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4:15 PM ET, February 18, 2009

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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.
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New York Post:
ALTAR-BOUND  —  WILL wedding bells be ringing soon for Rachel Bilson (above)?  A Page Six spy spotted Bilson on a Virgin America flight from LA to JFK Monday night with her mom and tells us the actress is engaged to longtime beau Hayden Christensen.  “A man sitting in front of her on the plane saw …
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PopSugar:
PopSugar Exclusive: John Mayer Attending the Oscars As a “Boyfriend”! … PopSugar Exclusive: John Mayer Attending the Oscars As a “Boyfriend”!  —  Big news!  We recently had the chance to chat with John Mayer and he revealed to us that he's coming to the Oscars on Sunday!  He said:
TMZ.com:
Tracy Morgan's Fishy Fire  —  Sources tell TMZ an apartment belonging to “30 Rock” star Tracy Morgan caught fire early this morning ... and the source of the fire was a bunch of fish.  —  We're told the fire started after a light bulb in one of Tracy's fish tanks busted, which ignited the blaze.
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OK! Magazine:
Breaking News: Tracy Morgan's Apartment Catches Fire  —  Sources are telling OK! that 30 Rock funnyman Tracy Morgan's Manhattan apartment caught fire earlier today.  —  According to one insider, the blaze, which occurred Wednesday morning, caused him to lose most if not all of the contents …
Access Hollywood:
Fire Blazes Through Tracy Morgan's NYC Apartment
Discussion: Crazy Days and Nights
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.
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Mickey Rourke Loses a Prized Pooch  —  Add one more to Mickey Rourke's pack of heavenly canine companions.  —  The Oscar nominee's Chihauhau, Loki, one of the dogs memorably thanked by Rourke in his Golden Globe acceptance speech, has died, Rourke's rep confirmed Tuesday to E! News.
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The Superficial:   Mickey Rourke loses a loved one
Just Jared:
Angelina Jolie: Lee's Art Shop Shopping  —  Angelina Jolie gets in some mother-daughter bonding time with her girls — Zahara, 4, and Shiloh, 2 1/2 — while out and about in New York City on Wednesday (February 18).  —  The trio was seen walking into their favorite store, Lee's Art Shop, to pick up some arts & crafts supplies.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Angelina Jolie Checks Out Apartment in NYC  —  Is Angelina Jolie looking for an apartment in NYC?  —  A few weeks after signing the lease on a $60 million Long Island mansion, the actress, 33, was spotted checking out a nice building in Manhattan's uptown Washington Heights neighborhood Tuesday afternoon.
Associated Press:
Usher's Wife Checks Out Of Brazil Hospital  —  The wife of R&B singer Usher was released from a Sao Paulo hospital after spending 11 days recovering from a cardiac arrest she suffered shortly before undergoing plastic surgery, a hospital spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Discussion: Lifeline Live
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Telegraph:
Slumdog Millionaire actress Freida Pinto ‘has secret husband’  —  Freida Pinto, the star of Slumdog Millionaire, has been hiding a secret husband, a close friend of the couple has claimed.  —  The Indian actress, 24, does not mention her private life in interviews but reports at the weekend …
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Daily Mail:
Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto 'dumped her secret husband …
NY Daily News:
Paris Hilton a year older, but no wiser at Fashion Week  —  Fashion Week cannot escape the celebutard whirlwinds that are the Hilton sisters.  —  First came the intense and deep conversation Paris and Nicky had with “American Idol” loser Kelly Pickler at Monday's Tracy Reese show.
Cele|bitchy:
Matt Damon photographed shirtless and with his adorable baby daughter  —  These photos are a double treat in that we get to see Matt Damon without his shirt on along with what I believe is the first glimpse of his six month-old daughter, Gia Zavala.  Damon, his wife Luciana and their daughters Gia …
Discussion: poponthepop.com
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 …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Deceiver.com
Mary Beth / INF Daily:
EXCLUSIVE:THE OCTOMOM DOES TARGET AND MICKEY D'S WITH HER KIDS  —  We spotted Nadya Suleman, aka the OctoMom, shopping with some of her kids at a Los Angeles Target yesterday afternoon.  Going to Target can be enough of a chore, but the idea of bringing of a kid (or 14) along with you just sounds like a total headache.
Michael K / Dlisted:
Open Post: Hosted By CoCo  —  That top isn't supposed to be worn like that, right?  Those straps were not built for that kind of pressure.  It's like two elephants sitting on a playground swing.  That s**t is about to SNAP!  And if it did, CoCo's big f**king ass bitties would come tumbling out and explode!
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
People.com:
Bristol Palin's Baby Proves a Handful for Young Parents  —  Bristol Palin and her child, Tripp Johnston  —  Little Tripp Johnston has been described as a “bundle of joy” by his grandmother, Sarah Palin, while his mother, Bristol Palin, told FOX News this week that she loves “just seeing him smile and stuff.
Discussion: MomLogic and The Hollywood Gossip
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
TLC “Not Pursuing Any Program” With Octo Mom  —  Looks like Nadya Suleman — nicknamed Octo Mom after giving birth to octuplets late last month — won't be on reality TV after all.  —  The president of TLC, home of shows like Jon and Kate Plus 8, which follows a family who welcomed sextuplets …
Discussion: The Dish Rag
Matt Mitovich / TVGuide.com:
Exclusive: Charisma Carpenter Brings CSI a Touch of Mink  —  It would appear that CSI has fallen hard for Charisma Carpenter — and vice versa.  —  The brunette beauty has been booked for a guest-starring appearance on the hit CBS procedural, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.
X17 Online:
Zac, Vanessa and Beyonce To Perform At Oscars!!!  —  They've sure come a long way from performing in High School Musicals!  —  Zac Efron and his girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens will be performing at Sunday night's Oscar ceremony, E! News reports.  —  Beyonce is also reportedly set to perform, along with Oscar host Hugh Jackman.
Discussion: omg!
 
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