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Brian Orloff / People.com:
Tiger Woods's ‘Real Apology to Elin Will Come from My Behavior’ — Tiger Woods publicly apologized Friday morning during a televised press conference, acknowledging that those gathered had supported him and now had cause to be critical of him. — “I want to say to each of you simply and directly …
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Tiger Woods: ‘I was wrong, I was foolish’ — “I know I have bitterly disappointed all of you,” said the golfer, dressed in a blue button-down shirt and a blazer. “For all that I have done, I am so sorry. ... “I had affairs, I cheated. What I did was not acceptable, and I am the only person to blame.”
TMZ.com:
Tiger Woods: ‘I Had Affairs, I Cheated’ — Tiger Woods just finished giving his 13-minute, prepared statement (click here for the full transcript). Highlights are below. — Tiger described his behavior as “irresponsible and selfish.” — “I was unfaithful. I had affairs. I cheated.”
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Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Kristen Stewart: I'm Going to the Oscars...With Taylor! — Robert Pattinson presented at last year's Oscars, but guess which Twilight stars are doing it this time around? — I'll let Kristen Stewart tell you... “Yeah, I'm going,” Stewart just told me when I asked if we'd be seeing her on March 7 at the Academy Awards.
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Lil Wayne — Eight Root Canals in One Sitting — Lil Wayne just had one of the gnarliest oral surgeries in the history of dentistry. We're told it was a marathon session that included a stomach-turning eight root canals at one time. — Our sources say Wayne went under the drill on Tuesday.
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Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Warner Bros Finally Going Ahead With Shocking Film About Yankees Sex Scandal — EXCLUSIVE: The Trade, a film that tells the true tale of 2 New York Yankees pitchers who caused a national scandal by swapping wives in the sexually-free 1970s, has finally hit the big leagues.
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Dave Itzkoff / ArtsBeat:
‘Family Guy’ Voice Actor Says Palin ‘Does Not Have a Sense of Humor’ — Since it was shown on Sunday, an episode of the Fox animated comedy “Family Guy” has drawn the repeated condemnation of Sarah Palin, the former Republican governor of Alaska and 2008 vice-presidential nominee.
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Sean Penn Charged With Crimes — Sean Penn was charged with criminal battery and vandalism today, in connection with a run-in with the paparazzi ... TMZ has learned. — The incident occurred last October in Brentwood, CA. TMZ captured the confrontation as an angry Penn approached and kicked a paparazzo …
Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
William Shatner in S**t My Dad Says — Twitter sensation turned into TV pilot for CBS — Twitter sensation S**t My Dad Says is becoming a TV pilot with William Shatner set to play the larger-than-life dad at the center of it. — The casting of Shatner lifts the contingency …
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Brad Pittand / New York Post:
Brangelina staging family photos — Those happy family photo ops in Venice are being staged “like a military operation” to quash reports that — Angelina Jolieare splitting, sources said. The pair, who have vehemently denied a rift, have been seen daily as a family unit in the romantic Italian city …
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‘Flavor of Love’ Star Arrested for Child Cruelty — One of the stars of the VH1 show “Flavor of Love” was arrested in Georgia — after cops say “Hotlanta” got violent in a mysterious incident involving a child. — Hotlanta — aka 29-year-old Nicole Essigmann — was arrested in Cobb County …
Brian Mansfield / USA Today:
Chris Golightly: “This is not fair; I don't know what to do” — When the American Idol machine starts moving, nobody gets to stand in the way. — Not even one of the semifinalists. — Chris Golightly is learning that lesson the hard way this week. — “This is not fair …
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Jay A. Fernandez / The Hollywood Reporter:
Is Owen Wilson becoming Woody Allen's new muse? — Owen Wilson is attached to star in the new Woody Allen movie that will shoot this summer. — As with all the writer-director's film work, Allen is keeping the untitled feature's story line and characters hush-hush, and it's not clear how big Wilson's role is.
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Hellomagazine.com:
Rafa Nadal serves up convincing cameo with raunchy... Smouldering on screen in her latest music video, Colombian singer Shakira cosies up to a dark and handsome stranger as she writhes around on a rock face. — A closer look, however, reveals that her companion is no unknown extra, but rather Spanish tennis ace Rafa Nadal.
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Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Was Ben Stiller an enormous douche to the ‘Little Fockers’ crew? — Ben Stiller is one of the few major celebrities that you rarely hear anything about, good or bad. Maybe he's secretly the most wonderful man is Hollywood, and he just likes to keep that little fact on the down low.
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Jo Piazza / PopEater:
Celebenomics: Which of Tiger's Women Handled the Scandal Best? — Nothing bequeaths instant notoriety like a good old-fashioned sex scandal. Tiger Woods is well aware of this, and today he will take the first step in cleaning up his image with his press conference and mea culpa.
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The Cheese / Hollywoodtuna:
Annalynne McCord Bikini Picture From Shape Magazine — It's Friday, I'm sleepy, more than a little hungover and my stomach feels like I'm about to give birth to a really strange looking baby, so I'm going to get straight to the point with this picture of AnnaLynne McCord's tight little body in a bikini for Shape magazine.
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TMZ.com:
Mitt Romney's Alleged Attacker — Major Rap Star — The mystery man who was tossed off an airplane for allegedly attacking Mitt Romney has finally been revealed — it was one of the guys from LMFAO ... and he claims Romney is the one who got physical first!
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