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11:50 AM ET, March 4, 2010

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Lynette Rice / Hollywood Insider:
Exclusive: Sarah Palin shopping Alaska TV docudrama with Mark Burnett  —  Sarah Palin, TV producer?  Multiple sources confirm that Palin and uber-reality show producer Mark Burnett have been making the rounds in Hollywood this week to pitch a TV docudrama about Alaska.
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E! Online:
Sarah Palin and Grabby Entourage “Like Locusts” at Oscar Gift Suite  —  Why wouldn't Sarah Palin be at an Oscar gifting suite?  —  The Fox News contributor and one-time vice presidental hopeful showed up to Silver Spoon's Oscar Suite in West Hollywood yesterday, benefiting the Red Cross.
Bryan Alexander / PopEater:
Sarah Palin Reveals Her Love of Hollywood Swag  —  In two days of Hollywood-living, we've seen a whole different Sarah Palin.  First, it was the stand-up comic on ‘The Tonight Show’ Tuesday night.  Wednesday brought out Sarah Palin the swag-lover.  —  Organizers of the Silver Spoon Gifting …
New York Post:
Johnny Depp's longtime girlfriend tells him to quit Angelina Jolie film  —  Laura Dern found out the hard way — and so did Jennifer Aniston.  —  But Johnny Depp's longtime gal pal has no intention of joining the trail of brokenhearted Hollywood ladies left crying to Oprah Winfrey after Angelina Jolie stole their men.
Donna Freydkin / USA Today:
Lee Daniels at the Oscars: New film, new shoes, new shirt  —  Lee Daniels, director of the Oscar-nominated film Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, is in Los Angeles, prepping for Sunday's Academy Awards, where his film is nominated for six trophies.  Daniels called USA TODAY with an update on pre-Oscar festivities.
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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Jake ‘The Bachelor’ Cheated On Vienna After Getting Engaged!  —  Jake “The Bachelor” Pavelka cheated on Vienna after they got engaged while filming the ABC show, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.  —  Jake contacted his ex-girlfriend the day after taping wrapped, a source told RadarOnline.com.
Discussion: Celebrity Gossip and Crushable
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Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
Exclusive: Rob Lowe ditches ‘Brothers & Sisters’ for ‘Parks and Recreation’  —  File this one under “G” for very good career move.  Better yet, file it under “V” and cross-reference it under “G.”  Oh, screw the filing and just listen up: Sources confirm to me exclusively that Rob Lowe …
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Tiger Woods Wife Moving Back In With Him  —  Tiger Woods wife is moving back in with him.  —  RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively that after three months of estrangement, Elin has agreed to move home with Tiger.  —  It's a big development in a marriage that seemed unlikely …
Mark Gray / People.com:
Donny and Marie Osmond to Return to Las Vegas Show  —  Donny and Marie Osmond have added several dates to their Las Vegas show to make up for canceled performances due to the death of Marie's 18-year-old son.  —  The duo have added five shows between April 13 and 17 at the Flamingo Hotel & Casino.
Discussion: PopEater, CNN and EW.com
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Catriona Wightman / Digital Spy:
Osmonds ‘organise extra Vegas shows’
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Jessica Simpson / People.com:
Caught in the Act!  —  • Was there a love connection?  Jessica Simpson, chatting with The Hurt Locker star Jeremy Renner during a cocktail party for his movie at the L.A. home of Madonna's manager Guy Oseary.  Simspon, who lives next door, arrived with hairdresser Ken Paves.
TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan Really Likes a Boy  —  1980s pop star Boy George and former actress Lindsay Lohan exchanged beauty secrets in London on Wednesday.  —  The dynamic duo have a lot in common, like ... stalled music careers, rehab and prison.  —  Karma chameleon is a bitch.  —  See Also
Discussion: Allie Is Wired
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Phil / Egotastic!:
Lindsay Lohan Shows Her Bra and Ass in Purple
Discussion: L.A. Rag Mag
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Neil Patrick Harris Will Be Lead Smurf  —  Neil Patrick Harris has a TV-heavy resume.  Now he's just landed the lead in Smurfs: The Movie for Sony.  Harris won't have to walk around as a blue-tinted Avatar, either.  The Raja Gosnell-directed film is a mix of live action and animation, and Harris is the lead live action character.
Hollyscoop Entertainment News:
Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart Welcome a Baby Girl  —  HOLLYSCOOP EXCLUSIVE  —  by:  —  Ani Esmailian  —  Hollyscoop has learned exclusively that Eric Dane aka: Dr. McSteamy, and his gorgeous wife Rebecca Gayheart just welcomed a baby girl.  —  Gayheart checked into Cedars-Sinai Medical Center …
