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Hide the hamsters...the Visitors are baaack!

Hoping to do for V what the Sci Fi Channel did for Battlestar Galactica, ABC has given the go-ahead on a reboot of the hit 1980s franchise about alien lizards from another planet who take over Earth.

Scott Peters, the brain behind The 4400, will write and executive produce the update with Warner Bros. TV, per Variety. Warners shepherded the 1983 NBC TV movie, its sequel and a standalone series that ran during the 1984-85 season.

The new version will completely revamp the original, including changing the allusions from the Holocaust to 9/11.

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Sticking it to the dawg in your life has never looked like so much fun.

The brand-spanking new video for Britney Spears' "Womanizer," which had its world premiere tonight on ABC's 20/20, has a little bit of everything: Cherry stems, wigs, a syncopated ass-whoopin', xeroxed buttocks and some quality naked writhing time in a sauna.

Translation: It's Britney, bitch.

So, does this feast of the flesh remind you of the Spears of old, or, better yet, does it give you hope for the Spears of the future? Do share your critiques in the comments section...

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A lot of kids go a little crazy after graduation, so maybe that's what's happening to High School Musical 3 hunk Zac Efron, who is reportedly considering following in Harry Potter's nekkid footprints on Broadway in Equus.

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The Rhythm Nation will have to carry on for another weekend without its leader.

Needing more time to recuperate from what ails her, Janet Jackson will not be returning to her Rock Witchu tour tomorrow in Connecticut as promoter Live Nation previously announced.

This will be the seventh show that the Grammy-winning pop diva has been forced to postpone since falling ill during a sound check in Montreal last week. No details have been forthcoming about what exactly is plaguing the 42-year-old artist.

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If we were that airbrushed, we wouldn't have anything to hide, either.

We can't offer you an advance whiff, but here's the ad for Hidden Fantasy, the seventh addition to the Britney Spears fragrance collection, available for your spritzing pleasure in January 2009.

And a happy new year it will be for many: Brit's first scent, Curious, made $100 million in its first five weeks on the shelves.

Hidden Fantasy—boasting the tagline "What do you have to hide?"—is being touted as a "seductive scent that is all about expressing the many mysterious sides of a woman."

Some sides being a bit more alluring than others.

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NYC fans of Keeping Up With the Kardashians can dash on over to Chelsea Saturday and steal a peek of Khloe Kardashian who, a little bird tells us, will be hawking wedding dresses at 125 West 21st  from 11 a.m. until about 2 p.m.

Wedding dresses? Yeah, kinda random, but that's what we hear.

Talk about your thinly veiled promotions!

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Travis Barker is still sounding the beat for the pals he lost in the Sept. 19 plane crash that killed four and left him and DJ AM critically injured.

Barker's Famous Stars and Straps clothing label has released a limited-edition T-shirt honoring the drummer's personal assistant, Lil Chris Baker, and security guard Charles Still, all proceeds from which will go toward memorial funds set up for the two men's families.

The black tees, designed by pro skateboarder and Famous Stars manager Felix Arguelles and artist Maxx "maxx242″ Gramajo, will be available online via the label's website starting Oct. 13.

In the days following the crash, fans and employees laid flowers and other mementos outside Barker's Los Angeles boutique Fast Life, where Baker worked as manager.

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The Juice is putting the squeeze on the justice system.

The attorney for O.J. Simpson has unsurprisingly requested a new trial for the NFL Hall of Famer, citing judicial errors and insufficient evidence for his across-the-board conviction on Oct. 3.

Simpson and codefendant Clarence Stewart were each found guilty of 12 counts, including armed robbery, kidnapping and assault, for holding up two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room and walking away with $100,000 worth of items.

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The photographer suing Keanu Reeves is playing the name game.

Alison Silva, who has filed a lawsuit against the Matrix star for allegedly bumping into Silva with his Porsche and knocking him to the ground in 2007, filed a motion Tuesday to prohibit Reeves' camp from referring to him in future proceedings as a paparazzo or member of the paparazzi.

Such terminology could cast him in a negative light with the jury, Silva argues, citing in part the blame placed on paparazzi for the death of Princess Diana.

He would prefer to be called a "reporter," "celebrity photographer" or "photojournalist," according to the filing.

The motion left Reeves' camp wondering, What about all the times Silva referred to himself as a paparazzo?

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