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4:45 AM ET, March 3, 2010

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TMZ.com:
Sources: Jackson Kids Tried Stunning Blanket  —  Multiple sources are telling TMZ the stun gun that Jermaine Jackson's 13-year-old son purchased was actually used by the children in the house ... and Michael Jackson's son, Blanket was an intended target.  —  As we first reported …
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TMZ.com:
Children Services at Jackson Home
Discussion: omg! and Starpulse
X17 Online:
Police Hunting For Naomi Campbell After Alleged Assault On Limo Driver  —  Naomi Campbell must really enjoy prancing around in couture clothes when she fulfills her court mandated community service, because she's got yet another potential assault charge looming on the horizon!
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Colleen Long / Associated Press:
No charges for Naomi Campbell in NYC driver flap  —  NEW YORK - A man hired to drive Naomi Campbell told police she assaulted him from the back seat of a luxury SUV on Tuesday before hopping out and running away, but the supermodel likely won't face criminal charges.
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
Us Weekly:
Naomi Campbell Attacks Limo Driver, Flees Police: Report
PopEater:
Naomi Campbell Accused of Assaulting Driver
Discussion: hollywoodbackwash.com
Murray Weiss / New York Post:
Limo driver claims Naomi Campbell assaulted him: cops
Us Weekly:
Idol Finalist Sent to Hospital, Girl Competition Show Delayed  —  As a result, the guys will compete on Tuesday night's show, and the women — originally slated to take the stage Tuesday — will perform Wednesday.  —  A source tells Us that Bowersox, 24, is recovering from diabetes complications.
Us Weekly:
VIDEO: Jessica Simpson: I'm “a Little Angry” at John Mayer for Sex Talk  —  Jessica Simpson isn't holding a grudge against ex John Mayer, who recently blabbed to Playboy that she is “crazy” in bed and called her sexual “crack cocaine.”  —  “I'm not angry,” Simpson, 29, says on The Oprah Winfrey Show Wednesday (see clip, above).
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Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Justin Timberlake cast in ‘Bad Teacher’  —  Cameron Diaz also stars in Jake Kasdan comedy  —  Justin Timberlake has nabbed the coveted role of the male lead in “Bad Teacher,” the Cameron Diaz comedy Jake Kasdan is directing for Columbia.  —  Molly Shannon and Eric Stonestreet ("Modern Family") are also joining the cast.
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Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Justin Timberlake hot for ‘Teacher’
Discussion: L.A. Rag Mag and Crushable
Claude Brodesser-Akner / New York Magazine:
Vulture Exclusive: To Protect James Cameron's Feelings, Sacha Baron Cohen's Avatar Sketch Is Cut From Oscar Telecast  —  Just a week ago, Sacha Baron Cohen — the alter ego of Borat and Brüno — was announced as an Oscar presenter by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Discussion: iesb.net
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Just Jared:
Sacha Baron Cohen: Cameo in Isla Fisher's Movie?
Dishin' the Dirt / Bauer-Griffin:
Sacha Visits Isla on Set!
Discussion: Seriously? OMG!
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Woman Who Slept With Charlie Sheen & Wife At Same Time Telling All  —  Charlie Sheen's complicated life is about to get even more complicated.  —  A woman who slept with Charlie and wife Brooke Mueller at the same time is about to come forward and tell her story, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.
TMZ.com:
Howard Stern: Leno Makes Me Wanna Puke  —  Howard Stern unleashed the fury all over Jay Leno this morning, brutally tearing into the “Tonight Show” host on a segment for the “CBS Early Show.”  —  One day after Leno returned to late night, CBS asked Stern for his thoughts, which went like this …
Gabe Comment / Videogum:
Roger Ebert, The Best, Finally Gets His Voice Back  —  Roger Ebert, who is the best, will be on Oprah this afternoon, which I am sure we will all leave work to watch if we haven't called in sick already.  But this preview clip in which he demonstrates his new voice for the first time …
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PopEater:
Roger Ebert Debuts New, Familiar Voice on ‘Oprah’
Discussion: Inside Movies
The Cheese / Hollywoodtuna:
