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4:45 PM ET, April 20, 2009

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Fox News:
Miss California Sparks Furor With Gay Marriage Comments on Miss USA Telecast  —  Miss North Carolina Kristen Dalton was crowned Miss USA on Sunday, but the big story to come out of the normally politics-free telecast was Miss California's comments regarding gay marriage.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, The Blemish and FishBowlLA
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Access Hollywood:
Miss California: My Sister Is A Gay Rights Activist  —  Pageants,LGBT,Billy Bush,Celebrities  —  Her opinions on same-sex marriage may have cost Miss California the Miss USA crown on Sunday night - but in an interview with Billy Bush for “The Billy Bush Show” and Access Hollywood on Monday morning …
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Miss California: My Anti-Gay Marriage Answer “Cost Me My Crown”  —  Miss California Carrie Prejean says she believes her anti-same sex marriage stance hurt her chances of winning Sunday's Miss USA competition.  —  At the Las Vegas pageant, Prejean, 21, was asked by judge Perez Hilton how she felt about legalizing gay marriage.
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Slumdog Millionaire Kid Star Put Up for Sale by Father
Reuters:
Reported sale of “Slumdog” child star probed
Discussion: Digital Spy
NY Daily News:
Photographer denies Madonna's claim that he played a role in Madge's fall from horse in Hamptons  —  Madonna appeared physically unhurt Sunday, but her weekend horseback tumble in the Hamptons left her ego bruised.  —  “Are you the guys that spooked my horse?” the Material Mom asked …
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Madonna / The Superficial:   Madonna lying about horse accident, says pap
Associated Press:
Photographer: Madonna wrong about NY horse fall
Discussion: Faded Youth Blog and Lifeline Live
TMZ.com:
Tyler Perry Alleged Stalker Threatens Murder  —  TMZ has obtained the restraining order against the woman accused of stalking Tyler Perry — and the document is nothing short of shocking .... the alleged stalker saying Tyler is a candidate for murder.  —  As we first reported …
Phil / Egotastic!:
Jessica Biel Nude Pictures from Powder Blue JESSICA BIEL NUDE!!!!!!!!!!  —  Here it is, ladies and gentelmen (but mostly gentelmen), the moment you've all been waiting for.  Egotastic! is proud to be the first to present: Jessica Biel nude in Powder Blue!!!!!!!!!
Scott Bowles / USA Today:
First look: Murderous ‘Lovely Bones’ is also ‘curiously optimistic’  —  For all the violence and grief of The Lovely Bones, Peter Jackson believes the movie adaptation need not be a downer.  —  In fact, he says, the film version of Alice Sebold's best-selling novel about teenager Susie Salmon …
Discussion: The Playlist, /Film and SCI FI Wire
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Khloe, Kourtney Kardashian Get Own Reality Show  —  Now it's going to be even harder to keep up with the Kardashians.  —  Kim's sisters Khloe and Kourtney are getting their own reality show.  —  Kourtney and Khloe in Miami, which debuts August 2009 on E!, follows the girls to south Florida as they open a new Dash boutique.
TMZ.com:
Amy Wino's Skin Cracks Too  —  British popwreck Amy Winehouse appears to be getting to the root of all her problems, by peeling back all the layers ... of leg skin.  —  The 25-year-old former singer dragged her golden brown rotting limb around the beach in St. Lucia this weekend.
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Raphael Tenthani / People.com:
Madonna Adoption Appeal Set for May 4  —  Madonna and son David, in 2007  —  A three-judge Supreme Court of Appeal panel will convene on May 4 to hear an appeal filed by Madonna against an April 3 Malawi High Court decision to stop her from adopting 3-year-old Malawian girl Chifundo “Mercy” James.
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Reuters:
Madonna to try again to adopt Malawian girl
Discussion: X17 Online and Digital Spy
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Madonna Adoption Appeal Set for May 4
Discussion: PopSugar
Mirror.co.uk:
Lindsay Lohan leaves Las Vegas club with a man in tow  —  We were all over Coachella at the weekend so Lindsay Lohan probably thought she was safe to escape to Las Vegas.  —  Boy was she wrong... and boy were we shocked to see her pull a BLOKE.  —  Linds, recently split from DJ lover Samantha Ronson …
Michael K / Dlisted:
Spread Dem Legs!  —  No, these are not stills from I DREAMED A DREAM: The Susan Boyle Story, it's Meryl F**king Streep as Julia Child.  Hearing Meryl do Julia's “nipple hair twisting voice” (in a good way) is worth the price of admission alone.  —  In Julie & Julia, Meryl plays Julia …
Discussion: Videogum
People.com:
PHOTOS: Andy Roddick & Brooklyn Decker on Their Wedding Day!  —  Brooklyn Decker in Austin  —  They married in a twilight ceremony at his Austin, Texas, home - and now PEOPLE has your look at Andy Roddick and Brooklyn Decker's wedding day.  —  Sporting a Vera Wang gown, Decker, 21 …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
 
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