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4:30 PM ET, April 2, 2007

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TMZ.com:
Stern Shut Down In Huge Way Over DNA  —  Howard K. Stern lost a big one in the Bahamas today.  —  Stern's appeal on DNA testing was just shut down, and Howard K. was penalized by the three-judge panel to the tune of $10,000.  TMZ has learned Stern was ordered to pay $5,000 in attorney's fees …
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A Socialite's Life:
Larry Birkhead Seriously Better Hope That Baby Is His  —  ...otherwise, I have no idea how he plans to pay for his super-crazy lawyer fees from Debra Opri.  Larry Birkhead's bill from Debra Opri, whom he fired two weeks ago, recently came in the mail and was for a whopping $620,492.84.
Discussion: The Evil Beet, Gabsmash and Celebamour
Jessica Robertson / Associated Press:
Anna Nicole's partner drops DNA appeal  —  NASSAU, Bahamas - The lawyer-turned-partner of Anna Nicole Smith dropped his bid Monday to halt the use of DNA to prove the paternity of the former Playboy playmate's infant daughter when it appeared a Bahamas court was going to reject his appeal.
Discussion: Defamer and The Bastardly
Simon Parry / News of the World:
THIS is the woman at the centre of Angelina Jolie's toddler adoption row - a mum who says she simply wants the best for her son.  —  The News of the World has tracked down tragic heroin addict Pham Thu Dung, who abandoned her baby son in a Vietnamese hospital when he was just two days old.
Discussion: We Love Celebs!
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Noelle Hancock / Us Weekly:
Pax's Birth Mother Breaks Her Silence  —  Pham Thu Dung, the biological mother of Pax Thien Jolie, says she's happy that her child has found a new life with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.  —  The British newspaper News of the World tracked Dung down in the Vietnam neighborhood she calls home …
Discussion: Holy Candy and I'm Not Obsessed
E Canada Now:
Angelina Jolie Wants To Adopt Again
Mirror.co.uk:
FERGIE: I WAS A LESBIAN  —  SEXY Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie has admitted to a series of lesbian flings.  —  Fergie, 31, said she rebelled against a Catholic upbringing and went on a wild sex and drugs spree when she got to 18.  —  She added: "I have had lesbian experiences in the past.
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FemaleFirst:
Lesbian Fergie  —  Fergie has confessed to having a series of lesbian relationships.  —  The Black Eyed Peas singer has revealed she rebelled against her parents and her strict Catholic upbringing when she was 18 experimenting with drugs and sex.  —  She said: "I have had lesbian experiences in the past.
Phil / Egotastic!:
Tara Reid's Bikini Cannot Contain Her Breasts  —  You've got to hand it to Tara Reid.  She's really managed to get herself back into fine form, and has almost completely lost that skanky image of hers.  I say almost, because she still can't quite pick out a bikini that actually fits.
Discussion: Glunp.com
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The Superficial:
Tara Reid's bikini almost fits
Discussion: Gone Hollywood
The Sun:
Avril has a pop at sad Britney  —  AVRIL LAVIGNE has hit out at troubled BRITNEY SPEARS — for being too weak to cope with fame.  —  The Sk8er Boi singer, 22, said: "What's happened to Britney is all down to who she is as a person.  If you want a piece of this business you have to be able to deal with it.
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Sky News:
AVRIL'S BRITNEY RANT  —  We've heard oodles of people offering their support to Britney Spears over the last month.  —  But Avril Lavigne has some less than sympathetic words for her.  —  Avril told The Sun: "What's happened to Britney is all down to who she is as a person.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and The DarkHat
New York Post:
CLOSET AMBUSH  —  PARIS Hilton is slammed in Manhattan Mini Storage ads that recently appeared on phone kiosks showing a Chihuahua who looks a lot like Tinkerbell with the slogan: "Your closet's so shallow, it makes Paris look deep."  We brought this to the attention of Hilton publicist Elliot Mintz …
Caris Davis / People.com:
Trump Wins at Wrestlemania, Keeps His Hair  —  Donald Trump told PEOPLE last week he wasn't afraid to shave his head - and luckily (for him, at least), he didn't have to.  —  Trump "defeated" World Wrestling Entertainment owner Vince McMahon in the "Battle of the Billionaires" in Detroit on Sunday, thereby sparing his famous coif.
New York Post:
CUSHION PUSHIN'  —  NOTE to Jonathan Rhys Meyers: Next time, get a hotel room!  The Irish-born hunk, who stars as Henry VIII in the new Showtime series "The Tudors," sashayed into The Plumm with his pony-tailed brunette love Reena Hammer under his arm the other night.
POPSUGAR:
Mandy May Be Hobbling To a High School Near You  —  Mandy may have glowed at the Kids' Choice Awards, but apparently she wasn't feeling quite so sunny yesterday in LA. Not only was she dressed almost entirely in black but she was also sporting a knee-high boot on her right leg.
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Just Jared:
Mandy Moore Breaks a Leg
Discussion: Gossip Rocks Forum and MollyGood
Ben Widdicombe / NY Daily News:
L.A. Reid @ hot mail  —  Island Def Jam sure is a loving place to work - especially if you're a pretty female secretary.  —  An e-mail exchange from April 2005 between married CEO L.A. Reid and a then-employee, whose name we will not reveal, shows just how loving.  —  "Even the short sweet ones are delicious!!!!!!"
Lburch / A Socialite's Life:
The Re-Growth of Britney Spears  —  Look, I'm sprouting some new hair y'all!  More photos of Britney in her Lakers get up after the jump.
Discussion: WOW Report and The Evil Beet
TMZ.com:
"A.I." Finalists Fuming Over "Sanjaya Situation"  —  While most of the country may have fallen in love with "American Idol" wannabe Sanjaya Malakar, there is one group that is finding his growing popularity a tad irritating — his fellow "A.I." contestants!  —  An inside source revealed exclusively …
NY Daily News:
Screen queen and McQueen make hot classical dish  —  DAILY NEWS GOSSIP COLUMNISTS  —  Marlene [Dietrich] asked me whether I would ghost her memoirs," writes Leo Lerman in his journals, "but I thought it over and decided that she would never really tell what the public wants to know.
Discussion: celebwarship.com/wp
New York Post:
RAPPER GIVES IT TO PRODUCER  —  HIP-hop artist Timbaland left no doubt who inspired his combative song, "Give It to Me," at club Marquee the other night, when he announced to the shocked crowd, "Scott Storch is a bitch!"  —  Storch, 32, the record producer who has worked with Beyoncé …
Discussion: We Love Celebs! and VH1 Blog
 
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Sandra Rose:
Tameka Foster Expecting a Baby!
Discussion: Bossip and Str8 Outta NYC
Molly / POPSUGAR:
Lindsay and Kim's Prison Stripe Dress Sunday
MollyGood:
Ugg Alright  —  I don't care if they're "super comfy," …
Hollywoodtuna:
Playboy Bunnies + Golf = A Hole In One
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I am - Lohan and Kimbo Stewart are Best Friends Who Dress the Same of the Day
Lburch / A Socialite's Life:
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POPSUGAR:
Celebs Get Their Slime On For Kids Choice Awards
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J. Harvey / A Socialite's Life:
Elisabeth Hasselbeck Claims Friendship With Rosie
Meghan / Celebrity Baby Scoop:
Bluebell Madonna Halliwell
Molly / POPSUGAR:
Carmen Strips Down At Dinah Shore Week
FemaleFirst:
Hilary Swank's permanent Oscars
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