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3:45 PM ET, March 11, 2007

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Jack Ryan / The Post Chronicle:
Richard Jeni Dead: Comedian Found Shot, Self Inflicted?  —  Richard Jeni, one of Comedy Central's Top 100 Comedians of All Time, is dead.  According to police, Jeni was found dead presumably from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Saturday, March 10, 2007.  A loaded gun was reportedly found next to his body.
Discussion: WOW Report
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Extra:
Comedian Richard Jeni Dead  —  Extra has learned comedian Richard Jeni is dead from an apparent suicide.  Sources tell Extra Jeni was in his West Hollywood, CA apartment.  He had been scheduled to perform at the Chicago Improv tonight but cancelled several weeks ago.  —  Jeni was raised in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York.
Discussion: We Love Celebs!
Christopher Dickey / Newsweek:
'I Was Transformed'  —  Angelina Jolie discusses celebrity, refugees and her life in New Orleans.  —  Angelina Jolie began traveling as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations some six years ago.  She has visited the victims of violence in Africa, Pakistan and Cambodia …
Discussion: Celebrity Blog and Pittwatch.com
Tina Moore / NY Daily News:
Brown's soul is finally at peace  —  Rev. Al presides over ceremony  —  Seventy-six days after his death on Christmas Day, James Brown was finally laid to rest yesterday in a crypt emblazoned with the words "Godfather of Soul," the Rev. Al Sharpton said.  —  "It was very emotional," …
Discussion: TMZ.com and Dlisted
Corrine Barraclough / News of the World:
Angelina Jolie: "I narrowly escaped a kidnap plot"  —  Angelina Jolie is a woman on a mission.  As a UN Goodwill Ambassador, she's now more famous for her charity work than her film roles.  We're more likely to see pictures of her visiting aid projects in underprivileged countries than strutting …
People.com:
Heather Locklear & Jack Wagner: Melrose Match?  —  Former Melrose Place costars Heather Locklear and Jack Wagner have been spotted together multiple times - even holding hands - but pals say the two aren't starting a Hollywood romance.  —  "[They] have been friends since Melrose Place," …
New York Post:
MARITAL MISERY FOR J.LO?  —  JENNIFER Lopez and Marc Anthony are lovey-dovey in public, but insiders say they've hit a rough patch in their marriage.  "There was a fight on New Year's Eve," said a source who saw Lopez that night.  Another spy said, "There was a fight after she performed at the Super Bowl …
Daniel Kilkelly / Digital Spy:
Hilton to be dropped by record label  —  Paris Hilton is to be dropped by her record label within the next few weeks.  —  According to a report in the Daily Star today, Warner Music have not yet told the Simple Life star that they do not wish to work with her for a second album …
Larry McShane / Associated Press:
NYPD ire keeps Busta Rhymes off film set  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A movie production company was forced to begin its first day of shooting Saturday without Busta Rhymes after the NYPD raised security concerns.  —  The Police Department declined to detail its specific concerns about Rhymes …
Associated Press:
Mark Ruffalo and wife expecting their third child  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Ruffalo and his wife, Sunrise Coigney, will add another little one to their brood this fall.  —  It will be their third child, publicist Marla Farrell said Friday.  They have a 5-year-old son, Keen, and a 1-year-old daughter, Bella.
Starpulse:
Madonna To Guest Star on 'Nip/Tuck'  —  Madonna is set to join the cast of hit plastic surgery drama Nip/Tuck after confessing she's a big fan of the show.  Creator Ryan Murphy reveals he's currently writing a part for the pop superstar.  Murphy would like Madonna to play opposite pal …
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Access Hollywood:
Nicole Kidman To Guest-Star On 'Nip/Tuck'  —  Access Hollywood chatted with the cast of FX's hit show "Nip/Tuck" yesterday at MTR's Paley Festival, and do we have some scoops for you!  —  Ryan Murphy, the show's creator, tells Access that there are at least ten guest stars lined up this season …
Discussion: Defamer
Nikki Finke / Deadline Hollywood Daily:
'300' Smashes March Opening Record; Spartans Stampede To $70 Mil Weekend; 'Ghost Rider' Revs Past $100 Mil Mark  —  SUNDAY AM: It was a bloodbath at the U.S. box office this weekend.  Warner Bros. told me this morning its 'R'-rated 300 about the epic Battle of Thermopylae shattered the record …
Discussion: PerezHilton.com
Reuters:
Snoop, Diddy launch hip-hop peace tour … HELSINKI, Finland (Reuters) — U.S. rap stars Sean "Diddy" Combs and Snoop Dogg, who were bitter rivals in a notorious feud between East and West Coast hip-hop in the 1990s, said on Friday they had buried the hatchet once and for all.
Discussion: WALK TAKEN!™
Phil / Egotastic!:
Lindsay Lohan... Blonde!  —  And just like that... Poof!  She's blonde.  —  I Gots to say, I'm liking the Lindsay Lohan blonde thing.  I still think she looks best as a Redhead, and second best as a Brunette, but this new Blonde look is rather sexy.  Probably because it's not some crazy peroxide jobby.
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Robyn / Celebrity Dirty Laundry:
Lindsay Lohan Shopping in Manhattan (3/9/7)
Discussion: Dlisted
Zen Pap / FlynetOnline.com Your Number 1 Source …:
Gwen and Gavin Shop for Baby Clothes  —  Baby's Day Out for the Stefani-Rossdale clan as they went shopping for some new threads for World's Cutest Baby Kinsgton at the outlet stores before Palm Springs.  Looks like the gang will spend the weekend getting pampered (and Pamper-ed!) in the desert oasis...
New York Post:
NOT A PEEP WHILE SHE SLEEPS  —  CROWN Publishers has bought rights to a new book that will detail the diva behavior of material mama Madonna.  The memoir, cheekily titled "Live To Tell: My Life as Madonna's Nanny" (after one of the songstress' early hits), is written by Melissa Dumas.
Discussion: TMZ.com
Metro.co.uk:
Outrage over comic's Keira sex scene  —  A hard-core pornography comic has sparked outrage by depicting Pirates of the Caribbean star Keira Knightley having sex with her co-stars Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom.  —  According to a repeort in the Sun, the publication, which is printed in the US …
Discussion: The Blemish
X17 Online:
Lindsay Gets VIP Treatment At LAX  —  Lindsay can easily get past any velvet ropes in this city, include those at the airport!  La Lohan breezed right under the ropes at LAX in typical VIP style ...  But she still has to pass security just like the rest of us!  —  more pix inside ...
 
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