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Week of 7 January 2008
7 January 2008
Dr. Phil says Britney Spears is in "dire need of medical and psychological intervention" ...
Lindsay Lohan was "extremely flexible and adventurous", says Italian gent ...
Glenn Beck's unspecified surgery goes "horribly awry" ...
Roger Clemens sues former trainer for defamation over steroids claim ...
Mischa Barton turns to God after arrest ...
Jeremy Clarkson learns (slowly) about identity theft ...
Lee Ryan is arrested after alleged attack on taxi driver ...
Former CIA agent and longtime critic of the Agency Phil Agee dies in surgery in Havana, Cuba, where he had lived in exile ...
8 January 2008
Golden Globe awards show is canceled as strike continues ...
but Writers Guild of America reaches agreement with Tom Cruise's United Artists ...
Dr. Phil's hospital visit to Britney Spears is criticized as inappropriate ...
Author sues Jerry Seinfeld over allegedly plagiarized cookbook ...
Daryl G. Brewster gets dunked at Krispy Kreme ...
Naomi Campbell's interview with "rebel angel" Hugo Chavez will be out on Thursday ...
Shaquille O'Neal flies to Los Angeles for treatment of hip ...
Court dismisses antrtrust lawsuit against NASCAR ...
Elizabeth Montgomery gets a posthumous star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame ...
Former Chicago Bears wide receiver and later Head Coach Jim Dooley dies suffering Lou Gehrig's Disease at a hospital in Lake Forest, Illinois ...
9 January 2008
Biographer says Tom Cruise is Scientology's de facto second in command ...
Eminem is recovering from pneumonia ...
Police impound Britney Spears' car; Dr. Phil defends visit to Britney as a favor to the family; and Associated Press has a memo for reporters: Britney news is now a "big deal" ...
James Bond goes postal ...
Goose Gossage gets the call in the bullpen ...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's son writes rap ...
Steven Seagal settles mob-tinged lawsuit ...
Former Chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries John Harvey-Jones dies at age 83 ...
10 January 2008
Woman in bizarre Lindsay Lohan SUV chase claims emotional trauma ...
Jennifer Love Hewitt finds out how to make the cover of People ...
Senator Larry Craig (R-Men's room) continues his quest to have guilty plea rescinded ...
Toyota in tight worldwide race with General Motors for #1 ...
Willie Aames is robbed at gunpoint ...
11 January 2008
Woody Allen, David Cronenberg and William Friedkin will direct operas in L.A. ...
Ex Attorney General John Ashcroft got "$28-52M" no-bid contract from Justice Dept ...
Judge gives green light to Dan Rather's lawsuit against CBS ...
Britney Spears is served a temporary restraining order ...
Michelle Rodriguez is released from jail ...
Probation for doof who tried to blackmail Tom Cruise ...
Carl's Jr. founder Carl Karcher dies of pneumonia at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, CA ...
The first man to summit Mt. Everest, Edmund Hillary dies in Auckland, New Zealand ...
12 January 2008
Buddy Holly's widow sues Peggy Sue over tell-all book ...
David Spade collapses at gym ...
Former Olympic champion Marion Jones is sentenced to 6 months for lying to investigators ...
Harvey Weinstein & Co. reach agreement with writers, while ABC axes almost 30 production deals ...
Britney Spears runs away with new paparazzi boyfriend ...
O.J. Simpson is arrested after violating bail ...
Major League Baseball will finally begin investigations into steroid-drenched sport ...
13 January 2008
Clay Aiken takes no guff from Newsweek ...
Countrywide CEO Angelo R. Mozilo could get $110M payout from sell-out amidst subprime mess ...
Terry Jones says Monty Python's Flying Circus couldn't get on TV today ...
President Bush poo-poos the consensus of American intelligence agencies ...
"Scud stud" Arthur Kent runs for legislature in Alberta ...
Fossil undermines Mike Huckabee's beliefs ...
World Series MVP of 1955, Johnny Podres dies at a hospital in Glen Falls, New York, suffering kidney and heart ailments ...