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Britney Spears: Ordered to Court

The commissioner in the Britney Spears conservatorship case has ordered the star to appear next week in person after she skipped out on Friday’s appearance. Commissioner Reva Goetz is livid about what happened two days ago, when Britney was due in court at 1:30 for a status hearing but declined to show up

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Britney Spears: Ordered to Court

Happy Birthday, Michelle Obama!

The First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, turns 46 today. After a day of pushing Haitian relief efforts , Michelle and the President celebrated her birthday last night at Restaurant Nora, an organic eatery in Washington, D.C

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Happy Birthday, Michelle Obama!

Wyclef Calls Haiti’s Situation An ‘Apocalypse’

Singer tells Fox News that his native country is in a state of emergency. By Gil Kaufman A day after rushing to Haiti to help with recovery efforts following Tuesday’s devastating 7.0 earthquake , Wyclef Jean told Fox News Channel’s Bill Hemmer that the situation on the ground is dire. Watch the latest news video at video.foxnews.com “This is apocalypse,” said Jean during a special report with Bret Baier about the utter destruction of the capital city of Port-Au-Prince, where first responders were struggling to deal with the reported thousands trapped under mounds of rubble from the worst earthquake to hit the impoverished Caribbean nation in two centuries.

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Obama to write Newsweek cover story on Haiti

President Barack Obama will write the cover story for next week's Newsweek magazine. The Wall Street Journal's Russell Adams reports that Newsweek editor Jon Meacham asked Obama's senior advisor if the President would write for the magazine, and he agreed. The magazine will hit newsstands on Monday

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Pras Helping Haitian Consulate In New York With Relief Efforts

‘What I’m doing, mobilizing up here — what we’re doing is a joint effort,’ he says of his combined efforts with Wyclef.

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Lloyd Banks’ Accuser Tells His Side Of Alleged Attack

‘I knew if I fought back there was going to be no winning,’ concert promoter Chris Hines tells the Toronto Star. By Shaheem Reid Lloyd Banks Photo: MTV News Chris Hines, the man who has accused Lloyd Banks and three other men of attacking him in his Canadian hotel room last week, is speaking out. Talking to the Toronto Star, Hines described the alleged assault as unwarranted and unexpected.

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Book: John Edwards and Bill Clinton are Cheaters; Harry Reid is a Racist; Sarah Palin is Not Smart

The 2008 U.S. presidential election is over and done with, but a new book called Game Change by New York Magazine ‘s John Heilemann and Time ‘s Mark Halperin has stirred up a lot of interesting gossip about the most recent White House race. While not providing that much truly new or startling, the book has offered tremendous fodder for national political conversation.

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Book: John Edwards and Bill Clinton are Cheaters; Harry Reid is a Racist; Sarah Palin is Not Smart

Peacock-Killer Jeff Zucker Must Go

Many years ago, NBC decided that the guy who came up with the idea of doing concerts on The Today Show would make a great network head. Now they are in last place. Except in jokes , where they are first.

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Peacock-Killer Jeff Zucker Must Go

Jimmy Kimmel, David Letterman Weigh In On Conan/Leno War

‘Hello, I’m Jay Leno, and I’m taking over all the shows in late night,’ Kimmel jokes. By Kyle Anderson Jimmy Kimmel Photo: John M

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Jimmy Kimmel, David Letterman Weigh In On Conan/Leno War

Wyclef Jean Urges Quick Earthquake Relief In Haiti

Singer’s native country is said to be in dire straits after 7.0 quake strikes near Port-au-Prince. By Gil Kaufman Wyclef Jean (file) Photo: MTV News In the wake of the Tuesday’s devastating 7.0 earthquake in Haiti, singer Wyclef Jean has issued an urgent plea for help for his struggling homeland. “Haiti today faced a natural disaster of unprecedented proportion, an earthquake unlike anything the country has ever experienced,” Jean wrote on his Web site of the island nation, which is one of the most impoverished countries in the Western Hemisphere

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Wyclef Jean Urges Quick Earthquake Relief In Haiti