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12:25 PM ET, April 16, 2009

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Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Heidi Klum: Pregnant With Fourth Child!  —  Mazel tov, Heidi Klum!  —  Sources confirm that the supermodel mogul is expecting her third child with music-man hubby Seal.  —  The couple has two sons together, Henry Günther Ademola Dashtu Samuel, 3, and Johan Riley Fyodor Taiwo Samuel, 2.
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In Touch Weekly Magazine:
Online Mishap Reveals Heidi Klum's Pregnancy  —  Thanks to a fashion snafu, there is buzz that Heidi Klum and her husband, Seal, are adding to their family.  “It looks like Heidi is four months pregnant,” an insider tells In Touch, explaining that the Project Runway host's wardrobe plans gave her away.
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Katie Holmes' Brother-in-Law Dies Unexpectedly  —  Katie Holmes' brother-in-law has passed away.  —  Joseph Jeffrey Fretti — the 48-year-old husband of Holmes' older sister Tamera — has died of heart failure unexpectedly of heart failure.
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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Katie Holmes Brother-in-Law Dies Suddenly  —  Tragedy has struck Katie Holmes' family.  —  RadarOnline.com has learned that Katie's brother-in-law died suddenly at age 48.  Joseph Jeffrey Fretti, 48, was found dead by a family friend on April 12 in the Sarasota, Fl., home of his mother Shirley.
Discussion: Gabby Babble
Korin Miller / NY Daily News:
Miss USA contestants model itty-bitty, teeny-weeny Jessica Simpson Collection bikinis  —  Glammed-out Miss USA contestants will be wearing none other Jessica Simpson on Sunday night.  —  The itty-bitty bikinis, that is - not the pop star.  —  The singer-actress-designer's Jessica Simpson Collection snagged …
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Britney Spears Treats Tour Dancers — Including Her New Crush! — to Brunch  —  Britney Spears treated her Circus dancers to an Easter brunch.  —  The group — including Spears' tour crush Chase Benz (sitting to her left) — snacked on salad, chicken, veggies and fruit on the rooftop …
Discussion: Lifeline Live and iVillage
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Mel Gibson's 24-Year-Old Lover Confirms Their “Union”  —  Days after Mel Gibson's wife of 28 years, Robyn, filed for divorce, a 24-year-old Russian pop singer has come forth, claiming that she had a romantic relationship with the 53-year-old actor and has now fallen in love.
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Angie Romero / Latina.com:
Michelle Rodriguez: “I Feel Like I'm Being Born Again”  —  She's been labeled insane, tough, controversial and bisexual.  All of these things Michelle Rodriguez can neither confirm nor deny.  But Latina's May cover star does talk openly about her hard partying past, the stereotypes she battles in Hollywood …
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Cosby kid Rudy in new reality show  —  NEW YORK - Rudy from “The Cosby Show” has grown up, and she's about to show off her life on cable TV.  —  Oxygen said Wednesday that it's developing a reality show about actress Keshia Knight Pulliam and her live-in boyfriend, Atlanta area entrepreneur Kaseem Penn.
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip and EW.com
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Linda Hogan Slams Hulk for O.J. Comments  —  Linda Hogan is not pleased her ex Hulk Hogan said he “totally” understood O.J. Simpson — who was acquitted for the murder of his wife in 1995.  —  “Hulk's serial cheating destroyed our marriage, our family and our future,” she snaps in a statement released to Usmagazine.com.
People.com:
Caught in the Act!  —  Nicollette Sheridan  —  • Nicollette Sheridan, feeding her date - a handsome brunette male - sushi at Katsuya Brentwood.  Looking happy, the former Desperate Housewives star and her dapper beau enjoyed cocktails with their salmon sushi, sea urchin and yellowtail sashimi.
Johnny Dodd / People.com:
Octuplets' Mom Nadya Suleman Seeks to Trademark ‘Octomom’  —  Nadya Suleman  —  Just call her Octomom!  —  Nadya Suleman, the now-famous mother of octuplets, has filed an application to trademark the word “Octomom.”  But she's not the first to think of it: A Houston-based novelty company beat her to the punch by a month.
