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11:40 AM ET, April 10, 2008

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Jeff Kravitz / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Ashlee Simpson Engaged - and Pregnant?  —  Ashlee Simpson, 23 and her rocker boyfriend, Pete Wentz, 28, are tying the knot, Usmagazine.com has confirmed.  —  A rep for Simpson tells Us, “Yes, they are happily engaged.”  —  Earlier today, the singer told Us, “I'm really happy!”
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People.com:
Ashlee Simpson & Pete Wentz Get Engaged  —  Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are getting married, they announced Wednesday.  —  “We know there has been a lot of speculation recently about Pete and I, and we wanted our fans to be the first to know, because you guys are the best,” Simpson said in a statement posted on friendsorenemies.com.
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Ashlee and Pete Fall into Engagement
Discussion: Wizbang Pop!
Courtney Hazlett / MSNBC:
Halle Berry keeps baby under wraps  —  Plus: Did Miley Cyrus have her teeth fixed?  Harrison Ford gets personal  —  The Scoop  —  It looks like we'll be seeing pictures of Halle Berry's post-baby body before we see pictures of the baby.  Berry and Gabriel Aubry's baby, Nahla …
Melody Wells / People.com:
Solange Knowles Talks About Beyoncé's Future As a Mom  —  First came Crazy in Love, then came the hush-hush marriage - could the baby carriage be far behind?  —  “Whenever Beyoncé decides to have a child, I definitely think she'll be banging on my door,” younger sister Solange Knowles tells PEOPLE.
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TMZ.com:
“90210” Actor Found Dead  —  Actor Stanley Kamel was found dead in his Hollywood home.  —  Kamel, who currently stars on “Monk,” also played mafioso Tony Marchette, the father of Rebecca Gayheart's character Antonia, on “90210.”  He ordered a hit to be put out on Dylan, but ended up killing his daughter instead.
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Associated Press:
Stanley Kamel, ‘Monk’ psychiatrist, dead at 65
Discussion: Gone Hollywood
Joal Ryan / E! Online:
Monk Psychiatrist Dies
New York Post:
A GREAT BIG KID  —  JOHN Travolta has an 8-year-old daughter, but it looks as if he's the one obsessed with “The Little Mermaid.”  The pudgy “Pulp Fiction” star sat front row with daughter Ella at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on 46th Street Saturday, where he sang along to the show's tunes, including “Under the Sea.”
People.com:
Angelina Talks About Pregnancy for the First Time  —  Angelina Jolie at the Council on Foreign Relations  —  Maybe it was all the talk about children, but while Angelina Jolie was discussing Iraq education policy Tuesday in Washington D.C., she “felt kicking suddenly,” she tells PEOPLE.
New York Post:
WHITNEY'S SEX LIFE PUT TO MUSIC  —  As the 44-year-old diva with the legendary voice struggles to make her comeback, both of her exes have written scandalous things about her.  —  Her ex-husband Bobby Brown has come out with a tell-all autobiography, “Being Bobby Brown: The Whole Truth and Nothin' But …
Discussion: Bitten and Bound, Vh1 Blog and Bossip
Eric Charbonneau / Us Weekly:
Report: Sean Penn, Robin Wright Penn Divorce Dismissed  —  Sean Penn's divorce to Robin Wright Penn has been called off.  —  Court officials confirm to Extra that a dismissal was filed and granted on Tuesday.  —  The same day, Extra reported the pair hit an Eddie Vedder concert in San Francisco …
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Renee Zellweger struck by snotty nose on red carpet  —  Renee Zellweger's new film should be called Snottyhead rather than Leatherhead, after her nasal antics at the London premiere.  —  The Hollywood, er, beauty, 38, suffered from embarrassing bogies as she tried to catch …
Rebecca Dana / Wall Street Journal:
CBS News, Katie Couric Are Likely to Part Ways  —  Barring a Change, Departure Could Follow the Election;  —  A Successor to Larry King?  —  After two years of record-low ratings, both CBS News executives and people close to Katie Couric say that the “CBS Evening News” …
New York Post:
ROOMIE ROW  —  THINGS between “The Hills” stars Lauren Conrad and Audrina Patridge may not be as chummy as they look on the screen.  We hear that Patridge, who is roomies with Conrad, locks the door to her bedroom when she leaves their LA apartment because “she doesn't trust Lauren,” according to one source.
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Rennie Dyball / People.com:
Gwen & Gavin Keeping Baby's Gender a Surprise  —  Don't expect Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale to be stocking up on baby items in pink or blue just yet.  The couple, who are expecting their second child, will find out if they're getting a boy or a girl on delivery day, Rossdale said Wednesday.
Discussion: CelebWarship
Beth Hilton / Digital Spy:
Cruz, Bardem to marry this year?  —  Spanish stars Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem are to marry, reports claim.  —  Bardem, who won this year's Best Supporting Actor Oscar for No Country For Old Men, is thought to have proposed last month during a holiday in France.
Discussion: Dlisted and Cele|bitchy
New York Post:
MODEL BEHAVIOR  —  “GOSSIP Girl” star Blake Lively couldn't be more opposite than Serena, the pampered socialite she plays on the show.  Lively hit downtown Cuban eatery Café Habana on Saturday, where she patiently waited on line with everyone else for more than a half-hour for a table.
Moneycashhos / RADAR:
IS GOSSIP GIRL BITCH AN ACTUAL BITCH?  —  The first post-strike episode ofGossip Girl, the CW show about under-studied, over-sexed prep school kids in New York, is set to air on April 21 amidst controversy about certain cast members.  (And not the gay thing!)
Discussion: A Socialite's Life and OH NO!!
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Angel / CONCRETELOOP.COM:
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Discussion: OH NO!!
Peter Lauria / New York Post:
IT'S MY PROJECT!  —  WEINSTEIN, NBC FEUD WAS A LONG TIME COMING
Discussion: Defamer, Perez Hilton, Jossip and Gawker
Monique Jessen / People.com:
Gwyneth Paltrow: Break-Up Rumors Are ‘Ridiculous’
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Exclusive! Oprah to Guest on 30 Rock as Tina Fey's Best Friend?
 

 
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Amazon joins the Motion Picture Association, after a long courtship; the lobbying group's other members are Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Universal, and WBD

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A US FTC report on the data practices of Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and six other companies finds “vast surveillance” of consumers to monetize their information

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