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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 …
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.
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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blogs.myspace.com:
BABY NAME! — MY BABY IS NOT CALLED ICKITT, PICKIT OR LICKIT THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL THE HOLLYWOOD PRESS. HES A BABY , HE DONT NEED PRESS! — I DIDNT RELEASE THE BABY NAME BECAUSE I DIDNT THINK IT WAS NEWS!!!! — BUT I WILL BE BACK WITH SOMETHING NEWS WORTHY SOON , TILL THEN GO PICK ON APPLE, SATCHEL AND MOON UNIT.
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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TMZ.com:
Coolio Busted for Crack — TMZ has learned Coolio has just been arrested at LAX for possession of crack cocaine. — We're told the rapper was going through a security screening to get to his Southwest Airlines flight when a screener found crack cocaine on his person.
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
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 any entertainment news show …
Mike Celizic / MSNBC:
Her teen committed suicide over ‘sexting’ — Cynthia Logan's daughter was taunted about photo she sent to boyfriend — The image was blurred and the voice distorted, but the words spoken by a young Ohio woman are haunting. She had sent nude pictures of herself to a boyfriend.
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 …
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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 …
Examiner:
Dora the Explorer gets a sexy new makeover- Mattel takes it too far … As the mother of a young girl, I know very well that there are very few characters out there aimed at girls that offer the kind of message I feel comfortable with. There aren't a lot of spunky, non-sexualized girl dolls and tv characters.
Bill Zwecker / Chicago Sun Times:
Trouble in 'J's' paradise? — Timberlake and Biel stay together, but pals see problems — We've heard rumblings about Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel splitting before, but not for a long time. Despite the usual pooh-poohing denials from the stars' official camps, two friends of the …
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.
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 …
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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Alex Dobuzinskis / Fan Fare:
13 becomes Anoop Desai's lucky number on “Idol” — And then there were......13?? — The judges expanded the “American Idol” top 12 to include Anoop Desai and make it a top 13 for the first time in a suspense-generating stunt. — But Tatiana Del Toro, with all her tears, ambition …
