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8:35 PM ET, May 5, 2009

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Exclusive Image: Miss California Carrie Prejean Exposed  —  TheDirty.com Exclusive: Self-proclaimed bible thumper Miss California, Carrie Prejean, should start pointing the finger at herself for her own indiscretions.  TheDirty.com has received exclusive images of the homophobic debutante …
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Miss California: “My Mean-Spirited Views On Gay Marriage Are …
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Mike Baron / The Post Chronicle:
Miss California Topless Pictures: Topless Carrie Prejean Photos Leak
Discussion: MomLogic and Geno's World
Extra:
Beauty Queen Defends Lingerie Pix
Discussion: Hollywood Grind
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Paula Abdul on Struggle With Pain Killers: “I Could Have Killed Myself”  —  In a shocking new interview, Paula Abdul reveals that her reliance on painkillers got so bad she could have died.  —  As a dancer, Abdul, 46, says she turned to a combination of painkillers — including regular shots of lidocaine …
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Alex Dobuzinskis / Fan Fare:
“Idol” judge Paul Abdul details pain pill addiction  —  “American Idol” judge Paula Abdul has opened up about the effect her dependence on pain killers had on her life, after her sometimes erratic behavior on the show and in television interviews has caused many commentators to say she at times appeared to be under the influence.
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TMZ.com:
Dom DeLuise Dies  —  We've just learned that Dom DeLuise — who starred in such classics as “The Cannonball Run” and “Blazing Saddles” and was the voice of Pizza the Hut in “Spaceballs” — died last night in a Los Angeles hospital.  —  We're told he passed away peacefully in his sleep at around 6 PM.
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Lindsay Lohan Defends Her Weight  —  After debuting a startlingly skinny figure in Hawaii last week, Lindsay Lohan defends herself against critics who feel she's recently gotten too thin.  —  “I've been eating enough,” Lohan tells E! News.  —  The star — who went through a very public breakup …
TMZ.com:
Victoria Principal — My Maid From Hell  —  Victoria Principal has just filed a lawsuit, admitting she did pull a gun on her former maid, but only after the maid threatened her, injured her dog and went on a wild tear.  —  The maid, Maribel Banegas, sued Principal yesterday, over the whole gun thing.
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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Victoria Principal Accused of Gunplay on the Homefront  —  Perhaps Victoria Principal thinks she's gone from Dallas to Dynasty, because she may have pulled quite the Alexis Carrington.  —  The erstwhile Pamela Ewing is the target of an assault lawsuit brought by a former maid …
New York Post:
COURTENEY COX CHATS WITH BRAD PITT  —  WITH friends like Courteney Cox, who needs enemies?  Cox, who is supposedly best pals with her former “Friends” co-star Jennifer Aniston, was spotted chatting with Aniston's ex-husband Brad Pitt at a concert Sunday night.
Rosemary Black / NY Daily News:
Is Lindsay Lohan a hazard to sister Ali Lohan's health? … Ali Lohan may score a lot of perks thanks to big sis Lindsay - think nights out in Hollywood hotspots, Beverly Hills shopping sprees and the recent trip to Hawaii where the pair wore teensy bikinis and were photographed constantly.
ELLE News Blog:
ELLE'S JUNE COVER GIRL: MEGAN FOX  —  On maturing early: “I've lived the life of a 35-year-old since I was 18.  I'm so suspicious of boys-slash-men.  I just don't like them or trust them.”  —  On giving male writers an amped-up version of her past: “They're boys; they're easily toyed with.
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Megan Fox On Dating, Why Robert Pattinson Is Not Her Type & Her Bulked Up Bod
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Guest of a Guest:
Winner Of Last Night: SubMercer.  Keifer Sutherland Breaks Jack McCollough's Nose!  —  EXCLUSIVE STORY: Last night, the biggest event of the NYC social calendar, the MET Ball, took place.  This also means that it was one of the biggest nights for our city's nightlife.
Johnny Dodd / People.com:
New Legal Challenge for Nadya Suleman  —  Nadya Suleman  —  Octuplets mother Nadya Suleman has something more than multiple bottle feedings and diaper changes to deal with: Attorney Gloria Allred filed a petition in Orange County Superior Court Monday requesting that a guardian be appointed …
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TMZ.com:
Jacko's Thriller ‘Date’ Sues — Michael Stiffed Me!  —  The chick who starred as Michael Jackson's female date in the “Thriller” video is suing Jacko and his production company — claiming she hasn't been paid royalties from the legendary video.  —  We spoke to Ola Ray's attorney …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
New York Post:
GISELE BUNDCHEN PREGNANT?  —  IF Gisele Bundchen is pregnant, she's got a great poker face.  The supermodel gave no hint of the happy news as she left an OB/GYN office on Park Avenue yesterday with her husband, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who was equally stone-faced.
Mary Green / People.com:
Frasier's Bebe Neuwirth Ties the Knot  —  Lilith is off the market.  Bebe Neuwirth, best known as the uptight ex-wife of TV's Frasier Crane on Cheers and Frasier, married Chris Calkins, founder of Napa Valley's Destino vineyard.  —  Neuwirth, 50, and Calkins swapped “I do's” …
TMZ.com:
Anderson Cooper: Oh Daddy!  —  Look at that adorable face ... and the baby is pretty cute too!  —  While out in Beverly Hills with a friend, Anderson Cooper showed off his paternal side — and his legs — by holding a baby in his buff arms.  —  Coop can cover even the most sensitive of topics.
 
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