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7:50 PM ET, March 31, 2009

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 Top News: 
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel Expecting First Child  —  After 13 years together, Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel are expecting their first baby, their rep exclusively confirms to Usmagazine.com.  The baby is due later this year.  —  The Private Practice star, 38, and the Tony award-winning actress …
New York Post:
COUNT ‘HOUSEWIFE’ COUPLE OUT  —  THE countess is now count-less.  —  Friends of “The Real Housewives of New York City” star Countess Luann de Lesseps say the former model has split with Count de Lesseps.  —  A close pal said, “They decided to separate.  She got wind he was seeing somebody and he didn't answer her when she called.
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PEOPLE TV Watch:
New York Housewives Countess LuAnn & Husband Separate
Associated Press:
‘Real Housewives’ countess separates from count
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Thomas Zambito / NY Daily News:
Queen Latifah sued in pretty nasty Cover Girl beauty flap  —  The people who kept Queen Latifah pretty are making some ugly accusations about the CoverGirl spokeswoman.  —  Cosmetologist Roxanna Floyd and stylist Susan Moses say they've been stiffed out of $1 million for their work …
Mark Bieganski / The Oprah blog:
Star Jones tells Oprah Winfrey: I was an addict, was told I would die  —  Star Jones appears on Wednesday's airing of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” (George Burns/Harpo photo)  —  Star Jones — whose rapid weight loss played into her rocky exit from “The View” in 2006 — denies she took an easy …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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Corky Siemaszko / NY Daily News:
O no, not again!  Oprah's school rocked by second sex scandal in 2 years  —  Oprah Winfrey's elite boarding school for girls in South Africa has been rocked by its second sex scandal in fewer than two years.  —  Seven students were suspended last week for sexually harassing their schoolmates …
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Oprah's South African School Hit by Second Sex Scandal
Discussion: Dlisted and Perez Hilton
Daulerio / Deadspin:
Shawn Johnson Is Having A Rough Couple Of Weeks  —  After Shawn Johnson spent last week worried about a deranged stalker, she returns to “Dancing With The Stars” only to be greeted by what appears to be a deranged boner in her partner's pants.  (NSFW?)  —  Now who's to say that the eye …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't! and TMZ.com
Associated Press:
15 workers fired for accessing octuplet mom's file  —  LOS ANGELES - Fifteen hospital workers have been fired and another eight disciplined for looking at medical records of octuplet mother Nadya Suleman without permission, hospital officials said.  —  Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center reported …
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Ulrica Wihlborg / People.com:
Alyson Hannigan Welcomes a Daughter!  —  It's a girl - and she shares her birthday with her mom!  —  How I Met Your Mother star Alyson Hannigan and her husband, actor Alexis Denisof, who kept the gender of their baby a secret during pregnancy, have welcomed a daughter, her rep tells PEOPLE.
Natasha / Young, Black, and Fabulous:
Omarion & His Wife's Threesome Sex Tape?!  The Proof Is In The Pics...  Well looky here:  —  Omarion and his new wife filmed themselves making a sex tape.  At least that's what our sources reveal to us.  The YBF revealed exclusively weeks ago that Omarion had secretly married his girlfriend who is a bisexual Magic City stripper.
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't! and RapRadar
K.C. Baker / People.com:
Stevie Nicks: How I Look Fabulous at 60  —  Stevie Nicks is 60 but she still feels like she's on the “edge of 17,” thanks to super-efficient Power Plate workouts that have whipped her into incredible shape.  —  “When I gained my 30 lbs., it was because I went on tranquilizers for eight years …
Discussion: Jossip and The Huffington Post
Dave McNary / Variety:
Drew Barrymore gets ‘Going’  —  Actress to star with Long in New Line comedy  —  Drew Barrymore is “Going the Distance,” signing for the lead role in New Line's romantic comedy opposite Justin Long.  —  “Distance,” to be directed by Nanette Burstein, is being produced by Adam Shankman …
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Michelle Obama: “Not Pregnant.  And Not Planning on It”  —  While campaigning for her husband, French fry addict Michelle Obama said she started to change the way they both eat.  —  “My big concern was making sure we ate well on the road.  So we started looking at our diet …
People.com:
Keith Urban Opens Up About Daughter Sunday's Name  —  Sunday Rose may have been born on a Monday, but Keith Urban says his daughter's name has a bittersweet meaning.  —  “Particularly when you don't have someone in your life ... in my experience, Sunday was the loneliest day,” Urban, 41 …
The Cheese / Hollywoodtuna:
Brooke Hogan Is Cougar-ish  —  It seems that ever since Linda and Hulk Hogan broke up Linda has been looking pretty good for her age, here she is out flashing her big mom boobs in Miami the other day.  Wait a second, I'm being told that this is actually Brooke Hogan.  WTF?  I soiled myself in disgust.
The Smoking Gun:
Cops Bust Stool Fool  —  Ohio man arrested for drunk driving on a homemade vehicle  —  In a law enforcement first, Ohio cops this month arrested a man for drunk driving on a motorized bar stool.  That's right, a motorized bar stool, which can be seen below in a police evidence photo.
Ulrica Wihlborg / People.com:
Actress Nikki Ziering Welcomes a Girl!  —  It's a daughter for Nikki Ziering and boyfriend Rick Reynolds!  —  The actress and Playboy cover model and Reynolds welcomed their first child on March 27 in Newport Beach, Calif., her rep confirms to PEOPLE.  —  The girl, named Tatum Ella Reynolds …
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Matthew McConaughey: Levi Is “an Easy Traveler”  —  Traveling with an 8-month old?  No big deal, says Matthew McConaughey.  —  “Levi is doing well, man.  Five stamps on the passport,” he says on the 500th episode of the Rachael Ray Show (airing Wednesday).
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and lilsugar
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
FIRST PIC Cloris Leachman Wears Nothing but Lettuce Leaves in New PETA Ad  —  Cloris Leachman is PETA's newest spokeswoman.  —  In her new ad, the 82-year-old former Dancing With the Stars contestant dons just lettuce and cabbage leaves for the campaign “Let Vegetarianism Grow on You.”
Discussion: Extra, Socialite Life and Pop Crunch
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 …
Nekesa Mumbi Moody / Associated Press:
Madonna confirms her adoption push in Malawi  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna has confirmed her attempts to adopt a young Malawian girl and said through a spokeswoman that she is following standard procedures in adopting the child amid criticism by some that she was using her fame to quicken the process.
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
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Michelle Nichols / Reuters:
Madonna says following rules in Malawi adoption
Discussion: Perez Hilton
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Idol's Danny Gokey Returns Home for Grandfather's Funeral  —  Less than a year after losing his wife, American Idol's Danny Gokey is grieving the death of another family member.  A source confirms to PEOPLE that Gokey was back home in Wisconsin over the weekend to attend funeral services for his grandfather.
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Dancing With the Stars Contestant Loses 26 Pounds  —  David Alan Grier has been working up quite a sweat on Dancing With the Stars.  —  “I've actually lost 26 pounds,” the actor, 53, told Usmagazine.com after Monday's show.  “The first day I came in, I was like, 'I'm not going to
Discussion: Lifeline Live
Scott Huver / People.com:
Ben Affleck: Friendship with Matt Damon Endures  —  Matt Damon (left) and Ben Affleck  —  They were close childhood friends, collaborated on the script for 1997's Good Will Hunting and then won Oscars for it.  And even after Hollywood success and “ballooning” families …
 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
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