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3:25 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.
Michael Schneider / Variety:
Conan O'Brien is moving to TBS  —  Former ‘Tonight Show’ host finds a new home  —  Conan O'Brien is moving to TBS.  —  In a surprise announcement, TBS revealed this morning that the former “Tonight Show” host would join the cabler in the 11 p.m. time slot this November.
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 engaged in serious discussions …
Bill Carter / New York Times:
Leno at Top of Late Night TV, With Older Viewers
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.
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Tim Nudd / People.com:
Kitty Kelley Biography Explores Oprah Winfrey's ‘Secrets’
Discussion: msnbc.com and New Yorker
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! and Right Celebrity
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Us Weekly:
PICS: Jessica Simpson Chops Off Hair?
Discussion: Extra, Cele|bitchy, Dlisted and PopEater
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
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.
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TMZ.com:
Reggie to Paris: I'm Single, Let's Party!
Discussion: Hollywood Life and The Blemish
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 …
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.
Julie Jordan / People.com:
Annie Potts: ‘Dixie Carter was a Goddess’  —  Dixie Carter (as Julia Sugarbaker) and Annie Potts (as Mary Jo Shively) on Designing Women  —  Annie Potts remembers her Designing Women costar Dixie Carter, who died Saturday morning at age 70, the same way that fans do, as “beautiful and brainy …
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 …
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.
 
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Christopher Rosen / New York Magazine:
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Zorianna Kit / Reuters:
Russell Crowe drops tights for “Robin Hood”
Discussion: New York Magazine
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Mistress Identity Revealed Of Survivor Producer Suspected …
Michael Slezak / PopWatch:
‘American Idol’ exclusive: Brooke White, Justin Gaston to perform duet …
TMZ.com:
Kate Gosselin: There's No Special Law for Jon
Discussion: Perez Hilton
X17 Online:
Courtney Love Wants To Cover Lady GaGa's Paparazzi
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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Bill Donahue / Billboard:
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