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10:15 AM ET, February 12, 2010

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Daily Mail:
British fashion icon Alexander McQueen commits suicide days after death of his beloved mother  —  British fashion designer Alexander McQueen was discovered dead today after taking his own life.  —  The industry was left reeling after the 40-year-old's suicide this morning …
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Us Weekly:
Hailey Glassman Jokes About Jon Gosselin's “Tiny” Manhood  —  To put it mildly, Hailey Glassman isn't afraid to kiss and tell — and destroy! — when it comes to her famous ex-boyfriend Jon Gosselin.  —  In a shocking new interview with Steppin Out magazine, Glassman, 23, goes into graphic …
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Nicole Lyn Pesce / NY Daily News:
Jon and Kate Gosselin in talks with TLC to resume filming their children again
TMZ.com:
Jessica Simpson Laughs Off Mayer Comments  —  There's one person who wasn't offended by John Mayer's controversial Playboy interview — Jessica Simpson.  —  Jessica was in L.A. last night — and when we asked her how she felt about Mayer comparing her sex appeal to a “drug” and calling her …
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Linda Marx / People.com:
Tiger Woods's New Boat: A Peace Offering to Elin?  —  The future of Tiger Woods's marriage and career may be in question, but the embattled golf star will have something to look forward to in the coming weeks: A new, custom-designed sporting boat christened Solitude, according to sources.
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Heidi Klum and Paulina Porizkova Are Coming to Desperate Housewives  —  ABC/Florian Schneider; Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images; Toby Canham/Getty Images  —  How many hot mamas can one show have?  —  If you're talking Desperate Housewives, the answer is “as many as it wants,” because the show just added two more!
Discussion: PopEater, TV Fanatic and Pop Crunch
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: SNEAK PEEK: Real Housewives' Kelly Bensimon in Playboy!  —  Real Housewives of New York's Kelly Killoren Bensimon isn't afraid to bring on the drama — or take off her clothes!  —  The reality star, 41, makes her nude Playboy debut in a six-page spread in the magazine's March issue …
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PEOPLE TV Watch:
Real Housewife Kelly Bensimon: Why I Posed for Playboy
Discussion: PopEater and Pop Crunch
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Jennifer Aniston No Longer Has Hollywood's ‘Most Desired’ Body  —  America's sweetheart has been bumped from the top of the “hottest looks” list.
New York Post:
Sarah Silverman: A Funny Valentine … Sarah Silverman glides through the front door of the West Hollywood eatery Hugo's, unaware that she is causing a stir.  Although Orlando Bloom and his fiancée Miranda Kerr are sharing a banquette up front and twins Joel and Benji Madden …
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler
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Us Weekly:
Sarah Silverman: Jimmy Kimmel Loved Me — and My Big “Thighs”
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com and Perez Hilton
The Superficial:
Madonna slipping Jesus the tongue  —  Madonna and Jesus Luz were photographed making out in a Rio de Janeiro nightclub last night shooting down rumors the two have split.  However, these photos do confirm rumors that Madonna is a walking corpse with the power to manipulate the living.
Discussion: popbytes and Celebslam
Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Twilight’ Saga's Final Book ‘Breaking Dawn’ Will Be Made Into 2 Back-To-Back Movies With “High End” Helmer/s  —  I have this from several sources, and it's definitive.  Filming on the back-to-back movies would begin in mid-October, and Summit Entertainment is looking at “high end” directors.
Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Lindsay Drops the Ball—the Vienna Opera Ball, That Is  —  Quick, somebody check the temperature down by the Styx: Lindsay Lohan has turned down an invitation to party!  —  LiLo was originally set to serve as this year's celeb rent-a-date (going rate: $150,000) for horny old Austrian …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
LiLo F**ked Up Again
Discussion: Gawker and Egotastic!
Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Vin Diesel signs up for another ‘Riddick’  —  Thesp will also produce third installment for Universal  —  Vin Diesel is going back to the future to topline and produce a third chapter in the “Chronicles of Riddick” franchise.  —  Universal will handle domestic distribution on the sci-fi film, which is titled “Riddick.”
TMZ.com:
Courtney Love Restraining Order Extended  —  The judge's order prohibiting Courtney Love from having contact with her daughter — Frances Bean Cobain — has just been extended ... and the clock is now ticking on their relationship.  —  The judge had stripped Courtney of legal control of her daughter back in December.
Us Weekly:
PIC: Lady Gaga Glues Hundreds of Pearls to Her Face!  —  Lady Gaga has people doing double takes once again.  —  With her skin painted white, the singer, 23, wore hundreds of white pearls glued to her face, legs and body at an amfAR gala in New York City Wednesday.
Discussion: PopSugar and BellaSugar
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Ted Casablanca / E! Online:
Lady Gaga Shows Off Slimmer Frame, Looks Great!
Discussion: Queerty
Ali Jaafar / Variety:
‘Three Musketeers’ gets reboot  —  Dumas classic loads up for ‘Sherlock’ treatment  —  Alexandre Dumas' classic 17th century adventure “The Three Musketeers” is set to get the “Sherlock Holmes” treatment.  —  Producer Lionel Wigram, the creative force behind helmer Guy Ritchie's …
Discussion: /Film, Pajiba and EW.com
New York Post:
Gemma Ward, A Supermodel Betrayed … On a bright day last November, an Amazonian beauty with long, strong-looking limbs and silky blonde hair hailed a cab in the East Village.  Wearing navy shorts and a faux-leopard-skin coat, she looked like an unusually pretty, healthy NYU student, out for a day of combing through vintage shops.
TMZ.com:
Body Found Where Christian Bale Lived  —  Christian Bale lived in a home where a human body was buried ... and he had no idea, cops tell TMZ.  —  We've learned in 2008 while Bale was filming “Terminator: Salvation” in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the body of Michael Snyder lay in the front yard of the home he was renting.
Jeffrey Slonim / People.com:
Natasha Richardson Remembered at Gala in New York  —  Friends and family offered heartfelt remembrances of Natasha Richardson at amfAR's starry annual New York gala Wednesday night.  —  “I remember her laugh,” Alan Cumming, who starred with the actress in Cabaret on Broadway, told PEOPLE.
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com
Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
HBO picks up Kate Winslet miniseries  —  ‘Mildred Pierce’ is being directed by Todd Haynes  —  Todd Haynes' “Mildred Pierce” is headed to HBO.  —  The cable network has picked up the five-hour miniseries starring Kate Winslet, which it will co-produce with MGM, Killer Films and John Wells Prods.
Discussion: New York Magazine
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE LETTER: Sherri Shepherd's Ex-Husband Furious She Talks About Him On The View  —  Comedians are known for drawing inspiration from their personal lives.  But in the case of Sherri Shepherd, her ex husband Jeff Tarpley is asking her to stop using their divorce as public fodder for the sake of their son.
 
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