Vanessa Paradis Topless In Elle  —  As a teenager I used to love French singer and actress Vanessa Paradis, even with her weird gap in her teeth, so these pictures of her topless for Elle magazine are a bit of a throw back for me.  If you don't know who she is, don't worry about it …
OK! Magazine:
Lindsay Lohan EXCLUSIVE: Rehab was like a vacation  —  Actress Lindsay Lohan opens up in a world exclusive interview as she talks about battling booze, her demins and her ‘nuts’ dad  —  LINDSAY Lohan has exclusively revealed her trips to rehab have been like going on “vacation”.
Andrew Scott / PopEater:
Why ‘Bachelor’ Jake Pavelka Made the Right Decision  —  Pop-Ed: All season long, the women of ‘The Bachelor’ — not to mention the tabloids — pegged Vienna as the villain of the house (well ... after Rozlyn left, anyway) and certainly the last person with whom Jake should spend the rest of his life with.
Dave McNary / Variety:
'Gilligan's Island' headed to the bigscreen  —  Warner Bros., Atlas Ent. to adapt popular '60s sitcom  —  The seven castaways of “Gilligan's Island” have found a home at Warner Bros. and Atlas Entertainment.  —  The studio and production company have begun development on a feature film based …
Hollie McKay / Associated Press:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Idol’ Finalist Elliott Yamin Needs to Get Out of Chile, Running Out of Diabetic Supplies  —  “I hope to get home before I slip into a diabetic coma,” the singer said in an exclusive interview.
Discussion: Perez Hilton, Pop Crunch and EW.com
Peter Sciretta / /Film:
Exclusive: Meet the New Toy Story 3 Character - Twitch  —  As you may have noticed over the past weeks, Disney has been teasing the release of Pixar's Toy Story 3 by releasing more information, photos and video of each of the new characters, week by week.  This week we have been given …
Jake Coyle / Associated Press:
‘Precious’ in 3-D?  Filmmakers predict 3-D dramas  —  NEW YORK - Movies are evolving ever more into 3-D, a shake-up of the medium that has been compared to the advent of sound or color in motion pictures.  —  But if digital 3-D is so revolutionary, it will need to go beyond fantasy …
Discussion: /Film and Perez Hilton
Dan French / Digital Spy:
Ke$ha  —  “The party don't start 'til I walk in,” Ke$ha informed us on her debut single.  Three months on and the party's still raging swing for pop's most brazen newcomer.  After a nine-week reign at the top of the US chart, during which she held the Haiti crew off the No.1 spot, she's now back with 3OH!3 collab ‘Blah Blah Blah’.
Katrina / Hollywood Life:
Breaking News!  JWoWW, Snooki, & Sammi Go From ‘Jersey Shore’ To...Harper's Bazaar!  —  Wow!  I don't know about you, but I didn't see this one coming!  Check out the behind the scenes shot!  —  Call me crazy, but JWoWW, Snooki, and Sammi Sweetheart's affinity for Ed Hardy and very-revealing …
Steve Pond / The Wrap:
‘Hurt Locker’ Producer Barred From Oscarcast  —  Nicolas Chartier, the “Hurt Locker” producer who ran afoul of AMPAS campaign regulations by sending emails disparaging “Avatar,” has been denied attendance at the 82nd Oscar ceremony by the Academy.  —  Chartier, a financier who raised the money …
Discussion: FishBowlLA and Inside Movies
Eric Ditzian / MTV Movies Blog:
EXCLUSIVE: James McAvoy Drops Out Of Untitled Cancer Comedy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt Replaces Him  —  Last August, James McAvoy signed on to star in the formerly titled “I'm With Cancer,” a comedy co-starring Seth Rogen about a 25-year-old battling cancer.  MTV News has exclusively learned …
Molly / PopSugar:
Robert Pattinson Talks Vagina Allergy and Sex Scene Modesty Pouches on The View - Awkward or Awesome?  —  Robert Pattinson and Emilie de Ravin continued their Remember Me press tour today with a stop off at The View.  The two were put on the spot about their steamy scenes in the movie …
Discussion: Access Hollywood
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Woody Allen Hires Cotillard For Lead Role  —  EXCLUSIVE: I've just learned Woody Allen has set Marion Colillard to play the “Muse” and star opposite Owen Wilson in that untitled film he's shooting this summer in Paris.  France's First Lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, also has been mentioned …
 
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Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

 
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