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8:20 PM ET, February 25, 2008

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Ruth Laney / People.com:
Jamie Lynn Spears Passes Her GED Exam  —  Out of the spotlight after revealing her pregnancy, 16-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears is moving ahead with her life, passing her GED and thinking about college, a family friend tells PEOPLE.  —  The Zoey 101 star passed her high school equivalency exam …
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OK! Magazine:
Britney's Visitations “Going Very Well”  —  While the rest of Hollywood was getting over their Oscar hangover on Monday morning, Britney Spears was enjoying the second visit from her two young sons in three days.  —  “It went very well,” a source close to the pop star tells OK! …
E! Online:
More Mommy Time for Britney  —  After not seeing her boys for almost two months, Britney Spears has scored her second face-to-face visit in the past three days.  —  The embattled pop star received another in-home visit from one-year-old Jayden James and two-year-old Sean Preston on Monday, E! News has confirmed.
Discussion: POPSUGAR, PageSix.com and OH NO!!
Jefferson Reid / E! Online:
Poll: K-Fed a Broadway Bad Boy?
Discussion: That Other Blog
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Jamie Lynn Spears Gets Her GED
Discussion: Jezebel and That Other Blog
TMZ.com:
Academy Screws Renfro, In Memoriam  —  So in case you missed it, Brad Renfro was ignored during the “in memoriam” montage on the Oscars last night.  You're not gonna believe the statement the Academy gave TMZ.  —  The tape featured 98 movie types who died in the last year.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Why Brad Renfro Was Cut From Oscar Tribute Montage  —  Why was late actor Brad Renfro cut from the video tribute at Sunday's Oscars?  —  “It was really an editing decision because we can't fit everyone in,” a rep for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tells Usmagazine.com.
TMZ.com:
Renfro Not Feel Good Enough for Oscar?
Discussion: BuzzSugar
Jana Winter / PageSix.com:
The Gig is Up, Paris and Benji  —  The gig is up, Paris Hilton and Benji Madden.  —  C'mon guys, what gives?  Stop trying to pretend that you're not a couple; stop walking separately, a few feet away from each other when we all know you're coming from and going to the same place.
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TMZ.com:
Paris & Benji Get High Together
Discussion: E! Online
TMZ.com:
J.C.! Paris and Nicole Could Be Sisters-in-Law!
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Paris Hilton Returning to Reality TV  —  Paris Hilton is returning to reality television.  —  “The show is going to be about her searching for a new best friend,” a source tells Usmagazine.com.  “Paris is tired of the haters and she's looking for someone new.  She's looking for someone new and cool who she can trust.”
MSNBC:
Tidbits: Aniston puts her eggs on ice  —  Plus: Love first, career second for Jessica Simpson; Keira likes fake boobs  —  Angelina Jolie may have secured the headlines over the weekend by finally revealing her much buzzed about baby bump, but Brad Pitt's former ladylove, Jennifer Aniston, quietly made preparations for her own brood.
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Jarett Wieselman / PageSix.com:
Rep: Holmes Story “Completely Fake”
Discussion: A Socialite's Life and Just Jared
Brenda Rodriguez / People.com:
Diddy: I'm Sending Sean John Baby Clothes to Jennifer Lopez  —  Sean “Diddy” Combs partied the night away on Oscar Sunday - but he still had some time to think about baby gifts for former girlfriend Jennifer Lopez.  —  On the red carpet at the Academy Award ceremony at the Kodak Theater …
Matt Donnelly / PageSix.com:
Petra's Night With Penn  —  Newly single Sean Penn and supermodel Petra Nemcova slipped out of LA's Villa nightclub at 3:10 a.m. this morning — clearly Hollywood's hottest new item.  —  The pair followed up an appearance at a CAA event two days ago with a full-on assault of coupledom tonight at Elton John's Oscar Party (above).
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People.com:
Sean Penn Steps Out With Petra Nemcova
Discussion: omg!, iVillage and dailystab.com
People.com:
VIDEO: Whoopi Goldberg Chokes Up Over Oscar Montage  —  The first black Oscar host speaks up after she doesn't appear in Sunday night's clip  —  Whoopi Goldberg teared up on ABC's The View Monday morning after her cohosts pointed out that the Oscar winner (and first black Oscar host) …
Castina / Pop Crunch:
Jessica Alba Twins Rumor Denied  —  Pregnant actress Jessica Alba has denied recent tabloid reports claiming that she is expecting twins.  “That would be a surprise to me,” the Latina told Academy Awards reporters of the twin reports on the red carpet Sunday night.
Phil / Egotastic!:
Brooke Hogan's Bikini Boobs Take Flight  —  I'm not sure exactly what Brooke Hogan is trying to prove in these bikini pictures, but I think it's either A) She can fly, 2) Her breasts are real, 3) She is not actually a man.  Sadly, on all 3 counts, she fails.
Discussion: OH NO!! and Vh1 Blog
People.com:
Britney Spears Gets a Visit From Her Sons Again  —  Britney Spears saw her sons again Monday, while her father sought to quickly end a civil rights challenge to his control of her affairs.  —  The singer's children Preston, 2, and Jayden, 1, were driven to her Studio House by Kevin Federline's bodyguard for a three-hour visit.
Discussion: Access Hollywood, omg! and iVillage
 
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Angelina Jolie Is Pregnant
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Julian Schnabel on Son, 21, Dating Elle Macpherson, 44: “Not a Big Deal”
Daily Mail:
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Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
Rumble announces a $775M investment from Tether and plans to use $525M to fund a tender offer for ~70M shares of its common stock; RUM jumps 35%+ after hours

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