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11:25 PM ET, April 30, 2009

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 Top News: 
Keith Murphy / Vibe:
VIBE EXCLUSIVE: Nas and Kelis' Divorce Confirmed  —  The hip hop couple call it quits UPDATE: A look at the divorce papers  —  One of hip hop's most talked about married couples have split.  VIBE has confirmed that Nas and Kelis are headed for a divorce.  “I can confirm that she has filed for divorce …
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RapRadar:
RR Exclusive: Nas' Wife Kelis Wants A Divorce
Fox News:
‘Top Gun’ Star Kelly McGillis Confirms Lesbian Rumors  —  Tom Cruise's girlfriend in the 1980s hit “Top Gun” confirmed in an interview the longstanding rumor that she's gay.  —  Kelly McGillis told the Internet show Girl Rock! that she was single, and in the market for a female partner.
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Susan Donaldson James / ABCNEWS:
Kelly McGillis Is the Latest Late-in-Life Lesbian  —  Easing Social Attitudes Gives Women Like Kelly McGillis, Carol Leifer and Cynthia Nixon ‘Permission’ to Come Out at an Older Age  —  “Top Gun” star Kelly McGillis has confirmed rumors that she is a lesbian, saying she is “done with the man thing.”
Christina Tapper / People.com:
Top Gun's Kelly McGillis ‘Done with the Man Thing’
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
New York Post:
PAULA ABDUL TOTALLY FOOLED BY ‘BRUNO’  —  PAULA Abdul is about to be ridiculed at a theater near you — and she doesn't even know it.  A source tells us Sacha Baron Cohen, playing a wildly gay Austrian TV reporter in “Bruno,” conducted a wacky interview with the “American Idol” judge.
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Lane Brown / New York Magazine:
Paula Abdul Describes the Brüno Cameo That Left Her ‘Scarred for Life for a Year’  —  Paula Abdul called in to a radio show this morning to explain her embarrassing appearance in Sacha Baron Cohen's Brüno, which her blundering publicist approved after she was told that Abdul had been voted …
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Paula Abdul Admits to Being Tricked by Sacha Baron Cohen
Discussion: The Blemish
Perez Hilton:
Bruno Meets Abdrool
Discussion: EW.com and Hollywood Elsewhere
Scott Bowles / USA Today:
First look: ‘Iron Man 2’ explores the unmasked life  —  Tony Stark is out of the superhero closet, and it's no picnic.  —  The sequel to last summer's blockbuster, which began shooting three weeks ago and opens May 7, 2010, takes place six months after Stark revealed his identity as Iron Man, says director Jon Favreau.
Espacio de Terra Entertainment:
‘American Idol’ contestant, Allison Iraheta, exposed!  —  Is ‘American Idol’ contestant, Allison Iraheta, completely fake?  —  Allison may be sporting grungy outfits, today, but just a few years ago she looked and acted TOTALLY different.  The singer may have never mentioned this on 'Idol …
Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
NBC's Nora O'Brien dies on ‘Parenthood’ set  —  Was vp drama programming at the network  —  Tragedy struck NBC's pilot “Parenthood” on Wednesday night when network drama vp Nora O'Brien died unexpectedly on the Berkeley, Calif., set of the pilot starring Peter Krause, Maura Tierney and Erika Christensen.
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't! and EW.com
Jose Martinez / NY Daily News:
Tyra Banks stalker Brady Green found guilty, but won't do jail time  —  A Brooklyn supermarket worker was convicted Thursday of stalking supermodel-turned-talk show host Tyra Banks - although the obsessed superfan won't do any jail time.  —  Brady Green, 39, was found guilty …
Discussion: E! Online, People.com and Bossip.com
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Samuel Maull / Associated Press:   Ga. man convicted in NYC of stalking Tyra Banks
Jeane Macintosh / New York Post:
TYRA STALKER TO GET MENTAL HELP
Access Hollywood:
Shanna Moakler Confirms Pageant Organization Paid For Carrie Prejean's Breast Implants  —  Shanna Moakler, Co-Executive Director of the Miss California Organization, has confirmed the group behind the pageant paid for Miss California Carrie Prejean's breast implants, weeks before she competed in Miss USA.
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X17 Online:
Baby Plastic  —  Once upon a time Lindsay was a Plastic, and Ali is her baby sister, so we can call her Baby Plastic, right?  —  The 15-year-old aspiring celeb was snapped in Hawaii yesterday, and instead of rocking a one piece like Linds, Ali showed off her curves in a striped bikini.
E! Online:
