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11:30 AM ET, February 29, 2008

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Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Nicole Richie Offered Lead Role in Chicago  —  Nicole Richie has been offered the lead role of Roxie Hart in the Broadway production of Chicago, Us Weekly reports exclusively in its latest issue, on newsstands now.  —  Richie, 26, who welcomed daughter Harlow with Joel Madden on Jan. 12, is undecided.
Sara Nelson / Daily Mail:
From hunk to chunk: Matthew Perry's driving licence picture reveals how he's piled on the pounds  —  The years have not been exactly Friendly to Matthew Perry - as a glimpse of the photo on his driving licence shows.  —  The ex-Friends star is fresh-faced and slim in the picture on his Californian licence …
Molly / POPSUGAR:
Harlow Is So Cute!  Nicole and Joel Seem To Think So Too  —  We all let out a collective “awwwww” when we first saw the Nicole and Harlow People cover and now we have a look at the full inside spread.  I don't want to jump the gun, but seriously, she's gotta be one of the cutest little munchkins ever …
Daily Mail:
The 3am girls: Worse for wear Kate Moss and Kelly Osbourne pair up for a wild night out  —  One is a millionaire model.  The other the daughter of rock royalty.  —  But last night, Kate Moss and Kelly Osbourne turned 3am party girls to pair up for a wild night out in London …
popbytes:
GWEN STEFANI - THE FULL V MAGAZINE SPREAD!  —  hey hey!  these sexy & gorgeous scans are literally hot off the press - it's the latest issue of V magazine (issue no. 52 - on sale march 6th) featuring the always stunningly beautiful gwen stefani (pregnant with her second child) …
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Just Jared:
Gwen Stefani - “V Magazine” March 2008
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
New York Post:
NOT JUST A FLING  —  PENELOPE Cruz doesn't want to publicly show off her relationship with Javier Bardem, but he's showing her off to his family.  Cruz, who was snapped with Bardem's mom after the Oscars, threw a private party for her trophy-toting beau at Villa on Sunday night.
KEYE-TV:
Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie sighted in Bastrop County  —  CBS 42 Reporter:  —  Email: retaylor@keyetv.com  —  Last Update: 2/27 6:44 pm  —  Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are rumored to be in Bastrop County on the set of a new movie.  —  They are supposed to be in Smithville …
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Murray Weiss / New York Post:
HEATH DOCS CLEARED  —  Federal agents have ruled out a pair of doctors from Los Angeles and Houston as the sources of the OxyContin and Vicodin found in the bloodstream of late movie star Heath Ledger.  The Drug Enforcement Agency questioned the medics and found that both...
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Cele|bitchy:   DEA looks into two doctors who prescribed drugs to Heath Ledger
NY Daily News:
Side Dish: Tom Brady in his underwear?  —  Gisele Bundchen won't be the only person seeing Tom Brady in his skivvies if Calvin Klein has his way.  We hear the designer has offered the Patriots quarterback seven figures to blast David Beckham and his Armani underwear campaign right off the billboards.
Discussion: Perez Hilton and iVillage
G is for Gossip / Bauer-Griffin:
“Dustin Bong” Mexican Love Fest  —  We are really having a hard time deciding on which of the many many permutations of Drew Barrymore and Justin Long's names is the funniest.  Just In Drew?  BarryLong?  Bustin Dong?  For now, we're settling on the hybrid used in the title.
Discussion: Just Jared
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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People.com:
Britney's ‘Affectionate’ Visits with Her Kids  —  Britney Spears is spending more quality time with her sons.  —  Preston, 2, and Jayden, 17 months, spent more time at their mother's house on Wednesday morning - the third visit Spears has had with her children since lawyers for the singer …
Discussion: POPSUGAR, iVillage and CelebWarship
James Hibberd / Hollywood Reporter:
ABC wants ‘Scrubs’; NBC irked  —  Veteran comedy “Scrubs” is caught in a tug-of-war between NBC and ABC.  —  ABC is in negotiations to pick up 18 episodes of the series from ABC Studios, which has produced the comedy for NBC since 2001.  —  NBC brass are said to have been caught off guard when THR.com broke the story Thursday.
Daily Mail:
Justin Timberlake gets a Boogie Nights-style makeover in new film  —  In a curly brown wig and sporting a handlebar moustache, Justin Timberlake looks more like a seventies porn star than the golden-boy of pop in his new film.  —  Pictured on the set of The Love Guru, the singer who is usually …
Discussion: Dlisted
Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Apatow sets ‘Five-Year Engagement’  —  Segel to star in Stoller-directed couple's comedy  —  Judd Apatow has set up the comedy “Five-Year Engagement” at Universal Pictures.  —  Project, which Apatow will produce with Shauna Robertson, reteams the studio with the duo behind the upcoming laffer …
 
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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

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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