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1:20 PM ET, March 27, 2009

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Jayson Rodriguez / MTV:
T.I. Sentenced To A Year And A Day In Prison  —  MC gets expected sentence on felony weapons charges.  —  ATLANTA — A Northern Georgia District judge sentenced T.I. to one year and one day in prison on felony weapons charges Friday (March 27), calling the rapper's plea deal “experimental” but a success.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
T.I. Sentenced to One Year, One Day in Jail
Discussion: Socialite Life
Gina Serpe / E! Online:
T.I. Sentenced to a Year and a Day
Associated Press:
Rapper T.I. Sentenced To Year, 1 Day In Prison On Federal Weapons …
Discussion: Hollyscoop
TMZ.com:
Bye Bye, T.I.  —  T.I. is going to the pokey for a year and a day.
Discussion: Digital Spy
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
T.I. sentenced to 1 year, 1 day on gun violations
Discussion: Rolling Stone, Sandra Rose and EW.com
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
John Mayer: “Twitter Is Silly and Dumb!”  —  The way John Mayer uses Twitter, you'd think he would have nothing but high praise for the social networking phenomenon.  —  But no, the singer actually has some harsh words for the latest in social messaging.  —  “It's inherently silly …
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Officials Confirm Madonna Is Adopting 3-Year-Old Girl, Mercy  —  Officials have confirmed Madonna is adopting a 3-year-old girl, Mercy James, from Malawi.  —  “The adoption is going ahead,” Malawi's Director of Child Welfare Services, Penstone Kilembe, tells Usmagazine.com.
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Reuters:
Madonna's adoption bid under scrutiny
Discussion: Hellomagazine.com
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
ShawnJohn Not Dancing on Air—More Like Money  —  With an alleged stalker in custody after he tried to get close to her at the studio, Shawn Johnson is paying a heavier price than she bargained for when she signed up for Dancing WIth the Stars.  —  But it turns out that the teen gymnast drives a pretty hard bargain herself.
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New York Post:
BACK IN ACTION  —  RIHANNA is on the rebound after her alleged beating at Chris Brown's hands.  The songstress was spotted at Nobu Wednesday night “smiling and flirting” with a group of guys, including Brody Jenner.  “She was there having dinner.  Her blond, female security guard was there the whole time,” said our spy.
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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Holly Madison Takes Dancing Hit to the Ribs
Discussion: Scandalist and L.A. Rag Mag
RADAR:
Exclusive: Paris & Boyfriend In Brawl With Bodyguard; Cops Called  —  Paris Hilton and boyfriend Doug Reinhardt were involved in a brawl with a bodyguard in Miami early Friday.  —  In a RadarOnline.com exclusive, Paris told us that she and boyfiend Doug Reinhardt were attacked at the DJ booth …
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Perez Hilton:   Paris Hilton & Boyfriend “Assaulted” In Club!
People.com:
Charles in Charge's Willie Aames Holds Garage Sale  —  Willie Aames displays a vintage poster of himself  —  Eight apparently wasn't enough for Willie Aames.  —  The star of Charles in Charge and Eight Is Enough, after filing for bankruptcy last year and whose house is in foreclosure …
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Joe Lambe / Kansas City Star:
Actor Willie Aames lets it all go at unusual garage sale
Discussion: Right Celebrity
Noam Cohen / New York Times:
When Stars Twitter, a Ghost May Be Lurking  —  The rapper 50 Cent is among the legion of stars who have recently embraced Twitter to reach fans who crave near-continuous access to their lives and thoughts.  On March 1, he shared this insight with the more than 200,000 people who follow him …
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Jeffrey Dean Morgan didn't know he fathered 4-year-old son  —  Jeffrey Dean Morgan, of Grey's Anatomy, Weeds and Watchmen, has been a father for four years.  Here's the kicker: he had no idea.  Allegedly, he fathered a four-year-old son with actress/producer Sherrie Rose.
Discussion: Jossip
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Alex Veiga / Associated Press:
$150M buys you late TV producer's L.A. mansion  —  LOS ANGELES - The widow of producer Aaron Spelling is placing “The Manor” in the exclusive Holmby Hills neighborhood on the market for a jaw-dropping $150 million, making it by far the most expensive home for sale in the U.S.
NY Daily News:
Method Man tells of repo madness  —  Method Man was going to pay his bills ... but then he got high.  —  Despite recent reports that the rapper is so broke that his 2008 Lincoln Navigator was repossessed to pay back taxes, Method Man — whose real name is Clifford Smith — insists his cash flow is just fine.
RADAR:
Courtney Love Sued by Fashion Designer For Emotional Distress  —  Courtney Love has never been known as a blushing wallflower and has a rocky past of being too outspoken for her own good.  In a March 26 filing, a fashion designer named Dawn Simorangkir is suing Love on six complaints ranging …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Courtney Getting No Love From Ticked-Off Designer
Discussion: Perez Hilton and EW.com
RADAR:
Exclusive: Rihanna & Frankie Delgado Get Their PDA On!  —  “Snuggling” and “Nuzzling”, Rihanna was getting close and flirty with Bromance star Frankie Delgado at a private table at Delux Thursday night.  The Umbrella star's table was flanked by two big burley bodyguards, keeping other party goers at bay.
Discussion: Extra and Perez Hilton
People.com:
Octuplets No. 5 and 6 Come Home  —  Nadya Suleman  —  After a busy day of bottle feedings, diaper changes and helping her older kids with their homework, octuplet mother Nadya Suleman ran one final errand Thursday night: She and a friend drove to Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Bellflower …
 
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Amy Elisa Keith / People.com:
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

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A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
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