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2:30 PM ET, April 30, 2010

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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Halle Berry Splits With Her Baby Daddy Gabriel Aubry  —  Beautiful Halle Berry is a three time loser in love, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.  —  With two failed marriages behind her, it seemed Halle had finally found her soul mate in Canadian model Gabriel Aubry.
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TMZ.com:
Halle Berry, Gabriel Split — Custody in Limbo  —  Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry have split, TMZ has confirmed, and she went to a divorce lawyer three weeks ago to find out about a custody arrangement ... but nothing long-term was agreed upon and no financial settlement has been struck.
TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan — Bound for Jail  —  Lindsay Lohan has violated the terms of her probation and is headed for a showdown in court next month that will almost certainly land her in jail.  —  Lohan — who is on probation for DUI — has not fulfilled the alcohol education requirement laid down by the judge ... TMZ has learned.
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Simon Rothstein / The Sun:
Bloody hell!  —  Lady in red ... Lindsay lies covered in fake blood …
RADAR:
Cocaine?  Samantha Ronson Slams Lindsay Lohan As Friends Beg Actress To Hit Rehab
Discussion: Celebrity Smack and Hollywood Life
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Insider: I Saw Kristin Cavallari “Do a Line of Cocaine”  —  On the Apr. 27 Hills premiere, Kristin Cavallari strongly dismissed her costars' insinuations that she has been doing drugs, but sources tell the new Us Weekly (on newsstands now) that the MTV reality star, 23, is spiraling out of control.
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Jenna Jameson On Domestic Violence Incident - “Everybody Makes Mistakes”  —  Jenna Jameson and Tito Ortiz's public ordeal following Monday's alleged incident of domestic abuse took a turn for the cordial on Thursday as both parties softened earlier allegations.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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Us Weekly:
Jenna Jameson: I Want Beau “Back in My Life” After Alleged Abuse
Sarah / People.com:
Lance Armstrong Expecting Fifth Child  —  Cycling legend Lance Armstrong has announced — via Twitter — that he'll be a father for the fifth time.  —  It's the second child together for the seven-time Tour de France champ, 38, and girlfriend Anna Hansen - and the baby already has a social media presence.
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X17 Online:
Lance Armstrong To Become A Father For The Fifth Time, Creates …
Us Weekly:
Kate Hudson Flaunts New Boobs, Goes Bra-less  —  Well, hello there, Kate Hudson!  —  The actress hit another red carpet in NYC on Thursday — and this time, she left her bra at home.  —  After weeks of covering up the results of a recent boob job, Hudson made the evidence abundantly clear in a silky …
Discussion: PopSugar and Bumpshack.com
The Smoking Gun:
Afghanistan Goes Gaga  —  Meet the soldiers behind the hit viral remake of “Telephone” video  —  In what may be the most entertaining music video homage ever shot in a war zone, a group of American soldiers stationed at a military base in southwest Afghanistan star in a lip-synced version of Lady Gaga's hit “Telephone.”
Hollywoodreporter / Heat Vision:
‘Dark Tower’ by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Akiva Goldsman (exclusive)  —  J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot shingle, which has long sought to crack Stephen King's “The Dark Tower” book series as a television series, no longer has the rights to one of the author's biggest properties.
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Michelle Ruiz / PopEater:
Is Christina Aguilera's ‘Not Myself Tonight’ Video a Step Backwards?  —  Christina Aguilera is bringing dirty back with the video for her new single, ‘Not Myself Tonight,’ ditching the motherly, good-girl image she cultivated following her raunchy buttless chaps days.
Discussion: X17 Online
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Access Hollywood:
Christina Aguilera: ‘I Never Claimed To Be A Cookie-Cutter Soccer Mom’
Discussion: The Dish Rag
People.com:
INSIDE STORY: Evan Lysacek and Johnny Weir ‘At War’  —  When skating rivals Evan Lysacek and Johnny Weir were battling for a spot on the Olympic podium at the Vancouver Winter Games in February, Weir remarked that showdown would be a great “catfight.”  —  The dust-up intensified this week off …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and PopWatch
Monica A. Reyhani / Bravo TV Official Site:
You're Invited!  Watch the LIVE ‘Real Housewives’ Premiere Party … Just when you thought Monday night couldn't get more exciting with the premiere of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, we've, er, made it more exciting.  —  Our very own Andy Cohen is hosting a full premiere party, streaming live on Ustream from The Brownstone.
Eunice Oh / People.com:
Conan O'Brien: I Would Never Do What Jay Leno Did to Me  —  If the tables had been turned during their late-night dispute, Conan O'Brien says he knows what he would - and wouldn't - have done to Jay Leno.  —  “He went and took that show back and I think in a similar situation …
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Bill Carter / New York Times:
Conan O'Brien Opens Up About NBC Departure
Discussion: Company Town
Us Weekly:
Kate Gosselin's New Book Bombs  —  Kate Gosselin's latest book isn't exactly flying off the shelves.  —  Since its April 13 release, I Just Want You to Know: Letters to My Kids on Love, Faith, and Family has sold just 10,084 copies, according to national book sales tracker Bookscan.
Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
Mark McGrath and Fiancée Welcome Twins  —  Thursday morning was twice as nice for rocker Mark McGrath and his fiancée, Carin Kingsland, who gave birth to twins - a boy and a girl - in Los Angeles  —  Son Lydon Edward weighed in at 5 lbs., 7 oz. upon his arrival at 9:54 a.m. …
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PopEater:
Mark McGrath, Fiancee Welcome Twins
Discussion: Amy Grindhouse and People.com
Sandra Bullock / People.com:
David Hasselhoff's Ex-Wife Begins Jail Sentence  —  Pamela Bach, ex-wife of David Hasselhoff, was taken into custody at a downtown Los Angeles jail Thursday to begin a three-month sentence in a driving-under-the-influence case.  —  Bach, 47, was convicted last week of her second DUI and was found in violation of probation.
Discussion: PopEater, Perez Hilton and TMZ.com
Us Weekly:
PIC: Jessica Simpson Gets a Haircut — for Real!  —  No joke this time: Jessica Simpson got a haircut.  —  Her stylist buddy Ken Paves did the honors, chopping off several inches of her blonde locks to a bouncy cut that hits her shoulders.  —  Simpson, 29, naturally shared the results on Twitter.
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Robert Downey Jr. & his wife Susan are “ready” for a baby  —  Last December, Robert Downey Jr. was the cover boy for Esquire.  While many of us gawked at his prominent cover moose-knuckle (seriously, go look), Robert did say something during the interview that took me by surprise.
Discussion: Famecrawler
Bryan Alexander / PopEater:
Kim Kardashian Didn't Cause Burrito Stink On a Plane  —  As the old burrito saying goes — whomever smelt it, imagined it.  —  Okay, maybe that's not really a saying.  But it's what Kim Kardashian is insisting after media reports that her “giant burrito” made a recent First Class flight “odoriferous.”
Discussion: TheFABlife
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Kim Kardashian / Kim Kardashian official web site:
The Funniest Story I've Ever Read
Discussion: People.com and Gossip Cop
 
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