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9:50 AM ET, April 12, 2010

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Thailan Pham / People.com:
Dixie Carter Dies at Age 70  —  Television and Broadway actress Dixie Carter passed away Saturday morning at the age of 70.  —  “This has been a terrible blow to our family,” her husband, actor Hal Holbrook, said in a statement.  “We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy.”
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TMZ.com:
Dixie Carter Dies  —  Dixie Carter — best known for her role on the television show “Designing Women” — passed away at the age of 70.  —  Her husband, Hal Holbrook, told “Entertainment Tonight, “This has been a terrible blow to our family ... We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy.
TMZ.com:
Jon & Kate Plus 8 - Part Deux?  —  Jon Gosselin is “definitely open” to co-starring with ex-wife Kate Gosselin on a new TV project — with one big string attached ... TMZ has learned.  —  Jon's lawyer, former assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony F. List, tells TMZ “under the right circumstances” …
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Sony Denies Logan Lerman Will Be Spidey  —  While the website Hitfix reported today that Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief star Logan Lerman was the clear first choice and “almost 100% locked” into becoming the next Peter Parker in the rebirth of the Spider-Man franchise …
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Dean Piper / Mirror.co.uk:
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel split  —  During three years together, it's fair to say their relationship has been on and off more times than a light switch.  —  But news reaches me this week that Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel have finally ended their union - and this time it looks permanent.
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Gossip Cop
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New York Post:   Justin Timberlake, Cameron Diaz flirt on set
NY Daily News:
Kitty Kelley's tell-all book reveals John Tesh bolted on lover Oprah Winfrey in middle of the night  —  Before Oprah loved Stedman, there was John Tesh.  —  An exclusive excerpt from Kitty Kelley's upcoming tell-all Oprah Winfrey biography claims the talk-show queen enjoyed a 1970s romance with an unlikely live-in lover: John Tesh.
Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
‘Friday Night Lights’ scoop: Meet East Dillon's newest MVP  —  Has Friday Night Lights found its next Tim Riggins?  —  Sources confirm that producers have recruited relative newcomer Grey Damon to join the season 5 cast in the series regular of Hastings Ruckle, a sexy …
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Tina Fey's Sarah Palin Takedown on Saturday Night Live  —  On her return to Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey resurrected her Sarah Palin impression to once again lampoon the ex-Alaskan governor.  And, well, don't look for the ex-governor to turn up anytime soon as a guest on 30 Rock.
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E! Online:
Paris Hilton & Doug Reinhardt Split Again?  —  Have Paris Hilton and Doug Reinhardt split up for a second time?  —  Despite rumors that the two were on their way to wedded bliss, a source tells E! the couple recently split up and that Paris is the one who broke it off.  “Obviously she broke up with him,” says our source.
Mark Gray / People.com:
PHOTO: Heidi Montag Reveals New Bikini Body  —  Aside from posing in a bikini for PEOPLE after going under the knife last November, Heidi Montag said no one had seen her surgically enhanced body in swimwear.  That all changed Saturday.  —  The Hills star, joined by her husband Spencer Pratt …
Discussion: Celebritology 2.0
People.com:
Heidi and Spencer Visit Camp Pendleton  —  Just what haven't Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt done lately?  The reality couple traded Hollywood for a day at the West Coast's largest Marine Corps facility, Camp Pendleton, Thursday in San Diego County.  —  “We went to visit Camp Pendleton to see the Marines.
Benji Wilson / Daily Mail:
Lady Gaga gets lippy: The pop star teams with Mac to raise Aids awareness  —  Lady Gaga is giving charity chic her own distinctive gloss.  She and fellow diva Cyndi Lauper are the latest lippy pop stars to back Mac's Viva Glam campaign, which supports global HIV and Aids projects.
 
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NY Daily News:
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Elaine Aradillas / People.com:
Parents of Producer Suspect Awarded Guardianship of Children
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Daily Mail:
Don't cry girls: Mascara ad cashes in on Ricky Martin coming out
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Trade body data: copyrighted music revenue was $45.5B in 2023, above cinema box office spending of $33.2B in 2023 and $41.9B in 2019; record labels made $28.5B

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: CVC Capital Partners and a major European broadcaster, thought to be France's Groupe TF1, are among those considering a takeover of the UK's ITV

Brian Stelter / CNN:
As Elon Musk posts memes about buying MSNBC, sources say one liberal billionaire expressed interest in buying the channel; Comcast is not looking to sell MSNBC

 
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