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9:50 AM ET, May 15, 2009

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Marla Lehner / People.com:
Pink and Carey Hart Back Together  —  Pink and Ellen DeGeneres  —  It's a good thing Pink and her husband Carey Hart have a sense of humor.  —  The singer, who acknowledges in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres airing Friday that she and her ex are a couple again, says she finds it funny …
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:   Pink Confirms She Is Back on With Ex Carey Hart
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Jennifer Aniston Reveals “Horrible” Breakup Story  —  Jennifer Aniston's most famous split is from Brad Pitt — but that's not the breakup she calls “horrible” in a new interview.  —  “I broke up with a guy and he tried to get back together with me by bringing his mother to a restaurant …
Discussion: CoverAwards and I'm Not Obsessed
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Donna Freydkin / USA Today:
Aniston, Zahn are a unique twosome in ‘Management’
Discussion: PopSugar and Just Jared
David Caplan / People.com:
Bette Midler Offers Jennifer Aniston Dating Advice
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Pop Crunch
TMZ.com:
Gerard Butler Charged with Crime  —  Gerard Butler has another notch on his belt, but this time it ain't a chick ...he's scored a criminal charge.  —  Butler has been charged with misdemeanor criminal battery in connection with a run-in with a photog on October 7, 2008.
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Associated Press:   Gerard Butler charged with battery in LA
Laura Kalnicky / Life and Style:
Bruce's new face revealed  —  Bruce Jenner, who turns 60 in October, has given himself an early birthday present: a new face.  “He corrected work that was done 25 years ago that he wasn't happy with,” his stepdaughter Kim Kardashian tells Life & Style.  And while Bruce's new face won't be revealed …
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Kim Kardashian: I'll “Definitely Get” Plastic Surgery
Frazier Moore / Associated Press:
A tear-jerking season finale for 'Grey's Anatomy'  —  NEW YORK - “Grey's Anatomy” handed Dr. Isobel Stevens a fateful choice on its fifth-season finale Thursday night.  —  Izzie had to decide if she should have risky brain surgery for the cancer that has plagued her on the ABC medical drama.
Discussion: ArtsBeat and Evil Beet Gossip
Christien Kilpatrick / People.com:
Rob Pattinson Celebrates Birthday with Twilight Cast  —  Robert Pattinson's Twilight character, Edward, may remain a perpetual teenager - but the actor celebrated turning 23 on Wednesday.  —  The star was joined by several of his New Moon castmates, including leading lady Kristen Stewart …
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart Go on Dinner Date for His 23rd Bday
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Access Hollywood:
Paulina Porizkova On ‘Top Model’ Dismissal: 'My Hissy Fits Didn't Go Over That Well'  —  America's Next Top Model,Reality TV,TV,Tyra Banks,Supermodels,Celebrity Feuds  —  Supermodel Paula Porizkova said she was fired from “America's Next Top Model” due to what producers called an ego problem.
Ken Lee / People.com:
Video Reveals Would-Be Burglars at Lindsay Lohan's House  —  Lindsay Lohan was targeted by burglars, after all - but the mess inside her house still can't be blamed on them.  —  Two unidentified men, one wearing a baseball cap and a bandana over his face, attempted to break into the L.A. home Tuesday …
Discussion: Bitten and Bound and Starpulse
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Bill Holdship / Metro Times:
The Eminem interview  —  The greatest rapper on earth gets personal on Proof, guns, Bill O'Reilly and being an artist from Detroit  —  When it comes to Eminem, a lot of backstory probably isn't necessary.  Especially in Detroit.  But, really, that's pretty much true anywhere in the civilized Western world …
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Eminem Stands by Mocking Jessica Simpson's Weight: “She Was Fat”
Mark Gray / People.com:
Holly Madison to Replace Kelly Monaco in Sexy Vegas Show  —  Exit Kelly Monaco.  Enter Holly Madison.  —  The Girls Next Door star will become the newest Las Vegas headliner beginning in June when she replaces Monaco in the sultry revue PEEPSHOW, Madison tells PEOPLE.
Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
EXCLUSIVE Hilarie Burton on ‘Tree Hill’ exit: 'It wasn't a rash decision'  —  Did you hear?  After six years of angst, heartache, and more angst, Hilarie Burton will make her final appearance as Lucas-lovin' music mogul Peyton Sawyer on Monday's season finale of One Tree Hill.
Marc Graser / Variety:
Monica Bellucci joins ‘Sorcerer’  —  Actress to play Nic Cage's lost love  —  Monica Bellucci has joined the cast of Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer's “The Sorcerer's Apprentice.”  —  She will play Veronica, a sorceress and the long-lost love of Nicolas Cage's character, Balthazar Blake.
Discussion: New York Magazine, /Film and EW.com
Kyle Koster / Sports Pros:
Is Maria Verchenova the new (pretty) face of women's golf?  —  Quick.  —  When's the last time you watched women's golf for any extended period of time that didn't include you falling asleep on the couch after watching the college basketball game that preceded it?  —  I'll go out on a limb and say it's been a while.
Nikki Finke / Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily:
Johnny Depp As Frank Sinatra?  —  Director Marty Scorsese may want Leonardo DiCaprio for the coming biopic about Frank Sinatra.  (Just as Marty wanted Leo for Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed, and soon Shutter Island.)  But I hear Universal's first choice to fill the role may be Johnny Depp.
The Cheese / Hollywoodtuna:
Rose McGowan's Got Some Booty!  —  I know Rose McGowan hasn't been in the spotlight since well, I can't remember the last time she was in the spotlight, but that's no excuse for letting her ass grow out of control like this.  Maybe she thinks big asses are in who knows?
Just Jared:
Suri Cruise Dances Like There's No Tomorrow  —  Katie Holmes holds hands with daughter Suri, 3, as they leave a dance studio on Thursday (May 14) in Pacific Palisades, Calif.  —  This summer, Katie will be headed to Australia to shoot her new movie, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark.
Gary Trust / Reuters:
“Idol” judge Paula Abdul back on singles chart  —  NEW YORK (Billboard) - Twenty years ago this week, Paula Abdul scored her second No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart with “Forever Your Girl.”  (Her first, “Straight Up,” held on for a final round at No. 90).
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
Christine Kearney / Reuters:
Farrow and Soon-Yi won't testify at Allen trial: lawyer  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Woody Allen's ex-girlfriend Mia Farrow and his wife Soon-Yi Previn will not be called to testify at a trial pitting the movie director against American Apparel, a lawyer for the clothing company said on Thursday.
Discussion: EW.com
TMZ.com:
Miss California — Too Tired to Do Larry  —  We know why Carrie Prejean backed out of doing “Larry King Live” tonight.  She partied too hard!  —  Carrie celebrated her 22nd birthday in Atlanta last night.  She was scheduled to do Larry's show tonight in L.A., but her people called hours ago …
Discussion: US News, omg! and The Huffington Post
 
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