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12:20 PM ET, May 5, 2010

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CNN:
“Welcome to the Hollywood Walk of... oops!”  —  I'm a longtime copy editor, and I take the Metro to work.  As a result, I made one person laugh hysterically today, and another almost vomit.  —  Let me explain.  —  As I emerged from the Hollywood and Vine Metro station this morning …
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Jill Serjeant / Fan Fare:
Lohan, Dreyfus and two tall Hollywood tales?  —  From the wacky world of Hollywood comes two larger than life stories — but only one of them may be true.  —  1) Double Emmy winner, actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus of “Seinfeld” and “The New Adventures of Old Christine” fame gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Discussion: omg! and Associated Press
PopEater:
Get Out! Julia Louis-Dreyfus' H'Wood Star Has Typo
Discussion: omg! and CelebNewsWire
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Eric Dane, Rebecca Gayheart Debut Baby Daughter!  —  First-time parents Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart debut the first photos of their precious 2-month-old daughter Billie Beatrice Dane in the new Us Weekly (on newsstands now).  —  “She's beautiful,” the Grey's Anatomy star, 37, tells Us Weekly.
TMZ.com:
Charlie Sheen Surrenders Custody of Sam & Lola  —  TMZ has learned Charlie Sheen has surrendered legal custody of the two kids he had with Denise Richards.  —  Sources intimately familiar with the situation tell TMZ ... Charlie and Denise signed a written agreement in which Denise …
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Maureen O'Connor / Gawker:
Exclusive: Inside Charlie Sheen's Cheap Prenup  —  Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller deny they're divorcing, even as they live apart following Sheen's domestic assault arrest, two stints in rehab, and rumors of call girl trysts.  We have a copy of the couple's prenup and a possible explanation.
OK! Magazine:
COVER STORY: Kendra's Sex Tape Scandal  —  Lately, Kendra Wilkinson Baskett has been the perfect picture of a carefree new wife and blissful young mom.  But OK! has learned exclusively that the reality TV star and former Playboy Playmate's wild past has come back to haunt her.
Us Weekly:
Miley Cyrus Wears a $25,000 Corset in New Music Vid  —  Cha-ching!  —  Miley Cyrus, 17, rocks a $25,000 silver-scale corset and dress made from 2,400 metal pieces and peacock feathers in her new music video for “Can't Be Tamed,” which premieres at 7 p.m. ET on E! (The song is off her album …
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PopEater:
Miley Cyrus' 'Can't Be Tamed' Video Is Her Adult Coming Out  —  If you ever asked wondered when Miley Cyrus would make the ever-so-structured transition from teen starlet to adult artist, the answer is May 2010, and it's due to her new 'Can't Be Tamed' video.
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW: Lindsay Lohan's Mom Says Partying Reports Are “Absolute Lies”  —  Lindsay Lohan spent Tuesday at a Venice Beach lawyer's office getting deposed for a civil suit dating back to 2007 and her mom Dina Lohan spoke exclusively to RadarOnline.com to clear up reports …
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TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan — Grilled Like a Cheeseburger
Discussion: OK! Magazine and X17 Online
New York Post:
How they got Lady Gaga to sing  —  Lady Gaga's penchant for bizarre behavior continued at Monday's Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  —  Gaga was the slated performer at Vogue editor Anna Wintour's annual fete, co-hosted this year by Oprah Winfrey …
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Us Weekly:
Oprah Does “Tequila Shots” After Met Gala
Hollywoodreporter / Heat Vision:
‘Twilight: Breaking Dawn’ gets a release date  —  Heat Vision doesn't usually write about “Twilight” news, so I will chalk this up to the sadness and grief I am feeling over the loss of some major characters in “Lost.”  —  Summit still isn't saying whether or not its adaptation of the final book …
Discussion: Perez Hilton, /Film and Inside Movies
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Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:
Summit Skeds ‘Twilight 4: Breaking Dawn’
Discussion: Hollywood Crush and Movieline
PopEater:
Exclusive: Heidi Montag Will Enlarge Breasts Again  —  Exclusive: It seems Heidi Montag's 13 plastic surgeries weren't enough, after all — Spencer Pratt says his wife wants to enlarge her breasts again, the new issue of Life & Style reveals.  —  “She wants to do it within the next two months …
Ain't It Cool News:
Hey Arizona, Don't F**k With This Mexican... MACHETE has some Cinco De Mayo words for you!!!  —  Hey folks, Harry here and earlier today Robert Rodriguez and Danny Trejo dropped by my house with a package.  Rodriguez is calling this his “Illegal” trailer.  You see, Robert talked Fox …
miaminewtimes.com:
Christian right leader George Rekers takes vacation with “rent boy”  —  The pictures on the Rentboy.com profile show a shirtless young man with delicate features, guileless eyes, and sun-kissed, hairless skin.  The profile touts his “smooth, sweet, tight ass” and “perfectly built 8 inch cock …
Risky Business:
Skip Woods, Fox making John McClane die hard one more time (exclusive)  —  John McClane's string of bad luck may not yet be over.  —  “Hitman” screenwriter Skip Woods is in negotiations with Fox to take a crack at a new “Die Hard” script.  The New York cop known for consistently …
The Live Feed | THR:
ABC expands ‘Lost’ finale by extra half-hour!  —  Exclu: There's more “Lost” left than you think.  —  The producers of ABC's hit drama have shot so much crucial material for the show's hugely anticipated series finale that the network has agreed to extend the last episode by an extra half hour.
Nicole Sperling / Hollywood Insider:
Patrick Dempsey confirmed for 'Transformers 3′  —  Patrick Dempsey confirmed for ‘Transformers 3’  —  Paramount Pictures confirmed today that Grey's Anatomy hottie Patrick Dempsey has been cast in Michael Bay's third installment of the Transformers franchise.
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Pamela McClintock / Variety:
Patrick Dempsey joins ‘Transformers 3’
Ken Lee / People.com:
Coroner: Drugs Didn't Cause Corey Haim's Death  —  Corey Haim died from natural causes and a drug test “revealed no significant contributing factors” in his death, the Los Angeles County Coroner announced Tuesday.  —  The coroner attributed the cause of death to three things …
Discussion: New York Magazine
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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS & VIDEO: Tiger Woods Wife Returns From Sweden, Continues Life Without Him  —  Tiger Woods' wife Elin returned home from Sweden on Tuesday night and RadarOnline.com has the exclusive photos.  —  EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Elin Returns From Sweden  —  Elin landed in Orlando early Tuesday night with the couple's two children.
Us Weekly:
Source: Halle Berry Called Gabriel Aubry a “Loser”  —  When Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry announced they'd split after four years of dating, they insisted the breakup was amicable.  —  But sources close to the former couple tell the new issue of Us Weekly, on stands Wednesday …
Nick Levine / Digital Spy:
Good news for Roll Deep, Alexandra, Diana  —  However, not everyone's going to be cracking open the champers when they read this, as you'll find out by reading on below.  — Roll Deep are on course for a second week at No.1, with Usher and Plan B still offering the strongest competition.
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Julie Douglas / Kate's Take:
From Dancing to Running  —  [From the TLC Editors: Click here for more thoughts from Kate.]  —  I've hung up my dancing shoes ...  The day has come ... my dance shoes (all six dirty well-used pairs of them ) have begun collecting dust.  In the haste of everything, I had left them in the basement on a shelf without another thought.
 
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