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Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:
TOLDJA! James Franco & Anne Hathaway To Host 83rd Annual Academy Awards — UPDATE: The Academy just made it official. Press release below. — Oscar telecast producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer announced just now that “James Franco and Anne Hathaway personify the next generation of Hollywood icons …
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Cspargo / Hollywood Life:
James Franco & Anne Hathaway To Host Oscars — Does This Make You Want To Watch?
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Daily Mail:
Kim Kardashian plays dead in a coffin as stars leave the web until $1m is raised for charity — Lying on her back in a coffin, Kim Kardashian plays dead in a new advert. — The reality star is promoting an internet campaign in which stars including Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake and Usher …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
....The Hell Is This? — This ridiculous poster of a Photoshopped …
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Towleroad News #gay
Tim Nudd / People.com:
Kim Kardashian, Lady Gaga and More Staging Digital Deaths for a Cause
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Popbytes, Celebrity Gossip …, Pajiba and Hollywood Reporter
Christo Varghese / PopEater:
Kim Kardashian, Lady Gaga and Others Quit Twitter for a Cause
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TMZ.com:
Leslie Nielsen Dies — Legendary funny man Leslie Nielsen died today of complications of pneumonia in a hospital near his home in Fort Lauderdale, this according to his agent. He was 84. — His agent tells TMZ Nielsen passed surrounded by his wife and friends at about 5:34 PM ET.
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Anita Gates / New York Times:
Leslie Nielsen, Actor, Dies at 84 — Leslie Nielsen, the Canadian-born actor who in middle age tossed aside three decades of credibility in dramatic and romantic roles to make a new, far more successful career as a comic actor in films like “Airplane!” and the “Naked Gun” series, died on Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 84.
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Keith Thursby / Los Angeles Times:
Leslie Nielsen dies at 84; serious actor became a comic star
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Kimberly Nordyke / Hollywood Reporter:
Leslie Nielsen Dies at Age 84
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Peter Mikelbank / People.com:
Jolie-Pitts Celebrate Pax's 7th Birthday in the Air and on the Water — Pax Jolie-Pitt got to see plenty of Paris on Sunday, from the air and the water, while celebrating his 7th birthday a day early with his family. — Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt made a full day of it with their kids …
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TMZ.com:
Willie Nelson — High Stakes in Weed Arrest — It may sound like a joke — Willie Nelson getting busted for pot — but the music legend could face some serious jail time ... and a pro pot group thinks they have a way to keep Willie out of the pokey. — Nelson was busted over the weekend …
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Tim Nudd / People.com:
Willie Nelson Arrested for Marijuana Possession
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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Real Housewives Of Atlanta's Kim Zolciak Engaged! — Real Housewives Of Atlanta star Kim Zolciak is engaged to Atlanta Falcons star Kroy Biermann, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned. — The couple - who are expecting their first baby together next year …
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Cele|bitchy, National Enquirer and Perez Hilton
Michael Schneider / Variety:
Longoria's got two series, mini in development — Thesp partners with actress Morris for ‘Sendera’ — While Eva Longoria's private life generates the headlines, her professional world has never been busier. — The “Desperate Housewives” actress's production company …
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
Eva Longoria And Kathryn Morris Team For Soap At ABC, One of 3 Projects For Longoria
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Agence France Presse:
‘Empire Strikes Back’ director Kershner dies in LA — PARIS (AFP) - US director Irvin Kershner, renowned for making the second Star Wars film, “The Empire Strikes Back”, has died in Los Angeles, his goddaughter Adriana Santini told AFP on Monday. He was 87 years old.
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Dave Itzkoff / ArtsBeat:
Irvin Kershner, ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Director, Dies at 87
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
‘Spider-Man’ Takes Off, With Some Bumps — All $65 million of the new Broadway musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” took flight on Sunday night at its first preview performance, but not without bumps. The show stopped five times, mostly to fix technical problems, and Act I ended prematurely …
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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: David Beckham Fighting New Cheating Claims, Lurid Allegations Made In Court Papers — David Beckham was suspected of having late night hotel trysts with multiple women behind-the-back of his Posh Spice wife Victoria, according to court papers filed by a magazine publisher being sued …
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Tim Nudd / People.com:
Jason London Is Engaged — Dazed and confused? Not when it comes to love. — Actor Jason London, best known as the ambivalent quarterback in the '70s-set high-school flick Dazed and Confused, got engaged on Saturday to his actress girlfriend Sofia Karstens, E! Online reports.
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E! Online:
Jason London Engaged to Longtime Girlfriend
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PopEater and The Hollywood Gossip
TMZ.com:
Oksana to Mel: I Just Can't Quit You — TMZ has obtained emails sent from Oksana Grigorieva to Mel Gibson in the months following their nuclear argument on January 6 ... and she sounds very much like a woman scorned. — In an email sent on March 30, Oksana writes Mel, “I don't belive …
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The Hollywood Gossip and Celebrity Dirty Laundry
Tim Nudd / People.com:
It's a Boy for Nina Garcia! — Alexander, you are out! — Project Runway judge Nina Garcia's second son made his debut in New York City this weekend. — “Delighted to announce that over the wknd we welcomed 8lb13oz Alexander David Conrod into our home!” Garcia, 45, wrote on Twitter.
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BuzzFeed:
Girl On Drugs At The Pool — So Miley Cyrus has been eighteen for a few days now and Hustle... No Vader, IT'S A TRAP! — Jake Gyllenhaal's Penis (NSFW) — From a nude scene with Anne Hathaway in Love & Other Drugs . — More Winners → — partner buzz
Marco / X17 Online:
Michael Douglas Spends The Holiday Weekend With Family At Disney World — Courtesy: The Walt Disney World Resort Michael Douglas and wife Catherine Zeta-Jones were all smiles as they posed with their two kids, as well as Mickey and MInnie, while visiting Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.
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