Mark Gray / People.com:
Eddie Cibrian & Wife Party in Las Vegas  —  Eddie Cibrian's wife Brandi Glanville is standing by her man.  —  One month after reports of her husband's alleged affair with LeAnn Rimes, model Glanville, 36, and Cibrian, 35, headed to Las Vegas for some dinner and dancing.
Discussion: iVillage
James Hibberd / Hollywood Reporter:
VH1 greenlights series with Fantasia  —  Project will chronicle her career and life as a single mom  —  Former “American Idol” star Fantasia Barrino will return to reality television in a new unscripted series on VH1.  —  The nine-time Grammy nominee has received a series commitment …
Carlos Greer / People.com:
Josh Hartnett Says Not to Worry about His Health  —  Despite his recent hospitalization with stomach pains, Josh Hartnett assured PEOPLE at Wednesday night's New Yorkers For Children Sixth Annual Spring Dinner, “I'm fine.  I just had a little stomach bug.”  —  The Pearl Harbor star, 30 …
Sam Hill / Cele|bitchy:
PETA spokesperson Pam Anderson booked to open steakhouse/stripclub  —  Pamela Anderson is not the brightest bulb in the shed.  A while back, she posed naked for PETA's “I'd rather go naked...” campaign, and has been one of their celebrity spokespeople.  That didn't stop her from wearing Uggs …
Discussion: Fox News
Brian Orloff / People.com:
Slumdog Producers Donate $740,000 to Indian Kids  —  Azhar Ismail (left) and Rubina Ali  —  The producers of Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire are hoping the change the lives of some real life children living in Mumbai slums.  —  On Thursday, the filmmakers announced they would donate of £500,000 …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Deceiver.com
Hollywoodreporter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Megan Fox, Mexican-border heroine  —  Megan Fox is making a run for the border.  —  Screen Gems says the actress will star as the lead in the border thriller “The Crossing.”  —  Byron Willinger and Philip de Blasi penned the pic, in which a couple returning from a Mexican vacation is carjacked and the husband kidnapped.
Discussion: MTV Movies Blog
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Billy Ray Cyrus: Jamie Foxx's Remarks About Miley Were “Hurtful”  —  Billy Ray Cyrus says Jamie Foxx was out of line after making crude cracks at his 16-year-old daughter, Miley Cyrus.  —  Foxx, 41, apologized Tuesday for saying on his Sirius radio show that the Hannah Montana star needs …
NBC Bay Area:
Lady GaGa Entertains Thousands At Palm Springs White Party  —  Billboard chart topper Lady GaGa took to the stage this weekend way past most folks' bedtime to perform a roaring 75-minute concert set for a crowd of thousands - mostly gay men.  —  The people gathered at the Palm Springs Convention Center …
Discussion: blondieenyc and Perez Hilton
Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on ‘House,’ ‘Chuck,’ ‘24,’ ‘Big Bang,’ ‘CSI: NY,’ ‘The Office,’ ‘Lost,’ and more!  —  Question: For the love of God, please give me some Big Bang Theory spoilers!  —Laura  —  Ausiello: Leonard's “Stuart” problem rears its nerdy little head again on May 4 …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
OK! Magazine:
Tori & Dean Beg (Nicely) For Scripts  —  Tori Spelling and husband Dean McDermott are busy these days, with the fourth season of their reality show, Home Sweet Hollywood, “babies, babies babies” and “lots of dogs,” but if you want to pitch a new idea, bring it on.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
MrDisgusting / Bloody-Disgusting:
Wrong Turn 3 Director Opens His ‘Little Shop of Horrors’  —  While chatting with Declan O'Brien about his forthcoming direct-to-video effort Wrong Turn 3, he revealed exclusively to Bloody-Disgusting that he just optioned the rights to Roger Corman's classic The Little Shop of Horrors!
Discussion: Pajiba and Cinematical
Access Hollywood:
Lil Jon ‘In Shock’ Over Getting Miley Cyrus' Old Number  —  Miley Cyrus,Hip Hop,Young Hollywood,TV One  —  Lil Jon has a new number - Miley Cyrus' old one.  —  The hip-hop star told Access Hollywood on Wednesday that he was “in shock” at getting the teen star's former digits.
Discussion: Bossip.com
 
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Larry Carroll / MTV Movies Blog:
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