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12:45 PM ET, April 12, 2007

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New York Post:
NOT JUST DIET  —  IS Courtney Love not telling the whole truth about her dramatic weight loss?  Love insists her fabulous new figure is due to diet and exercise, but a friend said, "She's telling people she got the gastric band surgery.  She even said she had to sleep with a towel …
The Smoking Gun:
Federal Tax Rap for "Girls Gone Wild" Boss  —  IRS: Joe Francis caught in $20 million corporate evasion scheme  —  Joe Francis, the "Girls Gone Wild" founder, was indicted today on federal tax evasion charges for illegally deducting more than $20 million in phony business expenses from his 2002 and 2003 corporate tax returns.
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People.com:
Justin Timberlake: I Called Britney Spears  —  Justin Timberlake was so concerned about Britney Spears, who entered rehab in February, that he reached out to her, he has revealed.  —  "I called her because I worried about her," Timberlake, 26, said recently at a press day for his new movie Shrek The Third.
Mirror.co.uk:
CAPRIO TO BE A DADDIO  —  NEWS that Leonardo DiCaprio is planning to wed stunning girlfriend Bar Rafaeli in the summer shocked many.  —  But now we may know the real reason they're getting hitched so quickly.  Word reaches us that the couple, who have been dating for just 15 months, are expecting their first child.
New York Post:
BACK TO MALAWI  —  SOURCES close to Madonna say the pop queen is headed back to Malawi this weekend to look at adopting another baby.  "She's going to Africa on Saturday, and on Sunday her family will be one bigger," our spy predicted.  But her rep, Liz Rosenberg, said …
Lorenzo Benet / People.com:
Lane Garrison Hopes to Meet Victims' Families to Apologize  —  Prison Break star Lane Garrison plans to plead guilty to vehicular manslaughter charges and wants to meet with the families of the victims to apologize, his lawyer tells PEOPLE.  —  "He is willing to meet with families and express …
New York Post:
Blast At Cbs Nuts And Wimps  —  FORMER CBS News reporter Bernard Goldberg is biting the hand that once fed him in a new memoir, taking wicked shots at network CEO Les Moonves and anchor Katie Couric.  —  In "Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right," from HarperCollins …
Daily Mail:
Pete: 'Kate and I ARE engaged'  —  Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty dedicated a song to lover Kate Moss, describing her as his fiancee as she appeared on stage alongside him.  —  Performing a solo gig at the Hackney Empire in east London, he introduced the track "KP Nuts", and said …
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Are Pink's anti-Bush views being censored?  —  Plus: Madonna and Justin Timberlake making beautiful music together  —  Singer Pink told Jimmy Kimmel that she hasn't been able to sing or discuss her anti-Bush song on other shows.  —  Are Pink's anti-Bush views being censored?
Mayrav / Us Weekly:
Update: Britney Denies Crush on NBA Giant, Chokes Back Tears  —  Britney Spears cleared up any rumors Wednesday that she's got a crush on Los Angeles Lakers forward Luke Walton, 27, whom the singer had dubbed "cute" in 2004.  Spears communicated to inquiring paparazzi that it is her cousin …
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Best Week Ever
X17 Online:
Dancing Queen  —  Britney's back in the dance studio! — just hours ago, after a quick shopping trip in Malibu, Brit headed to Millennium Dance studio in North Hollywood for a rehearsal.  She was there for about two hours, fueled by Red Bull, practicing with backup dancers — for what?!
New York Post:
NEVERLAND SELLING CHEAP?  —  MICHAEL Jackson may finally be getting rid of Neverland.  The self-titled King of Pop quietly put the sprawling, 2,700-acre Santa Barbara estate on the market several years ago to help pay off $200 million in debt - but there were no takers for the tacky ranch until now.
Discussion: Dlisted
Roger Friedman / Fox News:
JOHN TRAVOLTA WON'T DO 'TODAY' FOR 'HAIRSPRAY'  —  John Travolta Won't Do 'Today' for 'Hairspray'  —  John Travolta won't be joining his cast mates when they publicize "Hairspray" on the "Today" show this July.  That's because Travolta's respected publicist, Paul Bloch, says "Good Morning America" simply asked first.
NY Daily News:
Dangling some 'evidence' that Saddam is still alive  —  DAILY NEWS GOSSIP COLUMNISTS  —  Saddam Hussein is "alive and well" - or so says an agent selling what he purports is "forensic evidence" that the Iraqi dictator's execution was faked.  Phoenix-based David Hans Schmidt tells us he's …
Discussion: The Superficial
Daily Mail:
The amazing £179 test that shows if you've left it too late to have a baby  —  A new test shows women if they've left it too late to have a baby.  We asked three 35-year-old singletons to take it.  For two, the results were shattering...  He's always visiting his 'mother'.
Starpulse:
Kimora Lee Simmons To Star In Reality Show  —  Ask Kimora Lee Simmons who she is and the answers will be varied — a mogul and a mother ... demanding and compassionate ... a designer and a diva.  Kimora Lee Simmons is a woman who takes charge of life and lives it to the fullest.
Lesley Messer / People.com:
Petra Nemcova: Loving the Single Life  —  After splitting with James Blunt in February, how's Petra Nemcova enjoying the single life?  —  "I am having a great time!" the model, 27, told PEOPLE Tuesday in New York City at the Br!ck Awards, which honor young people working toward social change.
Discussion: Bossip
The Grumpiest:
Kylie Minogue Seems a Little Off.  —  I think I'm done with Kylie Minogue, seriously what the hell is all this about?  The 38-year-old singer is definitely not ageing gracefully in these pictures taken at the launch of her new swimwear line for H & M. I'm as much a fan of botoxed …
Zen Pap / FlynetOnline.com Your Number 1 Source …:
Britney Stops To Smell The...Perfume?  —  We spotted Britney Spears back in LA today after her short stay in Las Vegas, NV.  Brit was in very good spirits while hanging out with her cousin Ali and doing some Retail Therapy!  Brit went to L'Occitane and took a whiff of some dfferent perfumes …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
No Love for Shiloh  —  Life & Style is reporting that when Angelina Jolie returned from Vietnam with Pax Thien she suddenly stopped showering Shiloh with attention.  Sources close to the couple say that Brad Pitt is upset that she isn't showing their bio-child the kind of love she's showing …
 
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Zen Pap / FlynetOnline.com Your Number 1 Source …:
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Associated Press:
Large protests outside the annual WHCD event condemned both the Western news' media coverage of the war in Gaza and President Biden's handling of the conflict

 
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