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2:30 PM ET, April 13, 2009

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TMZ.com:
Mel Gibson's Wife Files for Divorce  —  We've learned Mel Gibson's wife Robyn has just filed legal papers to divorce Mel Gibson, her husband of 28 years, citing “irreconcilable differences.”  Pretty ironic — Robyn signed the papers the day before Good Friday.
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Mel Gibson's Wife Files for Divorce After 28 Years of Marriage  —  Mel Gibson's wife Robyn has filed for divorce after 28 years of marriage.  —  In the papers — signed Apr. 9 — she cites “irreconcilable differences.”  —  “Throughout our marriage and separation we have always strived …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and I'm Not Obsessed
NY Daily News:
Chris Brown wastes little time after Rihanna  —  Chris Brown is moving on.  —  The R&B singer has started dating again since his troubled relationship with pop chanteuse Rihanna ended last month, and it appears he has gotten back together with another ex-girlfriend.
Mark Kernes / AVN:
MARILYN CHAMBERS, LEGENDARY ADULT ACTRESS, DEAD AT 57  —  The world-famous performer worked in both XXX and mainstream films  —  SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - Marilyn Chambers, star of such golden age classics as Behind the Green Door and Insatiable, was found dead Sunday in the mobile home …
Mike Celizic / MSNBC:
Duggar family: Another baby on the way!  —  Wife of eldest of 18 children is expecting the family's first grandchild  —  There's a new Duggar on the way, but this time it's not Michelle Duggar adding another to her brood of 18 children.  Instead, it's a grandchild expected by the oldest son and his wife of seven months.
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Alicia Dennis / People.com:
Another Duggar On the Way!  —  Looks like there's not going to be a shortage of Duggars anytime soon.  —  Joshua, 21 - the oldest of 18 kids born to Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar of Tontitown, Ark. - and his wife, Anna, 20, are expecting a baby of their own.
Emmet Sullivan / People.com:
Padma Lakshmi Poses Nude, Exposes Scar  —  Padma Lakshmi  —  Padma Lakshmi's favorite part of her body may be surprising - it's the seven-inch scar on her forearm from a car accident at the age of 14.  —  “I love it because it makes me a person who has an interesting past …
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Phil / Egotastic!:
Eliza Dushku Nude with Chelsea Handler and Padma Lakshmi in Allure  —  Dollhouse may be on it's last legs, with rumours of cancellation circling the Tubes of the Interwebs, and that's probably a good thing, since Eliza Dushku is kind of a terrible actress, but it does make me a little sad because she's still fairly hot.
Linda Marx / People.com:
Kardashian Family Member Getting Plastic Surgery  —  There are some big changes coming to the Kardashian household.  “Someone in the Kardashian family will soon have plastic surgery,” Kim Kardashian told PEOPLE exclusively at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Saturday night.
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
LeAnn Rimes: “People Are Fascinated With My Personal Life”  —  LeAnn Rimes — who had a fling with her Lifetime movie costar Eddie Cibrian — says she isn't surprised that people are interested in her love life.  —  “I've grown up in the press my whole life,” she said on Monday's Today show …
The Superficial:
Madonna wants that kid  —  Madonna is still determined to get her claws on a four-year-old Malawian girl, Mercy, and has resorted to her most devious form of sorcery: E-mail.  Us Magazine reports: … Madonna has also promised to not leave the Necronomicon out on the coffee table …
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BBC:
Madonna ‘still keen on adoption’
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Mabvuto Banda / Reuters:
Madonna still keen to adopt Malawian child: report
Discussion: E! Online (UK)
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Simon Cowell Hints He May Leave American Idol  —  Good news to American Idol wannabes who dread Simon Cowell's critiques: He may be leaving the show.  —  In a new interview with the U.K. Mirror, the sharp-tongued judge, 49, says he is getting tired of traveling for his three TV shows — and Idol would be the first to go.
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Access Hollywood:
Is Simon Cowell Planning An ‘Idol’ Exit?
Discussion: iVillage
New York Post:
WHITNEY PORT LEAVES JOB  —  IS Whitney Port leaving her post at Diane von Furstenberg?  A source tells Page Six that the star of MTV's “The City” was beaten out for a promotion by co-worker Olivia Palermo, who got the plum job of working as a publicist for DvF in London.
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Hank Baskett Helping Kendra Wilkinson Find God  —  Kendra Wilkinson is known across the world as being Hugh Hefner's wonderfully wild former flame, but since moving out of the Playboy mansion and getting engaged to Philadelphia Eagle Hank Baskett, it seems Wilkinson is choosing prayers over posing.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and The Gossip Girls
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?
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Joshua Rich / EW.com:
Box Office Report: ‘Hannah Montana: The Movie’ wins the weekend  —  Miley Cyrus' Hannah Montana: The Movie jumped out to a big lead at the box office and never looked back on this competitive holiday weekend.  The Disney Channel adaptation took first place with a hefty …
Discussion: Socialite Life and Gawker
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Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
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