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9:50 AM ET, March 30, 2009

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 Top News: 
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.
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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: Bitten and Bound and Gabby Babble
Sarah Rollo / Digital Spy:
Madonna lands in Malawi for adoption bid
Discussion: Hellomagazine.com and Yeeeah!
Michelle Tauber / People.com:
Madonna Lands in Malawi Amid Controversy
Discussion: Lifeline Live
Alastair Jamieson / Telegraph:
Madonna's plans to adopt a second Malawi orphan blocked by angry grandmother
Discussion: Dlisted and Cele|bitchy
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: iVillage and Celebrity Smack!
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Gisele Bundchen Calls Tom Brady's Love Child a ‘Wake-up Call’  —  Marriage and step-motherhood have come naturally to Gisele Bündchen - who in February wed New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, six months after his former girlfriend, model-actress Bridget Moynahan, gave birth to Brady's child, John Edward Thomas Moynahan.
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
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Leslie Bennetts / Vanity Fair:
... And God Created Gisele  —  How does the world's most successful supermodel—darling of the cameras, advertisers, and tabloids, and worth an estimated $150 million—make her life even more fabulous?  By marrying star quarterback Tom Brady, then setting her sights on a higher consciousness.
Discussion: Us Weekly
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RADAR:
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Vice President Biden's Daughter Caught Up In Cocaine Scandal
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.
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.
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
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.
James Hibberd / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox orders overweight dating series  —  ‘More to Love’ will feature ‘real women’ as contestants  —  Q&A with Darnell and Fleiss at the Live Feed  —  Fox is teaming with “The Bachelor” producer Mike Fleiss for a new dating-competition series that casts “average-looking” people.
Discussion: The Live Feed, Lifeline Live and EW.com
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
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:
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!
 
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The Superficial:
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X17 Online:
Nahla Has An Outfit Change!
Discussion: Lifeline Live
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Lady Gaga Penis Autograph
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler
Starpulse:
Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt To Adopt From India?
 Earlier Picks: 
Ingrid Peritz / Globe and Mail:
The five-hour scramble to save Natasha Richardson
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Katherine Heigl: “I'm There” if Grey's Anatomy Wants Me
People.com:
Bruce Willis Makes His Marriage Legal
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
 

 
From Mediagazer:

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

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court rejects OpenAI's effort to toss a lawsuit by The Intercept, which argued that the DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline

 
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