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Robert Feder / Time Out Chicago:
Biographer: Oprah's ‘family secret’ is half-sister she never met before — Oprah Winfrey is calling it “the miracle of all miracles” and “news that literally shook me to my core.” On Monday's show, according to her unauthorized biographer, the world will be introduced to the half-sister Oprah never knew she had.
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John Mitchell / PopEater:
Oprah Winfrey Reveals Surprise Half-Sister — Oprah Winfrey's big family secret? The talk-show queen announced on ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ Monday that she has discovered a half-sister, named Patricia, who was given up for adoption as a child. She said her mom gave Patricia up in 1963 in secret.
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Andrea Reiher / Pop2it:
Oprah's secret is half-sister Bunny, whom she has never met …
Oprah's secret is half-sister Bunny, whom she has never met …
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Oh No They Didn't!, In Case You Didn't Know and Videogum
TMZ.com:
Oprah Winfrey REVEALS Secret — I Have a Sister!
Oprah Winfrey REVEALS Secret — I Have a Sister!
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Dlisted, Celebs.com, I Need My Fix and Jezebel
TMZ.com:
‘Golden Voice’ Ted Williams Bails on Rehab — Ted Williams — the homeless man with the “Golden Voice” — has left rehab against medical advice, less than two weeks after checking in for drug and alcohol dependency ... TMZ has learned. — Our sources say Ted — who decided to go to rehab earlier …
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Dlisted, EarSucker, Bossip, Celebrity Smack and The Hollywood Gossip
Kelly Fisher / PopEater:
Kevin Smith Slams Bruce Willis in Interview — Director Kevin Smith has an opinion of Bruce Willis, and he's not holding back. — According to the Daily Mail, Smith recently went on the ‘WTF with Marc Maron’ podcast and slammed Willis' committment and attitude while shooting 2010's ‘Cop Out,’ which Smith directed.
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X17 Online, Daily Mail, Perez Hilton and The FABlife
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PopEater:
Tiffany Outs ‘NKOTB’ Member Jonathan Knight — Rumors have surfaced in the past regarding ‘New Kids on the Block member’ Jonathan Knight's sexuality, but the pop performer has never admitted to being gay. — However, '80s teen queen Tiffany told millions of TV viewers last Thursday that Knight indeed is gay.
Ken Baker / E! Online:
DWTS' Aaron Carter Enters Rehab — The 23-year-old former Dancing With the Stars contestant checked into a private Southern California facility earlier this month, says the source — The source reveals that Carter's choice to go to rehab was his move to “finally get help” and not a court-mandated decision.
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People.com:
Aaron Carter Seeks Treatment for ‘Emotional and Spiritual Issues’ — For former Dancing With the Stars contestant Aaron Carter, the road to restarting his music career has taken a detour - into a treatment facility. — Carter, 23, the brother of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter …
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Hollywood Dame, Socialite Life, Celebritology 2.0, RADAR, Bitten and Bound, The Superficial, Backseat Cuddler and The Insider
Carlos Greer / People.com:
Britney Spears Returning to ‘Edgy’ Sound on New Album — While Britney Spears's new single, “Hold It Against Me,” may have provided an upbeat preview of her new album, what will the rest of the work sound like? — “It's way more edgy than the last album,” songwriter Claude Kelly …
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Hollywood Dame, Oh, The Scandal! and PoorBritney.com
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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Madonna's Fascination With Young Boyfriends Is ‘Creepy,’ Says Brother Christopher Ciccone — Madonna's brother Christopher Ciccone has admitted that his superstar sister's obsession with younger men is in danger of becoming “creepy”, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.
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Dlisted, Perez Hilton, PopEater, Allie is Wired, Celebrity Gossip … and Celebrity Dirty Laundry
Lindsay Powers / Hollywood Reporter:
EXCLUSIVE: Subway Fourth Major Sponsor to Pull Ads from MTV's Skins … Another major sponsor has pulled out of advertising on MTV's controversial show, Skins. — A rep for Subway tells The Hollywood Reporter that the sandwich chain “will not be advertising on [Monday's] episode.”
