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4:35 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
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!  —  Christina Applegate is going to the chapel!  —  UsMagazine.com has learned that Applegate, 38, and musician Martyn LeNoble are getting married.  —  “The couple, who have been dating for two years, got engaged on February 14, 2010,” …
Marco / X17 Online:   Christina Applegate Getting Married Again
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.”
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Dino Sossi / PopEater:
George Lopez to Sandra Bullock: ‘When Times Are Tough, Friends Step Up’
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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 and EW.com
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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Mary Beth Quirk / OK! Magazine:
OK!  EXCLUSIVE: Kim Kardashian & Cristiano Ronaldo “Dating”  —  Kim Kardashian was spotted having a cozy meal with international soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo while she was in Madrid this week, setting the gossip wheels in motion... but is there anything else going on between …
Virginia Wheeler / The Sun:
The following takes place between 10:40pm and 11:50am  —  TELLY special agent KIEFER SUTHERLAND goes out on a mission - to get plastered on the streets of London.  —  And the Hollywood actor, famed as 24 hero Jack Bauer, seemed to have no trouble achieving his objective, ending up shirtless in a tussle with Stringfellows security.
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People.com:
Report: Shirtless Kiefer Sutherland Escorted from London Strip Club
Discussion: Celebrity Gossip … and EW.com
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
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Madonna Rates Glee's All-Madonna Episode: “Brilliant”  —  Thumbs way up from Madonna — and Lourdes, too!  —  The Material Girl caught a sneak peek the upcoming “Power of Madonna” episode of Fox's Glee, in which McKinley High's Glee Club reinterprets Madonna's classic songs of female empowerment.
Discussion: From Inside the Box
Associated Press:
Actor Danny Glover, 11 others arrested in Md.  —  GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Actor Danny Glover and 11 others have been arrested during a labor union protest at the Maryland headquarters of a food service company.  —  Montgomery County police spokesman Capt. Paul Starks says Glover …
Discussion: Bossip, New York Magazine and EW.com
 
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A group published a project on Hugging Face that seemingly granted brief access to OpenAI's Sora, protesting what it calls duplicity and “art washing” by OpenAI

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