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11:40 AM ET, May 1, 2009

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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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People.com:
‘Milkeshake’ Singer Kelis Files for Divorce  —  Kelis and Nas  —  Kelis, the singer of the provocative “Milkshake” song who is seven months pregnant with rapper Nas's son, has filed for divorce from the musician, her rep tells PEOPLE.  —  “We request the media to respect her privacy during this very difficult time,” the rep says.
TMZ.com:
Kelis Files for Divorce from Nas
Discussion: Dlisted, iVillage and omg!
RapRadar:
RR Exclusive: Nas' Wife Kelis Wants A Divorce
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Shia LaBeouf's Injured Hand Like a Permanent Mistake  —  Shia LaBeouf and (inset) his injured hand  —  While his career may be in high gear, Shia LaBeouf will always have one setback to deal with: his permanently injured hand from his July '08 car accident.
Discussion: Lifeline Live
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.
TMZ.com:
Danny Gans Dies  —  Danny Gans died in his sleep early this morning, after a family member called 911 to say Danny was having trouble breathing.  By the time paramedics arrived, he was dead.  —  A ticket rep at Steve Wynn's Encore hotel tells us they just got the call and the entire staff is “shocked and upset.”
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Rebecca Romijn: Lost Nearly 60 Pounds After Twins — Without the Gym!  —  Rebecca Romijn has dropped nearly 60 pounds after welcoming twins Dolly and Charlie in December — without a workout plan.  —  “I think within the first three weeks, I took off, like, 35 pounds without doing anything!” she tells Extra.
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Steve Helling / People.com:
Husband's Affair Made Elizabeth Edwards Sick to Her Stomach  —  Elizabeth Edwards was so devastated upon learning her husband was having an affair that her reaction was physical.  “I cried and screamed,” she writes in a new book, “I went to the bathroom and threw up.”
NY Daily News:
Best of the rest: Does an ‘Idol’ have an unfair advantage?  —  Does ‘American Idol’ singer Allison Iraheta have an unfair advantage?  The red-headed power-house was the winner of a singing competition on Telemundo in 2007, nabbing a $50,000 cash prize and a recording contract (which has since expired).
People.com:
Caught in the Act!  —  • Kevin Jonas caught The Little Mermaid on Broadway with girlfriend Danielle DeLeasa - and according to onlookers, the pair was quite cozy.  At the show, the musician told theater staff at the Lunt-Fontanne that being there brought back memories: A few years earlier …
Hollywoodreporter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Ace Ventura, beavers and other exotic creatures  —  We've been following movement on “The Beaver” with more than a little interest: Kyle Killen's buzz script, after all, topped the Black List and has been pretty much lauded as some of the best (yet-to-be-produced) writing out there.
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 …
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Paula Abdul Admits to Being Tricked by Sacha Baron Cohen
Discussion: L.A. Rag Mag and The Blemish
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
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 …
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:   Report: Hayden Panettiere Auditions for Footloose
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.
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.”
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Elizabeth Snead / The Dish Rag:
‘Little Ashes’ director on ‘Twilight’ hunk Robert Pattinson's gay sex scenes
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Howard Breuer / People.com:
Farrah Fawcett's Son to Enter Rehab Instead of Jail
Discussion: EW.com
Katherine Thomson / The Huffington Post:
Gary Coleman At 41: A New Movie, A Wife And A Website Selling Candles
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Khloe Kardashian:
Pepsi's Throwback Launch Party
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Alex West / The Sun:
Tweed flees naked Boy George in jail shower
Discussion: Dlisted and Perez Hilton
Emma Cox / The Sun:
Truce as Guy gets the kids (...for three months)
Discussion: Perez Hilton and New York Magazine
Just Jared:
Gisele Bundchen Covers V Magazine's Swimsuit Issue
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Jill Serjeant / Reuters:
Could Adam Lambert be first gay “American Idol”?
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New York Post:
MADONNA TOLD TO TAKE A RIDE
Hollywoodreporter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Bruce Willis is living hard
 

 
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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:
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