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Alison Schwartz / People.com:
Paul McCartney, Nancy Shevell Are Engaged  —  Paul McCartney and his girlfriend of four years, Nancy Shevell, are engaged to be married, sources tell PEOPLE.  —  “Nancy and Paul are getting married,” a source close to Shevell, 51, a New York businesswoman, tells PEOPLE.  “Ring and all - very exciting.”
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Jessica / INF Daily:
Paul McCartney Gets Engaged To Nancy Shevell!  —  Love is blooming again for Paul McCartney, and this time it's sure to work out better than the last.  The former Beatle just announced that he is engaged to girlfriend Nancy Shevell, who he has been quietly dating for four years.
Discussion: omg! and TMZ.com
Fay Schlesinger / Daily Mail:
Waitrose-y Katie goes down the aisle again - at the supermarket: Proves she has the common touch as she pushes her own trolley  —  She is the newest and most glamorous member of the royal family, and one of the best-known women in the world.  —  But a dressed-down Duchess of Cambridge …
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Rennie Dyball / People.com:
Kate's Royal Grocery Run - Her First Newlywed Outing in Wales  —  Duchess in aisle three!  —  Less than a week after the “wedding of the century,” a far more casual Duchess Catherine hit her local Waitrose grocery store on the island of Anglesey, in North Wales.
Discussion: PopSugar
Scott Bowles / USA Today:
Jolie, Black perfect for ‘Kung Fu Panda 2’  —  With an Oscar, Brad Pitt as a beau and a face as recognizable as any on the planet, Angelina Jolie doesn't fluster easily.  —  Stick her in a recording studio with her kids, though, and she's a jangle of nerves.
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Us Weekly:
Angelina Jolie: I Hate the Sound of My Own Voice
Discussion: Hollywood.com
Jennifer Still / Digital Spy:
Latest ‘American Idol’ result revealed  —  Warning: This article contains spoilers that some readers may prefer to avoid.  Please click here if you wish to continue.  —  Jacob Lusk has become the ninth contestant to be eliminated from American Idol's tenth season.
Discussion: omg!, PopEater and Perez Hilton
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Perez Hilton:
Stevie Nicks To Perform On American Idol Finale!
Discussion: PopEater, omg! and TV Squad
Lara Martin / Digital Spy:
Jordin Sparks, Steven Tyler video for ‘Idol’
Discussion: CONCRETELOOP.COM
People.com:
Nikki Cox & Jay Mohr Welcome a Boy  —  It's a happy Cinco de Mayo for Jay Mohr and Nikki Cox, who welcomed their first child together on Thursday, their rep tells PEOPLE.  —  Cox, 32, gave birth to a baby boy, Meredith Daniel Mohr, who weighed in at 6 lbs. 7 oz.
Nicole Sperling / 24 Frames:
Joel Edgerton signs on for Kathryn Bigelow's Bin Laden movie  —  As “The Hurt Locker” team of Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal continue to work on their Osama bin Laden movie, they've signed up their first actor.  —  Australian Joel Edgerton will play a special operative in the picture …
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Hollywood Reporter:
ABC Bleeps Osama bin Laden Joke From ‘Happy Endings’ But It Airs in Canada (Video)
Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
Bryan Adams Is a Dad!  —  Bryan Adams is in heaven.  —  The rocker-photographer and co-founder of his foundation, Alicia Grimaldi, welcomed a daughter last month, his rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.  —  “I'm really proud to announce on 22 April, Mirabella Bunny was born,” says Adams, 51.
PopEater:
Video: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler Channel ‘Jersey Shore’  —  New Jersey invaded ‘Late Night,’ along with several of Jimmy Fallon's former ‘Saturday Night Live’ castmates.  It was a veritable reunion of some of the late-night sketch show's power women with Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Rachel Dratch all making cameos.
Discussion: The Frisky and TV Squad
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
ABC Plotting Abbreviated Final Season Of ‘Brothers & Sisters’ With Less Calista  —  With Desperate Housewives' renewal assured after the series' stars have have been re-signed, Brothers and Sisters remains the only veteran ABC series not picked up for next season.
