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3:10 PM ET, April 9, 2009

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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Britney Spears Walks Off Stage During Concert  —  The show didn't go on in Vancouver Wednesday night after Britney Spears pulled the plug on her sold-out Circus concert 15 minutes and three songs into her performance - departing the stage and leaving the audience in the GM Place in the dark for more than half an hour.
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Vancouver Sun:
Pop star Britney Spears walks off the stage in Vancouver  —  Britney Spears sings to her screaming fans at Vancouver's GM Place on Wednesday, April, 8, 2009.  —  REVIEW: Britney Spears Wednesday night at GM Place  —  Britney Spears displayed her famous unpredictability …
Britney Spears:
STATEMENT REGARDING VANCOUVER SHOW  —  We want to apologize to all the fans who attended our Vancouver show tonight for the brief pause in Britney's set.  Crew members above the stage became ill due to a ventilation issue.  —  Find Out More »
Perez Hilton:
Britney is “Cock” Obsessed!
Discussion: Popsquire
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Lindsay Lohan Dyes Her Hair Red, Gets New Tattoo  —  Two days after tearfully opening up to Us Weekly, Lindsay Lohan was spotted getting a new tattoo.  —  The actress — who told Us her life was “absolute hell” after getting dumped by Samantha Ronson — was all smiles at midnight Wednesday …
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People.com:
Will Lindsay and Samantha Get Back Together?  —  Samantha Ronson (left) and Lindsay Lohan  —  Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson have broken up as many as five times since December, usually after nasty fights, only to reunite amid Lohan's assurances on MySpace that all's well.
Mary Beth / INF Daily:   LINDSAY AND ALI LOHAN STOP BY THE SALON
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Samantha Ronson: “No Truth” to Restraining Order Talk
Courtney Hazlett / MSNBC:
Scoop: Plot details for new ‘Sex’ movie  —  Plus: Hudson and Wilson break up; ‘Gossip Girl’ star gaining weight  —  The next “Sex and the City” movie won't hit theaters till 2010, but expect Carrie and Big's marriage to run into some problems.  —  Slideshow  —  The week in celebrity sightings
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Miley Cyrus “Closer to the Lord” Since Meeting Justin Gaston  —  Miley Cyrus says she is holier thanks to hottie Justin Gaston.  —  “I've never been closer to the Lord since I met him,” she says on The Rachael Ray Show in an interview airing Friday.  “He's really made me read my Bible.
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Reuters:   Just a Minute With: Miley Cyrus on Hannah Montana
K.C. Baker / People.com:
Rihanna Pays Special Visit to Sick Fan  —  Rihanna and Jasmina  —  Six-year-old Jasmina Anema is one of Rihanna's biggest fans.  So when her idol walked into her hospital room at NYU Medical Center on April 2 to visit her, the tiny leukemia patient could hardly believe her eyes.  —  “She's really here!”
NY Daily News:
Phelps dives into city club scene  —  Tsk, tsk, Michael Phelps.  Partying your face off in public is not the way to reclaim your good-guy image.  —  The Olympian, who has been laying relatively low since his bong-smoking scandal in January, was out in full force Tuesday night at NYC hot spot Marquee.
MaryAnn Spoto / New Jersey Online:
Bruce Springsteen is named other man in Monmouth County divorce case  —  He may be The Boss, but Bruce Springsteen is also a home wrecker, a Red Bank man claimed in his divorce papers.  —  Businessman Arthur J. Kelly named the Jersey rock ‘n’ roller as the reason for the breakup …
Elizabeth Snead / The Dish Rag:
‘Twilight’ hunk Kellan Lutz's secret passion, Rob Pattinson's nerves, Taylor Lautner's bod  —  “Twilight” hunk Kellan Lutz attended a fashiony event Tuesday night — the swanky private dinner party at the Chateau Marmont — hosted by tennis babe Maria Sharapova  —  to launch the Maria Sharapova Sporting Collection for Cole Haan.
Discussion: Socialite Life and Just Jared
Associated Press:
Lunch with Jon Hamm is up for auction  —  LOS ANGELES - Care to schedule a lunch meeting with Don Draper?  Golden Globe-winning “Mad Men” star Jon Hamm is making himself available for lunch in Los Angeles to the winning bidder on eBay.  —  The online auction benefits the Adrienne Shelly Foundation …
Discussion: TV Squad
Dan Kois / New York Magazine:
Does Seth Rogen Rape Anna Faris in Observe and Report?  —  Last weekend we were hanging out with a bunch of movie-loving friends who professed no desire to see Observe and Report, Seth Rogen's mall-cop black comedy.  “I just don't want to see any movie where the main character's a rapist,” …
Fashionista:
Buy Gwyneth's Clothes  —  The new GOOP just landed in our inbox.  —  We didn't even make it past the introductory note to Gwyneth's sure to be groundbreaking Spring wardrobe suggestions because she mentioned she'd done a bit of spring cleaning, the highlights of which landed in her GOOP e-bay store.
Discussion: Luxaholics, L.A. Rag Mag and Style News
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Prince Sings About Salma Hayek's Curves in New Song  —  Is Prince pining for newlywed Salma Hayek?  —  He sings about actress's curves and how beautiful she is in a new tune called “Valentina” — also the name of Hayek's 18-month-old daughter.  —  “Hey Valentina, tell your mama she should give …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Whittier Daily News:
Octomom to apply for WIC  —  WHITTIER - Nadya Suleman said she is contemplating applying for federal assistance to feed her 14 children.  —  “If I need to apply for (the Women, Infants and Children program) to provide my babies with formula, then I'm going to,” she said Wednesday.
Discussion: Us Weekly and Perez Hilton
James Regan / Reuters:
Young Star Trek crew boldly walks red carpet  —  SYDNEY (Reuters Life!)  - The 11th Star Trek movie in 30 years had its world premiere on Tuesday, its markedly younger cast boldly going along the red carpet to a makeshift cinema in the Sydney Opera House.  —  Chris Pine, 28 …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
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Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
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Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
In an ABC News one-on-one interview, President Biden pushed back against questions about his fitness, after about a month of heavy media focus on his age

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

 
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