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4:10 PM ET, March 3, 2010

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Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
‘Hurt Locker’ Sued Over Stolen Identity  —  An Army sergeant has filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the makers of Oscar-nominated film “The Hurt Locker” just days before the Academy Awards ceremony, claiming the central character in the film is based on him.
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David Germain / Associated Press:
‘Hurt Locker’ producer barred from Oscars
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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 …
Ken Lee / People.com:
Jackson Family: Blanket Never Threatened with Stun Gun  —  A lawyer for Katherine Jackson is zapping reports that Jermaine Jackson's 13-year-old son Jaafar allegedly tried to harm the late King of Pop's son Blanket with a stun gun.  —  The L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services visited …
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TMZ.com:
Marathon Investigation at Jackson Home
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Us Weekly:
Jessica Simpson: “I Don't Accept” John Mayer's Apology  —  Jessica Simpson is forgetting, but not forgiving, her ex John Mayer.  —  During her appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show airing Wednesday, Simpson, 29, says that she tried to read the controversial Playboy interview in which he called her …
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Jessica Simpson: I Don't Accept John's Apology
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NBC New York:
Naomi Campbell at it Again: Smacks Driver, Runs: Police  —  Fled after slap: Cops  —  The catty catwalker is back — and on the run.  —  Naomi Campbell's driver says she slapped and punched him while he was driving her around midtown Manhattan, a law enforcement official said.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Naomi Campbell Is Off The Hook For Using Her Right Hook
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Us Weekly:
Megan Fox Reveals How Many Guys She's Slept With  —  Megan Fox can count the number of guys she's slept with on one hand.  —  “I've only been with two men my entire life,” the actress, 23, tells the April issue of Harper's Bazaar (via Huffington Post).  “My childhood sweetheart and Brian.”
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Megan Fox Has Had Limited Lovers
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Peter Mikelbank / People.com:
How Johnny Depp Enjoys the Simple Life in France  —  He's been The Mad Hatter, Edward Scissorhands and Captain Jack Sparrow - and yet he dreams of cultivating a premium vino.  —  In a cover interview with French magazine VSD, on newsstands Thursday, Johnny Depp opens up in a rare discussion …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, The Dish Rag and TresSugar
TMZ.com:
‘Real Housewife’ — I'm Not Really a Lesbian  —  “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Kim Zolciak hasn't traded in Big Poppa for a Big Mama — and last night she set the record straight on her alleged relationship with a female DJ.  —  Yesterday at LAX, the weaved wonder said she's not pulling …
Discussion: X17 Online, omg!, Perez Hilton and Crushable
George Rush / NY Daily News:
Wyclef Jean's wife flips out after finding nude pic of his manager Lisa Ellis on his cell: source  —  “Fugees” star Wyclef Jean may be in trouble at home after his wife discovered a nude picture of his gorgeous manager on his cell phone, sources said.  —  Marie Claudinette demanded …
Jennifer Garcia / People.com:
Julianne Hough and Dane Cook: More Than Friends?  —  Since her split from boyfriend Chuck Wicks in November, country and dancing darling Julianne Hough appears to be enjoying the single life.  —  In December she was briefly linked to Kings of Leon bassist Jared Followill …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Gabby Babble
TMZ.com:
‘Bachelor’ Winner — Cruisin' for a Boozin'  —  One year before falling in love with Jake Pavelka on “The Bachelor,” Vienna Girardi enjoyed partying with men in bath tubs and on cruise ships!!!  —  Check out Girardi gettin' her drink on with some, er, friends while cruising to the Bahamas on Spring Break last year.
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Lara Martin / Digital Spy:
Pavelka ‘worried about Dancing injuries’
Discussion: omg!
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PopEater:
Sacha Baron Cohen's Oscar Skit Yanked
Discussion: Inside Movies
TMZ.com:
Rihanna's Hot Body at the Center of a Legal War  —  Rihanna's incredible physique is the subject of a nasty legal battle — and it's all because the singer allegedly didn't pay her personal trainer for a few days worth of work.  —  The trainer — Cindy Percival — filed the lawsuit …
Chris Johnson / Daily Mail:
Slim Renée Zellweger turns heads at Vogue party... but Reese Witherspoon looks even skinnier  —  She's rumoured to be filming a third Bridget Jones film later this year.  —  But petite Renée Zellweger showed no sign of piling on the pounds as she posed for photographs at a Vogue party in Hollywood last night.
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Singer Keyshia Cole Gives Birth to Baby Boy!  —  It's a boy for Keyshia Cole!  —  The singer, 28, tells UsMagazine.com exclusively that she and Cleveland Cavaliers player Daniel Gibson “are proud to announce the birth of their beautiful baby boy, Daniel Hiram Gibson Jr.” It's the first child for the R&B star.
Marco / X17 Online:
Dave Navarro Gets Naked For PETA  —  This is certainly one way to make a statement!  Dave Navarro shows off his lean, smooth, inked body for PETA's Ink, Not Mink campaign.  The provocative ad hopes to save millions of animals from being killed for their fur...all in the name of fashion.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Steve Zeitchik / 24 Frames:
Video game incursion into Hollywood could continue with Space Invaders  —  With a movie version of Missile Command essentially set up at Fox and an adaptation of Asteroids in development at Universal, it was only a matter of time before a studio decided to take on the grandfather of all video games, Space Invaders.
TMZ.com:
Lil Wayne — No Jail 'Til Monday  —  Lil Wayne will not be going to jail today — dude's check-in date was just pushed back again ... for the 3rd time!!!  —  If you've been following the saga, Wayne was originally supposed to go to jail a few weeks ago ... but the judge cut him a break …
Peter Gicas / E! Online:
Lindsay Lohan Putting Troubled Past to Paper  —  Evidently Lindsay Lohan believes all that tweeting has properly prepared her to actually write something that requires more than 140 characters.  —  The troubled starlet is penning a memoir about her, well, troubled life.
 
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