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9:15 AM ET, March 30, 2009

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Chirstina Boyle / NY Daily News:
Madonna lands in Malawi with Lourdes, to sign adoption papers Monday  —  Madonna toured a Malawian village Sunday and discussed plans to build a new school there, the day before the material mom was expected to appear in court to adopt another child from the impoverished African nation.
Discussion: Gabby Babble and Bitten and Bound
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Madonna to Finalize Adoption in Malawi Amid Ongoing Charity Concerns  —  As Madonna returns to Malawi to finalize proceedings to adopt 3-year-old Mercy James, several human rights groups plan to issue what insiders say is a “damning indictment” on the adoption.
Sarah Rollo / Digital Spy:
Madonna lands in Malawi for adoption bid  —  Madonna reportedly arrived in Africa yesterday ahead of a court hearing to decide if she can adopt a second Malawian child.  —  The singer has already filed the legal papers necessary for the process, and a four-year-old girl named Mercy James …
Discussion: Hellomagazine.com and Yeeeah!
Michelle Tauber / People.com:
Madonna Lands in Malawi Amid Controversy
Discussion: Dlisted, Telegraph and Lifeline Live
Maureen Harrington / People.com:
Candy Spelling Doesn't Speak to Daughter Tori, Grandkids  —  Candy Spelling is starting a new chapter in her life, which includes writing a frank memoir called Stories From Candyland - and selling the $150 million, 56,000-square-foot mansion where she's lived since 1991.
Discussion: Celebrity Smack!
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RADAR:
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Vice President Biden's Daughter Caught Up In Cocaine Scandal
LatinoReview.com:
Exclusive First Look: New Showest Posters Of Sherlock Holmes, 500 Days of Summer, The Hangover & Easy Virtue!  —  If it's one thing I like, it's Vegas, baby.  ShoWest starts on Monday, but I got here early to give you guys a first look at these hot new promo posters for four upcoming films.
Linda Marx / People.com:
Fergie: Marriage is ‘Like Coming Home’  —  Fergie and Josh Duhamel  —  Marriage agrees with Fergie.  During her 34th birthday celebration Friday night at the Fontainebleau Resort's Liv night club in Miami Beach, the smiling singer gushed about life as a newlywed with her husband of two months, husband Josh Duhamel.
Breanne L. Heldman / E! Online:
HSM3 Dominates, Miley Cries at Slimy Kids' Choice Awards  —  It wouldn't be an awards show if a winner didn't cry.  —  While the 22nd Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards had few of the same ingredients of an Oscars or Grammys telecast, Miley Cyrus made sure the tradition stayed alive.
Discussion: Gabby Babble
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Jocelyn Vena / MTV:
Jonas Brothers And ‘Twilight’ Rule The Kids' Choice Awards
Mark Gray / People.com:
Bromance Star Frankie Delgado: No Romance with Rihanna  —  Rihanna and Frankie Delgado  —  Though Rihanna is taking time apart from Chris Brown, she is not spending it with Bromance star Frankie Delgado, he tells PEOPLE, at least not in a romantic sense.  —  Despite rumors circulating …
Discussion: The Superficial, Extra and Perez Hilton
ETonline:
ET EXCLUSIVE: TIM ALLEN WELCOMES NEW BABY!  —  Actor Tim Allen and his wife Jane added a new bundle of joy to their family — and ET's Mary Hart has all the precious details!  —  The couple— who has been married since October 2006 — welcomed their newborn daughter, Elizabeth, into the world on Saturday in Los Angeles.
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
TMZ.com:
Michael Vick — My Doggone Life  —  It looks like former Atlanta Falcons QB and current dog-killing inmate Michael Vick is following in O.J. Simpson's footsteps — he's shopping around a book about his life and crimes.  —  The proposed memoir of Vick's rise from poverty to stardom would likely …
The Superficial:
John Mayer's Big Gay Boat Ride  —  Here's John Mayer hosting a cruise on “The Mayercraft Carrier” in Mexico and sniffing some dude's mankini tossed to him onstage.  Now, usually, this is the part where I make a comment that causes women's pants to explode into mushroom clouds …
X17 Online:
Nahla Has An Outfit Change!  —  So rare that we see celebs' kids changing their clothes as well!  —  The gorgeousness that is Halle Berry was running errands in LA over the weekend - which included trying first to pump diesel fuel into her white Lexus hybrid by mistake, whoops! - and she brought baby Nahla along with her.
Discussion: Lifeline Live
The Superficial:
Katie Holmes is the happiest looking woman alive  —  Katie Holmes was spotted going to a dance studio yesterday and, man, have you ever seen a human being look more beaten down than her here?  She looks like a kidnap victim that was just freed after being locked in a basement for twelve years.
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Just Jared:
Katie Holmes is Plaid Pretty
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Katherine Heigl: “I'm There” if Grey's Anatomy Wants Me  —  Despite ongoing reports that she wanted out of her Grey's Anatomy contract and that she was being killed off the show, Katherine Heigl said she wants to stay on the medical drama if her character, Izzie, survives brain surgery.
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Lynn Elber / Associated Press:   Heigl says she'll stay if 'Grey's' will have her
 
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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

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
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

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