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Alicia Dennis / People.com:
Katie Couric: I Am Leaving CBS Evening News  —  After weeks of widespread speculation about her future, Katie Couric is finally ready to go on the record.  —  “I have decided to step down from the CBS Evening News,” Couric tells PEOPLE exclusively.  “I'm really proud of the talented team …
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TMZ.com:
Katie Couric — I'm LEAVING CBS News  —  Katie Couric has finally made it official — announcing moments ago that she's decided to “step down” from her post at the “CBS Evening News.”  —  Couric told People.com, “In making the decision to move on, I know the Evening News will be in great hands, but I am excited about the future.”
Stephen Battaglio / TVGuide.com:
CBS Thinks ABC Will Get Katie Couric
Jennifer Garcia / People.com:
Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler Are Engaged  —  Former Laguna Beach star Kristin Cavallari got one sweet surprise while on vacation in Mexico with her NFL beau Jay Cutler.  —  A source close to the couple confirms to PEOPLE that Cutler proposed over the weekend during their getaway in Cabo San Lucas.
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Us Weekly:
Kristin Cavallari Is Engaged!  —  Better than a chocolate bunny and jelly beans!  —  Hills star Kristin Cavallari and beau of just eight months Jay Cutler got engaged over the Easter weekend, a source tells Us Weekly.  —  “She is so excited and completely blind-sided,” says the insider …
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Rob Pattinson, Kristen Stewart Strip for Twilight's Sexy Last Scene  —  On a balmy night on a secluded St. Thomas beach April 22, Stewart, 21, and Pattinson, 24, did what comes naturally: Barely clad (she in neon-green bikini, he in a dangerously low, wet swimsuit) …
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Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Did K-Stew & Sparkles do honeymoon reshoots because of eye-rolling?
Discussion: Caught On Set
RADAR:
Lindsay Lohan Calls 120-Day Jail Sentence ‘Shocking’ In Surprise Appearance On Leno  —  Lindsay Lohan called her 120-day jail sentence “shocking” and said it left her “kind of numb.”  —  PHOTOS: Lindsay Lohan Heads To Leno's Show  —  The 24-year-old Mean Girls star, speaking to Jay Leno Monday …
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AceShowBiz.com:
Jail-Bound Lindsay Lohan Visits Jay Leno Show  —  The ‘Machete’ actress has taped her appearance for ‘The Tonight Show With Jay Leno’ on Monday, giving her first interview since being sentenced to morgue duty.  —  Lindsay Lohan will not stay mum for a long time regarding her latest court sentence.
Nicki Gostin / PopEater:
Kara DioGuardi on Sex Abuse and ‘Fumbling’ ‘Idol’  —  For most of America, Kara DioGuardi is best known for her brief and widely dissected stint as a judge on ‘American Idol,’ and oh yes, flashing her bikini during the season eight finale.  But she is much, much more as evidenced in her memoir …
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Nicole Eggenberger / OK! Magazine:
Kara DioGuardi Says Being a Judge on ‘American Idol’ Was “Torture”
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Show Tracker
Rob Shuter / PopEater:
Michael Douglas Says Catherine Zeta-Jones Was ‘Outed’ in Bipolar Fight  —  A raspy-voiced Michael Douglas is speaking out about Catherine Zeta-Jones' battle with bipolar II disorder, telling Oprah Winfrey in an interview airing Tuesday that his actress wife's private struggle with depression was cruelly “outed” by the media.
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Us Weekly:
Michael Douglas: Catherine Zeta-Jones “Relieved” After Bipolar II Diagnosis
WWD:
Gwyneth Paltrow's New Gig... France Names Legion of Honor Recipients...  GWYNETH'S NEW GIG: From “Glee” cameos to penning a cookbook and launching a career in country music, Gwyneth Paltrow is clearly looking to cultivate a wider audience and her latest move fits that bill.
