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4:45 PM ET, April 21, 2009

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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  —  Newsflash: Julie Chen of CBS' The Early Show is pregnant.  —  On Tuesday's show, she announced that she and husband, CBS Corporation President and CEO Les Moonves, are expecting their first child together.  —  Rubbing her tummy, Chen, 39 …
New York Post:
JULIE CHEN EXPECTING BABY
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
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 …
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.
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Access Hollywood:
Rep: Madonna Wasn't Questioned By Police Over Horseback Riding Fall  —  Madonna's rep issued a new statement on Tuesday saying that police did not, in fact, question the pop star properly after she fell from a horse over the weekend in the Hamptons.  —  “Madonna was barely conscious …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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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Phil / Egotastic!:   Lindsay Lohan Topless in Vegas?
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 …
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DailyFill.com:   Miss California: Marriage Is Between A Man And A Fake-Breasted, Botoxed Robot Woman
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.
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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 …
Charlieblanko / Bossip.com:
Chris & Rihanna's New Boo Sightings Just a Ploy For the Media  —  These suckas think they slick.  Galavanting around tattoo shops and night clubs.  These puppy loves haven't moved on from jack.  In fact, their publicists have been scrambling to stick these two with “athletes” and …
Discussion: BallerStatus.com
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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.
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 …
Hellomagazine.com:
Beyonce lookalikes stop London traffic with synchronised dance routine  —  When an army of Beyonce lookalikes took over central London to perform the diva's Single Ladies routine, the derriere-shaking, hip-slapping results were nothing short of spectacular.  —  Traffic slowed to a crawl …
Discussion: OHLALA Mag and Idolator
Eskay / Nah Right:
Eminem Relapse Artwork  —  You see what he did there?  The image is made up of a bunch of pills, and that prescription label in the lower left-hand corner says “Prescribed by Dr. Dre”.
Discussion: Idolator and Rolling Stone
Laura Hahn / People.com:
AnnaLynne McCord Taking Summer Off to Backpack  —  AnnaLynne McCord  —  She may play the spoiled rich girl on CW's 90210, but AnnaLynne McCord isn't opposed to roughing it in real life.  In fact, while filming is on hiatus for the next few months, McCord plans to backpack - yes, backpack! - through Europe.
Discussion: Splash News Online
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Did Miss California's Answer Really Cost Her the Crown?  —  Did Miss California's Answer Really Cost Her the Crown?  Miss Vermont USA: ‘I Disagree With Carrie’  —  Miss California Carrie Prejean was neck-in-neck with winner Miss North Carolina, Kristen Dalton, going into the interview portion of Sunday's Miss USA competition.
Discussion: Jezebel and Perez Hilton
Michael K / Dlisted:
Say Something Nice  —  Really?  What is this?  Why did this happen?  Who put this here?  What a**hole does this?!  Why?!  Why hasn't someone sprayed this tranny cockroach with RAID yet?  I don't understand.  I know my simple mind just can't comprehend this level of artistic genius, but who actually likes this?
E! Online:
Spoiler Chat: Who's in Danger on Desperate Housewives?  —  Ahhh!  So much gossip, so little time!  —  Want to know what that charming psycho Dave is gonna do on Desperate Housewives?  What's the latest buzz on the Gossip Girl spinoff, Lily (or whatever the heck it's called)?
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” …
Mary Beth / INF Daily:
HALLE BERRY GOES SOLO AT “THE SOLOIST” PREMIERE  —  Top Images:  —  Body:  —  When you're Halle Berry, I don't think there's ever a need to show up some place with a date.  In fact, you go to the Governor's Ball in a pair of ripped sweatpants and a stained wifebeater and still, you'd look radiant.
 
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Financial Times:
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