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12:00 PM ET, February 20, 2009

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TMZ.com:
Rihanna — The Face of a Battered Woman  —  TMZ has obtained a photo of Rihanna taken after Chris Brown allegedly beat her.  —  Click here to live chat!  —  See Also  — Chris Brown: So Sorry  — Weakness in Chris Brown Case — Prior Attacks  — Text Message Ignites Rihanna/Brown Violence
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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Web Buzzing Over Shocking Photo Reportedly of Rihanna  —  Rihanna  —  Los Angeles police launched an internal investigation Thursday night after a graphic photo reportedly of Rihanna with injuries from an alleged assault by Chris Brown surfaced on the Internet.
Associated Press:
TMZ posts photo it claims is a beaten Rihanna  —  LOS ANGELES - A photo that appears to be Rihanna 's face with bruises, scratches and swelling from an attack allegedly at the hands of boyfriend Chris Brown was posted Thursday night by the celebrity Web site TMZ.
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Rihanna's Friends Wish Her a Happy Birthday  —  In honor of Rihanna's 21st birthday today, her close friends have placed a birthday greeting in the local Barbados paper, the Nation News.  —  The message reads:  —  “Happy 21 Birthday to Robyn Rihanna Fenty.  —  Amidst all the negativity about Ri Ri.
Discussion: Just Jared
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Photo of Battered Rihanna Surfaces Online
E! Online:   Police Investigating Rihanna Photo Leak
Matt Hardigree / Jalopnik:
Danica Patrick Sides with Brad Pitt, Chooses Angelina Jolie Over Jennifer Aniston  —  When asked who she would prefer to play her in film ocassionaly clothed Indy driver Danica Patrick responded she'd prefer Angelina Jolie over Jennifer Aniston.  The reason?  Aniston is too old.
Discussion: Jezebel, Gawker and MyHogtown
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OK! Magazine:
Angelina's Quest for the Best  —  Preparing for the Academy Awards is a frenzied affair, and even the normally low-key Angelina Jolie is caught up in the madness.  —  “She's been driving all of the high-end jewelers of New York crazy,” a source tells OK!  “She's looking for the impossible …
Empire News:
Exclusive: Inglourious Basterds Posters  —  All three posters for Tarantino's latest  —  As if last week didn't bring enough Inglourious goodness with the release of the teaser trailer, this week we bring you three all-new and exclusive posters from Quentin Tarantino's latest with which to whet your bloody appetite.
Linda Marx / People.com:
Rachael Ray Envies Jessica Simpson's Body  —  Simpson (left) and Ray  —  Food wasn't the only thing on Rachael Ray's mind in Miami this week - beach bods made the list too, of course.  —  “I wish I could be as thin as Jessica Simpson,” Ray, 40, told PEOPLE while hosting the Amstel Light Burger Bash …
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
Pete Samson / The Sun:
Winehouse in St Lucia pad hunt  —  The Rehab singer, 25, has been on the island since late last year as she battles heroin and crack cocaine addiction.  —  And she has been househunting with dad MITCH over the weekend to find a place in the sun.  —  She then plans to split her time between …
Larry Carroll / MTV Movies Blog:
‘Twilight’ Exclusive: ‘New Moon’ Art And Official Title Revealed!  —  As Juliet once said to Romeo: A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.  Now, modern-day star crossed lovers Bella Swan and Edward Cullen are getting ready to carry on with their cinematic love affair.
Jeff Jensen / EW.com:
‘Watchmen’: Inside Zack Snyder's Outrageous New Movie  —  Sure, all superhero movies are violent.  But this one revels in blood, sex, and politics.  It took 23 years to get to the big screen.  Now, we're going to find out who can handle it.  Are you ready to watch “Watchmen”?
Discussion: /Film, Oh No They Didn't! and FilmDrunk
OK! Magazine:
The High Cost of Being LiLo  —  Acting parts may be sparse, but Lindsay Lohan refuses to pinch pennies, a source tells OK!.  —  The actress recently paid $995 for a pair of Christian Louboutin pumps, and spends $400 twice a week for a wash and blow-dry at Andy Lecompte Salon in Beverly Hills.
Mark Harris / Time:
Best Actress: Kate Winslet's Moment  —  But that's where Winslet's identification with them ends.  Playing The Reader's Hanna was, she says, “like staring down a long, dark tunnel and searching for a fleck of light at the end, but there f___ing isn't one.  There was nothing of her that I could relate to.
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Tomoneil / Gold Derby:
Heath Ledger's family plans to take his Oscar, which should go to Matilda if he wins!  —  Yesterday, when Heath Ledger's family landed at LAX airport to begin their march to the podium to pick up his inevitable supporting-actor Oscar for “The Dark Knight” this Sunday, a reporter asked Ledger's dad …
Erika Kinetz / Associated Press:
“Slumdog” child actors will attend Oscars in LA  —  MUMBAI, India - The child actors from “Slumdog Millionaire” will attend the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, Fox Pictures executives said Friday.  —  The rags-to-riches story set in the slums of Mumbai has been nominated for 10 Oscar awards …
E! Online:
Charlie Sheen's Wife OK After Being Hospitalized  —  Another prenatal scare for Brooke Mueller and another possible image-buster for Charlie Sheen.  —  Mueller is thankfully doing fine after being hospitalized Tuesday, Sheen's publicist, Stan Rosenfield, confirms to E! News.
Discussion: Agent Bedhead and Backseat Cuddler
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Korin Miller / NY Daily News:
Dress like Charlie Sheen with his new line of shirts, the DaVinci …
Discussion: TV Squad and People.com
 
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Ulrica Wihlborg / People.com:
Constance Marie Gives Birth to a Girl!
Dave McNary / Variety:
WB nabs rights to Mel Gibson film
 Earlier Picks: 
Just Jared:
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TMZ.com:
Roidy Roidhead from “Wrestler” Busted for Roids
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Videogum
Laura M. Holson / New York Times:
Enough About Me.  Like My Portrait?  —  ALTHOUGH digital images …
Discussion: Jezebel and Gawker
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
Squirming, but Watching a Dying Reality Star
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Katy Perry Wears S&M Hello Kitty Dress; Japan Vows Revenge
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Richard Deitsch / New York Times:
Netflix's first livestream of NFL games avoided major buffering and freezing issues that plagued the Tyson-Paul fight for the most part, after early glitches

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Richard Parsons, who had a long career as chairman, CEO, and as a board member of media companies including CBS and Time Warner, died at 76 of bone cancer

Reuters:
Palestinian sources say an Israeli airstrike killed five journalists from Al-Quds Today; the Israeli military called the five “operatives posing as journalists”

 
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