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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) …
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Brad Pitt Takes Pax, Maddox to Las Vegas — Boys only! — Brad Pitt took his sons Pax, 5, and Maddox, 7, to Las Vegas for a quick getaway, X17online.com reports. — The group were spotted at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino before heading to the MGM Mansion — where rooms start at $5,000 a night!
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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 …
People.com:
Rihanna's Family Hopes She'll Move on from Chris Brown — Members of Rihanna's family in her native Barbados thought boyfriend Chris Brown “flew so far under everyone's radar that we just didn't think he was that [abusive] type,” a relative tells PEOPLE for its new cover story, on sale Friday.
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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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INXS Star Fired, Back to Living in His Car — (Feb. 19) - Four years after scoring the job of frontman for Aussie rockers INXS, J.D. Fortune is broke, homeless and back to living in his car — just as he was doing before winning the gig on the reality TV series ‘Rock Star: INXS.’ — Fortunes Bad Luck
Allie Gross / People.com:
Meet Anika Noni Rose: Disney's First Black Princess — Jumping from the stage to the world of animation, Tony Award-winning actress Anika Noni Rose takes on her most enchanting and monumental role yet: Princess Tiana, Disney's first black princess. — “This feels amazing,” Rose, 36 …
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Octo Mom's California Home Faces Foreclosure — Could Nadya Suleman be out on the street with her 14 children? — Usmagazine.com has confirmed Suleman's mom, Angela (who owns the home), hasn't paid the mortgage on her three-bedroom, one-bath bungalow in Whittier, Calif., in 10 months.
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Jennifer Garner Surprises Ben Affleck at Humanitarian Event — Ben Affleck combined a cause close to his heart with his favorite leading lady at L.A.'s House of Blues Wednesday night. — For the Children Mending Hearts Gala, Affleck, 36, received a surprise visit from his wife, Jennifer Garner.
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Lily Allen's got a new tattoo and shhh... it's the same as Rihanna's … Lily Allen shared a secret with her fans today - a brand new tattoo of that reads Shhh... across her index finger. — The pop star, who is currently in the U.S. promoting her new album It's Not Me, It's You …
Hollywoodreporter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Congratulations, it's a little Focker — It looks like “Little Fockers” is finally coming of age. — The long-gestating third installment of the comedy franchise is maturing quickly at Universal — but with new parents. — John Hamburg has been brought on to write the screenplay after Larry Stuckey penned an earlier draft.
Michael K / Dlisted:
That's Enough — When you make the twatty bug-ridden whores of the Rock of Love Bang Bus look like pristine virgins, it's time to dip it in Hazmat-made bleach, lock it up and eat the key. — Pamela Anderson walked Richie Rich's fashion show in NYC last night and right after I looked at these pictures …
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Rennie Dyball / People.com:
Nick Carter: I Made Excuses Just to Party — Nick Carter on The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Speaking candidly about his 10-year struggle with substance abuse, Backstreet Boy Nick Carter says his road to recovery was rocky. — “I would make excuses to just go out to drink and party,” …
TMZ.com:
OctoBabies' Birth Certificates — TMZ has obtained birth certificates for OctoMom's babies — all 14 of them! — As for the octuplets, no father is listed on the birth certificates. Nadya Suleman signed all eight. — As for the other six kids, four of the docs have David Solomon listed as the dad.
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Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Dita Von Teese: Totally Having Sex! — Dita Von Teese is getting plenty of play, thank you very much! — Despite recently telling a British tabloid that she went celibate for awhile after splitting from her ex-husband, shock-rocker Marilyn Manson, Von Teese now admits she was only joking.
Latina.com:
Latina.com Presents: The 2nd Annual Lazzie Awards — It's that time of year again. Before we dive into the self-congratulatory, politically motivated charade that is the Academy Awards (yeah, we said it!) and celebrate Penelope Cruz's inevitable win, we'd like to present our 2nd Annual Lazzie Awards …
Frosty / Collider.com:
Zack Snyder says WATCHMEN DVD will be 3 hours 25 minutes! - UPDATED — I'm at the press junket for “Watchmen” and I just spoke to director Zack Snyder. I'll have exact quotes posted in the next few hours, but I wanted to get this up asap. — While the theatrical release of “Watchmen” …
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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 …
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Taylor Swift: Don't Picture Me Naked! — Taylor Swift: 19 going on 16? — The country music star might have performed at the Grammys and dated a Jonas brother, but she still asserts that she's leading a pretty sheltered life. — In the March issue of Rolling Stone …
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!
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