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For an Aspiring Singer, a Harsher Spotlight — She left a broken home on the Jersey Shore at 17 and came to New York City to work the nightclubs as a rhythm and blues singer. Now, at 22, she is the unwitting, and as yet unseen, star of the seamy drama that is the downfall of Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York.
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Ulrica Wihlborg / People.com:
Melissa Joan Hart & Husband Welcome Baby No. 2 — Melissa Joan Hart and husband Mark Wilkerson welcomed their second child, a son, on Wednesday, their rep tells PEOPLE. — Braydon Hart Wilkerson was born at 3 p.m. in Los Angeles after 10 hours of labor, weighing 7 lbs., 3 oz., rep Brad Taylor says.
Jennifer Garcia / People.com:
Sitcom Star: Britney Spears ‘Great to Work With’ — No first-day jitters for Britney Spears. Arriving promptly at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday on the L.A. lot of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother with her assistant Brett in tow, Spears quickly got to work impressing her costars.
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Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Ashlee Simpson: “I Was Never Unhappy With How I Looked” — Ashlee Simpson has come a long way since being a style wallflower in the shadow of older sister Jessica. — “I used to look at a beautiful girl on the cover of a magazine and think I could never be that,” the 23-year-old singer tells Us Weekly …
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Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie Make Offer on French House — Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and their brood may be saying bien-venue to France! — The duo - who set up a temporary home in Namibia in 2006 in anticipation of the birth of Shiloh, 21 months - have made an offer on an 850-year-old stone house …
New York Post:
JOE'S FREE, BUT NOT SO WILD — “GIRLS Gone Wild” guru Joe Francis, a free man after 11 months behind bars, was heading straight to his office yesterday to get back to work. “We're filming at every spring break location, 14 cities right now. We've got 50 or 60 camera guys out there,” …
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Francis — Free from Florida!
Francis — Free from Florida!
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ETonline:
DAVID ARCHULETA'S SO-CALLED ‘STAGE DAD’? — Is there more to his shaky performance last night? — Was there more than just nerves behind 17-year-old DAVID ARCHULETA's shaky performance on last night's “American Idol”? — The early favorite was definitely off his game …
People.com:
Nicky Hilton Addresses Weight - and Paris's New Man — Nicky Hilton debuted her latest fashion line Tuesday night - but chatter about her weight and her sister's love life took center stage. — Hilton, who has been dogged by Internet speculation about recent weight loss, hit back at the reports.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Robbie Williams' Mangina — I don't know how old this is, but it's Robbie Williams giving himself a mangina during some interview. That's basically it. I have no idea what kind of coke words are coming out of his mouth, because I was too busy focusing on his mangina to see if the clit was going to slip out.
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Phil / Egotastic!:
Sienna Miller Bikini Malfunction — Oops! Looks like someone's having a little trouble with their bikini! If you liked those Sienna Miller bikini pictures from yesterday, then you're going to like these new Sienna Miller bikini pictures a hell of a lot more. Why?
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Dotson Rader / PARADE Magazine:
'Why Didn't I Rebel More?' — Jodie Foster on childhood regrets, an (almost) academic career and raising her two boys — Test your knowledge of the Oscar-winning star — TAKE THE QUIZ! … On Her Early Sense of Responsibility — “I ask myself, ‘What did I miss?’”
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Lisa Marie Presley: It's Twins! — Lisa Marie Presley is going to have an extra special delivery — Star can exclusively report that the singer is pregnant with twins! — As we told you last week, the daughter of the late Elvis Presley and Dancing with the Stars contestant Priscilla Presley …
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Geoff Boucher / Los Angeles Times:
Final ‘Harry Potter’ book will spawn two movies — ‘Deathly Hallows’ films are scheduled to be released in November 2010 and May 2011. — WATFORD, England — It's official: Eight will be the magic number for the “Harry Potter” film franchise. — After months of rumors …
Molly / POPSUGAR:
Reese and Jake Are Physically Fit and Perfectly Adorable — You know what they say about couples that work out together ... Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon were looking gym ready and hyper healthy on their way to the farmers' market (naturally, groan) in LA yesterday.
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Ak S / MTV UK:
Kanye West Married? — Did Kanye have a secret wedding? — Is Kanye West a married man? — Rumours suggest that rapper/producer Kanye has fulfilled his mother's final wishes by marrying his longterm girlfriend Alexis Phifer at a secret ceremony in Europe.
New York Post:
BACK KEEPS NEWMAN HOME — PAUL Newman, 83, was conspicuously absent Monday night at the 20th anniversary of his Hole in the Wall Gang charity, which runs summer camps for ill children. And some in the audience at City Center were worried, especially in light of tabloid reports …