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10:55 AM ET, April 23, 2009

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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Lindsay: Split with Samantha Caught Me By Surprise  —  What's more difficult than enduring a painful breakup in the public eye?  —  “When you don't know you're breaking up,” says Lindsay Lohan.  “Really weird.”  —  The 22-year-old actress shared her ordeal with somebody who knows …
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Howard Breuer / People.com:
John Travolta Seeks Solitude in Tahiti  —  John Travolta with tourist bureau greeters in Tahiti  —  John Travolta, mourning the death of his son Jett earlier this year, took a solo trip to Tahiti over the weekend.  —  Travolta, 55, flew in from Australia on Saturday morning on his private 707 …
TMZ.com:
Beyonce's Dad Was Right — Hoax, Hoax, Hoax!!!  —  Beyonce has officially been cleared of all bad singing charges — the atrocious supposed “board mix” of her performance on “The Today Show” last year was altered after all.  —  Just as Mathew Knowles told us, the audio clip that many people believed …
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Beyonce Calls Screeching Tape “Ridiculous”  —  Ignore that screeching version of “If I Were a Boy” making the rounds on the web.  —  Beyonce says she can sing.  —  On Tuesday, Howard Stern played an unedited sound board recording of the singer, 27, performing the song on the Today show last year.
Extra:
Kara's Secret Eating Disorder  —  “American Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi has revealed her painful secret about an eating disorder and her course of treatment.  The award-winning songwriter details her disease, saying, “I had kind of a binge eating disorder where instead of dealing with my emotions, I would stuff them down with food.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Kara DioGuardi Opens Up About Eating Disorder
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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Idol's Kara DioGuardi Struggled with Eating Disorder
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Extra:
Another Baby for Britney?!  —  This could be the shocker of '09 — is Britney Spears pregnant with baby number three, y'all?!  Ryan Seacrest talked about it on his KIIS FM radio show on Wednesday, claiming he heard the news from “a reliable source.”  —  The 27-year-old divorcee gave birth …
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Associated Press:
Elton John No Longer Standing On Vegas; Ends Run  —  LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Rocket Man bid farewell to the Las Vegas Strip Wednesday after five years and 241 shows at Caesars Palace - but said it won't necessarily be a long, long time before he returns.  —  Wearing a bright red shirt that matched …
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
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Nicholas White / People.com:
Elton John & Partner Are Too Busy to Be Parents
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Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on ‘Gossip Girl,’ 'Grey's,' ‘Big Bang,’ ‘Lost,’ ‘NCIS,’ ‘90210,’ and more!  —  Question: This two-week Lost hiatus is killing me!  More scoopage before the final episodes, please!  —Brad  —  Ausiello: The major-ish Lost death is coming up soooooon.
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Salma Hayek to Wed - Again - in Italy  —  Salma Hayek is saying “I Do” for the second time this weekend, Usmagazine.com has confirmed.  —  The 30 Rock actress, 42, will wed Francois-Henri Pinault, 46 — whom she quietly married last Valentine's Day — in Italy.
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Peter Mikelbank / People.com:
Salma Hayek Plans Second Wedding in Italy
Discussion: PopSugar and iVillage
Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Ninja Turtles back in (live) action  —  2011 film will focus on characters' origins  —  HOLLYWOOD — The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are making their way back to the bigscreen.  —  The Mirage Group, which owns the property, is moving forward with a live-action film focusing on the origins of the iconic crime fighters.
New York Post:
LAP IT UP  —  TONGUES were wagging over Vanessa Minnillo's recent display of affection with a guy who was not longtime beau Nick Lachey.  The celebutrash was spotted at the SLS hotel in LA, “hanging out in a private cabana all night” with “90210” actor Matt Lanter.  Our spy said, “Vanessa definitely wasn't with Nick.
Eunice Oh / People.com:
Fred Durst Is Engaged!  —  Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst is settling down.  —  “Great news - I'm getting married to Esther [Nazarov] in July!!!!” the singer, 38, announced last week on his Twitter page.  “It's on!!  Break out the bubbley!!”  —  Durst, who gave his fiancée …
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PopEater:
Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst Engaged
Discussion: Digital Spy and Right Celebrity
Steve Helling / People.com:
Angelina to Play Patricia Cornwell Heroine?  —  Angelina Jolie may have landed a new franchise.  The Oscar winner, 33, reportedly signed to play Dr. Kay Scarpetta, the crime-solving medical examiner in novelist Patricia Cornwell's bestselling series.  —  Although there are 16 Scarpetta novels …
Brenda Rodriguez / People.com:
Matthew McConaughey Answers Your Questions  —  His fans asked, and Matthew McConaughey happily obliged.  The leading man in the new romantic comedy Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, costarring Jennifer Garner, answered readers' questions about life as a new daddy (yes, Levi has relieved himself on his father! …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and OK! Magazine
Andy Pemberton / Yahoo! Music:
Susan Boyle Joked About Never Being Kissed  —  Britain's Got Talent singer Susan Boyle may not be as naive as she would have us believe.  —  The 47-year-old spinster told viewers of the U.K. TV talent show that she lived alone, had a cat called Pebbles, and had “never been kissed.”  —  But it wasn't true.
Discussion: Pop Crunch and Celebritology
Kristin Boehm / People.com:
Meet the Wolf Pack of New Moon  —  Alex Meraz (Paul), Chaske Spencer (Sam Uley), Bronson Pelletier (Jared), and Kiowa Gordon (Embry).  —  Vampires may be cold but this wolf pack is hot!  And getting hotter: Four new actors have been pumping up to play the band of brotherly shape-shifters in The Twilight Saga: New Moon.
MrDisgusting / Bloody-Disgusting:
Your New Nancy Thompson Moves to ‘Elm Street’  —  We just confirmed a hot tip I received from one of my chums in Chicago (thanks CW!) that New Line Cinema is in final negotiations to cast their potential new Nancy Thompson for their reboot of A Nightmare on Elm Street.
 
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