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NEW YORK - A round-up of this week's US celebrity magazines sees Britney and Lindsay's latest dramas battling for space along with the under-the-radar romance between High School Musical's Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens.
TOP STORY
- Pop star Britney Spears's camp insists she only goes out
when she doesn't have the kids. Her ex-husband Kevin Federline's team suggest that his hard-partying days are a thing of the past. But both were seen out partying late into the night this week without their two young boys - People
- Spears is stunned that her ex-husband has subpoenaed such close confidants as her former assistants, nanny and an administrator at Promises rehab facility, which Spears attended earlier this year, in their bitter custody battle. Spears says, "My babies are my life!" and feels under siege - Life & Style
OTHER TOP STORIES
- Actress Lindsay Lohan could be looking at a lengthy stay in rehab. "She'll be there possibly until Thanksgiving," a pal says. "It will be two months at least" - Life & Style
- Actor Lane Garrison is on suicide watch after being attacked by fellow inmates at Los Angeles' Twin Towers Correctional Facility. He has been incarcerated after a drunken driving accident on December 2 that left a teenage passenger dead - In Touch
- Paris Hilton has settled a lawsuit with fellow socialite Zeta Graff. Jury selection for the multimillion-dollar libel suit, which alleged that Hilton planted defamatory stories about Graff in gossip columns, was due to begin this week - US Magazine
- High School Musical's Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens talk about keeping their relationship low profile with secret dates and their friendship rings - People
- Country singer Garth Brooks has announced that after seven years, he's coming out of retirement. The singer left the industry in 2000 to focus on his family. His The Ultimate Hits CD will be released on August 27 - In Touch
- After record-breaking numbers for High School Musical 2, Disney executives are rushing to sign the stars up for a third go-round of the smash television movie musical series. But conflicts over such issues as script approval and salaries are holding things up - Life & Style
- Now that First Daughter Jenna Bush is engaged, some wonder if the world will see a White House wedding. One person close to the Bush family says it's "unlikely" because Jenna has always felt more at home in Texas, but others insist it's possible - People
- Joe Mantegna will replace fellow Tony-winner Mandy Patinkin on "Criminal Minds." Patinkin, who abruptly quit the hit CBS crime drama earlier this summer, will last air on October 3 - Life & Style
- Actress Portia de Rossi has joined the cast of the FX drama Nip/Tuck." She will play a lesbian mom who has an affair with lead actress Joely Richardson - Life & Style
- Madonna "freaked out" when she discovered that her favorite bedsheets were no longer going to be produced -- so she ordered every set available! The pop star bought more than 100 sets of the Italian linens, spending more than $60,000 on the surplus inventory from stores across the country, an insider says - In Touch
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS
- Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough has proposed to his girlfriend, Leigh Boniello. The two met when Boniello ran his pop group's website. The two plan to wed later this year - In Touch
- Comedian Jimmy Fallon has become engaged to producer Nancy Juvonen. It will be the first marriage for both - In Touch
- Bridget Moynahan has given birth to a baby boy. A rep for the actress says: "Both mother and baby are doing well." The baby's father is New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who Moynahan dated for three years until their split. Since the breakup, Brady has been dating supermodel Gisele Bundchen - Us Weekly
- "House" co-stars Jennifer Morrison and Jesse Spencer have called off their nuptials. The actors were engaged in Paris in December - In Touch
- REUTERS
