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11:25 AM ET, April 7, 2011

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Charlotte Triggs / People.com:
Mariska Hargitay Adopts a Baby  —  Mariska Hargitay and daughter Amaya Josephine  —  Mariska Hargitay has a big surprise to share.  —  The Law & Order: SVU star and her husband, actor Peter Hermann, have adopted a baby girl, she tells PEOPLE exclusively.
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Us Weekly:
Mariska Hargitay Adopts  —  Mariska Hargitay and her husband, Peter Hermann, are the proud parents of a baby girl.  —  “The couple are overjoyed by the wonder of their new daughter,” Hariskay's rep, Leslie Sloane, tells Usmagazine.com.  “Her brother, August, is thrilled to have the sister he's always wanted.”
New York Post:
Baby boom! Mariska adopts
Tina Fey / People.com:
Tina Fey Is Pregnant!  —  Tina Fey has some big news to talk about!  —  During a taping of The Oprah Winfrey Show Wednesday, Fey revealed that she's expecting her second child.  —  The 30 Rock star is five months along, her rep confirms to PEOPLE.  Fey and her husband, composer Jeff Richmond, also have 5-year-old daughter Alice.
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Us Weekly:
Tina Fey Is Pregnant!  —  Jane Krakowski isn't the only 30 Rock star with a baby on board.  —  Tina Fey, 40, is pregnant with her second child, her rep confirms to UsMagazine.com.  Fey announced the news herself during a taping of The Oprah Winfrey Show on Wednesday.  (The episode is scheduled to air April 12.)
Ross Kenneth Urken / New York Magazine:
Alec Baldwin Says 30 Rock Is Ending Next Season
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Jake Gyllenhaal Rebounds With 90210's Jessica Lowndes  —  Jake Gyllenhaal is keeping his romantic options open.  —  In the new issue of Us Weekly (on stands now), a source says the 30-year-old actor is becoming quite the man about town.  After sharing breakfast with 90210's Jessica Lowndes …
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Marco / X17 Online:
Report: Jake Gyllenhaal And Jessica Lowndes Are Hooking Up
Royal Wedding / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Swift Goes on Romantic Date With Garrett Hedlund
ETonline:
Source: Matt Lauer Leaving the ‘Today’ Show  —  As headlines have Meredith Vieira leaving the “Today” show, a source tells ET and The Insider that Matt Lauer has notified his NBC bosses that he will be resigning from the “Today” show when his contract expires on December 31, 2012.
TMZ.com:
LeBron's Mother ARRESTED In Miami  —  LeBron James' mom, Gloria, was arrested in Miami Beach early this morning for allegedly assaulting a parking valet at the famous Fontainebleau Hotel ... this according to law enforcement.  —  Hotel sources tell us ... Gloria was partying at LIV nightclub …
Peter Sciretta / /Film:
MPAA Pulls ‘The Hangover: Part II’ Trailer From Movie Theaters?  —  This week, movie theaters across the country received a notice asking them to remove the movie trailer for The Hangover Part II from Source Code and to delete the digital trailer files from their servers.
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Mike Sampson / JoBlo's Movie Emporium News:
THE MPAA PULLS TRAILERS FOR THE HANGOVER, PART II FROM THEATERS
Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Why Warner Bros. Has Pulled First Trailer for ‘Hangover Part II’
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Oh, The Scandal!
Us Weekly:
Source: Brad Pitt Never Hooked Up With Sexy Costar, 23  —  Heathcote, 23, and Pitt, 47, both shot scenes for Cogan's Trade in New Orleans recently, but a source close to the actress tells UsMagazine.com there's no truth to the reports that Jolie, 35, is “desperate to keep Brad away from Bella.”
