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9:25 AM ET, April 24, 2009

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KTLA.COM:
Jay Leno Hospitalized, Tonight's Show Canceled … BURBANK — “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno has been hospitalized.  —  According to Tracy St. Pierre of NBC, Leno checked himself in to the hospital because he wasn't feeling well.  —  St. Pierre confirmed, tonight's show taping has been canceled.
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TMZ.com:
Jay Leno Hospitalized  —  Jay Leno went to the hospital today after complaining he wasn't feeling well.  —  Leno was not taken to the hospital by ambulance — he either drove himself or was driven by a staffer.  NBC officials have confirmed tonight's show taping has been canceled — a repeat will air instead.
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Jay Leno Hospitalized  —  Jay Leno was hospitalized Thursday after complaining he wasn't feeling well, his rep confirms to Usmagazine.com.  —  According to RadarOnline.com, the Tonight Show host took himself to a hospital in Burbank, California, but is now resting at home.
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Access Hollywood:
Jay Leno Cancels ‘Tonight Show’ Taping Over Illness  —  Jay Leno,Late Night,Celebrities,Comedians  —  Jay Leno had to cancel today's taping of “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” because of illness, Access Hollywood has learned.  —  “A repeat of ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ will air tonight …
Discussion: Lifeline Live, omg! and Perez Hilton
Pamela Warrick / People.com:
Jay Leno Is Hospitalized
Discussion: Seriously? OMG!
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Samantha Ronson on Relationship With Lindsay Lohan: “It's Complicated”  —  Samantha Ronson might be having second thoughts about her breakup with ex Lindsay Lohan — at least on Facebook.  —  After a tumultuous fight with Lohan on April 4, Ronson removed her “In a Relationship” status on the social networking site.
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Fox News:
Exclusive: Donald Trump Breaks Silence on Miss California's Gay Marriage Comments  —  Donald Trump has broken his silence.  —  The owner of the Miss Universe franchise finally addressed the scandal surrounding his Miss USA pageant to FOX News Thursday, saying that he has received thousands …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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OK! Magazine:
JT Explains Extreme PDA Session  —  Competition is a good enough reason to lay one on your girlfriend in front of 18,000 people, especially if you happen to be Justin Timberlake smooching Jessica Biel to show up Dustin Hoffman.  —  On last night's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, JT admits his reasoning behind …
Eunice Oh / People.com:
Producer: Rihanna Is Confident and Strong  —  Rihanna  —  Rihanna is getting back to business.  —  The singer - whose smash hits include “Umbrella,” “Take a Bow” and “Rehab” - has been writing songs about “different situations in her life, just things that inspire her,” according to one of her producers.
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Robert Rodriguez wields ‘Machete’  —  Director plans pair of pics  —  Robert Rodriguez is ready to cut a wide swathe, and his plans include re-launching the “Predator” franchise for Fox and co-directing “Machete.”  —  For the later, the filmmaker will create a feature out of the blade- wielding antihero …
Discussion: /Film, EW.com and Ain't It Cool News
Kenneth Turan / Los Angeles Times:
Video review: ‘The Soloist’  —  The adaptation of Times columnist Steve Lopez's book hits all the wrong notes.  —  Remember when Lloyd Bentsen told Dan Quayle, “I knew Jack Kennedy. . . . Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy”?  Well, I felt a little that way when it came to reviewing “ The Soloist.”
Courtney Hazlett / MSNBC:
Heidi and Spencer wedding pics?  Who cares?  —  Plus: Mike Rowe wants ‘Dirty Jobs’ in the stimulus package  —  Tepid interest in Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt's wedding might be a sign of tough economic times in the magazine world, according to sources.  Even though the new season of …
Peter Sciretta / /Film:
15 New Star Trek Photos  —  Paramount Pictures has released 20 new photos from JJ Abrams' Star Trek.  Click on the photos to enlarge.  Five of the photos come from the dossiers section of the Star Trek website.
The Sun:
LADY GAGA is so potty about her teacup she seems to think it's alive.  —  I had one of the oddest conversations of my career after the chart-topper phoned me on Tuesday.  —  She wanted to set the record straight about her cherished floral china and say ta-ta before heading off to Amsterdam on her Fame tour.
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Will Ferrell Drinks His Own Urine on Man vs. Wild Adventure!  —  Will Ferrell has done some crazy stunts, but nothing could top his adventure on the Discovery Channel's Man vs. Wild.  —  For the first time, the show's host Bear Grylls — an ex-Special Forces soldier and survival expert …
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Wasting Away: Experts Say Lindsay Lohan Has Reached a Dangerous 95 Pounds  —  Wasting Away: Experts Say Super Skinny Lindsay Lohan Has Dropped to a Dangerous 95 Pounds  —  Lindsay Lohan's fragile frame has been a cause of concern for quite some time now, however photographs of the actress shopping …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and TFL Scandalist
Lainey's Entertainment Update:
Exclusive!  Taylor Lautner and Selena Gomez!  —  Couple made in Tween Heaven!  —  Both 16 and both in Vancouver - Selena Gomez arrived in town last week to begin work on a new movie called Ramona and Beezus.  —  My sources tell me exclusively that she and Taylor Lautner, of Twilight of course …
Discussion: Allie Is Wired!
Michael Holden / Reuters:
Elton John, McCartney hit by economic crisis: rich list  —  LONDON (Reuters) - British singers Paul McCartney , Elton John and Mick Jagger have lost large chunks of their personal fortunes during the economic crisis over the last year, according to a rich list published on Friday.
Discussion: Digital Spy
In Touch Weekly Magazine:
In Touch Exclusive:Lane Garrison to be released from jail  —  Lane Garrison to be released from jail  —  Lane Garrison isn't making a break for it — he's being released!  The former actor from the Fox hit drama Prison Break just got his walking papers and will become a free man on April 29.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Perez Hilton
MTV:
Rihanna Recording ‘Inspiring’ New Tracks With Producers Stargate  —  Norwegian duo says they focus on music, ‘leave her personal life to her.’  —  By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Matt Elias  —  According to production team Stargate — Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel S. Eriksen — Rihanna is hard at work on new music.
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler and EW.com
Ccane / What The Flick:
Is Idris Elba bailing out of Obsessed?  —  “Obsessed” is in theatres tomorrow and rumor has it Idris Elba has bailed out of all press.  This week, Elba did not attend the New York City press junket, canceled on BET's 106 & Park and supposedly he will not be at the red carpet premiere tonight in New York City.
The Huffington Post:
Susan Boyle: Just Kidding About Not Being Kissed  —  Britian's YouTube singing star Susan Boyle is backtracking on her claims that she has never been kissed.  Boyle, appearing on Simon Cowell's “Britain's Got Talent” 10 days ago, told cameras she lives alone with her cat Pebbles and has “never been married, never been kissed.
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Susan Boyle Has Been Kissed!
 
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