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10:00 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 …
Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
‘True Blood’ scoop: Evan Rachel Wood crowned Queen!  —  Ready for some fangstastic casting news?  —  Sources confirm to me exclusively that True Blood creator Alan Ball has tapped Evan Rachel Wood to play the pivotal role of Sophie-Anne, the vampire Queen of Louisiana!  —  Who dat, you ask?
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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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Idol's Kara DioGuardi Struggled with Eating Disorder
Discussion: iVillage
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Kara DioGuardi Opens Up About Eating Disorder
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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
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 …
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
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.
In Touch Weekly Magazine:
Exclusive:Male rocker Marilyn tells In Touch: “Gavin and Gwen are perfect for each other, but he was the love of my life”  —  Male rocker Marilyn tells In Touch: “Gavin and Gwen are perfect for each other, but he was the love of my life”  —  With a happy marriage, two beautiful children …
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 …
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Ken Baker / E! Online:
All the Speidi Wedding Deets You Crave...and More  —  Even if you don't want to admit it, we know you're just dying to hear more about the madness that will be Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt's real round of nuptials this weekend.  —  Read on for a luscious bouquet of wedding details …
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed and Perez Hilton
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Michael K / Dlisted:
American Idol: What Simon Really Thinks Of Kara  —  As the weeks go by, the pitter-patter from my loins gets louder and louder for Simon Cowell.  The thumping almost deafens the doody-covered s**t balls that come pouring out of the caca hole belonging to Kara DIOGetalocksmithonthatjaw.
Ted Casablanca / E! Online:
Caught!  Rob and Kristen Holding Hands  —  Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, getting PG frisky up in Vancouver.  That's what any girl does who supposedly still has a boyfriend, right?  The costars were grocery shopping over the weekend when a fellow shopper noticed the duo “holding hands” as they walked around inside.
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Lainey's Entertainment Update:
Red has a great ass
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
 
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