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4:20 AM ET, March 1, 2009

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Linda Marx / People.com:
Rihanna and Chris Brown Hunker Down to Work Through Issues  —  Rihanna and Chris Brown are “definitely together” and focusing on a reconciliation, a source tells PEOPLE.  —  The pair, who are currently spending time together at Sean “Diddy” Combs's house on Miami Beach's Star Island, are staying indoors as they hash things out.
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TMZ.com:
Chris Brown Strikes the Pose  —  Chris Brown had a blast on a jet ski Thursday in Miami, where he's spending time with Rihanna — the woman he allegedly beat just weeks earlier.  —  Chris — who looks like he's recreating the wind up leading to the punch that left Rihanna bloodied and bruised …
Peter G / Us Weekly:
Rihanna's Dad on Chris Brown Reconciliation: “I'm Behind Her”  —  Rihanna's father Ronald Fenty has spoken exclusively from his home in Barbados about his daughter's decision to get back with Chris Brown.  —  Rihanna and Brown are holed up together at Sean “Diddy” Combs' mansion on Star Island near Miami.
Reuters:
Fans stunned by Rihanna-Chris Brown reconciliation  —  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fans of singers Chris Brown and Rihanna expressed dismay on Saturday at reports the couple had reunited just three weeks after Brown was alleged to have assaulted her.  —  Celebrity magazines People and Us Weekly …
Jill Serjeant / Reuters:
Rihanna and Chris Brown reported back together
Discussion: Hollywire.com
Zoe Griffin / Mirror.co.uk:
Lindsay Lohan to convert to Judaism  —  Mean Girls star to keep the faith with girlfriend Sam Ronson  —  It's fair to say wild child Lindsay Lohan has had a rocky romance with girlfriend Samantha Ronson.  In fact, the couple have had more public bust-ups than Punch and Judy.
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Mirror.co.uk:
Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson kiss their way through boredom of trans-Atlantic flight  —  Love really is in the air for Hollywood starlet Lindsay Lohan and her girlfriend Samantha Ronson.  —  So much so that any hopes we had of some much-needed kip on the plane back to London …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Evil Beet Gossip
New York Post:
IT'S FOR THE BEST  —  MADONNA'S ex-husband, Guy Ritchie, reportedly has been dissing the Material Girl (above) behind her back by referring to her as “It.”  London's Sun newspaper quoted a source: “Guy will say, 'Oh, It's in a bad mood today.' ” The British director adopted the nasty nickname even before the couple officially split.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Socialite Life
Associated Press:
Octuplets Mom Passes On Free 24-Hour Care  —  Nonprofit Group Says Suleman Lost Interest After Reality Show Ruled Out  —  LOS ANGELES — The mother of the California octuplets has let an offer for free, 24-hour nursing care by a nonprofit group lapse.  —  The founder of the group Angels …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Lost: Evangeline Lilly Is Keeping Her Job (Yay!)  —  Rumors of Kate's death on Lost have been greatly exaggerated!  —  As you probably heard, it was reported yesterday that original (and beloved) Lost castmember Evangeline Lilly was auditioning for fall pilots and therefore possibly leaving the show …
Discussion: io9 and Geno's World
David Willetts / The Sun:
Blake flees UK to escape Amy  —  THE estranged hubby of AMY WINEHOUSE has vowed to move abroad to escape his troubled wife, a pal revealed yesterday.  —  Ex-druggie BLAKE FIELDER-CIVIL, 26 — freed from jail on Wednesday — is said to fear she will wreck his “hard work”.
Agence France Presse:
HK actress lashes out at star over sex photos: report  —  HONG KONG (AFP) - A Hong Kong actress at the centre of an Internet sex photo scandal has broken her silence about the incident, lashing out at the pop star who took the compromising pictures, a report said Saturday.
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Michelle Obama's First Official Portrait Released  —  Michelle Obama's first official portrait as first lady was released by the White House Friday.  —  She appears in a Michael Kors black shift dress and pearls in the photo, taken in the famed home's “Blue Room.”  —  See the Obama family album.
 
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