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12:20 PM ET, May 16, 2009

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TMZ.com:
Paris' Wake Up Call — Tinkerbell Is Roadkill  —  Paris Hilton has a perfectly good explanation for the loud screams that drew cops to her house this morning — she thought her beloved Tinkerbell was dead.  —  TMZ spoke with Paris who claims she got a disturbing phone call late last night …
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Paris Hilton Doesn't Come or Go Cheap  —  One of Paris Hilton's neighbors hates her so much, he's willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars a month ... to get her out of his hood.  —  We've learned the neighbor (who we have been asked not to ID) has written a letter to the landlord …
TMZ.com:
Paris Hilton — World's Worst Neighbor  —  For the second time in less than a week, Paris Hilton turned her new neighborhood upside down — this time cops were called to put an end to a nuclear argument.  —  It happened at 1 AM this morning.  LAPD officers were called to the home of Paris' BF, Doug Reinhardt.
Hollywoodreporter / The Live Feed:
Surprise: Fox RENEWS ‘Dollhouse’  —  UPDATED: In a stunning move, sources say Fox has renewed Joss Whedon's “Dollhouse” for next fall.  —  The official announcement will not be made until Monday at the network's upfront presentation, but sources confirm a deal has been struck for another 13 episodes.
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Fox close to renewing ‘Dollhouse’  —  Net adds Sony Pictures TV comedy ‘Brothers’  —  As Fox preps for its upfront presentation on Monday, the net is said to be on the verge of renewing Joss Whedon's frosh drama “Dollhouse,” and it has added another laffer to its frosh slate for the 2009-10 season.
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Natalie Portman Slams Sean Penn Romance Rumors as “Completely Untrue”  —  Natalie Portman says she isn't cozying up to Sean Penn.  —  “Sean Penn is a friend and colleague,” the actress, 27, tells Usmagazine.com.  “The reports that we are romantically involved are completely untrue.”
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Shia LaBeouf: “I'm Not Extremely Well-Endowed”  —  Man, you'd think oversharing had mutated and gone airborne on the set of “Transformers 2” because Shia LaBeouf has caught whatever Megan Fox has.  —  In the new issue of Playboy, Shia talks — among other things — about the time he lost his virginity.
Mark Gray / People.com:
Holly Madison to Go Topless in Vegas Show  —  She has posed topless for millions of readers in Playboy, but now Holly Madison will bare herself again - this time in front of a live audience.  —  After consideration, the former Girls Next Door star, 30, has decided to go topless in her new Las Vegas show, her rep confirms.
Discussion: Busy Bee Blogger
Hollywoodreporter / The Live Feed:
ABC renews ‘Castle,’ orders two ‘Towns’  —  ABC on Friday picked up three more series, sources said.  —  The network gave nods to new drama “Happy Town” and the Courteney Cox-starring comedy “Cougar Town,” both from ABC Studios.  —  Additionally, midseason drama “Castle,” also from ABC Studios, was renewed for a second season.
Discussion: TV Squad and TVbytheNumbers
People.com:
Brooke Shields: Tabloid Checked My Mother Out of Nursing Home  —  Brooke Shields's mother, who suffers from dementia, was checked out of a New Jersey nursing home Thursday by a journalist seeking a “tabloid story,” the outraged actress tells PEOPLE.  —  Teri Shields, 75, was later found unharmed …
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Adrien Brody's girlfriend left him for Olivier Martinez  —  This story as being billed by Star Magazine as some kind male-homewrecking story, but it's not really.  It seems Oscar-winner Adrien Brody recently split with his girlfriend of two years, Elsa Pataky.
Discussion: Dlisted
Brenda Rodriguez / People.com:
Lindsay Lohan's Producer: She'll Behave for New Movie  —  Trying to prove that she's not just a party girl or a tabloid queen, Lindsay Lohan has promised to be on her best behavior on the set of her new film The Other Side, according to the movie's producer.  —  “She said, 'I'm going to turn down a lot of other work right now.
Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna / Yahoo! News:
American Idol's Danny Gokey Sets His Sights on Eyewear  —  Los Angeles (E! Online) - Danny Gokey hasn't just set his sights on landing a recording contract once the American Idol summer tour is over.  He wants an eyewear deal as well.  —  “I want to come out with a line of glasses,” …
AceShowBiz.com:
Ashlee Simpson Reportedly Few Weeks Pregnant With Second Baby  —  A source tells Star Magazine Ashlee Simpson is few weeks pregnant with her second child with husband Pete Wentz and is thrilled with the upcoming baby.  —  Ashlee Simpson is pregnant with another baby, Star Magazine reports …
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Kevin Sessums / PARADE Magazine:
You Get Better With Age  —  'Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty," Iman says, startling me a bit. “  But she is so interesting looking and so bright.  That will always take you farther.  When you're a great beauty, it's always downhill for you.  If you're someone like Mrs. Obama, you just get better with age.
Ken Baker / E! Online:
Montag?  Pratt?  Nope, Just Call Her Heidi  —  That's Heidi with an H.  —  The artist formerly known as Heidi Montag and who is now—legally at least, Heidi Pratt—tells E! News exclusively that she wants to join the nomenclature ranks of other female celeb superstars.
Phil / Egotastic!:
Mischa Barton Nude Videos from Assasination of a High School President  —  I'm not sure if I ever mentioned this, but one of Mischa Barton's reorted nude scenes was to be in a movie called Assasination of a High School President.  A lot of time passed, and like most Mischa Barton movies …
Discussion: Celebslam and Oh No They Didn't!
New York Post:
‘MAGICIAN SNATCHED MY CAT’  —  MAGICIAN Criss Angel is accused of stealing Jeff Beacher's cat.  And Beacher, the midget-loving impresario behind Beacher's Madhouse revue, is threatening to sue to get his pussy back.  —  Beacher's lawyer, Robert Reynolds, wrote to Angel …
Anthony Hopkins / Contactmusic.com:
ANTHONY HOPKINS - HOPKINS TO FEAST AS HANNIBAL AGAIN … SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS is teaming up with director SIR RIDLEY SCOTT to bring his most infamous villain HANNIBAL LECTER back to the big screen.  —  The actor will reprise his cannibalistic serial killer for the fourth time in a second sequel …
Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
Bristol Palin Graduates from High School  —  Bristol Palin  —  Looking like a lot of her classmates - giddy and irreverent, wearing a silly necklace of Blow-Pop lollipops strung together with curly gift ribbon - Bristol Palin stepped toward the stage in Wasilla Sports Complex Thursday night …
 
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New York Magazine says Olivia Nuzzi is on leave after admitting a personal relationship with a campaign figure; sources: the person is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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