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12:10 PM ET, March 25, 2009

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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Gloria Allred Lashes Out at Octuplet Mom: The Babies Are in Danger  —  On Wednesday's Today show, Gloria Allred — an attorney for Angels in Waiting, which had provided a free nanny service to Nadya Suleman — lashed at the octuplet mother, claiming she only cares about her babies “when the cameras are rolling.”
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Brianm / Us Weekly:
Angels In Waiting File Three Reports to CPS About Octo Mom  —  Angels in Waiting USA have made three complaints to Child Protective Services about Nadya Suleman.  —  On Dr. Phil, airing Wednesday and Thursday this week, Suleman, attorney Gloria Allred and representatives from AIW USA explain …
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Octomom vs. Allred on Dr. Phil
Discussion: Dlisted
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Hospital Rep: Octuplets to Be Released Despite Mother Firing Nurses
Discussion: Perez Hilton
New York Post:
HOW BRUCE PICKED HIS BRIDE  —  BRUCE Willis, 54, and his new wife, Emma Heming, 30, didn't meet through friends, as his pals have insisted in fact, the superstar actor hand-picked her as a perfect stranger.  —  An impeccable source tells Page Six: “During the casting of ‘Perfect Stranger’ …
Bucky Turco / ANIMAL:
Complex Cleans Up Cover Girl Kim Kardashian  —  Marc Ecko shopazine, Complex, created quite a stir yesterday when they released their April/May issue that featured a CGI rendering of Kanye West on the cover, transforming the rapper from a black man into a silver-skinned cyborg.
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Michael K / Dlisted:   The Photoshop Awards: Kim Kardashian's Before & After
TMZ.com:
“KardASSians” Porno Rubs Kim the Wrong Way
Discussion: The Superficial and Yeeeah!
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
DWTS' Denise Richards: “I Didn't Think I Was Going”  —  Denise Richards tells Usmagazine.com she wasn't expecting to be given the boot on Tuesday's Dancing With the Stars.  —  Due to their low scores Monday, Richards and Holly Madison ended up in the bottom two and were forced to take part …
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PEOPLE TV Watch:   Denise Richards Is Booted from Dancing
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
VIDEO: David Letterman Reveals the “Top 10” Reasons Why He Finally Wed  —  What made David Letterman finally get hitched to girlfriend Regina Lasko after 23 years of dating?  —  On his Late Show Tuesday, he presented the “Top 10 Reasons I Got Married” list:  —  10. Poconos offers newlyweds free room with champagne-glass Jacuzzi.
Discussion: Defamer - Gawker and Gawker
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Pamela Warrick / People.com:   Details of David Letterman's Surprise Wedding Revealed
The Sun:
Fears over Jolie diet  —  ANGELINA JOLIE is causing concern on the set of her new film Salt with a crazy diet called liquid detox.  —  She aims to shed 21lb in just 21 days for her role as a CIA officer unmasked as a Russian spy.  —  But Ange is raising eyebrows as everyone thinks she has a fantastic figure.
Mark Pasetsky / Mark Pasetsky's CoverAwards:
Valerie Bertinelli Bikini Body Covers People Magazine  —  anne moore , bachelor jason mesnick , Calista Flockhart , Harrison Ford , jason mesnick , Larry Hackett , People Magazine , time inc. natasha richardson , Valerie Bertinellie , Valerie Bertinellie bathing suit , Valerie Bertinellie bikini body …
Ted Casablanca / E! Online:
Rob Pattinson's a Dirty Boy—and Not Like That!  —  What do Brad Pitt, Keanu Reeves and Robert Pattinson all have in common?  Besides being completely doable, they all share one very yucky habit.  —  We got word from people hotly preparing to work up in Vancouver for New Moon that Rob P. causes quite the commotion on set.
OK! Magazine:
Cover Story: Jen Swears Off Marriage  —  Fresh off Jennifer Aniston's most recent breakup with John MayerOK! has learned that the actress is vowing never to marry again.  —  Insiders tell OK! that Jen, now in New York City to shoot her new film, The Baster, has experienced a stark epiphany …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Socialite Life
Jessica Herndon / People.com:
Katy Perry & Josh Groban: Not Dating  —  Photo by: Jason Merritt / FilmMagic, Dimitrios Kambouris / WireImage  —  Katy Perry and Josh Groban may sound like a perfect couple, but the two singers are not romantically involved, according to his rep.  —  “Josh and Katy are very close friends and hang out …
NY Daily News:
‘Violent sex’ ad led to murder of WABC newsman George Weber, confesses teen: Cops  —  The troubled teenager accused of stabbing WABC newsman George Weber during drug-fueled rough sex is a 16-year-old Satan-loving sadomasochist with a knife fetish.  —  John Katehis, who is just 16 and lives …
Discussion: Queerty
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Jade Goody's Funeral Plans Being Finalized  —  With her mother, Jackiey Budden, saying her daughter would be “overwhelmed” by the public response to her death, plans are falling into place for British reality star Jade Goody's April 4 memorial service.  —  A 21-car funeral procession …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, CelebWarship and BBC
TMZ.com:
Isaiah Washington — Anatomy of a Deadbeat  —  Isaiah Washington owes his landlord $100,000 and if he doesn't pay up, he could be out on his ass.  —  Washington's landlord claims the ex-"Grey's Anatomy" star/homophobe is five months behind on the rent for his home in Venice, California.
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Tom Hanks circles ‘Major’ toy story  —  Universal developing live-action ‘Matt Mason’  —  Universal will develop “Major Matt Mason,” a live-action feature based on the vintage Mattel action figure.  Pic will be developed as a star vehicle for Tom Hanks, and Graham Yost will write the script.
Champ Clark / People.com:
Britney's Legal Costs to Divorce Kevin: $417,000  —  Comebacks don't come cheap.  —  Britney Spears's dramatic turnaround from a troubled personal life and stalled career has come with a cost of $2.7 million in legal fees, the Los Angeles Times reports.  —  A sizeable chunk of the total …
Ulrica Wihlborg / People.com:
Danica McKellar's Wedding: A Dream Come True  —  When The Wonder Years's Danica McKellar first started planning her wedding to composer Mike Verta, she had one wish: “I didn't want a huge event,” she tells PEOPLE.  “I wanted to be able to talk to everyone and I wanted it to be intimate.”
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Quaid to play Bill Clinton in ‘Special’  —  Sheen portraying Tony Blair in HBO film  —  Dennis Quaid will star as President Clinton, Michael Sheen will portray British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Julianne Moore will play Hillary Clinton in “The Special Relationship,” …
TMZ.com:
Javier Bardem: Dead “Grey's” Guy?  —  Here's Penelope Cruz's real life Oscar winning boyfriend Javier Bardem at an event in NYC (left) — and Katherine Heigl's dead boyfriend on “Grey's Anatomy,” Jeffrey Dean Morgan, in L.A. (right).  —  Both are so freakin' hot!  —  We're just sayin'.  —  See Also
 
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