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11:50 PM ET, April 17, 2010

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Molly Parker / New York Post:
Mississippi vet claims he's Oprah's dad  —  KOSCIUSKO, Miss. — An ailing, 84-year-old World War II veteran is making a desperate plea to Oprah Winfrey: Please admit I'm your father!  —  Norh Robinson, a dirt-poor Mississippi farmer now living in a rural VA hospital, wants Oprah to submit …
Discussion: Hollywood Life and Bossip
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Man Steps Forward Claiming He's Oprah's Father  —  An 84-year-old farmer says he's Oprah Winfrey's biological dad.  —  Nohr Robinson wrote Oprah a letter, agreeing to submit to a paternity test to prove his allegations, The New York Post reports.  —  “I told her [in a letter], if she wanted …
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
Sara Hammel / People.com:
Randy & Evi Quaid Are Fugitives Again  —  Randy and Evi Quaid have run out of chances.  —  After skipping two court dates this week for felony charges in Santa Barbara, Calif., they went on the lam again and are wanted by the state of California as fugitives.
Discussion: Bitten and Bound, Felt Up and EW.com
Bob Dylan / community.livejournal.com:
Christina Hendricks on the May 2010 cover of Esquire Magazine.  —  " The radiant red-haired bombshell from the TV show, “Mad Men”, with the insanely massive knockers is the May 2010 cover girl for Esquire Magazine.  In the issue, the magazine took a survey comprised of over 10,000 women …
Discussion: Dlisted
Marla Lehner / People.com:
Christina Applegate Is Getting Married!  —  Martyne Lenoble and Christina Applegate  —  Christina Applegate said last year that her goal was to find “happiness and joy” - and she has done just that with her new finacé Martyn Lenoble.  —  “Christina Applegate and musician Martyn Lenoble are engaged …
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Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Christina Applegate Is Engaged!
New York Post:
Kim Kardashian kicking it with Cristiano Ronaldo  —  Kim Kardashian has dished out the ultimate revenge to ex Reggie Bush — by canoodling with the world's top soccer player, notorious playboy Cristiano Ronaldo.  Curvy Kardashian jetted to Madrid for a romantic meal with Ronaldo …
Discussion: Celebrity Gossip …
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Blane Bachelor / People.com:
Hilary Duff's Pal Predicted Hawaiian Proposal  —  When hockey player Mike Comrie proposed to Hilary Duff in February, he didn't miss a single detail: a Hawaiian sunset, wine, getting down on one knee - and making sure to call Duff's mother half an hour beforehand so she wouldn't ruin the surprise.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
TMZ.com:
FBI Investigated Sandra Bullock Murder Plot  —  TMZ has learned the FBI investigated a tip about a murder plot against Sandra Bullock that was allegedly arranged by Jesse James' mistress Bombshell McGee — but the FBI ultimately deemed the tip “not credible.”
Dr. Drew Pinsky / The Huffington Post:
If I Were Lindsay Lohan's Father I Would Go to Any Lengths to Get Her Into Treatment  —  I have been working in the field of addiction for over twenty years and I continue to be mystified by many of the misconceptions surrounding this most common disorder.  Addiction is a deadly disease.
DailyFill.com:
Beyonce And Jay-Z Go To Coachella, Hope They Don't Run Into Lindsay Lohan  —  Okay, they didn't say that, but we're just assuming everybody at Coachella is hoping they don't run into Lindsay Lohan.  —  Kicking off their weekend in Indio, California, Beyonce and Jay-Z were spotted at Coachella on Friday (April 16).
Discussion: CONCRETELOOP.COM
Leonard Pierce TV.com / TV.com:
Idol Time With Brian Dunkleman  —  Call him the Pete Best of reality shows, or the Andrew Ridgeley of televised singing competitions—just don't call him out on national television.  That's the lesson Ryan Seacrest learned on Wednesday night when he made a botched joke about Brian Dunkleman …
Kirstin Benson / Hollywood Life:
EXCLUSIVE!  Disney Star David Henrie Was Wrongly Attacked By Security!  Read What Witnesses Say REALLY Happened!  —  Wizards of Waverly Place star David Henrie was unfairly attacked and detained by security guards at Universal City Walk on April 15 — and HollywoodLife.com has first-hand accounts of the shocking scene!
 
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Brian Moylan / Gawker:
The Gay Housewives of New York Show Is Finally Getting a Cast
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Associated Press:
Actor Danny Glover, 11 others arrested in Md.
Discussion: New York Magazine, EW.com and Bossip
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Madonna Rates Glee's All-Madonna Episode: “Brilliant”
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Lingerie Model Denies Allegations She Is Charlie Sheen's Mistress
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Douglas Quenqua / New York Times:
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Daily Mail:
Finally back in the studio: Amy Winehouse spends an evening working …
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
CNN confirms Kaitlan Collins as its chief White House correspondent; she will become CNN's first prime-time anchor to also serve as its top White House reporter

 
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