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1:20 PM ET, May 3, 2010

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Robert Pitts / People.com:
Country Music Artist Chely Wright Comes Out  —  Country singer Chely Wright's reasoning was sound.  “There had never, ever been a country music artist who had acknowledged his or her homosexuality,” she tells PEOPLE.  “I wasn't going to be the first.”  —  But now Wright is changing her tune.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
People's Big Lesbian Cover Girl Is Chely Wright
Discussion: coverawards.com
TMZ.com:
Chely Wright — She's Coming Out
People.com:
Source: Halle Berry ‘Kicked Gabriel Out’ Months Ago  —  Make no bones about it.  Halle Berry didn't get dumped by Gabriel Aubry.  Their split happened several months ago - and it was the actress who initiated it, according to a source.  —  “She kicked him out months ago because he wasn't able …
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Shruti Dhalwala / People.com:
Newly Single Halle Berry Radiant at Charity Event
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Actress Lynn Redgrave has died at age 67  —  NEW YORK - Lynn Redgrave, an introspective and independent player in her family's acting dynasty who became a 1960s sensation as the unconventional title character of “Georgy Girl” and later dramatized her troubled past in such one-woman stage performances as …
Discussion: PopEater, X17 Online, TMZ.com, ABCNEWS and EW.com
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Ann Oldenburg / USA Today:
Lynn Redgrave dies at age 67  —  Breaking from AP: Actress Lynn Redgrave has died, her children have announced.  She was 67.  —  Redgrave, sister of Vanessa Redgrave, was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 60.  —  Her publicist Rick Miramontez, speaking on behalf of her children …
Discussion: Dlisted
Perez Hilton:
R.I.P.  —  So sad.  —  British actress Lynn Redgrave passed …
Discussion: Reuters and omg!
Cynthia Wang / People.com:
Seth Green Gets Married!  —  Seth Green is officially off the market: The actor married model/actress Clare Grant on Saturday, his rep confirms to PEOPLE.  —  Green and Grant tied the knot at a private vineyard in Northern California, according to a source.
Glen Runciter / Gawker:
Is This Britney Spears' Demo of Lady Gaga's ‘Telephone’?  An Analysis  —  The purported Britney Spears demo of “Telephone”—originally written for Spears by Lady Gaga before Gaga hit it big—has leaked.  That sound you just heard was “BritBrit” overtaking “Bieber” on Twitter.  We have the track, and some theories.
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Perez Hilton:
Britney Does GaGa!!!!
Rob Shuter / PopEater:
Angelina Jolie Skips Out on Presidential Invite  —  Everyone knows Angelina Jolie is an incredibly busy woman, but too busy to meet President Obama?  Yep, rather than celebrate at the White House Correspondents Dinner this weekend, Angie's pal tells me she'd rather be doing something …
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PopSugar:
Jessica, Scarlett, and Kim Party in DC For the White House Correspondents' Dinner
Us Weekly:
Justin Bieber Calls Kim Kardashian His “Girlfriend”
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, omg! and X17 Online
LoriC / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Guns, Lies & Missing Money - The Official Report Into Olivia Newton John's Missing Ex-Lover  —  The US Coast Guard's explosive, top secret dossier on Patrick McDermott, Olivia Newton John's vanished ex-lover, has been obtained by RadarOnline.com, five years after his mysterious disappearance …
TMZ.com:
Spencer Pratt — In the Business of Guidos  —  Spencer Pratt is dead set on capitalizing on the “Jersey Shore” craze — TMZ has learned he's teamed up with Snooki's ex-boyfriend to lockdown a trademark on a Guido-themed energy drink ... seriously.  —  Pratt and Emilio Masella …
Charlotte Triggs / People.com:
Michael Douglas: Prison Will Help My Son ‘Start Afresh’  —  Michael Douglas is trying to view his son Cameron's five-year jail sentence on drug charges as a blessing in disguise.  —  “My son has not been sober for this length of time since he was 13 years old,” Douglas, 65, tells the Today show, in an interview airing Monday.
PopEater:
Conan O'Brien to NBC: You Broke My Heart  —  It was his dream job, but after six months at the helm of ‘The Tonight Show,’ NBC squeezed Conan O'Brien out, and the talk host says in his first interview that the turmoil was much like an unexpected divorce.  “I went through some stuff,” O'Brien told ‘60 Minutes’ on Sunday.
Discussion: X17 Online and OK! Magazine
E! Online:
Lindsay Lohan Pal: Yup, She's Gonna Play a Porn Star  —  Lindsay Lohan may have recently been canned from a movie, but that doesn't mean she's not getting other work.  —  Last month, Lohan was reported to have signed on to upcoming indie flick Inferno to play Linda Lovelace …
Discussion: Crushable and The Hollywood Gossip
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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Sheen & Wife Reach Secret Financial Divorce Deal  —  The marriage is over, they no longer live together, and now Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller have reached a secret financial deal for their impending divorce, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.
PopEater:
Roman Polanski Breaks Silence, Says U.S. Wants to ‘Serve Me on a Platter’  —  Roman Polanski has broken his silence after months of being under house arrest, saying prosecutors in the United States only want him extradited on a 33-year-old sex case to humiliate him and cause a media circus.
Discussion: Digital Spy
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Josef Adalian / The Wrap:
Fran Drescher Returning — as Talk Show Host?  —  Actor-activist Fran Drescher could be headed back to TV— as a talk show host.  —  At least, that's what Drescher appeared to be hinting at Sunday night in a message she sent via her Twitter feed.  —  “I'm doin a sumer tlk show btw,” TV's …
Discussion: Gawker, TV Squad, Fancast News and Movieline
 
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Bubble Show Questions For ‘Old Christine’, ‘Chuck’, 'Ghost Whisperer …
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Does The Simpsons Ke$ha Credits Mean We Are Officially Done With The Simpsons?
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Jenna Jameson, Tito Ortiz Reconcile
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Daily Mail:
Helena Christensen poses naked to advertise Reebok... but who's …
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Jennifer Aniston flies personal trainer to Hawaii after meeting …
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Trade body data: copyrighted music revenue was $45.5B in 2023, above cinema box office spending of $33.2B in 2023 and $41.9B in 2019; record labels made $28.5B

Brian Stelter / CNN:
As Elon Musk posts memes about buying MSNBC, sources say one liberal billionaire expressed interest in buying the channel; Comcast is not looking to sell MSNBC

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: CVC Capital Partners and a major European broadcaster, thought to be France's Groupe TF1, are among those considering a takeover of the UK's ITV

 
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