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Marcus Barnes / Daily Mail:
She used to be such a nice girl: Gwyneth Paltrow shatters her clean cut image by dropping the C-word …
Discussion: Dlisted and hollywoodbackwash.com
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:   Gwyneth Paltrow deigned to call her grandmother a c-bomb on Chelsea Lately
Shari Weiss / NY Daily News:
Megan Fox's Marilyn Monroe tattoo disappearing: Actress appears to be removing design on arm  —  Megan Fox (l. in 2009, r.  April 20) appears to be in the process of removing her arm tattoo.  —  Megan Fox is a little less inked up these days.  —  The stunning actress, 24 …
Michael Holden / omg!:
Royal wedding snapshots: Rain forecast, but Kate to “glow”  —  (Reuters Life!)  - Following is a selection of stories related to the April 29 royal wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton that have appeared in newspapers and on websites in the last week.
Discussion: Digital Spy and Perez Hilton
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People.com:
Prince William & Kate Middleton's Secret Wedding Music Decisions
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Lara Martin / Digital Spy:
Daniel Radcliffe: ‘No royal wedding fever’
Discussion: omg! and DailyFill.com
Associated Press:
Phoebe Snow, ‘Poetry Man’ singer, dies at 60  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Phoebe Snow, a bluesy singer, guitarist and songwriter who had a defining hit of the 1970s with “Poetry Man” but then largely dropped out of the spotlight to care for her disabled daughter, has died.
Discussion: Hollywood Life
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Kiki Von Glinow / PopEater:
‘Poetry Man’ Singer Phoebe Snow Dies at 60
Discussion: The Stir
Justin Harp / Digital Spy:
‘Poetry Man’ singer Phoebe Snow dies, aged 58
Discussion: TMZ.com
People.com:
Ian Ziering Welcomes a Baby Girl  —  It's a girl for Ian Ziering!  —  The actor's wife Erin delivered daughter Mia Loren Ziering at 10:09 p.m. Monday in Los Angeles, PEOPLE confirms.  Weighing in at 7 lbs., 6 oz., the baby girl's name begins with ‘M’ in honor of Ian's late mother Micki, a source tells PEOPLE.
PopEater:
Ice-T and Wife Coco to Star in Reality Series  —  Rapper-turned-actor Ice-T and his voluptuous wife Coco are headed back toward the spotlight.  The happy couple will star in an upcoming reality show for E! dubbed ‘Ice Loves Coco,’ with plans for the series to debut on the celebrity network in June.
People.com:
Rob Schneider Gets Married!  —  The Male Gigolo is now an honest man.  —  Rob Schneider, who stars in the Deuce Bigalow comedies and shares laughs in many Adam Sandler films, married Patricia Azarcoya Arce on Saturday in a private ceremony in Beverly Hills.
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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Rob Schneider Marries a Hot Chick
Discussion: Us Weekly and PopEater
Daily Mail:
Curvy Kim Kardashian strips down to her underwear in a sizzling photoshoot for Cosmopolitan's body issue  —  She has never been particularly shy about showing off her enviable curves.  —  And Kim Kardashian clearly had no qualms about stripping down for a new sizzling photoshoot for UK Cosmopolitan magazine.
Reagan Alexander / People.com:
Jennifer Aniston Is a Rare Beauty, Says Julie Bowen  —  Jennifer Aniston's appeal is near universal.  People want to work with her, protect her, be her or date her.  For women, it's fundamental, says Modern Family's Julie Bowen - Aniston sets the mark for how they'd like to look.
The Superficial:
LeAnn Rimes Copied Brandi Glanville's Wedding.  Of Course.  —  Earlier in the month, LeAnn Rimes tweeted a photo of herself in a bikini that turned out to be the exact same pose Eddie Cibrian's ex-wife Brandi Glanville (above) posted on Facebook.  So, of course, it only makes sense that LeAnn …
 
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Jo Piazza / PopEater:
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TMZ.com:
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Us Weekly:
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Nardine Saad / Ministry of Gossip:
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The Superficial:
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Jessica / INF Daily:
Pics! Miranda Kerr Shows Off Her Chichis In A See-Thru Black Top & Push-Up Bra
Discussion: X17 Online and Digital Spy
TMZ.com:
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From Mediagazer:

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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