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2:10 PM ET, April 12, 2007

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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.
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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.
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
TMZ.com:
Justin Dials Britney's Digits  —  Justin Timberlake was worried about Britney after all - so worried that he called her a while back to make sure she was all right, he says.  —  "I called her because I worried about her," he said at a press day for "Shrek the Third," which was also …
Michael K / Dlisted:   No Love for Shiloh  —  Life & Style is reporting that when …
Cristian Salazar / Associated Press:
Influential author Vonnegut dies at 84
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 …
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.
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Leonardo DiCaprio to be dad  —  Leonardo DiCaprio is to become a dad.  —  The 32-year-old actor and his Israeli model girlfriend Bar Rafaeli, 21, are reportedly expecting their first child together this autumn.  —  Friends of the couple - who have been dating for 15-months - claim the pair are absolutely "delighted" with the news.
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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 …
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 …
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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Andrei Harmsworth / Metro.co.uk:
Koolie Minogue takes the plunge  —  Summer is already set to be long and hot and now the mercury is set to soar even further, after Kylie Minogue unveiled a steamy swimwear collection.  —  The 38-year-old showed she's still got it following her battle with breast cancer, showing off an amazing figure …
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The Grumpiest:   Kylie Minogue Seems a Little Off.
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 …
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 and Defamer
TMZ.com:
"Hardcore Idol" — EXXXposed!  —  It's official: The sex tape featuring an "American Idol" castoff is real ... real dirty.  —  TMZ has obtained the exclusive first images of the shocking video, featuring Season Two contestant Olivia Mojica.  Here's one pair of lungs Simon won't dis!
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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
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
HIGHLIGHTS FROM CELEBU-WORLD  —  1. Angelina Jolie.  She did a Marie Claire photo shoot in L.A. The crew, aware of Earth Mother Angelina's deep abiding concern for the good and healthy care and feeding of civilization and the upgrading of mankind, ordered top-of-the-line organic lunch for her.
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
X17 Online:
Britney Takes It To The Streets For Her Big Comeback  —  Or at least "to the sidewalk" - not that we could have missed it, but yesterday we caught her Escalade doing a little "urban offroading" outside of the Millennium Dance Studios!  Luckily for her, the cops she'd called to provide …
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?!
 
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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

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