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12:50 PM ET, April 21, 2009

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People.com:
Brad and Angelina: Fact or Fiction?  —  The Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie rumor mill has been churning overtime lately.  Here's a quick rundown of some of the stories making the rounds - and whether they're fact or fiction:  —  Liquid Diet?  Rumor: Angelina is on a liquid diet that has caused …
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie Go Grocery Shopping in New York Suburbs  —  Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie hit up a suburban grocery store with two of their kids Saturday afternoon, a Stop & Shop employee tells Usmagazine.com.  —  “They were here for 30 minutes and left,” Monira Ahmed …
New York Post:
MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ FLIPS OUT AT WEDDING  —  “THE Fast and the Furious” star Michelle Rodriguez was no model bridesmaid at the four-day wedding of her best friend and manager, Giancarlo Chersich, to beautiful Dominican actress and television host Celines Toribio, reports The Post's Sandra Guzman.
CBS News:
Julie Chen Is Expecting First Child  —  Early Show Co-Anchor Says She'll Continue Doing Show And Hosting “Big Brother”  —  (CBS) Julie Chen had a big announcement at the beginning of The Early Show Tuesday.  —  The show co-anchor told viewers she's pregnant with her first child.
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Early Show's Julie Chen Expecting First Child
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
New York Post:
JULIE CHEN EXPECTING BABY
Discussion: Dlisted and The Huffington Post
Fox News:
Exclusive: Carrie Prejean Says ‘God Was Testing My Faith’ With Gay Marriage Question  —  Carrie Prejean is the most famous runner-up in Miss USA history.  —  In an exclusive interview with FOXNews.com's Courtney Friel, Miss California says her phone has been ringing off the hook …
Discussion: Queerty and The Hollywood Gossip
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Kim Kardashian / Kim Kardashian official web site:
Dear Us Weekly, I Love ‘Forever 21’, But...  I feel that this clipping from Us Magazine is a bit misleading, so I wanted to comment on it.  —  I am a huge fan of Forever 21 and I'm very happy they have expanded their line to include a plus-size range, but I am not in that size category and this article makes it sound like I am!
Variety:
Bale in ring with Wahlberg for ‘Fighter’  —  David O. Russell to direct film  —  Christian Bale and director David O. Russell are poised to get into the ring with Mark Wahlberg on “The Fighter.”  —  Relativity Media has stepped up to fully finance the film.
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Preppy Medical Student Charged as ‘Craigslist Killer’  —  An intensive police investigation along the Eastern Seaboard came to a dramatic conclusion at 4 p.m. Monday, when Boston police arrested a 22-year-old, engaged-to-be-married, second-year Boston University medical student …
Discussion: poponthepop.com
Bill Carter / New York Times:
Will Simon Cowell Quit While He's So Far Ahead?  —  Things just seem to happen like this for Simon Cowell:  —  He is judging contestants for the reality show he owns, “Britain's Got Talent”; a middle-aged woman from Scotland walks onstage and begins to sing; and somewhere in the recesses …
People.com:
The Paisleys Reveal Newborn Son's Name!  —  Brad Paisley and wife Kimberly Williams-Paisley have paid tribute to a special man when picking the name for their newborn son.  —  Jasper Warren Paisley, who was born in Nashville on April.  17, gets his middle name from the country singer's grandfather …
Michelle Tan / People.com:
Rocker Dave Grohl: New Daughter Is ‘Loud as Hell’  —  Dave Grohl and wife Jordyn Blum  —  Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, 40, and his wife Jordyn Blum, 32, welcomed their second daughter on April 17, the singer announced in a statement.  —  Harper Willow Grohl is named …
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Trainer: Madonna Going Back to the Gym Tomorrow After Horse Accident  —  Don't worry about Madonna, who fell off a horse in the Hamptons over the weekend.  —  “She's going to be fine.  She fell on her butt,” her trainer Tracy Anderson told Usmagazine.com Monday at Cookie Magazine's Smart Cookie Awards in NYC.
TMZ.com:
Kim K. Washes Up on Shore  —  In case of emergency, Kim Kardashian's booty can be used as a flotation device.  —  The 28-year-old brought up the rear as she attempted to surf in Mexico this weekend.  —  Badonkadonk is thicker than water.  —  See Also  — Kim K: You Call That a Booty
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Howard Breuer / People.com:
Did Alleged Killer of Sandra Cantu Abduct Another Little Girl?  —  Sandra Cantu may not have been the first young girl that accused killer Melissa Huckaby abducted at her Tracy, Calif., mobile home park.  —  Her hometown newspaper, the Tracy Press, reports that police there learned in January …
