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8:50 PM ET, February 28, 2008

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Angelina Jolie / Washington Post:
Staying to Help in Iraq  —  The request is familiar to American ears: “Bring them home.”  —  But in Iraq, where I've just met with American and Iraqi leaders, the phrase carries a different meaning.  It does not refer to the departure of U.S. troops, but to the return of the millions …
TMZ.com:
“Idol” Nurse Busted for DUI  —  “A.I.” finalist Amanda Overmyer plead guilty to DUI back in October 2006 near her hometown of Crawfordsville, In.  —  She received a suspended sentence of 60 days and was placed on 180 days probation, which ended in August 2007.  —  Story developing ...
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NY Daily News:
Store can't handle a Brit fit  —  Britney Spears keeps coming up with weird requests for her favorite L.A. boutiques.  —  She flummoxed staff at the Betsey Johnson on Melrose Ave. this month by turning up with a Dolce & Gabbana dress she wanted the store to copy - in all white - to be ready by that evening.
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Lindsay Lohan Opens Up About Recent Troubles  —  After baring her body - in a nude photo spread as Marilyn Monroe - Lindsay Lohan is now baring her soul.  —  As others speculate on the chances of her reviving her career after her troubled past year - 2007 brought everything from traffic infractions …
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National Enquirer:
HULK HOGAN MISTRESS REVEALED!  FAMILY TORN APART!  —  Hulk Hogan has devastated wife Linda and their children by cheating on his spouse with one of daughter Brooke's closest friends, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively.  —  And the blockbuster development threatens to further inflame …
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Mike Baron / The Post Chronicle:
Photos: Christiane Plante Has Affair With Hulk Hogan?
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Phil / Egotastic!:
Kate Beckinsale's Vagina is the Best  —  Guess what?  Kate Beckinsale loves her vagina.  She thinks it's really pretty.  In fact, she thinks it's her best feature.  Yeah, even better than her face, which is perfect.  She's also got some great nicknames for her vagina, referring to it as her …
Discussion: F-Listed
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Scott Huver / People.com:
Charlie Sheen Calls for Boycott of Denise's Show  —  He lost in court.  Now Charlie Sheen is taking his fight public.  —  The Two and a Half Men star - who took ex-wife Denise Richards to court in a failed attempt to prevent her from including their two daughters in a reality show …
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Owen Wilson and Kate Hudson “Hooking Up”  —  After a suicide attempt last August, Owen Wilson has been given a second chance at life - and, it seems, love.  —  The actor was seen driving his silver Toyota Prius away from Kate Hudson's Pacific Palisades home on Feb. 23.
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Hayden Panettiere: Why I Broke Up With Stephen Colletti  —  Hayden Panettiere is opening up about why she ended her romance with Laguna Beach alum Stephen Colletti.  (Us Weekly broke the news of their split last September.)  —  “I just knew I wanted to breathe,” Panettiere, 18, says in the April issue of Seventeen.
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Pete Wentz Gives Ashlee Simpson a Promise Ring  —  Ashlee Simpson has been flashing bling on her ring finger for a while now.  —  On Wednesday, she confirmed it's a promise ring from her Fall Out Boy beau Pete Wentz.  —  “It just means that he hasn't asked my dad yet...” …
Julie Naughton / WWD.COM:
Coty to Launch Halle Berry Fragrance  —  BOCA RATON, Fla. - Coty's latest celebrity manifesto: Give them Halle.  —  The beauty giant has signed Academy Award-winning actress Halle Berry to a scent development deal, which will involve the star developing a fragrance portfolio and appearing in its advertising.
Rich Shapiro / NY Daily News:
2 docs probed over Ledger pain pills  —  Federal drug investigators are probing two doctors over the death of actor Heath Ledger, the Daily News has learned.  —  The doctors - one in California, one in Texas - are believed to have supplied the “Brokeback Mountain” star with the powerful painkillers Oxycontin …
New York Post:
BLOGGERS' SORDID ONLINE CHAT  —  MARIO Lavandeira - better known as online gossip “Perez Hilton” - encouraged a handsome young blogger to send sex tapes of himself while he was making promises of promotion for the blogger's own fledgling Web site.  —  Jonathan Jaxson - a former publicist …
TMZ.com:
Yes ... She's Pregnant and In a Cage  —  Protesting cramped living conditions for sows, PETA activists were really showing London how bad things can get for the humble pig.  —  This nearly-naked pregnant lass, demonstrating the plight of the porker, garnered particular attention, especially from two of the world's teeniest activists.
Gilmore / Pretty On The Outside:
Hillary Winehouse  —  I'm still soooooooooooooooo loving the news that Amy Winehouse will be launching a beauty line.  It's like Britney coming out with a collection of panties or Posh Beckham trying to sell Dunkin Donuts.  —  Hillary Clinton surely could use an advantage at this point.
 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

Jack Dunn / Variety:
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