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12:20 PM ET, April 28, 2006

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 Top News: 
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.
Discussion: POPSUGAR and The PEN15 Club
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
O'Donnell to Replace Vieira on 'The View'  —  NEW YORK -  —  " /> Rosie O'Donnell is expected to make a surprise return to daytime television by taking over exiting Meredith Vieira's slot on the talk show "The View.  O'Donnell's appointment was reported Thursday by the newsmagazine "Extra."
Discussion: Celebrity Hijinx and Dlisted
NY Daily News:
As Rosie joins, Star may take a dim 'View'  —  Rosie O'Donnell is about to join "The View," according to our sources at ABC.  Barbara Walters will deliver the news tonight as she presents a Daytime Emmy Award, they add.  —  Meredith Vieira is due to replace Katie Couric on NBC's "Today" …
Defamer:
WE'RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER COUCH: ROSIE TO JOIN 'THE VIEW'
Discussion: The Gossipist and StarsOrbis
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.
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Stephen Totilo / MTV:
Video Games Are One 'Mission' Tom Cruise Won't Accept  —  No home-console game is planned for summer blockbuster, though there will be one for cell phones.  —  Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible III"  —  The guy in the red cape, Professor X's favorite mutants and even the folks searching …
Discussion: Best Week Ever
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Tom Hanks / New York Times:
The Man Who Aged Me  —  LAST October, after my final shot …
FemaleFirst:
Jennifer Lopez to get own show  —  Jennifer Lopez is being lined up to star in her own TV show.  —  The Latin beauty is reportedly in talks with MTV to appear in a fly-on-the-wall series which will follow her everyday life.  —  It is rumoured the show will also track the exploits of a group …
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 …
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
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 27 participating blogs.  —  Enjoy the Pfeifferian goodness all day.  —  Libby Gelman Waxner, the humor columnist for Premiere once remarked …
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 …
Discussion: The Superficial
Chris Greenwood / NEWS.com.au:
Pete's drug shame  —  BRITISH junkie rock star Pete Doherty was caught on camera allegedly injecting a drug into a girl fan's arm, it has emerged today.  —  The shocking image shows the singer holding the syringe as the girl lies apparently unconscious on a kitchen floor.
Discussion: The Superficial
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 …
Discussion: The Superficial
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Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Snoop Arrested in Airport Brawl
Discussion: NOSY SNOOP and POPSUGAR
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 …
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
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Nikki Finke / Deadline Hollywood Daily:
EXCLUSIVE: Angelina Jolie Fires CAA!
Discussion: Defamer
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.
Discussion: Jossip
I Watch Stuff!:
The Assassination of Jesse James Trailer  —  If you can stop yourself from reading about Brangelina for a two minutes, you can catch the first half of the clever name fusion starring in the teaser trailer for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
People.com:
Idol's Kellie Pickler: I Deserved the Boot  —  When Kellie Pickler was voted off American Idol Wednesday night, she went out with her signature sunny attitude.  —  After the cameras stopped rolling, she sang "Unchained Melody" to the audience and judges (Paula gave her a kiss on the forehead), ending the song with hugs all around.
Discussion: StarsOrbis
Phil / Yeeeah!:
Heather Locklear Hates Denise Richards  —  It looks like Denise richards and Richie Sambora were an item before he split from Heather Locklear.  According to In Touch Weekly, Locklear recently met with her ex-husband and her former good friend Denise, and the two told Heather they were dating.
RELATED:
Tashi Singh / The Post Chronicle:
Charlie Sheen Friends: Denise Richards Called 'Worst' Parent
Discussion: Dlisted
New York Post:
'NABBED YA'-CADABRA  —  April 28, 2006 — MASTER illusionist David Copperfield tricked a couple of gun-wielding teenage robbers and then had them arrested.  The crafty conjurer and two female aides were walking to their tour bus outside the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, Fla. …
Pamela McClintock / Variety:
'Atlas' pic mapped  —  Ayn Rand's most ambitious novel may finally be brought to the bigscreen after years of false starts.  —  Lionsgate has picked up worldwide distribution rights to "Atlas Shrugged" from Howard and Karen Baldwin ("Ray"), who will produce with John Aglialoro.
Discussion: Assistant/Atlas and ohnotheydidnt
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 …
 
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Discussion: Best Week Ever
Nikki Finke / Deadline Hollywood Daily:
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Discussion: Defamer, FishBowlLA and StarsOrbis
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Discussion: A Socialite's Life
 

 
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