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3:35 PM ET, February 16, 2010

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People.com:
Nicole Richie & Joel Madden Getting Married!  —  They've been together for more than three years and have two children.  Now, Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are planning to make it official.  —  Richie said Monday night during a taping of the Late Show with David Letterman that the couple …
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Us Weekly:
Nicole Richie and Joel Madden Are Engaged!  —  Nicole Richie and her Good Charlotte rocker boyfriend, Joel Madden, are getting married.  —  Richie, 28, made the announcement Monday on The Late Show with David Letterman.  —  “Yep. i'm engaged.  Very happy,” wrote Madden, 30, on Twitter Monday.
Us Weekly:
Nicole Richie Confirms Engagement!
Discussion: DailyFill.com, omg! and Hollywire.com
PopSugar:
Jessica Simpson Talks John, Tony, and Jeans in Allure  —  Jessica Simpson is front and center on the cover of March's Allure, and inside the magazine she strikes even more pretty poses and looks back at her style evolution.  The issue, which hits newsstands on the 23rd …
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Us Weekly:
Jessica Simpson: I've Learned “Nothing” From Past Relationships  —  Jessica Simpson isn't exactly sure what to make of her love life so far.  —  The singer, actress and reality TV star (her VH1 show Price of Beauty debuts in March) is the cover girl for Allure in March.
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Jessica Simpson: my breasts are for my husband, not for winning Oscars
Discussion: CelebNewsWire
Amy Diluna / NY Daily News:
At size 4, Fashion Week model Coco Rocha, 21, is latest of many women considered fat by industry  —  What the ... ?  Coco Rocha says the demand for her modeling services has gone down because of her size-4 body.  —  So it's come to this.  —  After all the hype, promises and international outcry …
Discussion: StyleList and Lemondrop.com
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NY Daily News:
Damaged goods: Lohan not invited to much of Fashion Week … EDITORS' PICKS … BEST OF NYDN.COM
Guy Trebay / New York Times:
A Model's Prospects: Slim and None
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and StyleList
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Crack Addiction Drove Charlie Sheen's Wife Brooke Mueller Into Rehab  —  Charlie Sheen's wife Brooke Mueller is in rehab for crack addiction, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.  —  “Brooke has been in denial about her problem for a long time,” one source close to her told RadarOnline.com.
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Oh No They Didn't!:
Chunks is gone  —  Basically, someone pretended to be a magazine editor and tricked Tila into thinking she had landed a photoshoot, only to cancel it for her “pregnancy” and replace her with Lady Gaga.  But then Tila ‘miscarried’ and sent this crazy ass emails to the “magazine editor” pleading for the job.
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TilaGnome / Tilas Rotspot:
BREAKING NEWS Tila NOT pregnant?! *GASP*
Discussion: Ear Sucker and Allie Is Wired
Michael K / Dlisted:   Tila Tecate Light Is No Longer Fake Pregnant
People.com:
Betty White to SNL: Are You Kidding?  —  Between her cameo with Abe Vigoda in a Super Bowl commercial for Snickers, costarring with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds in the romantic comedy The Proposal, and being recognized for lifetime achievement by the Screen Actors Guild …
Discussion: TV Squad, Celebrity Smack and PopEater
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Rob Shuter / PopEater:
Oprah Says No Way to John Mayer  —  John Mayer's disastrous Playboy interview in which he dropped the N-word and told naughty bedroom secrets about Jessica Simpson is too much for even Oprah Winfrey to handle.  Oprah's couch — which has been a platform for dozens of celebrity apologies and explanations …
Sarah Haight / Wmagazine.com:
SEXY NEW AD CAMPAIGN?  CHECK.  SERIOUS NEW FILM?  CHECK.  THIS YEAR MEGAN FOX PLANS TO PROVE TO THE WORLD THAT SHE'S A BOMBSHELL WITH CHOPS.  —  Megan Fox trudges onto a soundstage on the outskirts of Santa Fe, New Mexico, dressed like a college student: sweats, hiking boots and a puffy jacket …
Us Weekly:
Bachelor's Ali “Shocked” by Rejection, Bachelorette Talk is “Nice”  —  America probably hasn't seen the last of Ali Fedotowsky.  —  Just a week after she left The Bachelor for professional reasons, the 25-year-old fan favorite appears on Tuesday's Ellen DeGeneres Show …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
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Lara Martin / Digital Spy:
‘The Bachelor’: Episode 7 recap
Discussion: X17 Online
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Gossip Girl's Matthew Settle Splits with Wife  —  Spotted: Gossip Girl's Matthew Settle — with other women.  —  “Divorce is imminent,” a source says of the actor, 40, and his wife, model Naama Nativ (daughter Aven was born last March).  —  His wedding ring was off during NYC fashion shows February 11 and 12.
E! Online:
Avril Lavigne and Brody Jenner: Hookup Alert  —  Avril Lavigne and Brody Jenner might be Hollywood's hottest new hookup.  —  Sources tell E! News that 25-year-old Lavigne and the Hills star have been seeing each other quietly over the last couple weeks.  —  “They're hooking up,” an insider said, “but they're keeping it low-key.”
BBC:
Police probe death confession  —  Ray Gosling: “Doctors said there's nothing we can do; he was in terrible pain”  —  A TV presenter's on-air confession that he killed his ailing lover is to be investigated by Nottinghamshire Police.  —  Ray Gosling, 70, told the BBC's Inside Out programme …
Discussion: ANIMAL and Gawker
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Danny Shea First / The Huffington Post:
BBC Presenter Ray Gosling's On-Air Confession: I Killed My Lover (VIDEO)
Discussion: Fancast News and New York Magazine
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Billy Baldwin “I Don't Care What People Think About My Wife Being In Rehab”  —  Billy Baldwin is speaking out for the first time since the announcement that his wife Chynna Phillips checked into rehab for anxiety.  —  Chynna Phillips Checks Into Rehab For “Anxiety”
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Evil Beet Gossip
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Tina Jordan / EW.com:
Exclusive: Tori Spelling to write a children's book  —  EW has learned that Simon & Schuster — publisher of Spelling's two previous best-sellers, sTORI Telling and Mommywood —has signed the actress to her first children's book, Presenting...Tallulah, the tale of a spunky little girl …
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PopEater:   Tori Spelling Writing Children's Book
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Oscar Spoilers: Best Original Song Artists Not Performing; But Contestants Invited From ‘So You Think You Can Dance?’  —  EXCLUSIVE: Oscarcast executive producers Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic have dropped a bombshell, telling artists nominated for Best Original Song that they won't be invited …
 
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