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11:15 AM ET, May 23, 2011

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Tara Fowler / Digital Spy:
Justin Bieber, Eminem main Billboard winners  —  Justin Bieber and rapper Eminem were the night's main winners at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards.  —  The evening opened with Britney Spears joining Rihanna for a performance of the duo's remix of ‘S&M’.  Spears's appearance had been rumoured prior to the show, but was unconfirmed.
Discussion: X17 Online
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Jackie Willis / Celebuzz:
Britney Spears & Rihanna's Sexy Performance at Billboard Awards (PHOTOS)  —  As if “S&M” wasn't a sexy enough song when just performed by Rihanna, the Billboard Awards made it even hotter when Rihanna and pop icon Britney Spears took the stage!  —  The two looked like good and bad angels without pants.
Discussion: Gossip Cop
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Beyoncé Take Billboard Awards  —  It was just like 2010 all over again: Taylor Swift was the first winner of the night at Sunday's 2011 Billboard Music Awards, where she was named 200 Album Artist of the Year - for Speak Now.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Crunk + Disorderly
X17 Online:
Report: Britney Spears To Perform At Billboard Music Awards
Discussion: omg!, CONCRETELOOP.COM and PopEater
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Brad Pitt's Movie Wins Top Prize in Cannes  —  As the 64th Cannes Film Festival came to a close Sunday, its jury awarded the top prize to a movie that split the critics: director Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn.  —  Jury president Robert De Niro made the announcement …
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Lauren A.E. Schuker / Speakeasy:
‘Two and a Half Men’ Star Ashton Kutcher Has Only a One-Year Contract … On Wednesday, CBS Corp. trotted out Ashton Kutcher as the new face of its hit sitcom “Two and a Half Men,” giving him time on stage during its presentation of its coming TV schedule to advertisers.
Simon Perry / People.com:
Princess Beatrice's Hat Fetches $130,000  —  The hat that got a million tongues wagging - the pretzel-shaped fascinator atop Princess Beatrice's head on Royal Wedding Day - has been sold to an anonymous bidder.  —  The price?  $130,000, and it's all going to charity.
Discussion: Dlisted and Us Weekly
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Brandi Fowler / E! Online:
Princess Beatrice's Wacky Royal Wedding Hat Thingy Sells for Big Bucks on EBay
Discussion: PopEater
Daily Mail:
Oops!  Lindsay Lohan's wardrobe malfunction leaves very little to the imagination in her very low cut dress  —  Lindsay Lohan made a fashion faux pas and had a bit of wardrobe malfunction while posing in a raunchy photo shoot yesterday.  —  The 24-year-old wore a very low cut silky pink dress …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, INF Daily and TMZ.com
Michael K / Dlisted:
Cheeto Darko  —  If you were watching HBO's Cathouse and clicked over to watch RiRi and Brit Brit's performance at the Billboard Music Awards tonight, then you probably thought you were still on the same channel, because Our Lady of Cheetos and the Barbadian Ronald McDonald's twerked their twats …
Discussion: Hollywood Rag
PopEater:
Joseph Brooks, ‘You Light Up My Life’ Songwriter, Found Dead in Apparent Suicide  —  Joseph Brooks, an Oscar-winning songwriter awaiting trial on sex crime charges, was found dead Sunday of an apparent suicide in his New York City apartment, police say.  The ‘You Light Up My Life’ songwriter …
Discussion: Bumpshack.com, Reuters and omg!
Us Weekly:
It's a Boy For Lost Alum Evangeline Lilly!  —  Freckles, Jr!  —  Lost alum Evangeline Lilly gave birth to a baby boy.  This is the first child for Lilly, 31, and boyfriend Norman Kali, who worked as a production assistant on the ABC hit.  —  Lilly recently spoke about how she was happy to be moving on from the show.
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Newlywed Sara Rue: “I've Never Been Happier”  —  Sara Rue is a married woman!  —  The 32-year-old actress said “I do” to Kevin Price at the Bel Air Bay Club in Malibu, Calif. on Saturday, her rep confirmed exclusively to Us Weekly.  —  “I've never been happier,” the Rules of Engagement star told Us.
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Pernilla Cedenheim / People.com:
Sara Rue Is Married
New York Post:
Ahnold: I'll be broke  —  By SELIM ALGAR in LA and TODD VENEZIA in NY  —  It's not a rumor: If Maria Shriver terminates her marriage with Arnold Schwarzenegger, it could be one of the costliest celebrity splits ever.  —  Horny Arnie and his jilted journalist-wife, who split after learning the …
Christine Fenno / PopEater:
Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Andy Samberg Sing About ‘3-Way’ Love  —  Justin Timberlake gave a strong performance hosting the ‘Saturday Night Live’ season finale this weekend, especially when he reunited with Andy Samberg for a new spoof music video.  —  Featuring cameos by Susan Sarandon …
TMZ.com:
Oscar De La Hoya — “I Have My Flaws”  —  Oscar De La Hoya checked himself into rehab voluntarily and tells TMZ he feels he will come out “a stronger, healthier person.”  —  As TMZ first reported, De La Hoya entered a rehab facility in California sometime within the last few weeks.
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Matthew Perry / TMZ.com:
Oscar De La Hoya — In Rehab
 
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From Mediagazer:

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: NBC's new deal with Macy's to keep the Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC and Peacock has an average annual fee of $60M+, up from ~$20M in the current deal

Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Filing: Disney agrees to pay $43.25M to settle a 2019 lawsuit over pay equity for up to 14,000 female Disney employees; the trial was set to begin in May 2025

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