yeah yeah yeah I know it has been a few days, but I have moved, and I just stopped unpacking boxes.

I think I am one of the first media outlets to report this so buckle up. TMZ has learned that Academy Award nominee Heath Ledger has died in NY. He was found dead in his bed in one of his residences in Soho by his housekeeper at 3:35 PM ET today. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ they believe it was not a crime. The 28-year-old actor has a two year old daughter with former fiancée Michelle Williams. Wow what a way to start off a much delayed post, but my condolences.

British photographer Adnan Ghalib is set to reveal intimate details about his relationship with Britney Spears on a TV show. The snapper has been a constant presence by Spears’ side in recent weeks before the pair’s reported split last weekend. And now, according to celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, the 35-year-old paparazzo has signed a contract with a TV network for an exclusive interview about the time he spent with the troubled star. A source tells Hilton, “He’s getting paid a lot. And his interview will be stretched out over several days.” Ghalib has also been accused of striking a deal with his celebrity photo agency, FinalPixx, to sell private text messages sent to him by the singer. The messages are reported to detail Spears’ wish to train to become a teacher. Oh please would you just go away and get the help you so desperately deserve Britney, we are all rooting for you to turn your life around.

Actress Reese Witherspoon has dismissed reports she’s engaged to marry boyfriend Jake Gylenhaal. It was recently speculated that Gylenhaal had proposed to the Oscar winner during the couple’s vacation in Rome, Italy in October 2007. But Witherspoon’s spokesperson says, “It’s absolutely false. There’s not one ounce of truth to it.” Oh well at least they are not denying dating I guess. That’s a good thing.

Troubled star Amy Winehouse has been caught on camera in shocking new photographs showing the singer during a recent early-morning drug binge. In the video footage, taken at a party at her East London apartment around 5 am on Friday, January 18, the singer can be seen handling a variety of dangerous substances, allegedly including powdered ecstasy and cocaine. The footage, if authentic, gets worse – Winehouse is later seen climbing up the stairs to her dark bedroom, where she stares wide-eyed into the camera and then lights a pipe. As she inhales the smoke, her voice is reduced to a breathless croak and she can be seen mumbling incoherently to friends. Wino please see about note and join Britney in rehab.

Christina Aguilera and husband Jordan Bratman have celebrated the birth of their newborn son by inducting him into Judaism with a traditional bris ceremony. The couple, who welcomed little Max Liron Bratman into the world on January 12, held the Jewish naming and circumcision ceremony on Sunday, January 20, to formalize the baby’s middle name, which means ‘my song’ or ‘my joy’ in Hebrew. To my understanding they had the circumcision done underwater, and they had to send 4 skin divers down. Get it, oh come on now, that is my A material.

And finally, Hip-hop mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is set for another name change – he wants to be known simply as Sean John. The rapper, 38, has changed his stage moniker five times since starting out in the music industry in 1988, but the “Come To Me” hitmaker reveals he’s ready for a new identity. Just tell me when we can cal his career over.

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Happy Thursday Kiddies and away I go. Well my ‘ment is already halfway broken down, and I will be moving in 2 weeks.

According to msn.com, Black Eyed Peas star Fergie has sparked reports she is expecting her first child with fiancée Josh Duhamel – after the couple received baby gifts. Duhamel – who proposed to the singer on Christmas Day – was celebrating the 100th episode of his TV show Las Vegas when Mayor Oscar Goodman presented him with a pair of baby’s shoes. A source tells the New York Daily News, “Mayor Goodman gave Josh a pair of baby Crocs sandals for his future baby with fiancée Fergie. Everyone is saying she is pregnant.” I wonder if she looks preg-a-licious.

The pregnancy scandal revolving around Britney Spears’ teenage sister, Jamie Lynn, is being used as part of a campaign to urge pet owners to spay and neuter dogs and cats. Animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are hoping pet lovers get the link between a hard-hitting new Internet video and young Spears. In the film, which has been posted on PETA’s website, a 16 year-old girl is encouraged to become sexually active.  When the horrified girl asks, “What if I get pregnant?” the parents urge her to “pop out all the kids you can”. Wow, well that is just foreshadowing at its best.

Moviemaker Quentin Tarantino wants Britney Spears to front his planned remake of Russ Meyers’ soft-porn classic Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! The Pulp Fiction director has reportedly approached the pop singer, along with sex-tape star Kim Kardashian and sexy Eva Mendes, and asked them all to consider roles in the film. Meyer’s 1966 film, about three killer strippers, became an instant classic and Tarantino is determined to give the movie a super-saucy revamp, according to Daily Variety columnist Liz Smith. Oh please tell me that this is true. The original was a classic, and this one would be even better.

