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4:55 PM ET, April 16, 2010

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TMZ.com:
‘American Idol’ Front-Runner Almost Quit  —  TMZ has learned “American Idol” contestant Crystal Bowersox threw in the towel a little more than two weeks ago and was walking off the show, when Ryan Seacrest did some fast-talking and changed her mind.  —  It went down in a parking lot after an “A.I.” show.
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PopEater:
Ryan Seacrest Keeps ‘Idol’ Contestant from Quitting  —  Overwhelmed by the stress and pressure of being on ‘American Idol,’ contestant Crystal Bowersox threatened to walk off the show.  ‘Idol’ host Ryan Seacrest stepped in and had a quick heart-to-heart with her in the show's parking lot, TMZ reports.
RADAR:
Moving On - Kim Kardashian Spotted K-I-S-S-I-N-G Cristiano Ronaldo!  —  Kim Kardashian has apparently “switched teams”, RadarOnline.com can reveal.  Fresh off after her split with NFL star Reggie Bush, the reality TV stunner was spotted enjoying a romantic meal in Spain with Real Madrid soccer stud Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Perez Hilton:
Mover Over Beckhams!  Hot New Couple Alert!!!!  —  What an unexpectedly AWESOME pairing!  —  PerezHilton.com has exclusively confirmed that this is 100% true!!!  —  Kim Kardashian was spotted making out in a Madrid restaurant this week with none other than SEKSI footballer Cristiano Ronaldo!
Us Weekly:
Kim Kardashian Caught Kissing Sexy Portugese Soccer Stud
Discussion: TMZ.com, PopSugar and coverawards.com
TMZ.com:
Megan Hauserman — Arrested for DUI  —  Former VH1 reality star Megan Hauserman was arrested for DUI yesterday — after cops pulled her over around 3:15 AM in Miami Beach.  —  Hauserman — whose dating show “Megan Wants a Millionaire” was canceled after one of the contestants, Ryan Jenkins …
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Dino Sossi / PopEater:
Reality Star Megan Hauserman Arrested for DUI
Discussion: Celebrity Smack
Jose Lambiet / Palm Beach & South Florida …:
Reality TV's Megan Hauserman arrested for DUI
Discussion: RADAR, Litely Salted and TheFABlife
Mike Hess / PopEater:
Mike Rowe Reads Tiger Woods' Dirty Texts  —  Exclusive: When Mike Rowe popped into our offices for an interview about his show ‘Dirty Jobs’ (stay tuned for that), we thought we'd have some fun with him.  When Rowe isn't crawling through waste pipes or wrangling nutria, he's often voicing commercials …
TMZ.com:
Larry and Shawn — It's Not Over!  —  TMZ has learned not only are Larry King and Shawn Southwick having second thoughts about filing for divorce ... they've agreed to go to therapy to try and save their marriage.  —  Sources intimately familiar with the situation tell TMZ …
TMZ.com:
Nic Cage Buys Pyramid — To Be Dead In  —  Nic Cage has purchased himself a fancy new pyramid to stay in — but he doesn't plan on moving in .... until he's dead.  —  TMZ has learned Cage recently had a 9-foot tall pyramid-shaped super-tomb built in a New Orleans cemetery …
TMZ.com:
Topless Kiefer Sutherland Tossed from Strip Club  —  Kiefer Sutherland went to a nudie bar in London last night — only he was the one who took his clothes off ... before getting thrown into the street.  —  According to reports, Sutherland was acting crazy— dancing and shouting — at the Stringfellows “lapdance club” in London.
Cele|bitchy:
Star: Jim Carrey gave Jenny McCarthy $25 mil, $5 mil for each year together  —  Back in January, 2009, there was a story that Jim Carrey had given then-girlfriend Jenny McCarthy a whopping $50 million trust for her son, Evan.  That story was never confirmed by either Jenny or Jim from what I can find and what I remember.
