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12:25 PM ET, March 10, 2009

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New York Post:
BEAU: I GOT A ‘WIFE’ BEATING  —  BRAVO-STAR BRAWL BUST  —  She's a hissing, claws-out socialite on the hit Bravo reality show “Real Housewives of New York City,” but Kelly Bensimon turned into a butt-kicking boyfriend beater in her posh lower-Manhattan coop last week, court records claim.
Discussion: People.com, Scandalist and Gawker
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Housewives of New York Star Arrested for Assault
Discussion: Reality TV Scoop
E! Online:
Chris Brown and Rihanna Recording—Together!  —  No one can say for sure whether Chris Brown and Rihanna are on the same page, but Brown apparently wants them to be on the same track.  —  The seemingly reconciled duo have been working on a duet that Brown is hoping to include on his new album …
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Esnead / The Dish Rag:
Donald Trump: Rihanna is ‘a loser’ to take Chris Brown back  —  Donald Trump thinks Rihanna should tell Chris Brown, “You're FIRED!”  —  Talking with “Inside Edition's” Deborah Norville, Trump speaks out about R&B star Chris Brown's alleged assault of his girlfriend Rihanna.
X17 Online:
Chris & Rihanna Recording A Song Together!
Discussion: Access Hollywood
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Octo Mom Accepts Round-the-Clock Care for 14 Kids  —  Octo Mom Nadya Suleman has accepted an offer from Angels in Waiting to help raise her 14 children, she announced in a taping of Dr. Phil that will air tomorrow and Wednesday.  —  According to Linda Conforti West, CEO and founder of Angels in Waiting …
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TMZ.com:
OctoMom Scores a House!!!  —  OctoMom don't need no publicist, because she's about to get a new home.  —  We've learned her dad is the purchaser of the 2,583 square-foot house for Octo.  It's located in La Habra, near where OctoGrandma lives now.  It has four bedrooms and three bathrooms …
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
SPOILER!  Who Wowed - and Bombed - on Dancing With the Stars!  —  The eighth season of ABC's Dancing With the Stars kicked off Monday night.  Here's how the celebs did:  —  Lil Kim  —  Dedicating her cha cha cha to the women at the “federal detention center,” the rapper …
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Bachelor's Melissa Wows Judges on DWTS as Jason Is Booed
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Ashley Fultz / E! Online:
Yeehaw!  Jamie Lynn Spears Goes Country  —  Jamie Lynn Spears is looking at the Jessica Simpson model for career reinvention.  —  While Britney continues on her comeback tour, sources confirm to E! News that her baby sister is hoping to become the next Nashville star.
Simon Rothstein / The Sun:
Britney lets it ALL hang out on stage  —  BRITNEY SPEARS has had the mother of all wardrobe malfunctions - exposing her private parts and then telling a packed audience what she'd done.  —  The singer was performing in Tampa, Florida, on her Circus tour when she flashed a little more flesh than even her bondage-themed show allows for.
NEWS.com.au:
Sam Worthington tipped to replace Christian Bale as Batman  —  SAM Worthington, the Aussie actor about to shoot into the stratosphere with his performance in Terminator Salvation, is being tipped as the next Batman.  —  Sam Worthington's fame is set to explode in the US with the May release …
Discussion: Seriously? OMG!, The IESB and /Film
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Spoiler Chat: Is Katherine Heigl Dying to Become George Clooney?  —  Finally.  After months of speculation, this Thursday we'll learn exactly what is wrong with Grey's Anatomy's Dr. Isobel Stevens, aka Katherine Heigl, aka..."George Clooney."  —  Yes, you heard that right.  George Clooney!
Discussion: Gossip Girl Insider and TV Fanatic
PR Newswire:
Celebrity Chef Cat Cora Announces First Pregnancy  —  Cat and Partner Carry One Another's Child  —  Chef Cat Cora (www.catcoracooks.com), star of Food Network's Iron Chef America and Executive Chef of Bon Appetit is excited to announce she is 4-1/2 months pregnant with a boy.
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop
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Ken Lee / People.com:
Anne Heche's Ex Gets $515,000 Cash in Settlement  —  Their acrimonious divorce lasted nearly half as long as their marriage.  —  But on Wednesday, Anne Heche's two-year divorce battle with Coley Laffoon came to an end.  Although they reached a settlement last June to end their five-year marriage …
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Sean Penn going after ‘Cartel’  —  Actor in talks for Universal, Imagine drama  —  Sean Penn is in talks to star in “Cartel,” a drama for Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment.  —  Asger Leth will direct and Brian Grazer is producing.  —  Scripted by Peter Craig …
RapRadar.com:
Lil Kim Sees Biggie In Her Dreams  —  Interview: Brian “B.Dot” Miller  —  On the track “Notorious B.I.G.” from Biggie's posthumous album Born Again, Lil' Kim bragged about switching her style like the hottest new dancers.  Well tonight, Kimberly gets a chance to cut a rug on the season premiere …
Discussion: Scandalist and Anything Hollywood
Mischa Barton:
Clearing the Air...Again  —  I'm sure you guys are all going to hear about it soon enough so I just wanted to tell you what is real first — I broke up with Luke when I got to London.  Things just didn't feel quite right.  There was no cheating or anything terrible, the bad just started …
Vickie Bane / People.com:
Jennifer Aniston Not Looking for Perfection In Love  —  Newly 40, Jennifer Aniston is feeling very fortunate these days.  —  In fact, she tells the U.K.'s Mail on Sunday's You magazine that this is “the best moment of my life.  I've never felt better physically or professionally.  I am a very lucky woman.”
Discussion: Us Weekly and Just Jared
Perez Hilton:
Midlife Crisis, Duh!  —  Sneaky sneaky!  —  Madonna and Brazilian boy toy Jesus Luz attended the Kabbalah Center's Purim party at the Kabbalah Center in NYC last night and tried to pull a fast one on us!  —  Oh, Madge.  —  We're disappointed you didn't try a little harder!
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Kelly Clarkson: I Have “No Desire” to Have Children  —  Don't expect to see Kelly Clarkson with a baby bump any time soon.  —  “Oh, my God, I have no desire,” the American Idol winner, 26, tells USA Today.  “I would not be a good mother.  —  “I mean, I love being an aunt to my niece and nephew,” she continues.
Discussion: USA Today and Geno's World
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Leighton Meester gets ‘Roommate’
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Associated Press:
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The Mentalist's Maxine Bahns Welcomes a Girl
Katherine Thomson / The Huffington Post:
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Kamala Harris, who mostly avoided interviews over the past few months, sets out on a media blitz, including the Call Her Daddy podcast, The View, and 60 Minutes

Financial Times:
Sources: New York Sun owner Dovid Efune is close to striking a deal to buy The Telegraph for £550M+, more than what others like National World offered

Committee to Protect Journalists:
At least 128 journalists and media workers, all but five of them Palestinian, have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war in the year since the October 7 attack

 
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