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8:10 AM ET, March 31, 2009

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Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna / E! Online:
Angel Star Andy Hallett Dies of Heart Failure  —  Andy Hallett, who starred as Lorne ("the Host") on the TV series Angel, died of heart failure last night at age 33, according to his longtime agent and friend Pat Brady.  The actor passed away at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles …
NY Daily News:
Dad's away & oops, Brit does it again  —  When her daddy's away, Britney Spears plays ... and how.  —  The pop star found an on-tour playmate in a hunky 21-year-old backup dancer while father Jamie was tending to business in L.A. late this month.  According to a well-placed tour source …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Pop Crunch
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TMZ.com:
O.C. “Real Housewife” Gets Real Threats  —  Cops say someone hates one of the “Real Housewives of Orange County” so much, they've actually made threats on her life.  —  The Orange County Sheriff's Department is investigating two death threats received by Vicki Gunvalson.
TMZ.com:
Mr. Mariah Flashes Dumb Tat, Even Dumber Shorts  —  Nick Cannon thanked Mariah Carey for taking him to Barbados for her 39th birthday this weekend, by showing off his ridiculous ink and wearing an even more absurd pair of wide leg denim shorts/bathing suit thing.  —  Nothing says gangsta like a “Mariah” tat and women's culottes!
Discussion: Celebrity Smack! and Pop Crunch
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Nick Cannon Buys Mariah a Jack Russell Terrier for First Anniversary
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Perez Hilton
Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
‘90210’ shocker: Leading man Milligan to exit  —  90210's new boss lady, Rebecca Rand Kirshner Sinclair, recently told me that the soap's second season would be “significantly” different than the first, and, man, she wasn't kidding.  —  Sources confirm to me exclusively that Dustin Milligan …
Katherine Thomson / The Huffington Post:
Madonna Tours Impoverished Malawi School In $2800 Chanel Sweatsuit (PHOTOS)  —  Madonna arrived in Malawi Sunday morning on her Gulfstream V in her bid to adopt a toddler girl named Mercy.  —  After arriving she toured an impoverished school but refused to talk to reporters.
The Sun:
Pam looks fresh as a daisy  —  But in reality it's one that the outrageous Playboy bunny should take note of.  —  The actress and model looked as fresh as a daisy in barely-there make-up, bouncy hair and plain white tee as she joined forces with designer pal RICHIE RICH to announce …
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Melissa / Style News:
Pamela Anderson: Fashion's Latest Muse
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Kendra Wilkinson Starting Her Own Line of Stripper Poles  —  Coming to a store near you: Kendra Wilkinson's new line of stripper poles!  —  “I'm coming out with my own stripper pole.  Stripper pole, and stripper pole workout,” The Girls Next Door star, 23, told Usmagazine.com …
TMZ.com:
Porn King Gives Lindsay a Ride  —  If you ever thought, “How the hell did Lindsay Lohan pay for that $115,000 Maserati?”  — here's your answer ... she didn't.  —  The guy crazy enough to trust the exotic ride to a person with more traffic drama than Britney Spears is Dennis DeSantis …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
E! Online:
Spoiler Chat: Does Kristen Bell Guest in the Gossip Girl Finale?  —  Is the Gossip Girl herself finally going to appear on the fave CW series?  Sneaky photogs captured Kristen Bell hanging with the Gossip Girl cast this week—are we finally going to meet the blogger behind the blasts?
Marcus Errico / E! Online:
Josh Hartnett Hospitalized for Serious Stomachache  —  Josh Hartnett has been sidelined by a nasty stomach bug.  —  The actor was hospitalized early this morning after complaining of severe abdominal pain, his publicist tells E! News.  —  Hartnett was out Sunday at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont …
Discussion: The Superficial
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Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Crawford Chasing After Footloose Remake?  —  Eduardo Parra/Getty Images; John Shearer/Getty Images  —  Can Chace Crawford sing and dance?  —  We may find out soon enough.  —  I just got word that the Gossip Girl star tested this weekend for the Zac Efron-ditched remake of Footloose.
Discussion: AceShowBiz.com and iVillage
Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
‘Star Trek’ sequel on track  —  Paramount hires trio to pen screenplay  —  As Paramount Pictures readies the May 8 release of its “Star Trek” franchise relaunch, the studio is moving forward with a sequel, and has hired Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof to pen the screenplay.
Laura Lane / OK! Magazine:
Jen Aniston's Ice Queen Antics on Baster Set  —  It was like being at a new school on the first day of class for superstar Jennifer Anistonon Monday, as she began work on the NYC set of her upcoming film, The Baster.  —  The former Friend spent her day inside Greenwich Village restaurant Barbuto …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Busy Bee Blogger
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Halle Berry on the Fence About Having More Kids  —  As Nahla turns one year old, Halle Berry says she's on the fence about having more babies with beau Gabriel Aubry.  —  “Yeah, my mind says yes, but the rest isn't up to me — so we'll see,” Berry, 42, says on an episode of The Ellen DeGeneres show that airs tomorrow, March 31.
TMZ.com:
Andre 3000 Arrested for Being Fastest Rapper Alive  —  Sorry Miss Jackson — this is for real.  —  Andre Benjamin — aka Andre 3000 from the rap group Outkast — was arrested in his home state of Georgia this weekend after he was nailed for doing 109 mph in 65 mph zone.
Associated Press:
Makeup and fashion gurus sue Queen Latifah  —  Makeup and fashion gurus sue Queen Latifah  —  NEW YORK - A makeup artist and a fashion stylist claim in coordinated lawsuits that they got ugly treatment from Queen Latifah when she cheated them out of $1 million.  —  View: Headlines Only |
Phil / Egotastic!:
Bai Ling Topless Pictures are Dangerous  —  I'm not sure of the provenance of these Bai Ling topless pictures, but it's not like Bai Ling ever needed a reason to show off those crazy nipples of hers.  At least this time it's in a safe, confined environment, where proper safety precautions have been taken …
Discussion: Celebslam
Cara Harrington / Hollywood Dame:
Pamela Anderson's Facial Plastic Surgery - Photos  —  I came across a refreshed looking Pamela Anderson.  In February she walked the catwalk for Richie Rich's fashion show.  A month later she is back at the designer's showcase looking like she has had some more plastic surgery.
Discussion: Allie Is Wired! and popbytes
Eric Ditzian / MTV Movies Blog:
EXCLUSIVE: David Cronenberg Making Plans For ‘Eastern Promises’ Sequel  —  The big twist at the end of 2007's “Eastern Promises”—that Viggo Mortensen's character, a Russian gangster named Nikolai, is really working for a British intelligence service—raised as many questions as it answered.
Nicole Sperling / EW.com:
Zack Snyder's ‘Sucker Punch’: Emily Browning takes over lead role  —  Emily Browning (The Uninvited) will replace Amanda Seyfried in Zack Snyder's action fantasy Sucker Punch for Warner Bros. The Australian-born Browning is probably best known for her role as Violet in 2004's Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
‘Friday Night’ gets two-season pickup  —  NBC, DirecTV pact on football drama  —  NBC and DirecTV have ordered 26 more episodes of high-school football drama, ‘Friday Night Lights.’  —  It's official: NBC and DirecTV have come to terms on a two-season, 26-episode pickup of “Friday Night Lights.”
 
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