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Allie Merriam / PopSugar:
Kate Hudson Heads to London With Her Baby Bump and Boyfriend — Kate Hudson arrived at London's Heathrow airport this morning with her boyfriend Matthew Bellamy. The duo have been out of the spotlight since Christmas, when they joined her family for a holiday vacation in Aspen.
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Pop Crunch, Amy Grindhouse, The News Addict, PopSugar UK and I'm Not Obsessed
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Rob Shuter / PopEater:
Elisabetta Canalis Learns on CNN She'll Never Be Mrs. Clooney — When George Clooney sat down for an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan, he made it clear to the world that he doesn't want to get married again. Too bad he forgot to mention this to longtime girlfriend, Elisabetta Canalis.
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In Case You Didn't Know and Gone Hollywood
Ulrica Wihlborg / People.com:
Jewel and Ty Murray: We're Having a Boy! — Jewel and Ty Murray can finally start painting their nursery. — “We would have been happy either way, of course, but we are so excited to be having a little boy,” the singer, 36, tells PEOPLE. — The couple, who are expecting their first child this summer …
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I'm Not Obsessed, Celebrity Baby Scoop, Hollybaby, USA Today, The Insider and The Boot
TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan — I'm Done Clubbing! (Seriously) — Stop us if you heard this one before — Lindsay Lohan is telling her friends she is never clubbing again. As in forever. Forever ever. For reals. Stop laughing. — Sources close to LiLo tell TMZ she is “completely over the club scene” …
Richard Goldstein / New York Times:
Jack LaLanne, Founder of Modern Fitness Movement, Dies at 96 — Jack LaLanne, whose obsession with grueling workouts and good nutrition, complemented by a salesman's gift, brought him recognition as the founder of the modern physical fitness movement, died Sunday afternoon at his home in Morro Bay, Calif. He was 96.
The Superficial:
There is.. Another.. Olsen Twin.. — Or maybe just a little sister. — Because I didn't spend my childhood watching Olsen twins movies [(My Barbies weren't going to dress themselves!)], I had absolutely no idea they have a sister, Elizabeth Olsen, who's apparently starring in two indie films currently playing at Sundance.
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I Watch Stuff and Hollywood Reporter
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Kelly Fisher / PopEater:
Elizabeth Olsen Makes Her Sundance Debut
Elizabeth Olsen Makes Her Sundance Debut
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College Candy and The Huffington Post
Newsweek:
The New Star Power — Hollywood's best on playing hurt, kissing onscreen, work/life balance, and why none of them is on Facebook. Welcome to NEWSWEEK's 14th Oscar Roundtable. — Nicole Kidman, we learned, stuttered as a child. James Franco doesn't care if you know he sleeps in class.
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Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Chaz Bono Had Breast Removal Surgery, Wants to Look Like Michael Chiklis — Chaz Bono may have been born a girl, but he always felt he was a boy. — As everyone knows by now, Chaz is Sonny and Cher's offspring, formerly known as Chastity. — “I've hated my body since puberty,” …
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msnbc.com, Queerty, What Would Tyler Durden Do and The Huffington Post
TMZ.com:
Paris Hilton Sex Tape Lawsuit: Freeloaders Beware — It's been 7 years since the Paris Hilton sex tape surfaced on the Internet ... but it's still popular as ever — especially on the cyber-porn black market — and the downloaders are now getting their collective asses sued.
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Celebrity Dirty Laundry and The Hollywood Gossip
Darren Franich / Inside Movies:
James Cameron: ‘Avatar’ sequels coming Christmas 2014 and 2015 — James Cameron has spoken frequently about his intention to turn his mega-hit Avatar into a trilogy. Now, according to the director himself, those two sequels have release dates. Cameron tells EW, “I am in the process of writing the next two Avatar films now.
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PopEater, In Case You Didn't Know, Movieline, /Film and The Moviefone Blog