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7:40 PM ET, April 21, 2009

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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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EXCLUSIVE: Rep: No Peep Show For Lindsay Lohan
Discussion: Gone Hollywood and Socialite Life
Phil / Egotastic!:   Lindsay Lohan Topless in Vegas?
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.
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
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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Michael K / Dlisted:   Wino Blames It On Pasta
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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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
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 …
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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Spoiler Chat: Who's in Danger on Desperate Housewives?
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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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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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 …
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
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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PopEater:
Paula: Kara DioGuardi Can't Replace Me  —  Despite rumors that ‘American Idol’ judges Paula Abdul was being forced out of the show by Kara DioGuardi, Abdul says it is not true.  “I don't think anyone [can replace me],” Abdul told ABC.  Read more as Abdul opens up about leaving 'Idol …
Discussion: omg!, ABCNEWS and mjsbigblog
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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
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.
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.
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
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
 
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Financial Times:
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