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2:40 AM ET, February 3, 2010

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Us Weekly:
Sandra Bullock: Meryl Streep Sent Me “Dead Orchids”  —  Expect the playful competition between Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep to heat up now that the two both nabbed Best Actress Oscar nods.  —  They've been facing off at nearly every awards show and even smooched when they tied for best actress …
Discussion: Perez Hilton, Socialite Life and omg!
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Sandra Bullock: I'm Getting “Liposuction” Before the Oscars!  —  Sandra Bullock says she wasn't aware that she had nabbed a Best Actress Oscar nomination Tuesday morning.  —  When the nominations were announced in Beverly Hills, “I was asleep like a little tiny baby,” the first-time nominee …
Ann Oldenburg / USA Today:
Sandra Bullock: You have to enjoy Razzies and Oscars
Discussion: Perez Hilton and New York Magazine
TMZ.com:
Conrad Murray Plans to Surrender Tomorrow  —  TMZ has learned Dr. Conrad Murray is in L.A. and plans to surrender tomorrow morning in an L.A. courtroom in connection with Michael Jackson's death ... sources tell TMZ.  —  As we first reported, the Los Angeles County District Attorney will charge …
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Alan Duke / CNN:
Lawyer: Michael Jackson's doctor to surrender
PopEater:
Arrest Imminent for Michael Jackson's Doctor?
Discussion: RADAR and omg!
Aaron Broverman / Digital Spy:
Jackson doc Murray ‘plans to surrender’
Discussion: TMZ.com
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Snooki Nude Photos For Sale  —  It looks like the ladies from Jersey Shore can't keep their clothes on when there's a camera around!  —  RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively that nude photos AND video of Snooki are for sale and being shopped to various media outlets.
Bill Zwecker / Chicago Sun Times:
Sea change for Woodses?  —  Elin said to be considering joining Tiger on private voyage  —  Tiger Woods' campaign to save his marriage is taking a new turn — out to sea.  According to a good source — close to Tiger's wife Elin Nordegren Woods — the fidelity-challenged golf superstar …
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Paul Thompson / Daily Mail:
Madonna ‘dumped by toy boy lover Jesus Luz because they had nothing in common’
RADAR:
Boston Legal Star Justin Mentell Dead at 27  —  Former Boston Legal star Justin Mentell was killed in a car crash near Madison, Wisconsin on Monday, RadarOnline.com has confirmed.  —  Read The Accident Report  —  The actor's 2005 Jeep swerved off the road and went down an embankment before hitting two trees, police said.
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Tim Nudd / People.com:
Boston Legal Actor Dies in Wisconsin Car Crash
Discussion: Associated Press
PopEater:
‘Boston Legal’ Actor Justin Mentell Dies in Car Crash
Discussion: omg!
Us Weekly:
Monjack Seeking $1,000 Donations to Attend Brittany Murphy Event  —  Want to attend a event honoring the late Brittany Murphy?  —  It'll cost you.  —  On Thursday, Murphy's husband Simon Monjack is hosting a launch party to celebrate the Brittany Murphy Foundation, which is dedicated to arts education for children.
Us Weekly:
Jennifer Aniston to Host Benefit for Haiti  —  Jennifer Aniston is rounding up her friends for a night at the movies — for Haiti relief.  A rep for Aniston confirms to UsMagazine.com that the actress will be hosting a benefit screening to raise money for AmeriCares and its efforts in earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
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Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Jennifer Aniston's New Benefit to Help Haiti
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com and X17 Online
Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Jesse James' Daughter Allowed Calls, Not Visits, From Porn Star Mom  —  It's not exactly a loss for Jesse James—and it's not what you'd call a massive win for his porn-star ex-wife, Janine Lindemulder, either.  —  At a hearing today in the contentious custody battle between Sandra Bullock's current hubby …
Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Listen to This: Simon Cowell's Star-Studded Haiti Single Released  —  Enlisting the vocal prowess of a cavalcade of pop stars (and, uh, Vince Vaughn) to rerecord a modern classic for the benefit of distressed Haitians isn't exclusive to just one side of the Atlantic.
