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Mindy McCready's hope for a comeback just got pushed back.

Following a drug and booze binge, the troubled country songbird has gone from the emergency room of a Tennessee hospital to an Arizona-based rehab center.

"Mindy McCready did receive emergency care at Vanderbilt University Medical Center," her publicist tells E! News. "Other issues made it prudent for her to seek longer-term and broader-based treatment."

"To her credit," says the singer's publicist, "she has entered into an extended-care facility where she will receive the care needed. And for the moment we ask that everyone respect her privacy."

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Brad Pitt's got a Fight Club sequel in the works. His new sparring partner: paparazzi.

The actor's attorney is threatening legal action against any media outlet that publishes photos snapped "surreptitiously" of Pitt, Angelina Jolie and their family, including new twins Knox and Vivienne, on the grounds of their French estate. Jolie and the newborns checked out of the hospital on Saturday, a week after the birth.

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Ethan Hawke's got a new leading lady in his life.

The actor and new wife Ryan Shawhughes welcomed their first child together in New York City last Friday, daughter Clementine Jane Hawke.

Hawke's publicist, Mara Buxbaum, confirmed the arrival to E! News today.

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Sienna Miller has been called many things by the press. Pushover's not one of them.

For the second time in seven months, the paparazzi-hounded actress has launched legal action against two British tabloids for running topless photos of her—this time with new beau Balthazar Getty—thereby setting off a particularly rousing round of home-wrecker rumors about Miller.

Miller's law firm, Carter-Ruck, has served breach-of-privacy papers to News of the World, The Sun and Big Pictures, the photo agency that snapped the candids of Miller and Getty's clothes-eschewing vacation to Italy.

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Pink has garnered her fair share of headlines over the past year, none of which have been for her music. Until now.

The Grammy-winning songbird announced plans to release a fifth, as-yet-untitled studio album Oct. 28. The debut single, "So What," is due out in early August.

The album represents the singer's first release since splitting from hubby Cary Hart earlier this year and is a return to her hit-making past.

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Today's the day, fanboys (and girls). San Diego Comic-Con, the world's biggest comic-book convention and pop-culture expo, opens tonight with an expected crowd of more than 120,000.

And that's not counting invaders from Hollywood, with the studios aggressively parading their early footage, news and stars. Fans—if they can get into the packed halls—will be the first with scoop on geek-fave flicks Watchmen, Terminator Salvation and Ninja Assassin, plus Lost, Heroes and new shows from J.J. Abrams and Joss Whedon. All that and more Seth Rogen, Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Smith than you can shake a lightsaber at.

Heck, Paris Hilton is even rumored to crash the panel for her movie Repo! The Genetic Opera.

We have the Con covered, through Sunday, but first, check out our gallery of shows and movies getting some Comic-Con love.

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The star of Melrose Place is apparently out of her melancholy one.

Heather Locklear has checked out of an Arizona rehab facility after four weeks, during which time she was receiving treatment for anxiety and depression.

"There is no statement and we will not be commenting about Heather's location," the actress' rep told E! News.

But according to People, Locklear wasted no time getting reunited with her 10-year-old daughter, Ava. The child is reportedly now back with her mom after being in the care of father Richie Sambora for the past month.

The 46-year-old small-screen vet checked into Sierra Tucson in late June. She was photographed during a visit by current beau and former costar Jack Wagner earlier this month as the two made an excursion to a nearby spa, but has otherwise kept a low profile.

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Here's some news Will Smith can take to the bank, along with those eight-figure paychecks: The Hancock star is the top-paid actor in Hollywood, according to the latest figures from the number crunchers over at Forbes.com.

Based on salaries earned between June 1, 2007, through June 1, 2008, Smith bested all competitors, male or female, raking in an estimated $80 million for his big-screen efforts.

His nearest moneymaking rival is Johnny Depp, whose pirate's booty totaled $72 million.

Not bad for a year's work.

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It's no wonder DMX might want to be somebody else.

An Arizona grand jury indicted the rapper Tuesday on two felony counts of theft and taking someone's identify for allegedly using a false name to get out of paying a hospital bill in April, according to the Maricopa County Attorney's Office.

The 37-year-old, whose real name is Earl Simmons, is said to have tried to pass himself off as "Troy Jones" while undergoing treatment for pneumonia at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale.

Cops picked DMX up on an outstanding warrant Saturday at the Metrocenter mall in Phoenix, the Cradle 2 the Grave star's sixth arrest in three months.

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Guess not too many people are planning to stay for the end credits of High School Musical 3.

High School Musical: Get in the Picture, the new ABC reality show that promises to cast its winner in a music video to play during HSM3's aforementioned crawl, failed its first—and second—ratings tests.

Sunday's inaugural episode placed 69th in Nielsen Media Research's latest weekly rankings. It finished fourth, or last, in its time slot behind nonstellar broadcast competition led by CBS' Big Brother (33rd place, 5.7 million). Its 4 million viewers were more fitting for an umpteenth HSM rerun on Disney Channel than a broadcast premiere.

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Even if you're standing where there's only the possibility of a fire, you can still get burned.

Two paparazzi on Britney Spears watch were arrested Monday after ignoring a police warning about being illegally parked on a city-owned fire access road near the pop star's Studio City home.

According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers spotted Alexander Passos and Eduardo Ravalha, both 35, parked in a restricted area at about 6 p.m.

They were arrested about 45 minutes later when, upon returning to the site, the cops found that the gentlemen had neglected their suggestion to get their shutterbug jollies elsewhere.

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