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6:40 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 …
POPSUGAR:   Why Did Brad and Angelina Skip Oscar Night?
Phil / Egotastic!:
79th Annual Academy Awards Mega Picture Post - Part 1
Discussion: CelebNewsWire and Agent Bedhead
Lauren Burch / A Socialite's Life:
The Academy Awards Red Carpet: The Men
Discussion: X17 Online
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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
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  —  Promises Clinic staffers found Britney's "death list" after stripping Spears when they suspected she smuggled cocaine into the facility.  The list included Kevin Federline and several members of the paparazzi.  A source said: … .
Discussion: The Evil Beet
TMZ.com:
Larry Birkhead — Meet Dannielynn  —  TMZ has learned Larry Birkhead has met the infant he believes is his daughter.  —  As we first reported, Birkhead and Howard K. Stern have been in settlement negotiations for several days.  Birkhead's lawyer, Debra Opri, told TMZ paternity and custody of the little girl are not negotiable.
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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 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
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
TMZ.com:
Blunt and Petra Run Down Fan  —  British singer James Blunt and palm-gripping tsunami-survivor supermodel girlfriend Petra Nemcova ran over the leg of an autograph seeker on Friday night in Los Angeles according to witnesses.  There's a keepsake from a star encounter!
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 …
Thefunnystone / Vote for the Worst:
Breaking News, VFTW Exclusive: Antonella Barba Sex Pictures Are NOT Her, Even Better Proof  —  Antonella Barba may have posed in front of the World War II memorial in revealing clothing, but it looks like the sex pictures AREN'T of her.  An anonymous tip was given to VFTW that provided …
FemaleFirst:
Naomi's PA show  —  Supermodel Naomi Campbell is to star in an MTV reality show which shows her searching for a new PA.  —  The supermodel is determined to rid of herself of her temperamental persona with personal assistants.  —  A source said: "Naomi is famous for her spats with staff …
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
Hollywoodtuna:
Don't Mess With Pink!  —  Here's Pink pictured leaving Miami Beach the other day.  You'd probably think she was there to tan or swim like normal celebs would, but I doubt it.  I'm guessing she was scoping the beach for Spring Break frat boys to challenge to bare knuckled boxing matches right there in the sand.
 
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Mayrav / Us Weekly:
Daniel Baldwin: Britney Doing "Great" in Rehab
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Phil / Egotastic!:
Cameron Diaz in a Bikini, Smoking a Joint, with Drew Barrymore, also in a Bikini
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Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
YouTube integrates Google DeepMind's AI video generation model Veo into Shorts, letting creators generate high-quality backgrounds and 1080p six-second clips

Reuters:
Sources: Google tried to end an EU antitrust probe by offering to sell its ad marketplace AdX, or Ad Exchange, but European publishers rejected the proposal

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Lionsgate, the studio behind The Hunger Games, John Wick, and Twilight, signs a deal with Runway to use generative AI in the creation of its movies and TV shows

 
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