Discussion: Celebrity Gossip …
Daily Mail:
Out and proud: Ricky Martin embraces sexuality with confident new video  —  After finally revealing the truth about his sexuality Ricky Martin is clearly keen to start a fresh chapter in his life.  —  And clearly empowered by his recent decision to live an openly gay life …
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Dr. Drew Getting Ripped For Suggesting Lindsay Lohan Be Framed For Drug Use  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  Celebrity addiction specialist Drew Pinsky — who goes by Dr. Drew — is taking an online beating for suggesting that the best way to deal with Lindsay Lohan's drug problem is to …
Elizabeth Cohen / CNN:
The downside of ‘friends with benefits’  —  (CNN) — When Jennifer Nicholas sees television shows or movies where characters “hook up” or have sex with “friends with benefits,” she cringes, because that's how she got herpes.  —  “Getting an STD wasn't even something that crossed my mind,” …
Discussion: College Candy, Gawker and TresSugar
Us Weekly:
Docs: Heidi's Breasts Could Droop Significantly  —  Heidi Montag — who famously underwent a staggering 10 plastic surgery procedures in one day (a breast enlargement, among them) — unveiled her post-surgery bikini bod last weekend in Las Vegas.  —  Though the 23-year-old Hills star …
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Tiger Woods & Wife: Battle Over Kids Brewing  —  A battle over the children is brewing between Tiger Woods and his wife.  —  The struggling couple has been leading separate lives and attempts to repair the marriage are not going well.  As RadarOnline.com reported exclusively …
PopEater:
Steven Seagal Made Jenny McCarthy Cry, Told Her to Strip at Audition  —  A bundle of sexual assault allegations against Steven Seagal are revealing what may be a long-term pattern of inappropriateness.  CBS Crimesider has dug up a 1998 interview with Jenny McCarthy — who says that during …
TMZ.com:
‘Waverly Place’ Star Cited for Picking Fight  —  David Henrie, one of the stars of the Disney Channel hit show “Wizards of Waverly Place,” was cited last night for allegedly trying to start a fight at a popular Los Angeles shopping center.  —  Henrie and his 16-year-old brother Lorenzo …
New York Post:
Lohan telling friends she's ‘Lovelace’  —  LINDSAY Lohan is telling friends that she'll play notorious “Deep Throat” (1972) star Linda Lovelace in “Lovelace,” a movie about the tragic porn icon who later became a feminist, anti- porn activist.  But there's one problem: Directors Rob Epstein …
Discussion: Bossip
Blane Bachelor / People.com:
Tori Spelling: Dean McDermott and I ‘Are So Together’  —  From left" Dean McDermott, Tori Spelling and Ellen DeGeneres  —  Stating that “we are so together” and “there is no divorce in our future, at all,” Tori Spelling continues to dispel rumors of a split with husband Dean McDermott.
Discussion: PopEater
Jay A. Fernandez / Hollywood Reporter:
Jim Morrison-inspired film in the works  —  Robert Saitzyk will direct ‘The Last Beat’ from his own script  —  Writer-director Robert Saitzyk wants to break on through to the other side.  —  Saitzyk wrote and will direct “The Last Beat,” a drama inspired by the last days of Jim Morrison, for Zero Gravity Management ("The Cooler").
Discussion: Cinematical, PopWatch and Inside Movies
Just Jared:
Hilary Duff Hates Bell Peppers — With A Passion!  —  Hilary Duff and her fiance, Edmonton Oilers center Mike Comrie, dine with friends on Thursday night (April 15) in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles.  —  The 22-year-old Beauty and the Briefcase actress recently shared 25 things you probably don't know about her via Us Weekly.
Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
‘Castle’ finale exclusive: Beckett and Castle will [spoiler alert]!  —  Castle is about to cut the sexual tension between its leading gumshoes with a machete.  Executive producer Andrew W. Marlowe reveals that Castle and Beckett will exit the denial phase of their relationship in the show's May 17 season finale.
Discussion: TV Fanatic
Jeanne Wolf / PARADE Magazine:
'I've Always Been Driven'  —  Let's get one thing straight about Nick Jonas' story.  He may have gone solo, but it wasn't to get away from his brothers.  He, Kevin, and Joe—collectively, the teen pop-music sensation the Jonas Brothers—are still very much together.
ETonline:
KATHERINE HEIGL: LIFE AFTER 'GREY'S' IS GREAT  —  New mom Katherine Heigl was honored by the ASPCA Thursday night in New York City, where she spoke out on life after leaving the ABC hit “Grey's Anatomy.”  —  “Life is great, it's really family oriented right now which feels fantastic, and feels as it should be.
 
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