THE X-FILES creator CHRIS CARTER has been hospitalized with "physical exhaustion".

Just a week after X-Files star David Duchovny checked into rehab to seek sex addiction counseling, Carter has been diagnosed with an acute sleeping disorder and admitted to hospital.

A source tells EW.com Carter's problems stem from "working on multiple films back to back over a two year period".

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KEIRA KNIGHTLEY has laughed off a magazine report alleging she was the second highest-paid Hollywood actress in 2007.

The star's fortunes were dissected by editors at American publication Forbes, who placed her second to Cameron Diaz in a poll of the highest earning actresses of last year (07).

The article claimed Knightley raked in $32 million (#17.3 million) in 2007 from her role in box office hits Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and romantic drama Atonement, as well as advertising endorsements for Chanel's Coco Mademoiselle perfume.

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Troubled pop star BRITNEY SPEARS has credited her father JAMIE with saving her life - after he stepped in to help her following a series of breakdowns.

The Toxic hitmaker was hospitalized at the beginning of this year (08) under a mental health order, and her father subsequently took over her legal and business affairs - becoming conservator of her estate.

Spears was also stripped of visitation rights to her two sons, but following several months under the guidance of her dad she has won back the right to see her children and is now working on a career comeback.

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Teenage mum JAMIE LYNN SPEARS has sent troubled Alaskan 17-year-old BRISTOL PALIN a baby gift package following the scandal surrounding her pregnancy.

Spears, who revealed she was pregnant last Christmas (07) - when she was just 16 - feels a kinship to Palin, the daughter of U.S. Republican vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin, and decided to show her support by sending designer baby burpcloths.

The Palin family confirmed reports their eldest daughter Sarah was pregnant shortly after the Alaskan governor was picked as Senator John McCain's running mate in the upcoming presidential election.

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Hotel heiress PARIS HILTON has vowed to curb her party lifestyle - because the celebrity social scene leaves her feeling "empty".

Hilton was once a regular at star-studded events, but she insists she has lost interest in the party circuit since she started dating rocker Benji Madden earlier this year (08).

And the 27-year-old is adamant that she has now left her wild lifestyle behind.

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An anti-Scientology group plans to stage a protest when KATIE HOLMES takes to the stage for her Broadway debut next month (Oct08).

The former Dawson's Creek star is due to begin her run in Arthur Miller's All My Sons at New York's Gerald Schoenfeld Theater on 16 October (08).

But it is feared her opening night will be marred by protests from the Anonymous campaign group - whose members plan on picketing the theater in protest against the controversial religion.

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