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2:20 PM ET, February 16, 2007

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Angela Mosconi / NY Daily News:
Anna seen dressing for death  —  Worked on frock for burial - lawyer  —  FT. LAUDERDALE - Morbid and obsessed with death, Anna Nicole Smith had picked out a dress for her own burial, a lawyer said yesterday during a contentious court hearing over the former centerfold's remains.
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CNN:
Judge orders Smith's remains embalmed … FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (CNN) — Eight days after former Playmate Anna Nicole Smith died, a Florida judge signed an order to have her refrigerated remains embalmed.  —  "We're beginning to give her peace," Judge Larry Seidlin said.
TMZ.com:
Foxy Brown Arrested Again  —  Rapper Foxy Brown was arrested in Florida yesterday for battery and obstruction of justice.  TMZ has obtained the rapper's mugshot taken Thursday.  —  Foxy, whose real name is Inga Marchand, was booked by Pembroke Pines Police Department after a disturbance at a beauty supply shop.
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Kathleen McGrory / Miami Herald:
Rapper arrested in Broward beauty store smackdown  —  It could be back to anger management for Foxy Brown.  —  Police say the rapper was hauled to the Broward County jail Thursday night after squirting hair glue at a beauty store owner, swearing and spitting at him, knocking over display shelves and tussling with an officer.
Associated Press:
Kenny Chesney: I'm not gay … NEW YORK (AP) — Kenny Chesney explains why the word "fraud" was used on the document filed by Renee Zellweger to annul their marriage and denies the gay rumors it sparked, in an interview to air Sunday on CBS' "60 Minutes."  —  "It's not true.  Period.
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Madonna Says She Wants to Be Like Gandhi  —  Madonna has in the past styled herself after Marilyn Monroe and Eva Perón, but they're not the ones she hopes to emulate.  —  "I want to be like Gandhi and Martin Luther King and John Lennon - but I want to stay alive," …
National Enquirer:
BRAD GETS MAD  —  Hot on the heels of The ENQUIRER's scoop that BRAD PITT desperately wants to escape his pressure-cooker life with ANGELINA JOLIE comes a report from My Spy: Brad exploded when Angelina called their naturalborn baby SHILOH a "blob" - babbling in a mindblowing magazine interview …
Discussion: Bricks and Stones
Nancy Rabinowitz / Associated Press:
Hasty crowns Johansson as woman of year  —  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Not quite the Oscar, but Scarlett Johansson still was all smiles Thursday about being crowned the Harvard Hasty Pudding woman of the year.  And happy to participate in the rambunctious roasting that goes along with the honor.
Discussion: POPSUGAR, Platform|Launch and Queerty
NY Daily News:
Bad ID's a real black mark  —  Serena Willilams (above).  One of these women ... ... is not like the other (Beyonce, above).  But apparently they looked identical to editors at the Chicago Tribune.  —  Consummate New Yorker Pete Hamill likes Hillary for president.  But, he also likes Obama for president.
Discussion: The Evil Beet
Jossip:
Justin Tells Everyone To Drink In Moderation, Lest They End Up Fat, Married, And Pregnant With K-Fed's Offspring  —  It's hard to see how any man could resist Britney Spears, what with her skanky, ill-fitting wardrobe, stellar parenting, and well-documented incidents of carsickness.
Discussion: TMZ.com and Best Week Ever
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Alex Blagg / Best Week Ever:
Now Even YOU Can Receive Bizarre, Rambling Late-Night Voice Messages …
Discussion: TMZ.com, Defamer and Bricks and Stones
Daily Mail:
Tonight's the night Daniel dares to bare  —  This is the view theatregoers will get tonight of Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe.  And the question some are asking is: will he end up wishing he had brought along Harry's cloak of invisibility?  —  More here...
Jhwang / Us Weekly:
Keri Russell Weds!  —  Former Felicty star Keri Russell tied the knot with her longtime boyfriend Shane Dreary Wednesday night in New York City, her rep confirms exclusively to Usmagazine.com.  —  "It was amongst her close friends on a cold snowy Valentine's night," says the rep.
Daily Mail:
Exclusive: 'How I led Ralph Fiennes astray at 35,000ft'  —  The Qantas stewardess who claimed she rejected an amorous Ralph Fiennes on a flight to India has admitted having sex with him in an aircraft lavatory.  —  Lisa Robertson told friends she was a big fan of the British actor and found herself luring him to the cubicle.
New York Post:
DONALD BETS DOME ON BOUT  —  WHICH egomaniacal billionaire will be bald as a cue ball on April Fool's Day?  It won't be Donald Trump.  Here's proof that professional wrestling is fixed.  The developer/TV star was on USA Network last night (it was actually taped Monday night in Portland) …
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
People.com:
PEOPLE EXCLUSIVE: From Idol Loser to Grammy Winner  —  Grammy viewers may have recognized a familiar face on Tuesday's night American Idol episode.  For a split second, you saw Robyn Troup getting booted after performing a rendition of Shalimar's "Night to Remember."
ABC 7 Eyewitness News:
Gore Announces 'Live Earth' Climate Change Concerts  —  Al Gore announced on Thursday a series of worldwide concerts to focus on the threat of climate change, with a powerhouse lineup from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Snoop Dogg to Bon Jovi.  —  The 24-hour event on July 7 is part of a kickoff campaign …
Jesus Martinez / Drunken Stepfather:
I am - Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Party of the Day  —  My site....Still White, but white seems to be a popular color.  All the white dudes I know have no problem getting jobs when all I do is apply day after day hoping something will pan out.  I obviously can't sit at home on the couch writing this site for the rest of my life.
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Ryan Phillippe Says His Daughter Helps Him Cope  —  Calling this "the most personally devastating time in [my] life," Ryan Philippe says his daughter Ava is helping him get through the breakup of his marriage to Reese Witherspoon.  —  "Going through something like this, as difficult as it is …
Discussion: Platform|Launch
 
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 More News: 
Gail Shister / Philadelphia Inquirer:
'24' tamps down the torture
New York Post:
LOVE IN BLOOM  —  DREW Barrymore has a new love.
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Hollywoodtuna:
A Sonya Kraus Picture Moment
Pitchfork:
Exclusive: Arcade Fire to Play "Saturday Night Live"
Discussion: Best Week Ever and BUZZSUGAR
TMZ.com:
Denise Richards Sideswiped in BH
theskinnywebsite.com:
Does Nelly Furtado Have Cankles?
NinjaDude / Celebrity Gossip With A Kick!:
Katie Holmes In March Bazaar
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New York Post:
TRYING DAY FOR N-WORD COMIC
Joel Stein / Time:
Has Jim Carrey Flipped Out?
Discussion: POPSUGAR, Dlisted and The Blemish
Michael K / Dlisted:
Baby Daddy Number Six
Discussion: notorious news
Access Hollywood:
Michael Jackson Addresses 'Idol' Rumors
Spicy / CELEBRITY SMACK!:
Joe Rogan & Carlos Mencia: Bitchfight!
Discussion: Blowing Smoke, LAist and TV Squad
TMZ.com:
Stylist to Jamie Foxx: You Take My Money!
Discussion: Bossip
Roger Friedman / Fox News:
SCIENTOLOGISTS TO BE?  JENNIFER LOPEZ AND MARC ANTHONY ARE LOSING THEIR RELIGION
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court rejects OpenAI's effort to toss a lawsuit by The Intercept, which argued that the DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline

 
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