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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: Reuters, omg!, TMZ.com and Digital Spy
Alex Winehouse / Entertainmentwise:
Lindsay Lohan Turns To Scientology?  —  John Travolta lands another celebrity...  How they manage to do it is beyond Entertainmentwise, but the Church of Scientology seems to have claimed another celebrity, this time in the form of Lindsay Lohan.  —  LiLo, whose recent life has resembled …
Discussion: EarSucker, Celebs.com and The Blemish
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Marcus Barnes / Daily Mail:
Smoking hot?  Lindsay Lohan reinforces her bad girl image posing with a cigarette in racy new shoot for BLANK magazine
Michael K / Dlisted:   The “Scientology Wants Lindsay Lohan” Story We Knew Was Coming
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
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: PopEater and PopSugar
Perez Hilton:
Stevie Nicks To Perform On American Idol Finale!  —  Thank our lucky stars!  —  This is literally a gift from the heavens!  —  As we've reported, Lady GaGa is set to perform during the finale of American Idol - and now, we have ANOTHER performance over which we'll be losing our shiz during …
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Lara Martin / Digital Spy:
Jordin Sparks, Steven Tyler video for ‘Idol’
Discussion: X17 Online and CONCRETELOOP.COM
Jennifer Still / Digital Spy:
Latest ‘American Idol’ result revealed
Discussion: X17 Online, omg!, PopEater and Perez Hilton
Bedhead / Cele|bitchy:
Tara Reid partied so hard that her tooth fell out  —  In the past year, a few stories have indicated that Tara Reid has fallen off the sobriety wagon in a very spectacular way despite a 2009 rehab stint that was supposed to put her back on track to a career “comeback.”
Discussion: The Blemish and Celebs.com
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: X17 Online, TV Squad and The Frisky
Sarah Bull / Daily Mail:
All eyes on Katie Holmes in a low-cut dress as husband Tom Cruise is honoured by Jewish human rights organisation  —  It can be difficult to stand out when your husband is a world-famous action movie star.  —  But last night Katie Holmes managed to take centre stage as Tom Cruise …
Discussion: Socialite Life
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Christina Norman Dismissed as Chief of OWN  —  Christina Norman, left, with Oprah Winfrey and David Zaslav, the chief executive of Discovery Communications, celebrating the start of OWN on Jan. 1, 2011.  Ms. Norman is exiting the channel.  —  1:49 p.m. |  Updated |
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 …
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Will Keanu Reeves Step Into Warner Bros.' ‘Akira’?  (Exclusive) … Akira, the English-language, live-action take on the landmark anime and manga property, is zeroing in on its star, and it just might be Keanu Reeves.  —  Warner Bros. has been having a tough time finding the two leads of the movie, to be directed by Albert Hughes.
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.
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 …
TMZ.com:
Kelly Preston — Charlie Sheen DID NOT Shoot Me!  —  Kelly Preston is backing up her ex-fiance Charlie Sheen — confirming he DID NOT pull the trigger during the infamous 1990 shooting incident ... and insisting the whole thing was a “complete accident.”  —  Kelly — who's now married …
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.
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 …
Celebslam:
Shenae Grimes is noticeable  —  90210's Shenae Grimes at Toast Bakery Cafe in L.A. (5/4)  —  Oh look, Shenae Grimes appears to have dropped something on the ground which necessitates her bending over in full view of the paparazzi to pick it up.  What a fortuitous turn of events for someone seeking attention.
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, Oh No They Didn't!, Queerty and Gawker
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 …
Katelyn Mullen / PopEater:
Bikini Clad Kim Kardashian's Sexy Beach Romp With Beau [Photos]  —  Kim Kardashian sizzled on the beaches of Puerto Mita, Mexico, with boyfriend and New Jersey Nets star, Kris Humphries.  —  The undeniably hot pair weren't shy with their signs of affection.
 
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Sarah Durham Wilson / People.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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