Eddie Murphy and his ex-wife have left bosses of Ebony magazine in a bind after announcing they’ve split a day before the publication put them at the top of a Hottest Couples list. On Wednesday, Murphy confirmed he and Tracey Edmonds were planning to remain just “friends” after opting not to follow up their January 1, 2008 wedding in Bora Bora with a more legally-binding ceremony on American soil. The news came the day before the new issue of Ebony magazine, which features the couple on the cover, hit newsstands. Well as long as the marriage was not official, than I guess it is all good.

And finally, The Hills star Heidi Montag has hinted she’s not the only girl on the hit reality TV show to have undergone cosmetic surgery in a blast aimed at her castmates. Montag has confirmed she had a breast augmentation and nose job in April 2007, and she’s upset with criticism she’s received from fellow The Hills stars. Montag insists at least she came clean about her plastic surgery, and she tells Maxim she wishes others on the show would do the same. She says, “They were saying malicious things about me, and I was like, ‘You guys are hypocrites.’ “Almost everyone on the show has had some kind of surgery.” That comment has prompted new speculation that fellow The Hills star Audrina Partridge has had a boob job. She tells Life + Style, “There are so many rumors. It’s entertainment, so I can’t take it to heart.”

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Happy Monday Kiddies and away I go. Well my life is one step closer to an adult, I made an offer on the condo. Who Rules, I rule?

Wow is Hollywood is fertile and a major breeding ground.

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are the proud parents of Harlow Winter Kate Madden. Both Richie and Madden made public statements sharing the excitement they felt of having a child together. “Having a baby is the most exciting thing that’s ever happened to me, and to us,” said Madden to People. The couple founded The Richie Madden Children’s Foundation in December, 2007 and stated “We want our child to be a part of the community, and to know that there’s a responsibility to help the community.” The foundation helps the less fortunate. Wow, what an unusual name. Harlow Winter. It is a total porn star name.

Christina Aguilera and husband Jordan Bratman are finally celebrating after welcoming a baby boy into the world on Saturday night. The Fighter hitmaker was reported to have gone into labor on Friday at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, with E! news claiming the singer gave birth by caesarian section at around 4pm that afternoon. But Aguilera’s representative was forced to deny the reports on Saturday morning, telling Usmagazine.com, “She is still pregnant. She is not in labor.” However, it has now been confirmed that Aguilera gave birth to little Max Liron Bratman at 10:05pm on Saturday – with the newborn weighing in at six pounds and two ounces. Finally a normal name. I love the name Max.

Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, 50 Cent and Jon Bon Jovi are considering boycotting this year’s Grammy Awards ceremony in support of the Hollywood writer’s strikes. The annual ceremony is under threat of cancellation after celebrities from the music industry pledged their allegiance to the Writers Guild of America (WGA) union members. Prince, Alicia Keys, Fantasia, Nelly Furtado, Tim McGraw, Kelly Clarkson, The White Stripes, Fergie and Usher are also threatening to boycott the event, scheduled to take place in Los Angeles on February 10, 2008, reports the New York Daily News. Don’t get me wrong, I agree with the Writers Guild, but they already messed with my Golden Globes last night, please don’t mess up my Grammy’s.

Heiress and Hollywood red-carpet fixture Paris Hilton has been named Harvard Lampoon’s Woman of the Year. Hilton is slated to accept the award and speak publicly to Harvard University’s student body at a large public ceremony in the middle of Harvard Square in Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 6, said Regent Releasing, the studio behind her new big-screen comedy The Hottie and the Nottie, which opens nationwide February 8. Founded in 1876, Harvard University’s Harvard Lampoon is the world’s oldest continuously published humor magazine. Finally another award for Paris to put on her mantel. Well, besides the one for Skeezer of the year. Hi-yo.

2 more stories to report than I am done for the day.

Teen Vogue has cut ties with Lauren “LC” Conrad and Whitney Port because they aren’t crazy about The Hills tabloid sensibilities. OMG, I totally forgot about how they worked there. Now just bring back Stephen and this second half of the third season will be the greatest season of The Hills ever.

And finally, Britney Spears failed to appear in court on Monday morning at the start of a hearing in her bitter child custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline under a crush of frenzied media coverage. The troubled pop star’s whereabouts were not immediately clear as the hearing began in a Los Angeles courtroom, with Federline in attendance and a throng of reporters forced to wait in a hallway. Oh that Britney, always good for a story to end my celebrity gossip web site with.

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