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12:45 PM 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!
In Touch Weekly:
In Touch Exclusive: Ashlee is engaged!
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 …
Associated Press:
Sean Penn, wife withdraw divorce papers  —  SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - Sean Penn and his wife, Robin Wright Penn, have withdrawn their divorce petition.  —  A Marin County Superior Court commissioner has dismissed the divorce proceedings between the couple, who call the community of Ross, Calif., their home.
Discussion: The Superficial, OH NO!! and TMZ.com
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Associated Press:
Sean Penn, wife withdraw divorce papers
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
Eric Charbonneau / Us Weekly:
Report: Sean Penn, Robin Wright Penn Divorce Dismissed
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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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.”
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Nicole Richie's Mom Claims Harlow Has Said “Hi!”  —  Harlow Kate Winter Madden may only be three months old, but she's already burbling out her first words, says grandma.  —  “The other day I was holding her, and Harlow said, ‘Hi!’”  Brenda Richie told Usmagazine.com at the ASCAP Pop Awards in Hollywood on Wednesday.
Discussion: Dlisted and I'm Not Obsessed
Associated Press:
Stanley Kamel, ‘Monk’ psychiatrist, dead at 65  —  LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — Stanley Kamel, who played Adrian Monk's long-suffering psychiatrist on the TV detective show “Monk,” has died.  He was 65.  —  Kamel was found dead Tuesday of a heart attack in his Hollywood Hills home by his agents, publicist Cynthia Snyder said.
Discussion: Gone Hollywood
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Daily Mail:
Lindsay Lohan to go nude in indie movie to prove she's a ‘serious actress’  —  Troubled Hollywood starlet Lindsay Lohan is planning to appear naked in an low-budget film in an effort to revive her flailing career, it has been claimed.  —  The actress is said to have agreed to strip …
Discussion: OH NO!!
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
Daily Mail:
Jordan the buxom mermaid makes a splash at book signing  —  There's very little Jordan won't do in the name of publicity, and her latest appearance at a London book signing is a rather colourful case in point.  —  The star arrived at Waterstone's in Harrods dressed as an eye-popping mermaid …
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:
BACK - FOR NOW  —  REPEAT rehabber Pat O'Brien is getting “one last chance” from CBS brass after the host of “The Insider” was temporarily replaced with Donny Osmond.  A source told Page Six that O'Brien (who just completed his second rehab stint) is returning to host the show alongside Lara Spencer …
3am:
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 …
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
 
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