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11:10 AM ET, February 25, 2009

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L.A. Now:
Hospital wants proof Suleman can care for octuplets, she tells Dr. Phil [CORRECTED]  —  Nadya Suleman told TV host Dr. Phil McGraw on Tuesday that she fears Kaiser Permanente Medical Center may not release her octuplets to her until she proves she can care for them.
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Associated Press:
Octuplet mom fears hospital may not release babies  —  LOS ANGELES - Nadya Suleman apparently has bigger worries than taking care of her 14 children.  Talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw says she may have to prove she can handle the load, or else have hospital officials withhold her newborn octuplets.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Dr. Phil: Octuplet Mother Fears Hospital May Not Release Babies  —  Nadya Suleman told TV host “Dr. Phil” McGraw on Tuesday that she fears the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in California won't release her eight newborn babies.  —  “What she is telling me is that unless and until …
TMZ.com:
OctoMom Offered $1 Million to Make a Porno  —  OctoMom is used to having multiple people inside of her at once — and now one porn company is willing to shell out big bucks to harness that skill on film.  —  Major porn distributor Vivid Entertainment has just fired off a letter to Nadya Suleman …
TMZ.com:
Britney's Ex Charged with Three Felonies  —  Adnan Ghalib — the papper/ex-BF of Britney Spears — has been charged with three felonies for allegedly smashing his car into a process server earlier this month ... and there's a warrant out for his arrest.  —  The L.A. County District Attorney …
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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Adnan Charged for Hit-and-Run of Britney Minion
Discussion: iVillage
Ken Lee / People.com:
Britney's Ex Accused of Assault with a Deadly Mercedes
Discussion: The Superficial
OK! Magazine:
Adnan Charged with Three Felonies
Discussion: The Shallow End
NY Daily News:
Gatecrasher: Chris Brown goes to simmer school  —  Chris Brown is taking anger-management classes.  —  The troubled R&B singer, who was arrested two weeks ago on suspicion of making criminal threats against girlfriend Rihanna, attended his first class in Glendale, Calif., on Monday afternoon.
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E! Online:
LAPD Still “Vigorously” Investigating Rihanna Photo Leak  —  The Los Angeles Police Department is still trying to plug its leak.  —  The internal investigation launched last week into who provided TMZ.com with a photo of Rihanna that was taken after she was allegedly assaulted by Chris Brown …
Discussion: Popsquire and The Hollywood Gossip
FemaleFirst:
Chris Brown Receives Death Threats
Discussion: Anything Hollywood
E! Online:
Britney Spears to Get Sawed in Half and Other Circus Tour Secrets  —  Sort of like a wayward career, Britney Spears is going to disappear into thin air—and then magically reappear, to her fans' ecstatic delight.  —  “Right away, she got into the boxes and into the magic contraptions to learn the stuff …
Paul Chi / People.com:
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Reveals Her Weakness for Bacon (and Her Abs!)  —  Like many people, actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus admits she struggles when it comes to maintaining her weight.  —  “I have to work at not being fat,” Louis-Dreyfus, 48, tells Shape in its April edition.
Discussion: iVillage
Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
Michelle Obama: White House Dog Coming Soon!  —  Michelle and Barack Obama with daughters Malia, left, and Sasha  —  The whole world, it seems, wants to know: What kind of dog are the Obamas getting and, for goodness sake, when?  —  Speaking to PEOPLE at the White House recently …
OK! Magazine:
Cover Story: Jen & Brad's Oscar Reunion  —  After four years of daring comments, “uncool” quips and suggestive remarks, the long anticipated face-to-face meeting between A-list adversaries Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston at the 81st Academy Awards was quietly anti-climatic — with good reason.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:   Miley Cyrus is upset she didn't meet Angelina Jolie, wanted to be adopted
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Megan Fox and Actor Brian Austin Green Call Off Engagement  —  Megan Fox and fiance Brian Austin Green have split, Usmagazine.com has learned.  —  “The relationship had run its course,” an insider tells Us exclusively.  “It's completely amicable, and they are remaining friends.”
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Julie Jordan / People.com:
Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green Call Off Engagement
Discussion: iVillage and Bitten and Bound
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Sources: Michael Cera Joins Arrested Development Movie  —  Oh happy day!  —  Inside sources close to the negotiations of the upcoming Arrested Development movie tell me that Superbad and Juno star (and before that, hello, George-Michael Bluth!)  Michael Cera has finally agreed to do the feature film project.
Cele|bitchy:
Kellie Pickler: Plastic surgery or too much botox?  —  In Touch has an article this week that compares country star and former American Idol contestant Kellie Pickler's very surprised appearance to her cute normal look in the past.  I couldn't find the exact comparison pictures they use …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
RADAR:
OCTO-MOM LIED ABOUT PREGNANCY: “I HAVE A TUMOR” : VIDEO SHOWDOWN WITH HER MOM - PART 2  —  As Nadya Suleman's stomach grew larger and larger her mother became concerned that she had undergone another in vitro procedure.  But when Angela Suleman confronted her daughter, Nadya lied, denying she was pregnant, and said: “I have a tumor.”
Eileen Finan / People.com:
Slumdog Stars Land Next Big Gigs  —  Freida Pinto and Dev Patel  —  Debuting in the year's Best Picture is a hard act to follow, but Slumdog Millionaire stars Dev Patel and Freida Pinto already have new projects on the horizon.  —  Pinto, who played Latika in Slumdog …
Access Hollywood:
Also Check Out: Toronto Film Festival  —  Aniston!  Pitt!  Keira!  The stars shine as Hollywood heads north of the border!  —  Enter for your free chance to win Celeb Gifts including items from Glowelle, Wacoal & more!  —  Access Guide To Awards Season  —  Your guide to Globes, Grammys, SAG, Oscars & more!
Discussion: Perez Hilton
TMZ.com:
Lady GaGa Sells Out, Goes Corporate  —  Sporting her Where's Waldo bifocals, mother of pearl necklace and ladylike Isotoner leather gloves, dance diva Lady GaGa left her hotel in Paris, looking like she was ready for the sexy secretarial pool at PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
The Sun:
Lily goes wild for her new man  —  Surely she's not fur real ... Lily poses with panthers in fake fur and purple heels  —  LILY ALLEN has revealed all about the new man in her life - calling him a “hunk” and boasting that he has a “nice” manhood.  —  Lily has been snapped out numerous times …
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Studios weigh star packages  —  Ferrell, Wahlberg, Damon pitch projects  —  Studios that are trying to fill 2010 release slates are weighing spec packages that would give them either an Adam McKay-directed action comedy starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, or a drama that will reunite Matt Damon …
Discussion: New York Magazine and The Playlist
Audrina Patridge:
Break-In Surveillance Footage  —  As I mentioned in a post last night, my house was broken into over the weekend but luckily my surveillance camera caught the burglary on tape.  Watch the video below:  —  If you have any information regarding the break-in or recognize either of these people please contact (213) 972-2971.
Alexia / Fish and Chimps:
It's ‘Bare Skin, Not Bearskin’ for Jamie Bamber  —  If you're reading this, I've managed to pick my jaw up, wipe the drool from my keyboard and actually post this blog.  The utterly, utterly gorgeous Jamie Bamber, who plays DS Matt Devlin in the new Apollo in the new ITV1 drama Law and Order …
 
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