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8:15 AM ET, April 13, 2009

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Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
The First Puppy Makes a Big Splash  —  Bo, the Portuguese Water Dog, Is All Over the Web Before His Official Debut  —  Who let the dog out?  —  That's the Washington mystery du jour.  —  The identity of the first puppy — the one that the Washington press corps has been yelping about for months …
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TMZ.com:
Prez Barack Obama — That Damn TMZ!  —  Apparently President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle were trying to keep the whole Presidential dog thing under wraps — and then we came along...  The White House had offered The Washington Post a “puppy exclusive” when the time came, according to The Washington Post!
Discussion: Unleashed and Evil Beet Gossip
Sandra Sobieraj-Westfall / People.com:
The Obama's Dog Has Arrived - at Last!  —  A Portuguese Water Dog; Sasha and Malia Obama  —  Forget about hunting for Easter eggs.  The president's daughters have a much better treat in store this holiday weekend: a new dog!  —  After months of anticipation, a 6-month-old Portuguese Water Dog named Bo …
OK! Magazine:
Lindsay Parties the Pain Away  —  With Samantha Ronson busy spinning records at a DJ gig in San Francisco's Castro District on Friday night, her ex-girlfriend Lindsay Lohan used the opportunity to party until the wee hours.  —  In fact, La Lohan's night didn't even begin until around 1:45 a.m. …
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People.com:
Friend: Lindsay and Sam Are Still Talking  —  A week after Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson's dramatic split, a friend of Lohan's says the star is “heartbroken.”  —  “Sam and Lindsay are speaking,” the source tells PEOPLE.  “But Sam has begged Lindsay to get help.”
Julie Jordan / People.com:
Tori Spelling: I Love My Mother  —  Feud?  What feud?  —  Tori Spelling insists that the supposed rift between her and her mother, Candy Spelling, isn't nearly as bad as it's been made out to be.  —  “It's not like we're not talking, we just haven't talked,” the actress, whose new book …
Mark R. Probst:
Amazon Follies  —  On Amazon.com two days ago, mysteriously, the sales rankings disappeared from two newly-released high profile gay romance books: “Transgressions” by Erastes and “False Colors” by Alex Beecroft.  Everybody was perplexed.  Was it a glitch of some sort?
News of the World:
We had sex in rehab..Blake wants to bring up baby  —  A JOBLESS mum-of-two has revealed she is six weeks' PREGNANT with the baby of Amy Winehouse's estranged junkie husband Blake Fielder Civil.  —  The news could wreck love rat Blake's plan to grab half his rock star wife's £10 million fortune in a divorce settlement.
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Madonna Makes Adoption Plea to Malawi Newspaper  —  Madonna opens up about her failed attempt to adopt 3-year-old Mercy James in a new interview.  —  “I want to provide Mercy with a home, a loving family environment and the best education and healthcare possible,” she e-mailed Malawi's Nation newspaper in response to its questions.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, iVillage and Dlisted
People.com:
Roger Federer Weds!  —  Roger Federer and Miroslava Vavrinec  —  Roger Federer is officially off the singles market.  The tennis champ announced on his Web site that he married longtime girlfriend and former WTA tennis player Miroslava “Mirka” Vavrinec in Switzerland on Saturday.
Just Jared:
Garrett Hedlund is TRON 2.0  —  Garrett Hedlund catches a departing flight out of Vancouver International Airport in British Columbia, Canada on Saturday (April 11).  —  The 24-year-old is on his way to Los Angeles via LAX airport.  —  Garrett is currently filming Disney's TR2N, which is the sequel to the 1982 film Tron.
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Just Jared:
Nicole Kidman: Easter Sunday with Sunday!  —  Nicole Kidman and her superstar country music husband Keith Urban spend Easter Sunday morning (April 12) with their daughter Sunday, 9 months, and Nicole's family in Syndey, Australia.  —  The trio spent time with Nic's younger sister Antonia …
Eunice Oh / People.com:
VIDEO: Stars Reach Out to Pals Online for Charity  —  Joel Madden is asking his friend Emile Hirsch for a favor.  —  The Good Charlotte rocker is the latest celeb to post a video online as part of Invisible Children's campaign to bring awareness to kidnapped child soldiers in Uganda and the Congo.
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Just Jared:
Emile Hirsch is Pink Lacey
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
 
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News of the World:
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Jane Atkinson / News of the World:
Skincredible Kylie  —  £40k hols take years off the pop princess
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Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Michael S. Rosenwald / New York Times:
Mike Shatzkin, a publishing consultant who was among the first in the industry to shake publishers into confronting the digital disruption, died on Nov. 7 at 77

Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

 
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