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2:40 PM ET, April 17, 2009

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People.com:
Suri Cruise Celebrates Birthday No. 3  —  Suri Cruise  —  Suri Cruise celebrated her third birthday with a small gathering of friends and family at home in Los Angeles Thursday afternoon, PEOPLE has learned.  —  Parents Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes planned a princess-themed party for their daughter …
CNN:
Ashton Kutcher first to reach 1 million in Twitter battle with CNN  —  (CNN) — Celebrity Ashton Kutcher narrowly beat out CNN early Friday in an online popularity contest to see who could more quickly attract 1 million followers on the micro-blogging site Twitter.
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Ashton Kutcher Becomes First Twitter Member To Net 1 Million Followers  —  Access Hollywood - 2 hours, 26 minutes ago  —  LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Ashton Kutcher has become the first member of Twitter to have over one million followers.  —  Surrounded by his wife, Demi Moore …
Kristin Boehm / People.com:
Twitter War: Ashton Bests CNN
Alissa R / Us Weekly:   Ashton Kutcher Beats CNN in Twitter Race
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Ex-Idol Hopeful Arrested at Britney Spears's House  —  A woman accused of peeking into the windows of Britney Spears's Calabasas, Calif., home was stopped by security guards and then turned over to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department on Thursday morning - hours before the pop star …
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TMZ.com:
Woman Arrested for Peeping into Britney's House
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Ex-Idol Star Arrested for Trespassing on Britney Spears' Property
Discussion: Dlisted, The Blemish and Jossip
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Drew Barrymore: I'm Not Back On With Justin Long  —  Despite public PDA earlier this week at the NYC premiere of her new HBO flick Grey Gardens, Drew Barrymore says she is not back on with ex Justin Long.  —  She tells Usmagazine.com she is single.  —  “I love it!
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DailyFill.com:
Drew Barrymore Sets Her Hair Dryer On “Stun”  —  In her new HBO movie she plays a crazy old lady.  Looks like she's got the crazy part down.  —  She's already given the East Coast a taste of her new movie, and last night (April 16) Drew Barrymore brought “Grey Gardens” to Los Angeles with a swanky premiere.
Discussion: Hellomagazine.com and omg!
TMZ.com:
Heidi & Spencer — 'Til Death...  So now we know why Heidi and Spencer went to the Bev Hills Courthouse on Wednesday.  They said they didn't get a marriage license — pants on fire.  —  We've learned that's exactly what they did.  It's under seal, but it's real.  And they're getting hitched on Saturday.
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Jennifer Garner: Blame Ben for Violet's Messy Hair!  —  Jennifer Garner admits her 3-year-old daughter Violet's hair sometimes looks messy.  —  But it's not her fault.  —  “Ben [Affleck] will do the school run.  He dresses her and does her hair.  It's pretty funny,” she tells May's InStyle (via JustJared).
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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Just Jared:
Jennifer Garner Covers InStyle May 2009
Discussion: Hollyscoop
Jay A. Fernandez / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Pooh’ writer tapped for ‘Wanted’ sequel  —  Evan Spiliotopoulos set to pen action film for Universal  —  If anyone could bend a flying bullet, it's Pooh.  —  Evan Spiliotopoulos, co-writer of “Pooh's Heffalump Movie” and its DVD Halloween spinoff, has been hired to write Universal's action sequel …
Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Sofia Coppola books Marmont film  —  Director turns to Hollywood hotel for pic  —  Sofia Coppola is checking into a new hotel for her next project.  —  The writer-director who shot her “Lost in Translation” at the Park Hyatt in Tokyo, practically making a character out of the antiseptic structure …
New York Post:
CLUB: JAY-Z'S POSSE STIFFED US  —  HIP-hop king Jay-Z's entourage is trying to avoid paying a popular Chelsea club for a pricey night out, according to the owner.  —  In February, Atlantic Records executive Michael Kyser and Universal Music Group honcho Shawn Costner took Jay-Z and his posse out to M2 in Chelsea.
John Marzulli / NY Daily News:
Actor Antwon Tanner faces jail in Social Security con  —  The actor who starred in the hip Volkswagen “Da Da Da” commercial is really dumb, dumb, dumb.  —  Antwon Tanner, who currently plays the character Skills on “One Tree Hill,” surrendered Thursday in Brooklyn Federal Court …
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Seal Confirms Heidi Klum Is Pregnant  —  Seal confirmed his wife Heidi Klum is expecting at a New York City concert.  —  “[The] topic of debate outside our hotel is, ‘Is Heidi having another baby?’” he told the audience.  “Heidi and I are having another baby!”
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Mary Beth / INF Daily:
HEIDI KLUM BRINGS HER KIDS TO SEAL'S CONCERT
Discussion: Hellomagazine.com and Digital Spy
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
LeAnn Rimes' Husband: “It's All Good”  —  Weeks after Us Weekly exclusively reported LeAnn Rimes' affair with Eddie Cibrian, the country singer, 26, and husband Dean Sheremet seem to be moving past their marital woes.  —  Sheremet, 28, wore his wedding ring Thursday to a Nashville signing …
Laura Coventry / The Daily Record:
Exclusive: Susan Boyle's first ever song release revealed - listen to it here  —  THE Daily Record has uncovered the only CD ever made by Scotland's singing sensation Susan Boyle.  —  And you can listen to it EXCLUSIVELY on our player below.  —  Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off …
Runteldat / Entertainment Spotlight:
Bow Wow Is Homophobic  —  Yesterday Bow Wow held a live video chat where he answered questions from the few fans he has left.  —  During the chat Bow Wow revealed how uncomfortable he gets around gays.  —  He talked about a time where he needed a haircut and had his people go and find him a barber.
Discussion: Queerty and Jossip
 
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Mirror.co.uk:
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Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Model Donna Feldman Says Brazilian Babes Have Stiff Competition From Israel
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New York Post:
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Steven Zeitchik / Hollywood Reporter:
Ricky Gervais finds female lead for ‘Pru’
Discussion: EW.com
Steven Zeitchik / Hollywood Reporter:
Matthew McConaughey ready for ‘Exchange’
Discussion: L.A. Rag Mag and EW.com
People.com:
Caught in the Act!  —  • Kim Kardashian, having a swinging …
Rap-Up / you're now rockin' with the best:
CURTAIN CALL FOR DANITY KANE
Discussion: BallerStatus.com
Stuart Pink / The Sun:
Oh Jesus! This pair back on?
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Maksim Chmerkovskiy: I'm Not Leaving DWTS Anytime Soon
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