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10:10 PM ET, April 21, 2009

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The Sun:
Amy's Rasta pasta disasta  —  AMY WINEHOUSE suffered agonising burns to her leg as she cooked pasta for local chums on a Caribbean island, it emerged last night.  —  The Back To Black singer, 25, had an accident while rustling up a meal in the sun-kissed paradise of St Lucia.
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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.
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 …
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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Rep: No Peep Show For Lindsay Lohan
Discussion: Socialite Life and Gone Hollywood
Michael K / Dlisted:
Blind Items: I Guess, You Guess  —  This celebrity couple's pre-nuptial agreement required the wife to stay in the relationship for a certain amount of time.  However, the Stepford Wife's law firm has decided that it may be difficult to impossible for the husband to enforce this.
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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: Cele|bitchy, Showbiz Spy and Hollyscoop
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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People.com:
It's a Boy for Jill Scott!  —  R&B singer and actress Jill Scott and her fiancé, drummer Lil John Roberts, have welcomed their first child, a boy, her manager confirms to PEOPLE.  —  Jett Hamilton Roberts was born at 4:20 p.m. on April 20.  He weighed in at 7 lbs., 8 oz.
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Singer Jill Scott Gives Birth to Baby Jett Hamilton
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
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 …
DailyFill.com:
Miss California: Marriage Is Between A Man And A Fake-Breasted, Botoxed Robot Woman  —  She lost when she said she thinks God doesn't want gays to marry because it's not natural.  Really, sweetie?  Is it natural to jam saline bags into your chest, glue Chicklets onto your teeth and inject your face full of Botox?
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Metro.co.uk:
Lohan: ‘I wanted to be like Britney’  —  Lindsay Lohan said her teenage desire to be like Britney Spears drove her to chase fame.  —  The volatile actress admits: 'Seeing Britney Spears when I was 13 years old, I was like, I want to be chased by the paparazzi.  Little did I know.
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Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:   Lindsay Lohan wants to move to London; have paparazzi drama
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.
David Bauder / Associated Press:
‘Desperate Housewives’ death draws no crowd  —  NEW YORK - The death of Edie Britt didn't draw much of a crowd to ABC's “Desperate Housewives.”  —  Sunday's episode of the comic soap, where Nicollette Sheridan's memorable character was killed off via electrocution when her car hit a power pole …
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E! Online:
Spoiler Chat: Who's in Danger on Desperate Housewives?
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 …
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Slumdog Millionaire Trust Hires Social Worker for Child Star  —  After news broke that the father of Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali reportedly offered to sell his 9-year-old daughter for nearly $300,000, the film's producers told Usmagazine.com that they have hired a social worker to look after her.
Laura Hahn / People.com:
Jenna Dewan-Channing Tatum's Wedding Coming Soon  —  Channing Tatum and fiancée Jenna Dewan like to keep their lips sealed about their engagement, but few people can miss the huge ring on her finger.  —  “Almost everybody goes, ‘Oh my God, that is so big,’ ” Dewan told PEOPLE at the New York premiere of Tatum's movie Fighting.
Sasha Frere-Jones / New Yorker:
LADIES WILD  —  How not dumb is Gaga?  —  Melody—and the cheerful embrace of the moment as it happens.  Photograph by Martin Schoeller.  —  Dedicated fans of popular music have a certain conversation at least once a year.  Call it The Question of Endurance.
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
LeAnn Rimes: I Love Dean Sheremet “Dearly”  —  LeAnn Rimes says she's “actually really great” despite the fallout from her affair with her Lifetime movie costar Eddie Cibrian.  —  After Us Weekly broke the news of their hookup, Rimes admitted she and husband Dean Sheremet were going through a “difficult time.”
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Jessica Simpson Complains Her Trainer Is Making Her Do Squats  —  Jessica Simpson — who battled scrutiny for her new curves earlier this year — is working out again.  —  And she doesn't like it.  —  “On my way to workout with my trainer,” she wrote on her Twitter page Monday.
Discussion: Gabby Babble
Marla Lehner / People.com:
Heidi and Spencer Plan Chic Rehearsal Dinner  —  Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt have already had a casual, spur-of-the moment wedding in Mexico - but their weekend celebration in California will be more traditional.  —  The night before the ceremony, which will take place on Saturday afternoon …
Discussion: Socialite Life
 
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