Jessica Simpson Helps Welcome Home a “Blessed” Lane Garrison  —  Loading...  Hours after his release from prison and a gathering at Jessica Simpson's parents' house, a noticeably thinner Lane Garrison spoke exclusively to E! News as he arrived at the Los Angeles-area Tarzana Treatment Center …
Celeste Katz / NY Daily News:
Elizabeth Edwards write about husband's affair in book … Campaign cad John Edwards' cheating ways made his wife, Elizabeth, sick to her stomach - literally.  —  After the former presidential hopeful confessed his betrayal, Elizabeth Edwards writes in her new book, “I cried and screamed, I went to the bathroom and threw up.”
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Hayden Panettiere: Wants to Footloose With Chace Crawford  —  Chace Crawford could be playing footsies with Hayden Panettiere.  —  The Heroes starlet has auditioned for director Kenny Ortega's updated remake of the classic '80s flick Footloose.  —  Panettiere, my source says …
Discussion: Pop Crunch
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:   Report: Hayden Panettiere Auditions for Footloose
RADAR:
Lindsay's New (And Much Older) Man Revealed  —  Lindsay Lohan was spotted taking a dip in a Maui tide pool and even posing for pictures with a new guy during her Hawaiian vacation on Tuesday.  So who is the mystery man?  None other than Ben Holz, who, believe it or not, is kind of a computer nerd!
Alex West / The Sun:
Tweed flees naked Boy George in jail shower  —  JAILED Jack Tweed turned tail and ran from the showers in prison — after THREE encounters with naked gay star Boy George.  —  Jack, 21, was stunned when he bumped into the Culture Club icon in the wash block of the nick where they are both serving sentences.
Discussion: Dlisted and Perez Hilton
X17 Online:
X17 XCLUSIVE - LeAnn And Her Hubby Make Out At The Dinner Table!  —  I guess these two don't need to worry about breath mints or food stuck in their teeth!  LeAnn Rimes and her hubby Dean Sheremet dined at Marix in Santa Monica last night, and it seems like the lovebirds spent more time kissing than they did eating!
Discussion: Crazy Days and Nights
Shayna Rose Arnold / People.com:
Anna Faris ‘Fattening It Up’ for Her Wedding  —  Anna Faris starred as a Playboy Playmate in The House Bunny and donned a bikini for the cover of Self, but these days, the actress, who plans to wed actor Chris Pratt, 29, this summer, is less concerned with her figure than ever.
Discussion: PopEater and Evil Beet Gossip
Angie Argabrite / Inside Movies Blog:
Robert Pattinson Interview  —  “People were very, very fond of him, so that was probably the hardest thing ... I didn't want to mess it up!”  —  When we talked to Robert Pattinson about his upcoming biopic ‘Little Ashes,’ we first ran through some internet rumors with the ‘Twilight’ star.
Jill Serjeant / Reuters:
Could Adam Lambert be first gay “American Idol”?  —  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Adam Lambert wears eyeliner and diamond stud earrings, sings like a dream and has won a rare standing ovation from tough-minded judge Simon Cowell.  —  With three weeks to go before the “American Idol” final …
Emma Cox / The Sun:
Truce as Guy gets the kids (...for three months)  —  MADONNA and GUY RITCHIE have finally called a truce — with the Queen of Pop agreeing he can look after their children for three months.  —  Guy is “over the moon” that Madge is handing over their son Rocco, eight, and adopted David Banda …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and New York Magazine
K.C. Baker / People.com:
Ed Burns and Christy Turlington Join Bone-Marrow Search  —  Ed Burns had just dropped off his 3-year-old son at his Manhattan school when the actor-director spotted a flier on the wall about a preschooler in need of a life-saving bone marrow transplant.  “It broke my heart,” the Saving Private Ryan star tells PEOPLE exclusively.
 
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Khloe Kardashian:
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Discussion: Socialite Life
Just Jared:
Gisele Bundchen Covers V Magazine's Swimsuit Issue
Lisa Ingrassia / People.com:
It's Another Girl for Erinn Hayes
New York Post:
MADONNA TOLD TO TAKE A RIDE
Claire Danes / Time:
Zac Efron  —  Zac and I shot a movie called Me and Orson Welles …
Discussion: X17 Online
Hollywoodreporter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Bruce Willis is living hard
 Earlier Picks: 
NEWS.com.au:
Hugh Jackman savages Australia's adoption laws
Korin Miller / NY Daily News:
Drink up! Justin Timberlake's 901 tequila's the real deal
TMZ.com:
Alex Rodriguez — B*tch T*ts?!
Discussion: The Blemish
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

 
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