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1:00 PM ET, March 9, 2007

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Pete Norman / People.com:
Salma Hayek: Engaged and Pregnant!  —  Double the good news for Salma Hayek: The actress is engaged to businessman boyfriend François-Henri Pinault - and she's pregnant.  —  "Businessman, François-Henri Pinault, and his fiancée, Salma Hayek, are happy to announce …
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PerezHilton.com:
Salma Hayek: Pregnant AND Engaged!  —  Ay Dios mio!  —  Two scoops in one!  —  Yup, it's true - actress, producer and sexy mami Salma Hayek is preggers with her first child, and our dear friend Ben Widdicombe was the first journalist with exclusive confirmation of the baby news.
Star:
Salma Hayek: Pregnant & Engaged!  —  A rep has confirmed to Star that Salma Hayek is pregnant and getting married.  She and her fiancé, businessman François-Henri Pinault, are expecting their first child.  —  Hayek, 40, has kept her relationship with Pinault relatively low profile.
Cate / Star Trip:   Salma Hayek engaged and pregnant!
Leo DiCaprio / NY Daily News:
All's Fair as editor gets roasted  —  Wednesday night's meat locker weather was an inconvenient truth for climate change crusaders at the Natural Resources Defense Council gala.  But impish friends of honoree Graydon Carter treated the Vanity Fair editor to some global warming of his very own.
TMZ.com:
Eddie Van Halen Checks Into Rehab  —  The long awaited Van Halen reunion tour will be even longer-awaited — Eddie Van Halen has checked himself into alcohol-related rehab.  —  In a statement to TMZ, the rock legend explains why he's determined to clean up his act:
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Brian Orloff / People.com:
Eddie Van Halen Enters Rehab  —  Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen has checked into rehab, the musician announced Thursday.  —  "I would like Van Halen fans to know how much I truly appreciate each and every one of you," the guitar player said in a statement posted on the band's Web site.
TMZ.com:
Why Reese Bailed on "Bunny" Film  —  Reese Witherspoon has backed out of a big movie in which she was slated to star and produce.  Now TMZ knows why Reese bailed.  —  The movie, "Bunny Lake Is Missing," was to be a remake of Otto Preminger's 1965 film about a woman whose daughter disappears from a nursery school.
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J. Harvey / A Socialite's Life:   Reese Bails On Film Project
Mike Bruno / EW.com:
Former Madonna Nanny Pitching Tell-All Memoir  —  EW.com has seen a proposal for a book revealing intimate details about Madonna's children, husband, and the controversial Malawi adoption  —  A woman claiming to be a former nanny for Madonna is currently shopping a tell-all memoir detailing …
Starpulse:
Health of Johnny Depp's Daughter Is Improving  —  Johnny Depp's young daughter is "doing much better" after being struck down by an undisclosed illness, according to the star's representative.  British newspaper Daily Mirror reported yesterday that Depp's seven-year-old daughter, Lily-Rose …
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
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Eric Talmadge / Associated Press:
Michael Jackson 'wouldn't change' career  —  TOKYO - Amid a lavish party filled with fans, impersonators, orphans and handicapped children, Michael Jackson said Thursday that he wouldn't change the path of his career, despite "deliberate attempts to hurt me."
Discussion: A Socialite's Life and Metadish
New York Post:
SUGE SET TO BURY DEATH ROW  —  THIS could be the death of Death Row Records, which launched the West Coast hip-hop sound of Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre.  —  In an exclusive interview, Marion "Suge" Knight, 42, told Page Six he's ready to pull the plug on the label he founded in 1991.
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Kate Walsh Says She's a 'Late Bloomer' in Love  —  As her 40th birthday approaches in October, Grey's Anatomy's Kate Walsh says she is only now ready to get her love life in order.  —  "I'm a bit of a later bloomer," the actress, who plays Dr. Addison Montgomery-Shepherd on the ABC hit, tells Best Life in its April issue.
Allisonc / Us Weekly:
Idol Mystery Solved: Why Paula Went MIA  —  On Wednesday night's episode of American Idol, it wasn't the female singers who made news at the top of the show, but rather the always unpredictable judge Paula Abdul.  —  When host Ryan Seacrest welcomed the audience to the second performance show of the week …
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
Variety:
Eastwood, Jolie catch 'Changeling'  —  Grazer, Howard to produce pic  —  Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment are fast-tracking "The Changeling," with Clint Eastwood looking to direct and Angelina Jolie in talks to star.  —  Scripted by J. Michael Straczynski …
popbytes:
PORTIA DE ROSSI - HEADED FOR A RELAPSE?  —  good evening ladies & gents!  everyone i know totally loves ellen degeneres including my mom!  ellen's girlfriend funny gal portia de rossi is the coolest!  (she rocked on both ally mcbeal and arrested development) i think they make an amazing couple …
TMZ.com:
Lawsuit Be Damned — Kim K. Sex Tape to Be Released!  —  Despite Kim's pending lawsuit, Vivid Entertainment is going forward with a March 21 release of "Kim Kardashian Superstar" — the sex video Kim made with then-boyfriend, Ray-J.  —  Steven Hirsch, Co-Chairman of Vivid, told TMZ …
Brian Orloff / People.com:
Fountains of Wayne Bassist Welcomes Baby Girl  —  "Stacy's Mom" songwriter Adam Schlesinger has become a dad for the second time.  —  The one-time Oscar nominee welcomed daughter Claire Michel on March 5 with wife Katie Michel, his rep told PEOPLE.  The 8-lb. 4-oz. baby joins 4-year-old sister Sadie.
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
Abby / Yeeeah!:
More Antonella Barba Pictures  —  The executive producer of Fox's "American Idol" spoke out yesterday in response to Rosie O'Donnell's accusations of racism and weightism (actually a term, not making that word up) in regards to finalist Antonella Barba's provocative internet pictures not axing …
Zen Pap / FlynetOnline.com Your Number 1 Source …:
Whitney and Ray-J's Sham Romance  —  Call me a cynic but I'm not buying into the Whitney Houston and Ray-J romance.  Watching as they put on this ridiculous show in front of the paparazzi oustside Crustacean last night- Whitney blowing Ray-J kisses and both of them talking through Whit's window making the 'Call Me' gesture?!?
Discussion: Dlisted
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TMZ.com:   Whitney Thinks Ray-J's "Sh*t is Off the Chain"
 
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TMZ.com:
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Defamer:
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Eve Batey / Vanity Fair:
The relationship between Olivia Nuzzi and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. casts renewed scrutiny on the ethical line between all journalists and subjects

New York Times:
X capitulates in Brazil and could return next week, as the company's lawyers say it took down some accounts, paid fines, and named a new formal representative

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