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4:25 PM ET, April 25, 2009

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Associated Press:
‘Golden Girls’ star Bea Arthur dies at 86  —  ‘Golden Girls’ star Bea Arthur dies at 86  —  LOS ANGELES - Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows “Maude” and “The Golden Girls” and who won a Tony Award for the musical “Mame,” died Saturday.
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Lynn Elber / Associated Press:
Bea Arthur, star of ‘Golden Girls’ and ‘Maude’ dead at 86 of cancer  —  Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows “Maude” and “The Golden Girls” and who won a Tony Award for the musical “Mame,” has died.  She was 86.
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Rihanna Wants Back Jewelry From Night of Alleged Chris Brown Attack  —  Rihanna wants police to return the $1.4 million in bling she wore the night Chris Brown allegedly beat her.  —  According to a motion filed Tuesday by her attorney Donald Etra, police seized a pair of earrings and three rings …
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Rihanna wants her jewelry back  —  Rihanna wants police to return the $1.4 million in jewelry she wore the night Chris Brown allegedly beat her.  Us Weekly reports: … I don't know anything about policing, but why would the cops take all her jewelry?  Were her earrings really evidence?
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Search Warrants Issued Over Leaked Police Photo Of Rihanna
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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Lost's Henry Ian Cusick Accused of Sexual Harassment  —  Desmond may be Daniel Faraday's constant for time travel, but a Lost crew member claims he was just a constant pain in the butt.  —  A former ABC Entertainment employee filed a harassment and sexual battery claim against Henry Ian Cusick Friday …
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TMZ.com:
‘Lost’ Star Sued for Sexual Harassment  —  Henry Ian Cusick, who plays Desmond on the show “Lost,” is being sued for sexual harassment.  —  According to a lawsuit filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court, Chelsea Stone claims that while working on the show, Cusick placed his hand on her buttocks …
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Salma Hayek Ties the Knot Again  —  Salma Hayek and French businessman Francois-Henri Pinault - who quietly wed at City Hall in Paris on Valentine's Day - have walked down the aisle again.  —  The two wed Saturday on the second floor at the Teatro La Fenice, an opera house in Venice, Italy.
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Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
Meet John Mayer's New Gal Pal  —  Scheana Marie  —  Following his split with Jennifer Aniston, John Mayer has been spending time with a new woman - cocktail waitress and actress Scheana Marie.  —  “We're friends,” Marie tells PEOPLE.  “He's a great guy.  He's funny and sweet.”
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Liz McNeil / People.com:
Source: Lindsay's Weight Loss Is a Cry for Attention  —  Linday Lohan's wraith-like appearance this week while shopping with her sister, Ali, in Los Angeles has shocked even some of her closest friends, sources tell PEOPLE.  —  “She is a self-destructive person,” says a source close to Lohan.
Alex Billington / FirstShowing.net:
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Will Have Multiple Secret Endings!  —  I just stepped out of a screening of X-Men Origins: Wolverine on the Fox lot in Los Angeles and before it started, director Gavin Hood stopped by to introduce the film.  He spent most of the time thanking us for coming …
People.com:
Ugly Betty Love Triangle in the Works  —  America Ferrera on Ugly Betty  —  Ugly Betty is back - and so is her first love!  —  The TV show starring America Ferrera as a Queens girl navigating the cutthroat world at Mode magazine returns to Thursday nights beginning April 30.
Discussion: Gabby Babble
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Universal halts Verbinski's ‘Bioshock’  —  Studio, director to work out budget concerns  —  Universal Pictures has put the brakes on “Bioshock,” the Gore Verbinski-directed live action adaptation of the bestselling Take-Two Interactive vidgame.  The picture was in pre-production …
 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple reports Q4 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple TV+, and Apple Music, up 12% YoY to $24.97B, a new quarterly record, but below est.

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