Yesterday, in a side-by-side comparison, we got to see Robert Pattinson’s new short haircut which he got done over the weekend and a few Pink readers were hoping for another look at his short locks in order to determine whether or not the look is a good one for him. Here are a couple pics of R. Pattz as he made his arrival in London, England yesterday, presumably home for the holidays:

It deffo is a different look for him … without his unruly hair, he no longer looks as if he fell out of bed and onto the public streets. I like it. I’m telling you, he prolly won’t be keepin’ this shorter ‘do for very long … I say we just enjoy it while we can. While some may profess their hatred for his new look, I think it’s a nice change. He’ll grow back his trademark shag … never you worry. But for now … me likey.

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Proud mama Naomi Watts and her newborn son Samuel Kai, who was born into the world a little over a week ago, were released from the hospital this morning and daddy Liev Shreiber was on hand to bring baby and mama home. Here are a couple pics of the happy parentals carefully navigating the bitter cold, snow and ice in order to safely load their newborn bundle of joy into their car:

The couple were very careful to keep little Samuel Kai covered up as much as possible so that the little guy could be shielded from the cold temps as best they could … that is, until they put the little guy in his car seat. After the jump, check out the first photo of Samuel Kai as he says hello to the big, bad world for the first time …

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Bet ya thought the 2008 political ballyhoo was dunzo … well, not just yet. Funnyman Al Franken, who has been locked in a grueling and oftentimes bitter recount since the results were tallied on Election Day last month were too close to call, has claimed victory in his bid for one of two Senate seats in the great State of Minnesota. Posting a message on his official website, the Franken campaign proclaims that they are “more confident than ever that Al Franken will be the winner of this election” once the results are officially announced this week. If they are correct, the Democrats will have won 59 Senate seats in Congress:

Claiming a 35 to 50-vote lead over Republican opponent Norm Coleman, former Saturday Night Live regular Al Franken is declaring victory in Minnesota’s contested U.S. Senate seat race. “We are more confident than ever that Al Franken will be the winner of this election,” reads a posting on the Democrat’s Web site. Only not so fast, counters the Coleman campaign. “This process is still a long way form being complete,” the incumbent said in a statement. The Coleman camp insists 100 votes have been double-counted, and has announced that it intends to go to the state Supreme Court to lodge a protest.

LOL. The Democrats may have a tough time winning recounts in Florida but it looks like they may have eaked one out over in Minnesota. The new vote totals are due to be handed over to the Minnesota Canvassing Board and a winner (Franken) should be announced today:

The state Canvassing Board will wait until [Tuesday] to meet again to try to determine a winner in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race between Democrat Al Franken and Republican incumbent Norm Coleman. Secretary of State Mark Ritchie said Sunday that the delay was caused by the amount of time it is taking to reallocate the 5,000 ballot challenges that were withdrawn by the two men. “We had hoped to finish by Monday,” Ritchie said. Instead, the new vote totals will be presented to the Canvassing Board on Tuesday morning, he said. According to Minneapolis Star Tribune figures, Franken holds a lead over Coleman of 251 votes. That lead is expected to shrink after the 5,000 challenges are tabulated because Franken challenged about 400 more ballots than Coleman. The same day, the state Supreme Court will take up the question of whether more than 100 ballots were counted twice, as Coleman contends.

UGH … altho some sort of announcement may come out of Minnesota today, I think we’re still not quite at a 100% determination just yet. That being said, Franken is in the enviable position of being ahead in votes at this late, late, late stage of the race. At this point, I, too, am pretty confident that Al Franken will be elected officially as the junior Senator from Minnesota. Funny, huh?

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BritneySpears.com has been updated with a fun holiday message for fans, directly from Britney Spears and sons themselves, along with a couple of really adorable family photos as an early Xmas gift to all. Here is Britney’s Xmas card to us:

Awww … don’t they all look so cute? Seriously, the pic with Sean Preston and Jayden James wearing “papa’s glasses” just kills me — those little boys are just adorable. After the jump, check out larger size versions of the two individual photos featured in this Xmas card …

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Contrary to numerous reports going around that claim that Michael Jackson is in dire need of medical attention in order to save his dwindling life, Jacko himself has released a statement thru one of his representatives in order to publicly refute those claims. Speaking thru his trusted mouthpiece Dr. Tohme Tohme, Jacko calls the claims made by others about his health “total fabrication” and further reveals that Jacko is in final negotiations to appear in both a “world tour and a series of specials and appearances”. HMMM:

A spokesman for Michael Jackson released a statement on Monday denying as a “total fabrication” a report claiming that the former King of Pop needs a lung transplant due to a rare respiratory disease. The statement, attributed to Jackson’s “official and sole spokesperson, Dr. Tohme Tohme” and issued by Los Angeles firm Scoop Marketing, cites an interview with writer Ian Halperin in British newspaper the Sunday Express in which Halperin said Jackson was suffering from Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency. Halperin, who is at work on an unauthorized biography of the singer, also claims Jackson can barely speak, suffers from emphysema and internal bleeding, and has lost 95 percent of the vision in his left eye. “Concerning this author’s allegations, we would hope in the future that legitimate media will not continue to be exploited by such an obvious attempt to promote this unauthorized ‘biography,’” said the statement attributed to Tohme. “The writer’s wild allegations concerning Mr. Jackson’s health are a total fabrication,” the statement said. “Mr. Jackson is in fine health and finalizing negotiations with a major entertainment company and television network for both a world tour and a series of specials and appearances.”

Truth be told, recent picture of Michael Jackson out in public do lead credence to the claims made by Halperin that Jacko is in dire need of medical help … if not of the surgical variety than, IMHO, surely of the psychological variety. It is not a stretch of the imagination, by any means, to think that Jacko is very ill … but, I suppose we have to take the word of his official spokesperson that he is not ill. That said, I absolutely refuse to believe that the claims that Jacko is near finalizing a deal that would put him on a world tour OR that he will be appearing in “a series of specials and appearances”. No way. Even if MJ were able to take on a commitment of this scale, there surely is NOT enough interest here in the US for any of these scenarios to be at all successful. Michael Jackson is just an odd bird, period. I contend that his infrequent public emergences in and around SoCal are pretty much all we’re gonna get from him from here on out. His time has come and gone. I do hope he is not in failing health but the notion that he is planning to stage a successful comeback is laughable.

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