Matt / Warming Glow:
MICHAEL EMERSON OF ‘LOST’ IN 1992 PRISON TRAINING VIDEO  —  Michael Emerson, better known as Benjamin Linus on “Lost,” first creeped out fans of the show when his character was captured and imprisoned by the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815.  And though Ben Linus may have been the one in the cell …
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Sheen Marriage Explodes As Multiple Sex Partners Revealed  —  Charlie Sheen's marriage is exploding in a public scandal of enormous magnitude that is dwarfing the headlines made by his arrest for domestic violence and rehab stints for both husband and wife.
Michael K / Dlisted:
The Photoshop Awards: Dave Navarro's PETA Ad  —  There's nothing like a pair of furry man thighs staring back at you first thing in the morning.  Yay (?).  PETA decided to gives the ladies the day off and let a man get nekkid ass nekkid in the name of saving THIS FACE.
Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
3 L.A. teachers suspended over O.J., RuPaul photos in black history parade  —  Three white Los Angeles elementary school teachers have been suspended for giving children pictures of O.J. Simpson, Dennis Rodman and RuPaul to carry in a Black History Month parade last week, the Associated Press reports.
PopWatch:
This week's cover: Spring TV Preview: We've got it bad for ‘The Good Wife’  —  Categories: Television, Things That Are Awesome!, This Week's Cover  —  Before she took the lead role as Alicia Florrick in CBS' hit The Good Wife, Julianna Margulies admits she was a little concerned that starring in the legal drama would be boring.
TMZ.com:
Dr. Drew's Alleged Stalker Arrested  —  A man who allegedly threatened to murder Dr. Drew Pinsky's family was arrested Wednesday and charged with felony stalking ... TMZ has learned.  —  Dr. Drew tells us Charles Pearson has been sending him threatening messages over the Internet …
Michael Cieply / New York Times:
For Movie Stars, the Big Money Is Now Deferred  —  LOS ANGELES — When Wolfgang Puck lays out the annual post-Oscar banquet in Hollywood on Sunday, he might want to think about doggie bags.  —  Movie stars, who not so long ago vied to make $20 million or even $25 million a picture …
Scott Bowles / USA Today:
First Look: Wise owls fill a fantastic world in ‘Guardians’  —  The sultan of splat is scaling it back.  —  Zack Snyder, who hasn't seen an on-screen bone he didn't want to crack or a neck he didn't want to slice, takes a break from the brutality to direct his first animated feature, Legend of the Guardians.
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Rachel McAdams joining Woody Allen film  —  Actress will star opposite Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard  —  Rachel McAdams is in negotiations to star opposite Owen Wilson and Marion Cotillard in Woody Allen's untitled movie scheduled to shoot in the summer.  —  As with most Allen movies …
Us Weekly:
Heidi Montag's Doctor: I Won't Operate on Her Anymore!  —  Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Frank Ryan recently performed 10 procedures on Heidi Montag, ranging from breast implants to a brow lift to fat injections in her cheeks.  —  Now he tells UsMagazine.com he won't operate on The Hills star, 23, again.
Shaheem Reid / MTV:
Rapper J-Kwon Missing, Label Says  —  ‘If anyone has seen J-Kwon or has access to him, please let him know,’ label says in statement.  —  St. Louis native J-Kwon, who made a huge splash in 2004 with the hit “Tipsy,” has been missing for almost a month, his label says.
Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
De Niro to star in ‘Fields’  —  Thesp joins Bradley Cooper in suspense thriller  —  Robert De Niro has signed on to star opposite Bradley Cooper in Relativity Media's suspense thriller “The Dark Fields.”  —  Project, which begins lensing in Philadelphia in May, marks the first bigscreen deal inked …
Josh Grossberg / E! Online:
Keyshia Cole Bounces Out a Baby Boy for B-Ball Beau  —  Keyshia Cole's baby bump has popped.  —  The R&B songbird and Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Daniel Gibson are celebrating the birth of their first child, a son named Daniel Hiram Gibson Jr.  —  Junior entered the world Tuesday at 11:54 p.m. …
Discussion: Bitten and Bound and iVillage
 
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Access Hollywood:
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Sharon Cotliar / People.com:
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OK! Magazine:
Dita Von Teese EXCLUSIVE: Ok.co.uk gets up close and personal …
Us Weekly:
Kate Gosselin: “Everyone Loved Her” on DWTS Set
TMZ.com:
Spencer Pratt's Dog Leaves Him in Stitches
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From Mediagazer:

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

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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

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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