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Gary Levin / USA Today:
‘Twist of Kate’: Gosselin's new TLC series — Kate Gosselin is struggling as a hoofer on Dancing With the Stars, but she already has found her new calling: using her role as an “example mom” to help and learn from others. — TLC announces plans today for the Jon & Kate Plus 8 star to get her own series …
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Kate Gosselin Returns to TV with Her Kids — Not since the heyday of Lucille Ball has one woman been so visible on TV - and now it's Kate Gosselin's turn. — From her launching pad to fame, Jon & Kate Plus 8, to her current stint on Dancing with the Stars, the mother-dancer-divorcée …
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Hugh Hefner on Kate Gosselin in Playboy: “No!” — Michael Caulfield/Getty Images; James Devaney/Getty Images — Who wants to see Kate Gosselin strip down for Playboy? — Not Hugh Hefner, that's for sure. — “No! No!” Hef said when I asked him about the possibility …
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The Superficial, Perez Hilton, Pop Crunch, Gone Hollywood, iVillage and Kendra Wilkinson
Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
Oprah: Give Me the Night — The Queen of Daytime Is Becoming Nocturnal; A Big Bet for Her Network — Ms. Winfrey at a ‘Precious: Based On The Novel ‘Push’ By Sapphire’ press conference in 2009. — America's daytime talk-show queen is heading out at night.
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Alexis Chiu / People.com:
Shania Twain Lands Her Own TV Show — First came heartbreak, then a second chance at love. Next up for country superstar Shania Twain? Her own TV series. — Twain, 44, will star on Why Not? With Shania Twain, an hour-long series premiering on OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network.
Lisa de Moraes / Moraes on TV:
Oprah returning to talk TV
Blane Bachelor / People.com:
Oprah Winfrey's Next Chapter? A Nighttime Talk Show
Oprah Winfrey's Next Chapter? A Nighttime Talk Show
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Style News
Daily Mail:
Demi Moore, 47: 'After years of trying to dominate it, I've finally got the body I've always wanted' — For years interest in her figure, and how she kept it in shape, overshadowed her acting career. — And Demi Moore did little to discourage the scrutiny - now admitting that she had an ‘extreme obsession’ with her body.
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New York Post:
Gossip breaks up Ed Westwick & Jessica Szohr — “Gossip Girl” star Ed Westwick has dumped co-star and girlfriend Jessica Szohr after hearing rumors she was cozying up with one of his best friends. — Heartbroken Westwick split with Szohr in an emotional phone call last week after learning …
Cele|bitchy:
Jesse James ‘most hated man in America,’ his reality show is canceled — Jesse James has been named “The Most Hated Man in America” by Entertainment Weekly magazine. What's more is that his daredevil reality show on Spike TV, the ironically named “Jesse James is a Dead Man,” has been canceled by the network.
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Tom Peck / The Independent:
Malcolm McLaren dies aged 64 — Malcolm McLaren, the former manager of the Sex Pistols and impresario, has died. He was 64. — McLaren had had cancer for some time. His condition recently deteriorated rapidly and he died this morning in New York. His body is expected to be brought home …
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Associated Press:
‘Survivor’ producer named suspect in wife's death in Cancun — MEXICO CITY — “Survivor” and “Pimp My Ride” producer Bruce Beresford-Redman is a suspect in his wife's death days after reporting her missing in the resort city of Cancun, a Mexican official said Thursday.
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Eunice Oh / People.com:
Fergie: ‘I Used to Be the Cheater’ — She has a hit song about not “phunk"ing with someone's heart, but Fergie confesses she was once guilty of doing just that. — “When I was younger, I used to be the cheater,” the Black Eyed Peas singer, 35, tells Elle in its May issue, on newsstands April 14.
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Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on ‘Lost,’ ‘Glee,’ ‘Sons of Anarchy,’ ‘Supernatural,’ ‘House,’ and more! — Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you're dying to share? Just want to say hi? You can send any/all of the above to ausielloscoop@ew.com — Question: After the “Happily Ever After” …
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Christina Milian Debuts Daughter Violet! — Meet Christina Milian's daughter, Violet. — The singer, 28, and husband of six months, producer The-Dream, 32, welcomed the girl, their first child, Feb. 26 — and they debut her adorable first photo in the new Us Weekly (on newsstands now).
Hollywoodreporter / Heat Vision:
Taylor Kitsch to star in ‘Battleship’ film (exclusive) — Taylor Kitsch, who is starring in “John Carter of Mars,” is moving to another sci-fi tentpole, coming on board to star in “Battleship,” Universal's adaptation of the Hasbro board game. — Pete Berg is directing the action adventure movie …
Nic Cage / TMZ.com:
Bye-Bye Malibu — Nicolas Cage had a bad day Wednesday: Not only did his Bel Air house go on the auction block, his Malibu properties were auctioned to the highest bidder. Problem is, no one was interested. — Nic owned two adjacent properties in the hills of Malibu ... hundreds of acres total.
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PopWatch:
This week's cover: ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ 30th anniversary — A long time ago (30 years, actually) in a galaxy not so far, far away (right here, in fact) we were treated to the release of what many consider the best sequel ever made: The Empire Strikes Back.
Mary Beth Quirk / OK! Magazine:
OK! EXCLUSIVE: Leighton Meester & Sebastian Stan Split — It seems that one of Gossip Girl's many real-life romances is over: Leighton Meester and her boyfriend (and sometime co-star) Sebastian Stan have split, a friend of the actress-musician tells OK!. — So why the split now, when things seemed to be going so well?
Us Weekly:
Idol: Why the Judges Saved Michael Lynche — On Wednesday night's American Idol, the judges used their once-per-season wild card to save contestant Michael Lynche from going home. — An UsMagazine.com eyewitness says Kara DioGuardi and Simon Cowell “kept whispering” throughout commercial breaks …