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10:05 AM ET, February 19, 2009

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Alexis Chiu / People.com:
Charlie Sheen's Wife Hospitalized with Early Contractions  —  After being hospitalized with premature contractions, Charlie Sheen's wife, Brooke, is doing “fine” and expects to be released soon, the actor's rep tells PEOPLE.  —  “Brooke is at a Los Angeles-area hospital …
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Mark Gray / People.com:
Charlie Sheen: The Nursery Is Almost Ready  —  Charlie Sheen is very impressed with the nursery he and wife Brooke have set up for their twin boys, due in April.  —  “Forget being a babies' room.  If I had a room like that growing up at any point, I would have been over the moon,” Sheen …
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Charlie Sheen's Pregnant Wife Taken to Hospital  —  Charlie Sheen's wife, Brooke Mueller, was hospitalized Tuesday, his rep, Stan Rosenfield, confirms to Usmagazine.com.  —  “Brooke Mueller Sheen was taken to a Los Angeles area hospital Tuesday  —  morning after experiencing premature contractions …
Discussion: iVillage and Anything Hollywood
NME:
Katy Perry pukes at BRIT Awards  —  Singer throws up after winning Best International Female  —  Katy Perry threw up backstage at the BRIT Awards tonight (February 18) just moments after winning the award for Best International Female.  —  The singer was feeling unwell all day …
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Greg Cochrane / BBC:
Taylor Swift's Brit Awards preview
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Mary Beth / INF Daily:
CHECK OUT TAYLOR SWIFT AND KATY PERRY AS THEY ARRIVE TO THE BRIT AWARDS
Discussion: Digital Spy and Perez Hilton
People.com:
Octuplet Mom's Family Home Is in Default  —  Nadya Suleman with one of her babies  —  The house where Nadya Suleman, the mother of newborn octuplets, currently lives with her six older children is in default because her mother hasn't paid the mortgage for 10 months, PEOPLE has confirmed.
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People.com:
Brad Pitt Hits Las Vegas with His Boys  —  Brad Pitt holds his son Maddox  —  Just days before the Academy Awards, Best Actor nominee Brad Pitt enjoyed a boys' getaway to Las Vegas - with his sons Maddox and Pax.  —  The guys of the Jolie-Pitt clan (minus 7-month old Knox) …
Discussion: Lifeline Live and Cele|bitchy
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Hellomagazine.com:
Angelina and daughters enjoy a ladies day as the boys go to Vegas  —  The Hollywood actress, who makes multiple motherhood seem like one big adventure, was doing it again this week, spending quality time in New York with her daughters Zahara and Shiloh.  —  Angelina Jolie and her girls …
Discussion: Access Hollywood
Mark Dagostino / People.com:
Donald Trump Jr. ‘Extremely Excited’ About New Baby  —  The Trump empire just got bigger.  —  Donald Jr. and his wife Vanessa, both 31, welcomed their second child, a son, on Wednesday, the happy parents confirm to PEOPLE.  —  Donald J. Trump III was born at 12:09 a.m. He weighed in at 8 lbs. …
Fox News:
Martial Arts Expert Challenges Chris Brown to a Fight  —  Anthony Geisler, president of LA Boxing, has created a Facebook group called “I Want to Fight Chris Brown,” to challenge the R&B singer to a fight in the ring to see “what it's like to face a real opponent.”
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Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on ‘Bones,’ ‘House,’ ‘Sarah Connor,’ 'Grey's,' ‘Lost,’ ‘Gossip Girl,’ ‘Damages,’ ‘Supernatural,’ ‘CSI,’ ‘24,’ and more!  —  The end of the TV season is fast approaching, and that can only mean one thing: Your favorite characters are going to start dropping like flies!
Discussion: Gossip Girl Insider
Free Britney / The Hollywood Gossip:
The Bachelor Spoilers: Shocking Season Finale Revealed!  —  As we talked about last week, The Bachelor finale will air Monday, March 2 from 8-10 p.m., followed by the standard “After the Final Rose” special from 10-11.  —  Then, as Bachelor host-pimp Chris Harrison said on Monday night's episode …
TMZ.com:
How Greatness Is Born  —  “Let's just do the usual — I'll star in a $100 million blockbuster and you'll have an unfunny cameo.”
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Juliet Izon / Life and Style:
Life & Style exclusive: Kardashian curse?  Split!  Split!  Split!  —  Fresh on the heels of Khloe and Rashad's Jan. 28 split, Life & Style can now exclusively report that both Robert Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian have also split from their respective loved ones!  Does the same fate await Kim and Reggie?
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
John Mayer: Jennifer Aniston Is My Oscar Date  —  John Mayer is going to the Oscars this Sunday!  —  “It's my first Oscars,” the singer told blog PopSugar during an NYC interview Tuesday.  “And it's my first being an Oscar boyfriend.”  —  Mayer will likely be joining on-again girlfriend Jennifer Aniston, who's presenting.
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Brian Orloff / People.com:
Rachel Bilson and Hayden Christensen Are Engaged!  —  Rachel Bilson and her longtime beau, Hayden Christensen, got engaged quietly over the holidays, PEOPLE has learned.  —  According to a friend of the actress, the two, who costarred in 2008's Jumper, got engaged in December.
Mary Green / People.com:
Kate Winslet's Plans for Oscar Night  —  Nominated for an Oscar for the sixth time - she's up for Best Actress for a troubled woman with a Nazi past in The Reader - Kate Winslet, 33, is a pro at negotiating Hollywood's biggest night.  —  PEOPLE.COM checked in on her plans for this year.
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
TMZ.com:
OctoMom Could Lose Her Crib  —  Nadya Suleman may be out on the streets, with her 14 kids.  TMZ has documents showing the house she's living in could go on the auction block because the mortgage hasn't been paid in 10 months.  —  According to documents filed earlier this month, OctoGrandma …
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
The Office's Angela Kinsey Splitting From Husband  —  The Office's Angela Kinsey has separated from her husband of eight years, Warren Lieberstein, Us Weekly exclusively reports in its new issue.  —  The actress, 37, and Lieberstein, a writer, welcomed their first daughter, Isabel, last May.
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Lisa Ingrassia / People.com:
The Office's Angela Kinsey Separates from Her Husband
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
 
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Alyssa Giacobbe / New York Magazine:
Josh Hartnett and Chace Crawford Make a Mockery of Fashion Week …
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Gina Serpe / E! Online:
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