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2:45 PM ET, April 24, 2009

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New York Post:
PARADISE LOST  —  PAMELA Anderson (above) has looked a little down and out lately — maybe for good reason.  Courtney Love told us, “Pam Anderson doesn't even have a credit card.  And she lives in Paradise Cove — which is in Malibu, but it's a trailer park in Malibu.”
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Lindsay Lohan Reunites With Ex Samantha Ronson  —  Lindsay Lohan stopped by ex Samantha Ronson's Hollywood Hills home Thursday afternoon.  —  It's the same mansion where Lohan, 22, used to live with Ronson, 30, — before the DJ had the locks changed following their breakup and Chateau Marmont blowout fight.
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Samantha Ronson on Relationship With Lindsay Lohan: “It's Complicated”
Discussion: PopSugar, Queerty and Socialite Life
Simon Perry / People.com:
Susan Boyle Debuts New Hairdo  —  Newly brunette Susan Boyle  —  Not content with tweaking her frumpy wardrobe, overnight success Susan Boyle took her style evolution a step further Thursday.  —  A few days after she was pictured in a brightly-colored print dress and black …
Discussion: Mirror.co.uk and SavvySugar
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Susan Boyle Shows Off New, Darker Do  —  It's official: Susan Boyle got a makeover.  —  The Britain's Got Talent singing sensation — known for her frumpy look as well as her beautiful voice — dyed her hair and showed off a sleeker style on Friday.  —  Boyle, 47, had her graying …
NY Daily News:
Miley Cyrus in can't decide between boyfriend Justin Gaston and ex flame Nick Jonas  —  Actress Miley Cyrus arrives at the UK film premiere of ‘Hannah Montana: The Movie.’  —  Miley Cyrus has some bad news for boyfriend Justin Gaston: She wants to get back together with her ex, Nick Jonas.
TMZ.com:
Heidi & Spencer's Ridiculous Wedding Plan  —  This is rich.  Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are getting married tomorrow, and they are deeply concerned about safety — so they are trying to keep the paparazzi at bay.  Of course, we're not buyin' what they're sellin'.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Lauren Conrad Jokes About Selling Heidi, Spencer Wedding Invite on eBay
Discussion: Anything Hollywood
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 …
Billboard:
‘Gossip Girl’ Star Leighton Meester Signs Record Deal  —  ‘Gossip Girl’ star Leighton Meester will release her debut album with an “electro-pop edge” this fall.  —  Monica Herrera, N.Y.  —  Leighton Meester, star of the CW Network's teen drama “Gossip Girl,” has signed a deal …
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Access Hollywood:
‘Gossip Girl’ Star Leighton Meester Inks Record Deal
Discussion: Blahgirls, The Blemish and iVillage
Patrick Foster / Times of London:
Music millionaires suffer huge losses in Sunday Times Rich List  —  Simon Cowell, Andrew Lloyd Webber and the producer of the Mamma Mia musical are some of only a handful of music millionaires to have weathered the economic storm and protected their wealth this year.
Discussion: Faded Youth Blog and Idolator
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Simon Perry / People.com:
Simon Cowell Lives Large as Musicians Lose Millions in Downturn
Discussion: Lifeline Live
Videogum:
Don't Tase The Naked Wizard, Mortal  —  So this video of a naked guy who was previously dressed as a wizard getting tased by cops at Coachella last weekend is getting pretty big (contains wizard nudity):  —  The naked wizard should go on late night TV to plead his case (I'm thinking Kimmel).
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The Huffington Post:
Naked Wizard Taser Brawl At Coachella (VIDEO NSFW)
Discussion: Gone Hollywood, #gay and Spinner.com
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
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Access Hollywood:
Lane Garrison Settles Lawsuit With Victims Of His Drunk Driving Crash
Alicia Quarles / Associated Press:
Mary-Kate Olsen excited to be Tribeca juror  —  NEW YORK - Mary-Kate Olsen is taking her duties as a juror at the Tribeca Film Festival as seriously as an A-student getting ready for the first day of school.  —  “I wish there was a class.  It is a huge honor to be a part of it and I was asked …
Discussion: INF Daily and ArtsBeat
POPWRAP:
Ashton Spreads His Love To Anne  —  In Ashton Kutcher's new movie “Spread” we are introduced to a new term that I plan to use with reckless abandon: “sexual grifter.”  It refers to a person who sleeps with people to get gifts, clothes, apartments, cars and Herpecin prescriptions for free.
Cintra Wilson / BlackBook Magazine and City Guides:
(Mc)Queen Beth Ditto: The Gossip Fronter's Alexander McQueen Shoot & Interview  —  Perhaps once a decade, an unconventionally beautiful (read: not thin) artist exerts such an irresistible magnetism as to blow the deadbolts off of the fashion world and disrupt production of the beauty myth.
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Showbiz Spy
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 …
The Superficial:
Jessica Biel learning to strip  —  Here's Jessica Biel learning how to be a stripper for her upcoming movie Powder.  If you're looking at the picture above, there's no doubt you're noticing the same unbelievably obvious thing as me: Why am I not the rope?!
New York Post:
‘WHATEVER’ PARTY POOPERS  —  EVAN Rachel Wood plays a bubbly blonde in Woody Allen's bumbling “Whatever Works,” which kicked off the Tribeca Film Festival on Wednesday — but she was neither bubbly nor a blonde at the after-party.  The actress, sporting a red dye job, agreed to pose for photos …
Lynn Elber / Associated Press:
Leno hospitalized with illness, cancels taping  —  UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - Jay Leno checked into a hospital with an undisclosed illness Thursday and canceled the taping of the “Tonight” show, but was doing well and planned to return next week, his publicist and NBC said.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
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Eunice Oh / People.com:
Chloe Director Calls Liam Neeson ‘Heroic’
Matthew Rettenmund / boy culture:
Pitchfest  —  National Enquirer (May 4, 2009) files …
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
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Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon reports Q3 AWS revenue up 19% YoY to $27.5B and AWS operating income of $10.4B, up from $7B in Q3 2023, and subscription sales up 11% to $11.3B

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
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