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1:25 AM ET, February 12, 2009

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TMZ.com:
Text Message Ignites Rihanna/Brown Violence  —  Law enforcement sources confirm to TMZ Chris Brown received a text message from a woman while he was driving with Rihanna and that's what started the confrontation that left Rihanna battered and bruised.  —  We're told the text message …
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OK! Magazine:
Paris to Blame for Chris Brown & Rihanna's Fight?  —  There's never one side to any argument and the same can be said for the horrific feud that erupted early Sunday morning between Chris Brown and Rihanna.  But OK! has learned the details of the evening leading up to the big blowup.
People.com:
Chris Brown ‘Feels Very Bad,’ Says Stylist  —  Chris Brown, who has not been seen publicly since allegedly assaulting girlfriend Rihanna, is a “good kid” who “feels very bad” about what has happened, his friend and stylist tells PEOPLE exclusively.  —  “Chris is all right.  He's a good kid.
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Chris Brown Holed Up in Vegas
Alexis Chiu / People.com:
Mandy Moore Gets Engaged!  —  Mandy Moore will tie the knot with her musician beau Ryan Adams, her publicist confirms to PEOPLE.  —  Details on the engagement weren't immediately available.  Moore, 24, and Adams, 34, had dated off-and-on since March 2008.
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PopEater:
Mandy and Ryan Reportedly Engaged  —  It seems like Mandy Moore has finally decided that Ryan Adams is worth sticking with ... for life.  —  The button-cute singer-actress is reportedly engaged to indie crooner Ryan Adams, her on-again-off-again boyfriend, Life & Style is reporting.
Breanne L. Heldman / E! Online:
Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams Engaged!  —  Los Angeles (E! Online) - We're not the only ones who think Mandy Moore is sweet like candy.  She and alt-rocker Ryan Adams are engaged, Moore's rep, Jillian Fowkes, confirms to E! News.  —  The musically inclined duo first began dating quietly …
Discussion: PopSugar, Stereogum and Hollyscoop
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Rep: Mandy Moore Engaged to Ryan Adams
Just Jared:
Mandy Moore & Ryan Adams: Engaged!
X17 Online:
Mandy Moore Engaged!!!
Discussion: omg! and Perez Hilton
Phil / Egotastic!:
Heidi Klum Nude in GQ Germany  —  Okay, so these Heidi Klum nude pictures from the March issue of GQ Germany may have been Photoshopped, but I don't really mind.  The fact is, Heidi Klum is still really hot after all these years, and if it takes a little smoothing, pushing, and pulling to match reality with expectation, that's cool.
TMZ.com:
Rihanna Pics — A FRAUD!  —  In case someone sends you an email with the subject line “OMG LOOK AT RIHANNA'S FACE!!!”  — it's photoshopped.
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
See Aubrey O'Day's Playboy Cover!  —  Aubrey O'Day will bare all in Playboy!  —  “In this society we're all taught to cover ourselves and our thoughts up,” she says.  “Nudity is a beautiful thing.”  —  The former Danity Kane singer posed for an eight-page nude pictorial in the magazine's March issue …
Ted Casablanca / E! Online:
Exclusive!  Nicollette Sheridan's Desperate Housewives Days Numbered  —  Wonder if all those special requests cost Nicollette Sheridan her job on the still-hot ABC soap Desperate Housewives?  —  Reliable sources on the set of Wisteria Lane tell us exclusively that a script has just been circulated …
popbytes:
ARE THE JEN ANISTON / BRAD PITT TAPES REAL?!?  —  good morning!  i can't believe STAR magazine didn't give jennifer aniston a break for her 40th birthday - which actually happens to be today - happy birthday jen! this week she's featured front & center (again) with the revelation …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and I'm Not Obsessed
Agence France Presse:
Michelle Obama: Vogue cover girl  —  NEW YORK (AFP) - First Lady Michelle Obama is to feature on the cover of the March edition of US Vogue wearing a sleeveless magenta dress as she reclines on a sofa.  —  The glossy's website, vogue.com, previews the appearance by Obama …
Discussion: The Dish Rag and Washington Post
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BBC:
Style icon Michelle Obama makes Vogue cover
Mirror.co.uk:
Mickey Rourke chats up 3am Girls as secret lover Courtney Love looks on  —  When Hollywood star Mickey Rourke started openly flirting with us we didn't expect it would end in a tug of Love...  Although we did wonder why, when randy Rourke was chatting us up, we could feel Courtney Love's eyes burning holes in the back of our heads.
TMZ.com:
Asians Want $4 Billion From Miley Cyrus  —  A Los Angeles woman has filed a class action suit against Miley Cyrus, claiming she mocked Asians in a recent photo by slanting her eyes.  Price tag: $4 billion.  —  Lucie J. Kim claims to represent more than 1 million Asian Pacific Islanders who live in L.A. County.
Discussion: oceanUP and Allie Is Wired!
NY Daily News:
$15M Lawsuit claims ex-Met Roberto Alomar had sex knowing he had AIDS  —  Baseball great Roberto Alomar has full-blown AIDS but insisted on having unprotected sex, his ex-girlfriend charged Tuesday in a bombshell lawsuit.  —  The shocking claim was leveled by Ilya Dall, 31 …
Ryan Dombal / Pitchfork:
White Stripes to Play Conan's Last “Late Night”  —  Conan O'Brien and the White Stripes go back a long way.  Like that time the tri-colored duo played “Late Night” for a whole week back in 2003.  Or when the tall-haired host made a cameo in the trippy, Michel Gondry-directed “Denial Twist” video.
Joey Bartolomeo / People.com:
Eric Dane & Rebecca Gayheart Are Working On a Baby  —  In addition to his role as Dr. McSteamy on Grey's Anatomy, Eric Dane has another job these days: starting a family.  —  During an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show set to air Wednesday, the actor, 36, admitted he and his wife of four years …
Larry Carroll / MTV:
Jonas Brothers Want To Be On ‘Twilight’ Sequel Soundtrack  —  'If they asked us to be a part of ['New Moon'], that would be great,' Nick Jonas says.  —  BEVERLY HILLS, California — If there's one man out there who can get a group of women to shriek as loud as the Jonas Brothers can, it's Robert Pattinson.
 
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