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Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Britney Spears Tells Us About Marriage Plans!  —  She's already been married twice, but is Britney Spears ready to become a bride once more for love Jason Trawick?  —  As she enjoys blockbuster sales and the strongest reviews of her career for seventh studio album Femme Fatale …
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Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Federline: I “Want to Get Married” to Pregnant Girlfriend
Discussion: Bossip and Amy Grindhouse
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Javier Bardem Closing ‘Dark Tower’ Deal  —  EXCLUSIVE: Javier Bardem is close to sealing his deal with Universal Pictures to play gunslinger Roland Deschain in The Dark Tower, the mammoth adaptation of the Stephen King 7-novel series that'll span three movies and a limited run TV series in between each film.
Nick Haramis / BlackBook Magazine and City Guides:
Here's a Picture of Julianne Moore as Hillary Clinton  —  The Special Relationship, a film about the ties that bound former US President Bill Clinton to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, first aired on HBO last May.  Michael Sheen played Blair, Dennis Quaid played Slick Willie, and Hope Davis was his wife, Hillary.
Steve Zeitchik / 24 Frames:
Robert Redford will star in a revamped tale of Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson  —  EXCLUSIVE: He starred in one of the most famous fictional baseball movies of all time.  Now Robert Redford looks to play one of the most famous real-life baseball figures of all time.
TMZ.com:
Lindsay — Closing In On Deal for New Gotti Flick  —  Lindsay Lohan's on the verge of signing her first big contract out of rehab — in fact, we're told the actress is in “final talks” to play John Gotti's daughter Victoria in the upcoming biopic about the mafioso's life.
Joe Kemp / NY Daily News:
Rising hip-hop star DJ Megatron was killed for his cash and wristwatch, cops and family say  —  DJ Megatron, the rising hip-hop star murdered a block from his Staten Island home last month, was killed for his cash and a wristwatch given to him by his 11-year-old daughter, cops and his family said Wednesday.
Blaine Zuckerman / People.com:
Chely Wright Is Engaged  —  Less than a year after coming out, Chely Wright is engaged.  —  “Out country singer Chely Wright and her fiancée, Lauren Blitzer, a GLBT Civil Rights activist have set a date and plan to be married in Connecticut Aug. 20,” Wright's rep tells PEOPLE.
The Superficial:
Gwyneth Paltrow is Probably Cheating With Matthew Morrison  —  Gwyneth Paltrow has always fancied herself British royalty, so it only makes sense she's taken up adultery in recent years.  Here she is trying to hide her face in just-released photos from London last week where she was out with …
David A. Keeps / GoodHousekeeping.com Family and Pets:
Heidi Klum's Full House  —  Four kids, two TV shows, one very happy marriage: It's a lot to juggle, but here's how the model mom does it all without stressing.  Plus: Her get-more-sleep secret.  —  Jumping out of an enormous SUV, Heidi Klum is a vision in black: jeans, sweater, sneakers, and inky mascara highlighting her eyes.
Sarah Frank / New York Magazine:
Jesse Tyler Ferguson Says Lady Gaga Wants to Guest-Star on Modern Family  —  On today's Live!  With Regis & Kelly, Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson and co-host Kelly Ripa were bonding over how much they love Lady Gaga, when Ripa seemed to be thunderstruck by a possibility.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Jennifer Still / Digital Spy:
‘Survivor: Redemption Island’ Episode 8 recap  —  Warning: This article contains spoilers that some readers may prefer to avoid.  Please click here if you wish to continue.  —  The episode opens with the Zapatera tribe returning to camp following Tribal Council as they discuss Sarita's elimination.
Discussion: omg!
Michael Ausiello / TVLine:
Exclusive: The Closer Promotes Mary McDonnell to Series Regular — Will She Replace Kyra?  —  The case for Mary McDonnell succeeding Kyra Sedgwick on The Closer just got stronger.  —  Sources confirm to TVLine exclusively that McDonnell will reprise her role as Captain Sharon Raydor …
Discussion: TV Fanatic and Deadline.com
John Young / PopWatch:
‘American Idol’ on the scene for Top 9 performance night: Impromptu dancing, Steven Tyler's mighty appetite, and Jennifer Lopez throws a punch  —  Who do you send home after a night like that?  (Okay, my answer would be Paul, but even his performance tickled my typically Paul-phobic soul).
Discussion: The Wire
 
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