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Britney Spears' hands are clean as far as the paparazzi's feet are concerned.

The Los Angeles District Attorney has declined to file charges against the tarnished popster, stemming from a photographer's claim that she drove over his foot in November while attempting to steer through the usual shutterbug scrum outside the Four Seasons hotel, E! News confirms.

After reviewing footage of the crowd at the scene, shot by one of the paparazzi on hand, authorities concluded that the "only way the victim’s foot could have been where the video indicates it to be was by the victim placing it in that location," according to the district attorney's report. “There was a lot of noise and confusion as the photographers were jockeying for position. (View the report.)

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Marcia Cross hit a bump in the road yesterday.

The Desperate Housewives star was behind the wheel Wednesday afternoon when her Lexus RX collided with another car, which, judging from pictures taken at the scene, sustained a significant amount of front-end damage.

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Nick Hogan's got himself some company.

Two days after a judge denied his request to be transferred out of solitary confinement, Hulk Hogan's son, who's serving time for a DUI crash that seriously injured his friend, was moved into a communal cell after a routine assessment of the ever-in-flux jail population, according to a spokeswoman for the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.

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Hulk Hogan's son has had about enough of himself for now.

Nick Hogan, who, after being sentenced to eight months in jail, has been cooling his heels in solitary confinement because he's too young to join the general population, filed a motion asking that he be placed on house arrest until July 27, his 18th birthday, or moved into the minimum-security lockup.

Because Hogan, whose real last name is Bollea, is a minor, he has been isolated in a maximum-security cell at Pinellas County Jail, according to his attorney, Kevin Hayslett, who says the teen has lost at least 10 pounds and has no access to a telephone or TV, privileges enjoyed by inmates serving time for similar offenses.

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He may have crossed big-screen paths with Abe Lincoln, but the real-life Keanu Reeves is "certainly not more important than the president of the United States."

So said the lawyer representing a paparazzo who's suing Reeves in arguing that there's no reason to seal the actor's upcoming deposition, per documents filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Noting that former President Bill Clinton's testimony during the Monica Lewinsky scandal had been televised, attorney Joseph Farzam also aruged that Reeves is no more "popular than O.J. Simpson, whose deposition and in fact entire trial proceedings were televised."

"Although he has fans and a few of his movies have been quite popular, the public has not shown much interest in his public private life unlike Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and
Anna Nicole Smith," Farzam continued.

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Wanna popstar Brooke Hogan learned an important lesson from her younger brother's August 2007 car accident: Buckle up.

The 20-year-old daughter of wrestler Hulk Hogan was coasting with a friend Sunday afternoon on Florida's Bayside Bridge when the driver of a 1997 Toyota lost control, hit her 2008 Mercedes head-on and pushed it into a concrete wall. Everyone involved was wearing a seatbelt and no injuries were reported.

According to the police report, a witness said the other driver was speeding.

Brooke's accident happened just 17 days after her 17-year-old brother, Nick Hogan, was sentenced to eight months behind bars for an accident that left his best friend permanently brain damaged. The younger Hogan was racing his vehicle before losing control of it and hitting a tree. His passenger, John Graziano, 22, was not buckled in at the time.

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UPDATE: The California Department of Corrections has confirmed the relocation is a done deal.

"Inmate Garrison was transferred to the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in Corcoran (CSATF). It is the same prison Robert Downey Jr. was housed in," says department spokeswoman Terry Thornton. "I cannot go into the reasons for the transfer, but the transfer is for the benefit of the inmate."
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The trials and tribulations of Lane Garrison continue.

Despite reports of good behavior and a possible early release, E! News has exclusively learned that the former Prison Break actor was transferred from a medium-security facility to tougher digs, his sixth new home and ninth transfer since being locked up for vehicular manslaughter.

Garrison, called a "model inmate" by a prison insider, was recently moved from Golden State Correctional Facility near Bakersfield, Cailf., to the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility in Corcoran, a medium/maximum-security lockup adjacent to Corcoran State Prison, which is currently home to Charles Manson and Bobby Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan.

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Britney Spears might be a crummy driver, but she's apparently a gracious host.

Spears was tooling around Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills in her convertible Mercedes SL when she rear-ended a red 1998 Ford Explorer at about 2 p.m. today.

Sources tell E! News that Spears' bodyguard jumped out to talk down the other motorist, and the "Toxic" songbird hopped into the passenger seat, just as she did last month when she was involved in a similar fender-bender on Los Angeles' 101 Freeway.

Edith Cortese, the woman in the Explorer, then followed Team Spears back to the singer's gated home and was invited inside. For the return trip, the singer's bodyguard took the wheel of the Mercedes, which seemed to fare the worst in the collision, suffering noticeable front-end damage.

A source says Cortese is being completely cooperative and only went to Spears' house to exchange information because "there were so many photographers around." Shocking.

Los Angeles police said they were aware of an incident involving Spears but did not have any immediate details; neither did the Beverly Hills cops.

Dad Jamie Spears had barred his daughter from driving since her January meltdown before finally relenting last month. Shortly thereafter, on April 12, the singer collided with another vehicle, but there were no injuries and no citations were issued.

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Drew Barrymore: Hollywood star and budding crimefighter.

The actress was cruising the mean streets of West Hollywood Monday morning when her car was tagged by another vehicle.

The rear-ended Barrymore was not injured, says West Hollywood Sheriff's Lt. Lajana Haselrig, but the actress seemingly took offense when the other motorist sped from the scene without exchanging insurance information...or even asking for an autograph.

Our hero apparently took off after the hit-and-runner, tailing the baddie long enough to jot down his license plate number.

The offending motorist remains at large, says Haselrig, who wouldn't confirm that Barrymore gave chase.

But the officer acknowledges that someone (wink-wink) did provide the digits: "We have a plate and it is currently under investigation."

All in a day's work for one of Charlie's Angels.

Nick Hogan is drifting to jail.

Angst-ridden, but appearing ready to accept his fate, the son of pro-wrestling legend Hulk Hogan pleaded no contest today to a felony charge of reckless driving involving serious bodily injury. The plea, entered in a Pinellas County, Fla., courtroom, stemmed from an August car crash that left passenger John Graziano in critical condition.

"Every single day I think about the accident…and pray for John every chance I get," said Hogan, whose real name is Nick Bollea. "There will never be a day in my life where I ever will forget this. I know for a fact that I've apologized to the Grazianos…I do genuinely mean that, I'm terribly sorry."

But Judge Philip Federico showed little mercy, sentencing the 17-year-old to eight months in county jail along with five years' probation and 500 hours of community service for drag-racing under the influence of alcohol and causing the Aug. 26 wreck.

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Perez Hilton doesn't want Samantha Ronson to get another spin in court.

The DJ to the stars and Lindsay Lohan sidekick is seeking to reinstate her defamation lawsuit against celebrity gossip guru that was dismissed last December on free-speech grounds.

But Hilton isn't so keen on a rerun of the case, in which Ronson claims he trashed her reputation by accusing her of leaving cocaine in Lohan's car following an accident last May.

"Ronson had her day in court—in fact, she had many days in court," Hilton says in court papers filed earlier this week.

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Being 007's fall guy these days is not all it's cracked up to be.

A veteran stuntman was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries Wednesday in Verona, Italy, after a near-fatal car crash on the set of the latest James Bond flick, Quantum of Solace—the latest mishap to bedevil the 007 flick.

The accident, the second in a week, shut down production while local officials investigate.

The crash occurred on a winding, tunnel-filled road along Lake Garda in northern Italy on the final day of second-unit filming on an action-packed chase sequence.

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