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10:40 AM ET, April 27, 2011

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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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Stephen Battaglio / TVGuide.com:
CBS Thinks ABC Will Get Katie Couric
Us Weekly:
BREAKING NEWS: Kate Hudson Is Engaged to Matt Bellamy!  —  First comes love, then baby, then marriage!  —  Kate Hudson is engaged to Matthew Bellamy, her beau of nearly a year and father to her unborn child.  Hudson, 32, made the surprise announcement on Wednesday's Today Show.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Perez Hilton
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X17 Online:
BREAKING NEWS - Kate Hudson Announces Engagement To Muse Frontman And Baby Daddy Matthew Bellamy  —  Kate Hudson announced her engagement to boyfriend and future baby daddy Matthew Bellamy on the Today Show Wednesday morning.  The actress is out promoting her upcoming film Something Borrowed …
Discussion: PopEater
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.
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Kiki Von Glinow / PopEater:
‘90210’ Star Ian Ziering and Wife Welcome Baby Girl
Discussion: Ministry of Gossip
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
Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Jeremy Renner, Jennifer Lopez Join ‘Ice Age 4’ Cast (Exclusive) … Jeremy Renner, Wanda Sykes, Keke Palmer and Jennifer Lopez are joining the voice cast of 20th Century Fox's Ice Age: Continental Drift, along with Aziz Ansari and hip hop star Drake.  —  Returning are Ice Age franchise stars Ray Romano …
Us Weekly:
Whoa!  Jake Gyllenhaal Goes Bald  —  There's a lot of buzz surrounding Jake Gyllenhaal's new movie role.  —  After all, the 30-year-old actor shaved his head for End of Watch, a police drama costarring Michael Pena.  Though filming doesn't begin until July, Gyllenhaal and Pena, 35, shot promos for the movie in L.A. last week.
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
‘Terminator’ Back With Arnold To Star: Schwarzenegger In Package Shopping Now; 'Fast Five's Justin Lin To Direct  —  EXCLUSIVE: He's baaack!  Arnold Schwarzenegger is attached to star in a rights package that CAA is shopping today that will revive The Terminator, one of Hollywood's most iconic scifi franchises.
Joey Bartolomeo / People.com:
Steven Tyler: Sober and Grateful  —  Steven Tyler doesn't need drugs to get high these days.  All he needs is to go to work at American Idol.  —  “If you think going out in front of high-def cameras and millions of people I'm not high on adrenaline, you're crazy,” the rocker-turned-judge tells PEOPLE in this week's cover story.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
TMZ.com:
Beyonce Accused of Destroying Xmas for 70 People  —  Beyonce Knowles is a “morally reprehensible” person who screwed 70 people out of their jobs one week before Christmas ... this according to a new legal documents obtained by TMZ.  —  A video game company called Gate Five filed papers today in NY …
Perez Hilton:
First Look At GaGa's Appearance On Ellen!  —  The time of Judas is almost upon us!  —  Last weekend, we were THRILLED to announce that Lady GaGa will be making an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on April 28th to perform her new smash single, Judas!  —  Now, just one day before what promises …
Discussion: X17 Online
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, PopEater and The Stir
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Keith Thursby / Los Angeles Times:
Phoebe Snow, singer of 1970s hit ‘Poetry Man,’ dies at 60
Leah Chernikoff / Fashionista:
Cindy Crawford Is a Vogue Covergirl Again at 45  —  OG supermodel Cindy Crawford graces the cover of Vogue Mexico's May issue.  And damn does she look good.  Since her super reign during '90s, Crawford has delved into home and beauty lines, though never quitting modeling completely.
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.
Lupe / RADAR:
CONFIRMED!  Superstar Diana Ross WILL Get Michael Jackson's Kids  —  If, like us, you were skeptical about news reports claiming that legendary Motown singer Diana Ross would get Michael Jackson's children when their 80-year-old grandmother Katherine Jackson passes away, doubt no more!
Discussion: Bossip and Allie is Wired
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Cary Grant's Daughter Pens Memoir of Her Legendary Father  —  Hers was a Hollywood fairy-tale existence few, if anybody, can live: being the child of arguably the most famous movie star in the world - and, certainly, the most dapper, elegant and charming.  His name was Cary Grant.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Sarah / People.com:
Justin Guarini Welcomes Son William Neko  —  Will Ragozzino/PatrickMcMullan.com/ Sipa  —  Justin Guarini is a new dad.  —  The American Idol alum, 32, and wife Reina Capodici welcomed a son, William Neko Bell Guarini, at 6:26 a.m. on Tuesday, April 26, his rep Jeff Ballard confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.
Steve Helling / People.com:
A Kate Stand-In Stars in Official Dress Rehearsal  —  A full military rehearsal took place on the route from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace  —  If practice makes perfect, the Royal Wedding should come off without a hitch.  —  Early Wednesday morning, about one thousand members …
Discussion: PopSugar
PopEater:
Kirstie Alley Returning to Scripted TV  —  Kirstie Alley is eying a return to situation comedy with potential projects in the works at TV Land and HBO.  —  The ‘Dancing With the Stars’ contestant spilled the beans to AOL TV's Michael Maloney on the ‘DWTS’ press line last night.
Kevin Ritchie / Entertainment News from Celebrity …:
Pop culture as religion: Lady Gaga explains the controversial biblical imagery in her upcoming music video “Judas”  —  Next week Lady Gaga will premiere a Federico Fellini-esque music video for her new single “Judas,” a song that has predictably rankled Catholic groups with its hard-edged appropriation …
Donna Freydkin / USA Today:
Chanel brings style to Tribeca Film Festival  —  NEW YORK — Screenings took a back seat to style Monday night, when Chanel hosted its annual dinner during the Tribeca Film Festival.  —  In attendance at Odeon: Robert DeNiro, Chloe Sevigny, Jason Sudeikis, Naomi Watts and various artists, who were being honored.
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler
Kate Goodacre / Digital Spy:
Lindsay Lohan ‘wants an Oscar by 30’  —  Lindsay Lohan has revealed that she would like to win an Oscar before she turns 30.  —  The actress discussed her future projects, the paparazzi and her past troubles on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.  —  When asked by Leno where she saw herself at 30 …
Boston Herald:
NKOTB's Donnie Wahlberg helps score fan new kidney  —  By Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa with Megan Johnson  —  Self-proclaimed “Twitter-aholic” Donnie Wahlberg doles out daily inspiration and gives a lot of “twugs” to his 183,000-plus followers, but he never thought he'd help find a NKOTB fan a kidney!
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 …
Contactmusic.com:
Metallica - Metallica To Work With Rick Rubin On Next Album  —  Metallica To Work With Rick Rubin On Next Album  —  Metallica will work with Rick Rubin - who they describe as a “zen guru” - on their next album.  —  Metallica will work with “zen guru” Rick Rubin on their next album.
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Spinner
 
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Meaghan Murphy / Reuters:
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Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Tyler Perry Launching Third TBS Series (Exclusive)
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BBC:
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Celebslam:
How the hell did I miss these?  —  Miranda Kerr bikini pics!
Discussion: Celebrity Blog …
The Superficial:
‘Teen Mom’ Leah is Going to Let MTV Film Her Entire Divorce. Oh, Good.
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Daily Mail:
Curvy Kim Kardashian strips down to her underwear in a sizzling photoshoot for Cosmopolitan's body issue
 

 
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