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Extra:
Rosie O'Donnell Named Co-Host of 'The View' — "Extra" has learned exclusively that Rosie O'Donnell will be named the newest co-host of "The View," replacing the exiting Meredith Vieira. — ABC is expected to make the official announcement Friday, April 28.
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WE'RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER COUCH: ROSIE TO JOIN 'THE VIEW' — We'll keep this as brief as possible, but Extra is reporting that Rosie O'Donnell will be named as the newest cackling hen in The View's celebrity chicken pen tomorrow. (Patricia Heaton fans, please stop running the bath and put away …
TinaB / Glitterati Gossip:
It Sucks To Be Charlie Sheen — Can this week get any worse for Charlie Sheen? — In a word: Absolutely. — Hollywood party girl Ursula Auburn claims she and Charlie had some sort of romantic thing going on between 1992 and 1998 and during the time they were together …
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Joal Ryan / E! Online:
Sheen Slapped with New Lawsuit — These days, even the fictional women in Charlie Sheen's life are giving him grief. — The actor, in the midst of a messy divorce from Denise Richards, has been sued by a reputed former flame who alleges Sheen ripped off her life for a "crazy" female neighbor on his CBS sitcom, Two and a Half Men.
The Superficial:
Jessica Alba is a tease — Jessica Alba almost let her nipple slip while walking the red carpet of Us Weekly's Hot Hollywood Awards Wednesday night, but caught her strap in time to the dismay of penises everywhere. Although one of these days the real deal is going to happen and I'm scared for when it does.
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USA Today:
Basking in Hot Hollywood — LOS ANGELES — Leave it to Us Weekly magazine to dish the dirt on the stars — and still get them to come to its Hot Hollywood Awards party Wednesday night. — "Overall, they've been very kind, or I wouldn't be here," bride-to-be Brittany Murphy …
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Sharon Stone Settles with British Paper — Sharon Stone has accepted an apology and an undisclosed sum in libel damages from a British tabloid that claimed she'd left her son in a car while she dined at a restaurant. — Last June, the Daily Mail published an article alleging that Stone …
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TMZ:
Baldwin Brother Busted — Cops say "Coke is it" — (April 28, 12:00AM ET) — TMZ has learned that Daniel Baldwin has been arrested on charges of possession of cocaine. Police sources tell TMZ that Daniel, brother to Alec, Stephen and Billy, was arrested on April 22nd …
Associated Press:
Snoop Out on Bail After Airport Fracas — LONDON - Rapper Snoop Dogg was released on bail Thursday after a fracas at London's Heathrow Airport that injured seven police officers, his lawyers said. — The rap star was driven away from the airport station, police said …
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New York Post:
STAR SALUTES BEATRIX POTTER — April 27, 2006 — 'HOW WOULD you liked to have had Lana Turner for a mother? Or Joan Crawford? "Those are my choices - Lana or Joan?" So goes the exchange between Shirley MacLaine as the vodka-soaked movie star mom and Meryl Streep as her pill-popping actress daughter …
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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Novel by Harvard Author Pulled From Stores — A teen novel containing admittedly borrowed material has been pulled from the market. Author Kaavya Viswanathan, a Harvard University sophomore, had acknowledged that numerous passages in "How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life" were lifted from another writer.
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Nathaniel R / Film Experience Blog:
Pfeiffer Forever — Michelle Pfeiffer Blog-a-Thon Headquarters — It's the longest post ever! — You can scroll down to the end for a list of all 25+ participating blogs. — Enjoy the Pfeifferian goodness all day. — Libby Gelman Waxner, the humor columnist for Premiere once remarked …
Chris Harris / MTV:
Kanye West Added To Saturday's Coachella Lineup — West will hit festival's main stage after Common on Saturday night. — Kanye West — This year's Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival is just two days away, but that hasn't stopped the organizers behind the weekend rock jubilee …
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jossip.com:
Maddox Not One of the Beautiful People — » More Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Celebs, Magazines, People Magazine — Finally, we can stop talking about scary, scandalous media stories and get back to what's really important. The beautiful people. — People magazine has released their "World's Most Beautiful People" issue.
Tom Hanks / New York Times:
The Man Who Aged Me — LAST October, after my final shot as Robert Langdon in "The Da Vinci Code" — after the hugs, presents and the jokes about unemployment — a birthday cake big enough to feed our entire unit was rolled out, candles blazing. — The cake wasn't for me …
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Andrew Quinn / Reuters:
Jolie speaks about schools, not babies or Brad — JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Heavily-pregnant Hollywood star Angelina Jolie broke her silence on Wednesday from her African hideaway, but she wasn't talking babies or Brad Pitt. — Jolie, whose trip to Namibia has sparked a blaze of interest …
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POPSUGAR:
Look Out Halle — No wonder she is looking down and possibly ready to run - check out the crazed fan behind her. Run Halle Run. See sometimes you can't blame them for wanting huge security guards. — Source
Jennifer Vineyard / MTV:
Wacko Collabo Between 50 Cent And Jacko Nothing But A Load Of Hooey — Press release claiming to be from Jackson's label was just a prank. — 50 Cent and Michael Jackson — Photo: Bryan Bedder/Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images — DJ Whoo Kid wants to bring Michael Jackson and 50 Cent together …
Hollywoodtuna:
Jenny McCarthy Is Author Extraordinaire — Jenny McCarthy, the "author", has a new book out called 'Life Laughs'. This my friends, is a must read. As the book cover says; it's about motherhood, marriage and moving on and guess what? A professional ex-Playboy bunny writes it.
The Superficial:
Kate Beckinsale is always working out — Why is it that every picture of Kate Beckinsale I've ever seen is of her working out? She looks great so I'm not complaining, it's just a little offsetting. Especially when her workout consists of doing weird calisthenics in the bushes.
Nikki Finke / Deadline Hollywood Daily:
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Attorney's Office Informs VF Writer of Pellicano Threat — Vanity Fair informed me this morning, in response to my questions on another matter, that last week the magazine's contributing editor John Connolly "heard from the U.S. Attorney's office who told him that they were obligated …