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2:30 PM ET, April 12, 2010

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CNN:
Conan O'Brien coming to TBS … And the winner of the Conan O'Brien sweepstakes is ... TBS.  —  According to a press release sent out by the cable network (which, like CNN, is a unit of Time Warner), the comedian is joining TBS to host a late-night show that is expected to debut in November.
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Conan O'Brien Going to TBS  —  Conan O'Brien is going to TBS.  —  “In three months I've gone from network television to Twitter to performing live in theaters, and now I'm headed to basic cable,” O'Brien said in a statement.  “My plan is working perfectly.”  —  A formal announcement is expected at 1 p.m. ET.
Bill Carter / Media Decoder:
Conan O'Brien Will Do a Late-Night Show on TBS  —  In a move that qualifies as a shocker, Conan O'Brien has made a deal to return to television in a new late-night show on cable—not network—television.  —  The former “Tonight Show” host has agreed to start up a new show on TBS …
Josef Adalian / The Wrap:
Shocker: Conan Headed Back to TV— On TBS, Not Fox  —  You snooze, you lose: Conan O'Brien is bringing his late-night act to Time Warner-owned cable network TBS, breaking off talks with Fox and making plans to move to cable in November.  —  O'Brien and Fox had been enaged in serious discussions …
Bill Carter / New York Times:
Leno at Top of Late Night TV, With Older Viewers
Craig Wilson / USA Today:
Kitty Kelley's new Oprah bio has plenty to talk about  —  WASHINGTON — Celebrity chronicler Kitty Kelley is doing what she often does when one of her unauthorized blockbuster biographies is about to come out.  —  She's at her Georgetown office showing a visitor a wall of file cabinets filled …
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Tim Nudd / People.com:
Kitty Kelley Biography Explores Oprah Winfrey's ‘Secrets’
Discussion: msnbc.com and New Yorker
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: New Jesse James Mistress Revealed — Read Their Email Correspondence  —  Jesse James has led a secret life of cheating on his wife Sandra Bullock, and now RadarOnline.com has exclusively obtained emails between Jesse and mistress number 5, a sexual relationship that went from obsession to legal action.
X17 Online:
Jessica Simpson Goes Short And Sweet  —  pics courtesy of Jessica Simpson's Twitter  —  Jessica Simpson posted the following snapshots (courtesy of Ken Paves) on her Twitter account last night, and we're not sure if it's a wig or what, but we can't imagine the pop star would chop off her luscious locks!
Discussion: omg!
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Us Weekly:
PICS: Jessica Simpson Chops Off Hair?
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Did Jessica Simpson chop off her hair, or is this a wig?
New York Post:
Mario Lopez wants ‘Extra’ beauty  —  Mario Lopez is so body-obsessed, he persuaded his beautiful girlfriend, Courtney Mazza, to undergo rigorous personal training and encouraged surgery to get her into even better shape.  —  Sources say friends of Mazza are concerned that the image-conscious …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
We Can't All Be As Perfect As AC Slater
Discussion: Crushable
Peter Sciretta / /Film:
Exclusive: Green Lantern's Suit Will Be CG  —  Everyone is curious to see what Ryan Reynolds will look like in costume in the big screen adaptation of DC Comics' Green Lantern.  Production started earlier this month in New Orleans, and while the first set photos have begun to hit the web …
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
William Keck / TV Guide Magazine:
Demi Lovato Psyches Out Grey's Anatomy  —  She's been practically clawing her eyes out to meet the cast of her favorite show, and now Demi Lovato's got her chance.  When the 17-year-old Sonny With a Chance star arrived on the Grey's Anatomy set to shoot her May 13 guest appearance …
Discussion: TV Fanatic
NY Daily News:
Rumored lovebirds Brody and Avril make it official - with matching tattoos  —  Brody Jenner and Avril Lavigne are making their recently rumored romance VERY official.  —  So official, in fact, that they put it in ink: We hear that the lovebirds got matching tattoos over the weekend.
TMZ.com:
Kate Gosselin: There's No Special Law for Jon  —  Kate Gosselin's lawyer is asking a judge to throw out Jon Gosselin's request for primary custody, arguing Jon's legal docs are riddled with mistakes.  —  For starters — Kate's lawyer, Mark Momjian, claims Jon went to the wrong court for child support.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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.
Guardian:
Could Lindsay Lohan benefit from a Tarantino career resurrection?  —  If there's one thing that Quentin Tarantino can do better than anyone else, it's resuscitate flatlining actors.  But even he may have his work cut out with Lindsay Lohan  —  A few years ago, it was fun to peg Lindsay Lohan …
 
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Michael Slezak / PopWatch:
‘American Idol’ exclusive: Brooke White, Justin Gaston to perform duet …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Idol Tracker
X17 Online:
Courtney Love Wants To Cover Lady GaGa's Paparazzi
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Perez Hilton:
We Told You, RiRi!
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Gossip Girl: Inside Dorota's Shotgun Wedding
Associated Press:
America Ferrera Developing TV & Web Telenovela Based On ‘Romeo & Juliet’
Discussion: Perez Hilton
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: The Bachelor's Vienna Dated A Drug Lord Before Jake
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Thailan Pham / People.com:
Dixie Carter Dies at Age 70
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Tina Fey's Sarah Palin Takedown on Saturday Night Live
Discussion: X17 Online
 

 
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David Gilmour / Mediaite:
Elon Musk appears to confirm that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X, saying it is to stop “lazy linking”

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

Bill Donahue / Billboard:
Drake launches legal action against UMG and Spotify for allegedly using bots, payola, and more to inflate Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us, a track attacking Drake

 
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