Discussion: Tracy Press
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Whoopi Goldberg: Patrick Swayze “Doesn't Know When It's Going to Happen”  —  Whoopi Goldberg tells Usmagazine.com her cancer-stricken Ghost costar Patrick Swayze is “doing the best he can.”  —  “He's kicking butt,” she told Us Monday at the 1st Annual Blossom Ball in NYC.  “And, you know, he's sick.
Discussion: Hollyscoop
Christian Boone / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Family says bullying led boy, 11, to hang himself  —  The free spirit of Jaheem Herrera is evident in the family portraits in his DeKalb County apartment.  —  The 11-year-old enjoyed dancing and drawing, and the easy smile he flashed for the photographers was genuine, his stepfather said Monday night.
Discussion: Queerty and #gay
Ken Baker / E! Online:
Lindsay Lohan Would Do Vegas Peepshow “for Fun”  —  Lindsay Lohan's not planning to strip down for the Strip just yet.  —  She tells E! News exclusively that, despite reports saying otherwise, she is not interested in being a lead performer in Peepshow, the burlesque production …
Discussion: The Superficial
Brian Orloff / People.com:
Jen Garner: Ben a ‘Sweet’ Dad - Just Don't Let Him Do Hair  —  Ben Affleck may have many talents when it comes to parenting 3-year-old daughter Violet, but according to his wife Jennifer Garner hairdressing isn't one of them.  —  “Ben will do the school run,” Garner, 35 …
Discussion: iVillage
Michelle Tan / People.com:
Justin Timberlake Gears Up to Invade Your TV  —  If Justin Timberlake calls, think twice before answering.  —  On the The Phone, the new MTV reality show that Timberlake is executive producing - premiering Tuesday at 10 p.m. - contestants accept a challenge via cellphone …
Discussion: Scandalist and Celebrity Blog …
In Touch Weekly Magazine:
In Touch Exclusive:Lady GaGa's new boyfriend revealed!  —  Lady GaGa's new boyfriend revealed!  —  Lady GaGa has plenty of reasons to celebrate these days.  The international pop sensation has two No. 1 singles, and a new beau!  In Touch can exclusively reveal that the “Just Dance” …
Discussion: AceShowBiz.com and Showbiz Spy
Access Hollywood:
Ellen On Marriage To Portia: 'I'm Happier Than I've Ever Been'  —  Ellen DeGeneres,LGBT,Weddings,Lindsay Lohan,Shaun Robinson,Media,Portia De Rossi  —  Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi's August 2008 marriage status might be in jeopardy from the passage of California's Proposition 8 …
Derek Blasberg / Interview Magazine:
Emma WATSON  —  Since the first Harry Potter novel was published in 1997, millions upon millions have dreamt of being transported to Potterworld.  But what they probably don't know is that, in reality, it's only a few miles northwest of centralLondon—part of a former WWII aircraft factory turned movie set called Leavesden Studios.
Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
NBC picking up Debra Messing comedy  —  Untitled project is from Josann McGibbon, Sara Parriott  —  Debra Messing is back at NBC.  —  The network is in negotiations to pick up a single-camera comedy toplined by the former “Will & Grace” star and written by Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott.
Bill Keveney / USA Today:
A day in the life of ‘Idol,’ from rehearsals to the live show  —  LOS ANGELES — It's show day at American Idol.  USA TODAY had the rare opportunity last week to follow executive producer Ken Warwick and chart the day for Idol's singers and all involved in putting together the live performance show (Tuesday, Fox, 8 ET/PT).
 
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PopEater:
Biel a Natural in Stripped Down Movie
New York Post:
DAVID BLAINE TO WED ALIZEE GUINOCHET
Discussion: The Awl and Hollyscoop
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Tori Spelling: “It Sucks to Have to Diet and Exercise”
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Zack Snyder adds two to ‘Sucker Punch!’
Discussion: /Film, Oh No They Didn't! and EW.com
TMZ.com:
Cops Say Madonna Horse Story Is Bogus
Discussion: Dlisted
Hollywoodreporter / The Live Feed:
Few stay still for ‘Sit Down, Shut Up’
Discussion: TV Envy and Movieline
Natalie Abrams / E! Online:
Pushing Daisies Lives On (In the Comic Book World)
Discussion: Korbi TV and New York Magazine
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Kamala Harris, who has mostly avoided interviews over the past few months, readies a media blitz, including the Call Her Daddy podcast, The View, and 60 Minutes

Financial Times:
Sources: New York Sun owner Dovid Efune is close to striking a deal to buy The Telegraph for £550M+, more than what others like National World offered

Committee to Protect Journalists:
At least 128 journalists and media workers, all but five of them Palestinian, have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war in the year since the October 7 attack

 
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