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1:35 PM ET, March 13, 2007

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Roger Friedman / Fox News:
WHITNEY HOUSTON STARTS WORK ON NEW ALBUM TODAY  —  Whitney Houston Starts Work on New Album Today  —  Whitney Houston begins in earnest to record her comeback album today.  —  Houston, who's been in rehab for about a year in Southern California, is about to make the tentative steps toward reclaiming her once-flourishing career.
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Ellen Tumposky / People.com:
R.E.M., Grandmaster Flash Inducted Into Rock Hall  —  R.E.M. reunited when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Monday night.  —  Former drummer Bill Berry - who left the group in 1997 - joined Michael Stipe, Mike Mills and Peter Buck for a special performance …
Discussion: POPSUGAR and BUZZSUGAR
TMZ.com:
"A.I." Contestant Accused of "Masturbating" in Suit  —  Former "American Idol" finalist Mario Vasquez is facing accusations that he tried to masturbate in front of a male employee in a bathroom on the set of the hit show in February 2005.  —  Shortly thereafter, Vasquez mysteriously dropped out of "Idol," citing personal reasons.
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Access Hollywood:
'American Idol' & Mario Vazquez Sued Over Sexual Harrassment Claims  —  Vazquez, a handsome, popular contestant, left the show, two seasons ago for personal reasons, telling Access Hollywood at the time, "[It] has nothing to do with my family, nothing with me being sick, nothing like that.
Discussion: Queerty
New York Post:
Hudson Almost Derails 'soul'  —  JENNIFER Hudson might be letting her Oscar win for Best Supporting Actress in "Dreamgirls" go to her head.  —  Besides tangling last week with Simon Cowell of "American Idol," the show that gave the ungrateful diva her big break, the singer tried …
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Holly Wit / Allie Is Wired:
Paris Takes Her "New" Friends To Burger King
Discussion: poponthepop.com
BBC:
DiCaprio guards held after clash  —  Two of Leonardo DiCaprio's bodyguards have been arrested after a scuffle with photographers in Jerusalem.  —  The Oscar-nominated actor was visiting Jerusalem's walled Old City with Israeli girlfriend Bar Refaeli when the incident occurred.
Discussion: Just Jared
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TMZ.com:
DiCaprio's Bodyguards Arrested in Israel  —  Two of Leonardo DiCaprio's bodyguards were arrested yesterday by Israeli police after getting into a fight near the Western Wall in Jerusalem as DiCaprio and Israeli girfriend Bar Refaeli visited Judaism's holiest site.
New York Post:
LINDSAY HANGS WITH JUDE  —  BEFORE she heads for London to start shooting her next movie, Lindsay Lohan is trying to make a new British friend - former Sienna Miller beau Jude Law.  Lohan ended up with Law at The Box on Chrystie Street very late on both Friday and Saturday nights, sources say.
X17 Online:
Breaking News: Britney Back At AA  —  Britney left rehab again to attend another AA meeting outside of Promises treatment facility in Malibu.  This time, Brit went to Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Pacific Palisades from 8 - 9 pm tonight.  Our photogs say she was smoking during a break and chatting with other attendees.
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Anna Shanks / Splash News Online:   Britney - Attends an AA meeting.
Pete Norman / People.com:
Official: Angelina Jolie Free to Get New Son Soon  —  A Vietnamese official says Angelina Jolie's adoption application is being processed quickly and she might be mom to a new 3½-year-old son within weeks.  —  Officials in Ho Chi Minh City are reviewing Jolie's file and should be finished …
Allisonc / Us Weekly:
Pam and Tommy: Back On?  —  Pamela Anderson, 39, and ex-hubby, rocker Tommy Lee, 44, may have ended their high-profile marriage in 1998, but could the two be looking to rekindle their romance?  —  The duo was spotted lunching as a family - with sons Brandon, 10, and Dylan, 9, - at the trendy Santa Monica eatery The Ivy this week.
Courtney Rubin / People.com:
Kelly Osbourne: British Boys Are Wimpy  —  Kelly Osbourne is single and living in London - where, she says, a good man is hard to find.  —  "I would like to find somebody, but there's a real lack of men in London," Osbourne, 22, tells the U.K.'s Sunday Times.  "British boys can be a bit wimpy and a bit girlie.
WWD.com Fashion news, retail news …:
Marc Jacobs in Rehab  —  NEW YORK — Marc Jacobs has checked himself into rehab.  After seven years of sobriety, the designer relapsed recently and decided to undergo a second round of in-patient rehabilitation for drug and alcohol abuse.  —  The day after showing his Louis Vuitton collection in Paris …
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People.com:
Designer Marc Jacobs Checks Into Rehab
Champ Clark / People.com:
Tori Spelling Reconciling with Her Mom  —  Tori Spelling and her estranged mother, Candy Spelling, are working to patch up their relationship, PEOPLE has learned.  —  According to Tori's brother (and Candy's son), Randy Spelling, 28, "My sister and my mom have been communicating for the past few weeks" …
X17 Online:
Guess Who's Got a Mohawk?  —  If anyone can recognize this former child star of the big and small screen, I'll be shocked.  —  SEE MORE AFTER THE JUMP »
TMZ.com:
Stallone Charged with Importing Steroids Down Under  —  Just moments ago, Sylvester Stallone was officially charged with illegally importing performance and image enhancing drugs in a Sydney courtroom, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.  —  According to Australian authorities …
Celebitchy / Cele|bitchy:
Woody Harrelson in bloody bouncer fight while out with Owen Wilson  —  Woody Harrelson was hanging out with his buddy Owen Wilson at The Other Room lounge in Venice, CA on March 3rd.  Woody tried to leave the bar holding with two glasses of wine, which every college student knows is forbidden, and was blocked by one of the bouncers.
NY Daily News:
Pop star's no ordinary joe  —  British pop star Robbie Williams checked out of rehab for prescription drugs last week.  But another stimulant that held the singer in its devilish grip may have Starbucks execs shaking in their boots - Williams also had an incredible jones for caffeine.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and The Corsair
 
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
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Amy Hawkins / The Guardian:
China sentences journalist Dong Yuyu, an ex-Nieman Fellow whose work has appeared in Chinese editions of the NYT and FT, to seven years in prison for espionage

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