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5:15 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 …
Perez Hilton:
Britney is “Cock” Obsessed!
Discussion: INF Daily, omg! and 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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Mary Beth / INF Daily:   LINDSAY AND ALI LOHAN STOP BY THE SALON
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Samantha Ronson: “No Truth” to Restraining Order Talk
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.
RADAR:
David Caruso Sued By Mother of His Children; Shocking Charges  —  CSI: Miami star David Caruso has been hit with a bombshell lawsuit by Liza Marquez, the ex girlfriend he dumped while she was pregnant.  —  Liza filed a multi-count suit on David in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday.
Discussion: Perez Hilton and The Dish Rag
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TMZ.com:
David Caruso Sued by Baby Mama
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.
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
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!”
Kiran Hefa / People.com:
Kim Kardashian Eyes Twilight, 007 Roles  —  Kim Kardashian made her big screen debut in 2008's Disaster Movie, but now the Keeping Up with the Kardashians star is looking for a role with a little more bite.  —  “I would like die to be in Twilight,” Kardashian gushes to PopEater, “being around all those hot guys.
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Mike Hess / PopEater:   Kardashian ‘Would Die’ to Be in ‘Twilight’
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: Cele|bitchy, Us Weekly and Perez Hilton
Hollywoodreporter / The Live Feed:
Fox cuts short ‘Dollhouse’ (sort of)  —  Fox has scheduled the season finale of Joss Whedon's Dollhouse, but some sharp-eyed fans have noticed that there's something missing: the show's 13th episode.  —  The missing link is called “Epitaph One,” directed by Whedon, and was supposed to air May 15.
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
Michael K / Dlisted:
When The A**hole Is Away, The Douche Will Play  —  A**hole Simpson had a sad face in her heart when she had to leave her husband to go back home and take care of Bronx Mowgli.  Ass was with Pete Wentz for a few of his shows, but couldn't go with him to Las Vegas.
Stephanie Nebehay / Reuters:
Jennifer Lopez wins cybersquatting case at UN agency  —  GENEVA (Reuters) - American singer and actress Jennifer Lopez has won a cybersquatting case against a U.S. web operator who registered two Internet addresses that used her name for commercial profit, a U.N. agency said on Thursday.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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 …
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: Extra, 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
 
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Eric Wilson / New York Times:
Trust Me. You'll Look Cool in This.
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Access Hollywood:
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Bay News 9:
California driver's license issued to Nick Bollea
Discussion: Perez Hilton and lalate news
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Bill O'Reilly Blasts Eminem for Mocking Sarah Palin in Video
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
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ProPublica:
Sources and records: Trump Media has forced out its COO, CPO, and other executives after internal allegations that CEO Devin Nunes is mismanaging the company

Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Leading UK cultural figures decry Observer's planned sale to Tortoise as “a betrayal” of liberal journalism; Guardian, Observer staff consider striking

Karen Raugust / Publishers Weekly:
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