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6:45 PM ET, March 6, 2009

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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Rihanna's Lawyer: She Will Testify if Required  —  Rihanna's lawyer Donald Etra tells Usmagazine.com that the 21-year-old singer could wind up testifying in the felony assault case against her boyfriend Chris Brown.  —  “She is planning to do everything that the law requires her to do,” Etra tells Us.
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TMZ.com:
Judge Allows Rihanna to Tape Chris Brown  —  TMZ has obtained a copy of the protective order against Chris Brown — in which a judge is allowing Rihanna to record any phone conversations she has with Chris.  —  The order, filed yesterday in Los Angeles Superior Court, says Brown must not …
Bill Zwecker / Chicago Sun Times:
Can Brown turn it around?
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Pop Crunch
X17 Online:
Rihanna Will Testify If Required
Discussion: Us Weekly
Shani Saxon-Parrish / Latina.com:
M.I.A. Reveals Her Baby's Name  —  We're big fans of M.I.A. at the Latina offices.  BIG fans.  We love her so much, we even thought her outfit at the Grammys was awesome.  So we just had to share the news when we found out the name of her baby son with fiance Benjamin Brewer.
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
M.I.A. Names Her Baby Boy “Ickett”
Elle.com:
ZAC EFRON  —  In two new movies, the High School Musical star majors in seduction  —  On sitting next to Leonardo DiCaprio at a Lakers game: “We talked the whole game, and he was just everything I thought he would be: smart, levelheaded, charming, hilarious.  You know, the older-brother vibe.
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Brad / StitchKingdom.com:
Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens as Philip and Aurora in Sleeping Beauty …
Discussion: Dlisted and Oh No They Didn't!
Michael K / Dlisted:   Zac's Condom-Filled Christmas!
TMZ.com:
Chris Brown — Accused Felon's Night Out  —  A few felony charges did not stop Chris Brown from hitting the town after his court appearance for allegedly beating Rihanna to a pulp.  —  TMZ caught Brown leaving the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills around 3:45 AM.  Brown spent much of the evening at the hotel bar with bodyguards.
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TMZ.com:
Chris Brown — It Was All Business
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Lauren Conrad: I Was Leading a Double Life on The Hills  —  Lauren Conrad opens up about her decision to leave The Hills after five seasons in the newest issue of Us Weekly, on stands now.  —  “You see us on the show and we appear to have seminormal lives, but if you watch …
Discussion: The Dish Rag and I'm Not Obsessed
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Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Lauren Conrad Says Teary Goodbye to The Hills
Discussion: POPWRAP and The Hollywood Gossip
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Michelle Obama Poses on Cover of Oprah  —  Michelle Obama poses with Oprah Winfrey on the cover of the April issue of Oprah magazine (on stands March 17).  —  It's the first time Winfrey has invited somebody to appear alongside her instead of appearing alone.
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Hollywoodtuna:
Britney Spears Is Well Fed At The Circus  —  Here's Britney Spears on tour in Atlanta.  Now I know these pictures look like the last set (duh it's the same show...) but what the hell are they feeding Britney?!  I want to see her rider!  They better watch her diet cause at this rate by the end …
Discussion: Allie Is Wired!
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Brody Jenner and Joe Francis Get Into a Bar Fight  —  Girls Gone Wild honcho Joe Francis and Brody Jenner were involved in a bar brawl at a Los Angeles club Wednesday evening.  —  Sources tells Usmagazine.com that the argument broke out at the hot spot My House after Francis accidentally …
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Kristen Stewart: The Truth About Twilight, Rob Pattinson and the Fans  —  Good news, fanggirls: Kristen Stewart says there will be a fourth Twilight movie.  She can't imagine why there wouldn't be a big-screen adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's Breaking Dawn, the last novel in her young vampire series.
Tanner Stransky / EW.com:
Exclusive: Kandi Burruss joins ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’  —  NeNe, Kim, Sheree, and Lisa, make room for one more!  EW has learned exclusively that DeShawn Snow's replacement on Bravo's The Real Housewives of Atlanta is Kandi Burruss, a singer-songwriter from the platinum-selling '90s …
David Caplan / People.com:
Bridget Marquardt Not Even Thinking About Getting Engaged  —  Bridget Marquardt may have moved out of Hugh Hefner's Playboy mansion in January, but The Girls Next Door star is still seeking the 82-year-old publisher's blessing when it comes to dating.  —  Asked if Hefner approves of her new boyfriend …
Eileen Finan / People.com:
American Idol Star Mandisa Drops 75 Lbs.  —  Mandisa, before (left) and after  —  Take that, Simon!  —  Suffering Simon Cowell's barbs about her weight during season 5's American Idol auditions - he cracked that the show would need a “bigger stage” to accommodate her - was a …
Discussion: Lifeline Live
X17 Online:
Brit Takes The Boys To Disney, Denies They're Banned From Attending Concerts  —  Britney Spears took Jayden James and Sean Preston to the Disneyworld theme park in Lake Buena Vista, Florida yesterday, and it looks like everyone was having a blast at the Magic Kingdom.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Hellomagazine.com
TMZ.com:
Brian Bosworth Busted for DUI  —  Former college football star — and NFL bust — Brian Bosworth was pulled over for a DUI last night ... on his Harley!  —  Cops pulled over The Boz on Hollywood Blvd. for not having a license plate on his bike, but detected alcohol on his breath.
 
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Bill Zwecker / Chicago Sun Times:
Trouble in 'J's' paradise?
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TMZ.com:
Barkley Catches Huge Break — Jail Time Reduced!
Discussion: Deadspin
Laurelle Gilbert / ELLEUK.com:
Is Madonna set launch another clothing line?
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Idolator
Alex Dobuzinskis / Fan Fare:
13 becomes Anoop Desai's lucky number on “Idol”
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Hellomagazine.com:
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ABCNEWS:
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PopEater:
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