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PopEater:
Listen: Simon Cowell Premieres All-Star Haiti Single, ‘Everybody Hurts’
Discussion: omg! and Socialite Life
Us Weekly:
John Mayer Isn't Afraid to Send “Dirty Text Messages to Girls”  —  At last, someone has explained the mystery of Tiger Woods: John Mayer!  —  The wacky musician offers his unique thoughts on Tiger's troubles with women — and dirty text messages — to British paper The Independent.
The Superficial:
Britney Spears practiced to look like hell  —  Before reminding everyone at the Grammys she'd stab us all in the neck for chicken, Britney Spears spent Saturday at a recording studio in Miami looking completely out of place without children falling out of her onto the steps of a trailer.
Lainey's Entertainment Update:
Sweetheart and the Spittle  —  This week's Star Magazine takes fantasy to a new level.  The cover, of course, is an Angelina Jolie exclusive.  This time she's supposedly working on Johnny Depp, driving a wedge between him and V Paradis, and openly pursuing him because she is your husband's hot ass bad ass vixen of a secretary.
Discussion: Allie Is Wired
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Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:   Gerard Butler & Reese Witherspoon allegedly hooking up
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Meet the Young Walkers: Joe Jonas to Guest Star on Brothers & Sisters  —  ABC/Michael Desmond; Lester Cohen/Getty Images  —  Did you ever think to yourself: Joe Jonas bears an uncanny resemblance to Balthazar Getty?  —  No?  Well, apparently, the producers over at Brothers & Sisters have …
E! Online:
Rob and Kristen Get a “Slap on the Wrist”  —  Yesterday's item about how Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, according to some, are possibly taking it down a notch sure got many of you readers riled up.  —  We guess “don't shoot (or tweet) the messenger” doesn't apply when Twilight news is involved, huh?
TMZ.com:
‘Deadliest Catch’ Captain Out of Coma  —  Captain Phil Harris from “Deadliest Catch” woke up from a medically induced coma Tuesday, according to his sons — and immediately started barking commands from his Anchorage hospital bed.  —  Jake and Josh Harris tell TMZ their dad …
Discussion: Celebrity Smack
Charlotte Triggs / People.com:
Gisele Bündchen Says Giving Birth Wasn't Painful  —  Gisele Bündchen is beautiful, successful and famous.  Now, women everywhere have another reason to be jealous.  She says giving birth to her newborn son Benjamin didn't hurt at all!  —  It “wasn't painful, not even a little bit …
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Zooey Deschanel To Be HBO Groupie  —  EXCLUSIVE: While (500) Days of Summer didn't get the Best Picture nod as some expected, good things keep happening for those involved.  Zooey Deschanel has just committed to star in an HBO half-hour pilot that will be based on I'm With the Band …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't! and Movieline
Mark Graham / New York Magazine:
The Hurt Locker's Jeremy Renner Is the Anti-Taylor Swift  —  In the wake of Taylor Swift's phony, faux-shocked, “What, me?” reactions during her numerous acceptance speeches, it's good to be reminded that genuine moments of human emotion still exist in Hollywood.
Extra:
Drake ‘Down’ for Collaboration with Taylor Swift  —  Grammy nominee and performer Drake tells “Extra” his favorite moment from the awards show was seeing Taylor Swift — and he wants to work with her in future!  —  “Seeing Taylor Swift in person is always fun for me,” Drake …
Discussion: Ear Sucker
Us Weekly:
Nicole Richie: I Outsang Jennifer Hudson in “We Are the World”  —  Nicole Richie says she got carried away singing the remake of “We Are the World” Monday in the same Hollywood studio where the original was cut 25 years ago.  —  “I hope Jennifer Hudson wasn't upset that I was out-singing her tonight,” she sarcastically Twittered.
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com
 
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