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12:30 PM ET, April 4, 2009

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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Sarah Palin Lashes Out at Levi Johnston for Sex Talk on Tyra  —  Levi Johnston is in big trouble at the Sarah Palin household.  —  After taking about sex on The Tyra Banks Show, Johnston - the 18-year-old father of Bristol Palin's baby - was hit with a blistering response from Bristol's mother, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:   Levi Johnston: Sarah Palin Let Bristol and Me Share a Room
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Dad: Rihanna's “Back to Herself Again”  —  Rihanna's jet-setting continued this week.  —  After hitting Hawaii and New York City in the same week, the singer, 21, returned home to her native Barbados on Friday.  She is helping her grandparents celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.
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Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
Rihanna Jet-Setting, Chris Brown Seeking Counseling  —  Rihanna and Chris Brown  —  With Chris Brown due in court next week for the alleged assault on Rihanna, the singers have kept their distance from each other, with Brown quietly holed up in his hometown with family and old friends …
Associated Press:
Anti-Chris Brown Song Hits Radios  —  NEW YORK — A song criticizing Chris Brown is getting air play.  —  The song is called “My Flow So Tight” by a little-known dance group called Smoke Jumpers.  It features the repeated line: “Chris Brown should get his ass kicked.”
Discussion: Bitten and Bound and lalate news
Simon Perry / People.com:
Thousands of Fans Gather for Jade Goody's Funeral  —  Thousands of fans and well-wishers gathered outside an English church about 20 miles northeast of London to pay their final respects to U.K. reality TV star Jade Goody on Saturday.  —  Like the final weeks before her death …
Discussion: EW.com
Julie Jordan / People.com:
Josh Hartnett Feeling Fine After Leaving Hospital  —  Josh Hartnett has been released from L.A.'s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he had been hospitalized since Monday for a gastrointestinal problem.  “He's fine,” his rep Susan Patricola tells PEOPLE.  “They are running tests …
Discussion: The Superficial
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Josh Hartnett Leaves Hospital  —  Days after he was hospitalized for a gastrointestinal disorder, Josh Hartnett is back home, his rep tells Usmagazine.com.  —  “He has had a lot of testing,” publicist Susan Patricola tells Us.  “They released him, and they are trying to figure out what it might be.
Laura Kalnicky / Life and Style:
Life & Style EXCLUSIVE: Trista and Ryan have a baby girl!  —  Trista and Ryan Sutter welcomed a baby girl, Blakesley Grace Sutter, at 1:23 p.m. today in Colorado, where they live.  —  “She's healthy.  Everything is really good,” an exhausted Trista tells Life & Style exclusively.
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Bridget Moynahan Upset Over Gisele's Comments About Her Son  —  From left; Bridget Moynahan, Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen  —  While friends and family gather in Costa Rica to help Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen celebrate their wedding weekend, Bridget Moynahan …
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TMZ.com:
Tom Brady Enjoys the Son in Costa Rica
Discussion: omg! and INF Daily
Associated Press:
Nanny says Robert De Niro owes her over $40,000  —  NEW YORK - A nanny who was fired by Robert De Niro has sued the actor for more than $40,000 in overtime pay.  —  Alexis Barry says in court papers that she was never paid for more than 750 hours of overtime and never took 10 vacation days.
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't! and TMZ.com
Agence France Presse:
Demi Moore credited with saving suicidal woman  —  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Actress Demi Moore may have had a role on Friday in thwarting a possible suicide attempt after a woman sent a message to her on micro-blogging service Twitter indicating she planned to harm herself.  —  “Getting a knife, a big one that is sharp.
Discussion: Videogum
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:   Demi Moore Saves Life of Suicidal Woman With Twitter
Agence France Presse:
George Harrison to get star on Walk of Fame  —  LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Hollywood's glittering Walk of Fame is to get a new star with late Beatle George Harrison being added posthumously to the famous walkway.  —  A star bearing Harrison's name will be added to the famous sidewalk in a ceremony …
Discussion: EW.com
Dave McNary / Variety:
New Line finds its Freddy Krueger  —  Jackie Earle Haley joins ‘Elm Street’  —  Jackie Earle Haley is going to Elm Street, signing to star as iconic killer Freddy Krueger in New Line and Platinum Dunes' relaunch of “A Nightmare on Elm Street.”  —  Platinum Dunes partners Michael Bay …
Discussion: /Film
 
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Paul Vieira / Dow Jones Newswires:
Netflix, Disney, and other US streaming companies ask a Canadian court to block imposition of a fee of 5% of sales to help finance local news and other content

Scott Roxborough / The Hollywood Reporter:
Germany's government pledges to add a 30% film/TV production tax incentive, effective as early as January 2025; Australia raised its rebate to 30% on July 1

Samantha Waldenberg / CNN:
ABC News plans to air an interview with President Biden “in its entirety as a primetime special”, at 8pm ET on July 5; a transcript will also be available

 
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