Robert Berkvist / New York Times:
Arthur Laurents, Playwright and Director on Broadway, Dies at 93  —  Arthur Laurents, the playwright, screenwriter and director who wrote and ultimately transformed two of Broadway's landmark shows, “Gypsy” and “West Side Story,” and created one of Hollywood's most well-known romances …
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Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
R.I.P. Arthur Laurents
Discussion: CNN, Queerty, Oh No They Didn't! and Gawker
Cele|bitchy:
Alicia Keys on loving Swizz Beatz: “I feel so open now, everything is going to be fine”  —  Alicia Keys is on the cover of Essence Magazine next month, and she looks so pretty with understated hair and makeup and her hair slicked back.  Alicia is of course married to music producer Swizz Beatz …
Discussion: coverawards.com
Sarah Durham Wilson / People.com:
Emma Bunton ‘Happy & Excited’ over Birth of Her Son  —  Baby Spice had another baby!  —  Emma Bunton gave birth to her second child, son Tate, on Friday, who weighed in at 7 lbs.  “Both mother and baby are doing well,” her rep says in a statement, “and the family are over the moon …
Discussion: PopEater, Pop2it and EW.com
Katie Henry / PopSugar:
See Jane Krakowski's Newborn Son Bennett!  —  New mom and 30 Rock star Jane Krakowski bundled up her infant son Bennett Robert Godley and ventured out for a stroll around their NYC neighborhood yesterday.  Jane gave birth to Bennett on April 13 and it looks like she's already showing …
Discussion: INF Daily
Jay Bobbin / Zap2it:
After 10 years, ‘Smallville’ flies out of The CW's lineup  —  DISCUSS THIS STORY NOW  —  “This was not a show about Superman.”  —  That's what star Tom Welling says about “Smallville,” which has spent 10 years charting Clark Kent's progression from his teen years into young adulthood …
Discussion: Just Jared and Splash Page
Tim Nudd / People.com:
Franklin Mint Unveils Kate Royal Wedding Doll  —  She was a doll on her wedding day in that stunning Alexander McQueen wedding gown.  And now, Duchess Catherine literally is a doll - the Kate Middleton Royal Wedding Doll, created by the Franklin Mint.  —  It features an exact replica …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Maria Mercedes Lara / Celebuzz:
Tori Spelling Debuts Pregnant Bikini Bod (& New Tattoo!) in Palm Springs (PHOTOS)  —  Former 90210 actress Tori Spelling showed off her pregnant bikini bod when she was spotted soaking up some sun in Palm Springs, California earlier this week.  —  The 37-year-old reality star was showing off …
Discussion: Girls Talkin Smack
TMZ.com:
Nic Cage Dodges Bullet In Drunken New Orleans Arrest  —  Nic Cage will not be charged with a crime for allegedly attacking his wife during a drunken argument in New Orleans last month ... TMZ has confirmed.  —  The New Orleans District Attorney's Office tells us ... investigators …
Discussion: X17 Online
New York Post:
Kelly Osbourne's new boy toy  —  Unlucky-in-love Kelly Osbourne has finally landed herself a nice new boyfriend — New York photographer and visual artist Anton Lombardi.  —  Rocker Ozzy's 26-year-old daughter has known handsome, long-haired Lombardi for years, but friends say they just recently started dating seriously.
Raphael Chestang / ETonline:
Jennifer Aniston Launches New Wistful Fragrance  —  Jennifer Aniston launched her new self-titled fragrance at Sephora Lexington Avenue in New York City on Thursday and ET was there to chat with the star on how this new business venture came about.  —  “It was inspired by many things …
Discussion: Socialite Life and Just Jared
TMZ.com:
Eddie Cibrian to Ex: Keep Our Kids Off ‘Housewives’  —  Eddie Cibrian is adamant he does not want his ex-wife Brandi Glanville to put their kids on “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” — and we're told he's ready to go to court over it.  —  TMZ broke the story ... Brandi will star …
Pike Wire:
Pike Wire Interview: David Coulier  —  Dave Coulier, best known as “Uncle Joey” on the TV series Full House, started his career in entertainment as a standup comedian, and voice-over artist on the animated shows like the Muppet Babies, Scooby Doo, the Jetson's and the Real Ghost Busters.
Celebslam:
Oh hi Jessica Lowndes . . . and the morning links  —  Jessica Lowndes arriving at the “FHM Sexiest Woman in the World 2011” launch party at One Marylebone in London (5/4)  —  + Nicolette Sheridan's old lady ass [Drunken Stepfather]  —  + Alessandra Ambrosio doing a little clubbing [Hollywood Tuna]
Kiki Von Glinow / PopEater:
Topless Photo of Pippa Middleton Emerges  —  Just after pics of brother, James Middleton, hit the web, Duchess Kate Middleton has one more sibling dealing with a naughty photo scandal — sister, Pippa Middleton.  —  A scandalous photo of the tan and topless Pippa, 27, doing some dirty dancing …
Jennifer Garcia / People.com:
Brad Pitt & Courteney Cox Reunite for Dinner in Hollywood  —  No bad blood here!  —  Brad Pitt joined ex-wife Jennifer Aniston's BFF Courteney Cox for dinner at Hollywood hotspot Beso on Wednesday night.  —  The two joined a group of 12 people for an industry dinner party honoring their manager Cynthia Pett-Dante's birthday.
 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
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