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4:35 PM ET, February 26, 2007

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People.com:
OSCARS BURNING QUESTIONS: YOU ASKED, WE ANSWERED  —  Where were Brad and Angelina?  - Katie Dennis, Westwood, Calif.  —  Angelina Jolie did not attend the Academy Awards because the actress is back in Africa to monitor the crisis in Darfur in her official capacity as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the U.N.'s refugee agency.
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Tom Shales / Washington Post:
The Broadcast: Long and Longer  —  Alternately (and sometimes simultaneously) a bore and a horror, the 79th annual Academy Awards, televised live from Los Angeles on ABC, had a few bright spots to keep weary viewers propping their eyes open as midnight approached — even if they had never heard of …
Phil / Egotastic!:
79th Annual Academy Awards Mega Picture Post - Part 1  —  Well, I've got to say that this year's Academy Awards were actually very entertaining.  Basically, it all boils down to the hosting and writing, and you could tell the Ellen Degeneres brought her best on both counts.
Discussion: CelebNewsWire and Agent Bedhead
POPSUGAR:
Why Did Brad and Angelina Skip Oscar Night?  —  Many of you were asking in the live chat where Brad and Angie were last night.  Turns out Angelina had more important good deeds to do.  Angie skipped the show to hang out in Africa on behalf of the United Nations to monitor the crisis in Darfur.
Lauren Burch / A Socialite's Life:
The Academy Awards Red Carpet: The Men
Discussion: X17 Online
Nikki Finke / Deadline Hollywood Daily:
Finke Final: I Bear The Scars Of Oscars
Discussion: New York Times
Bill Hutchinson / NY Daily News:
The snorting life for Brit  —  Britney Spears abused cocaine and prescription drugs and nearly had a fatal overdose of pure ecstasy, her first husband claims in an interview.  —  Childhood pal Jason Alexander, who was married to Spears for 55 hours in 2004, claims he's breaking his silence …
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Sean Hamilton Showbiz / SundayMirror.co.uk:
SHE WAS OUT COLD ON DRUGS.  I THOUGHT 'THIS BITCH IS GONNA F***ING DIE IN FRONT OF ME'  —  EXCLUSIVE REVEALED: DEBAUCHED BRITNEY.. BY HER EX HUSBAND  —  BRITNEY Spears' first husband has broken his silence about her long-term use of cocaine, ecstasy and "downer" drugs …
Todd / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:
Britney Spears Gets More Insane
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Paysha Stockton Rhone / People.com:
Bobby Brown Arrested at Daughter's High School  —  Bobby Brown was arrested on Sunday and jailed in Massachusetts for failure to appear in court and pay child support fines.  —  "He was picked up last night outside his daughter's cheerleading competition" at her high school, Patrick McDermott …
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Associated Press:
Singer Bobby Brown arrested in Mass. for failing to appear at a child support hearing in Oct.  —  CANTON, Mass. - For the second time in a year, Bobby Brown has been arrested while in town to watch his daughter at a cheerleading competition.  —  Brown was picked up at Attleboro High School …
Discussion: The Evil Beet
New York Post:
MARRIAGE BUG BITES HEFNER  —  IT'S not true that nobody in Los Angeles can talk about anything except movies.  The buzz of the weekend Oscar parties was that Hugh Hefner, 80, will get married again before the end of the year to his No. 1 girlfriend, Holly Madison.
TMZ.com:
Shiloh Upstages Brad and Angie  —  The ever-elusive Shiloh Jolie-Pitt made a rare public appearance with her parents — for a stroll around the block.  —  Superstar do-gooders Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie showed off their beautiful daughters, Shiloh and Zahara, during a walk through New Orleans' French Quarter on Friday afternoon.
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
TMZ.com:
Birkhead - Stern Settlement?  —  TMZ has learned that lawyers for Larry Birkhead and Howard K. Stern are in settlement negotiations.  —  There was a buzz at the courthouse after Krista Barth, Stern's lawyer, removed a styrofoam cup of water that rested on the witness stand as Birkhead testified in the Anna Nicole burial hearing.
Discussion: celebrity terrorist and Dlisted
New Jersey Online:
After 'Idol' dreams, an Internet nightmare  —  Be careful what you wish for.  —  Whatever 20-year-old singer Antonella Barba expected to gain from auditioning for the star-making machine "American Idol," it was likely fame, not infamy.  But Barba — until last month a Catholic University student …
Discussion: GirlsTalkinSmack.com
Georgina Dickinson / News of the World:
THE unlikely hot star nominated for Best Actor at this year's Oscars has a tangled secret life away from Hollywood's glitz.  —  Married Forest Whitaker —stunning as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King Of Scotland—has a 16-year-old son, Ocean, from an on-off affair.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Str8 Outta NYC
Mayrav / Us Weekly:
Daniel Baldwin: Britney Doing "Great" in Rehab  —  Britney Spears seems "a little fearful" but is "doing the do," according to Spears' rehab compatriot Daniel Baldwin, 46, who says he's 97 days sober and recently ran into the pop princess in Malibu.  —  "I told her if she needed anything …
Discussion: The Evil Beet
Star:
Heather Locklear and Jack Wagner: Hot, New Couple?  —  Heather Locklear and Jack Wagner turned heads when they showed up holding hands at Dreamworks chief Jeffrey Katzenberg's The Night Before party at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Feb. 24!  —  "They looked very much like a couple …
Discussion: Dlisted and Celeb Gossip Junkie
Phil / Egotastic!:
Cameron Diaz in a Bikini, Smoking a Joint, with Drew Barrymore, also in a Bikini  —  I don't know what it is with all the celebrities smoking pot in public lately, but it seems to be the new trend.  Yay!  (Note: sarcasm)  —  Last week we saw Paris Hilton smoking pot in the passenger's seat …
Discussion: Best Week Ever
POPSUGAR:
Elton John's Annual Oscar Bash  —  In case you missed the women and men arriving at the Oscars then make sure to click on the link back to those galleries.  If you already saw all of then then it's time to move on to the parties.  Elton John hosted his annual AIDS Foundation Oscar bash in Beverly Hills last night.
 
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