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1:10 PM 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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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.
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”
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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  —  Ubiquitous talent spotter Simon Cowell has seen his fortune rise as traditional rock stars lose out in the recession.  —  Cowell, who judges American Idol and the U.K's X Factor and Britain's Got Talent …
Discussion: Lifeline Live
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 …
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 …
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Access Hollywood:
‘Gossip Girl’ Star Leighton Meester Inks Record Deal  —  Leighton Meester,Pop,Fergie,Justin Timberlake,Usher,Gossip Girl,Music,News,Pink,TV  —  Spotted - “Gossip Girl's” Leighton Meester on the top of the pop charts?  —  Leighton might be best known for playing Upper East Side socialite Blair Waldorf …
Discussion: The Blemish, Blahgirls and iVillage
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‘Gossip Girl’ Star Leighton Meester Signs Record Deal
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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 / 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 and #gay
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 …
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
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 …
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'.
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Oliver Coleman / OK! Magazine:
Beyoncé Fine with Jay-Z's Playboy Past  —  Before he hooked up with wife Beyoncé, hip-hop impresario Jay-Z was famous for boasting on his hit “Girls, Girls, Girls,” that he'd had “girls all over the world.”  And while you'd think that Jay's past might rub his significant other the wrong way …
Discussion: Celebrity Blog …
Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
Pedro Almodovar on ‘Verge’ of TV series  —  Filmmaker teaming with Fox TV Studios to adapt 1988 hit  —  Oscar-winning Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar is venturing into television with a series adaptation of his first international hit, the Oscar-nominated 1988 feature “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.”
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.
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 …
Eunice Oh / People.com:
Chloe Director Calls Liam Neeson ‘Heroic’  —  Liam Neeson  —  Liam Neeson's return to the Canadian set of Chloe just days after saying his final goodbye to wife Natasha Richardson was a “harrowing experience” for all involved, says the movie's director.  —  “He called me and said …
 
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