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2:50 PM ET, February 25, 2008

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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Why Brad Renfro Was Cut From Oscar Tribute Montage  —  Why was late actor Brad Renfro cut from the video tribute at Sunday's Oscars?  —  “It was really an editing decision because we can't fit everyone in,” a rep for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tells Usmagazine.com.
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TMZ.com:
Academy Screws Renfro, In Memoriam  —  So in case you missed it, Brad Renfro was ignored during the “in memoriam” montage on the Oscars last night.  You're not gonna believe the statement the Academy gave TMZ.  —  The tape featured 98 movie types who died in the last year.
Matt Donnelly / PageSix.com:
Petra's Night With Penn  —  Newly single Sean Penn and supermodel Petra Nemcova slipped out of LA's Villa nightclub at 3:10 a.m. this morning — clearly Hollywood's hottest new item.  —  The pair followed up an appearance at a CAA event two days ago with a full-on assault of coupledom tonight at Elton John's Oscar Party (above).
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People.com:
Sean Penn Steps Out With Petra Nemcova  —  The actor is spotted with the model, who tells PEOPLE they met through her charity  —  Less than two months after he announced his separation from his wife of 11 years, Sean Penn hit Sunday night's Oscar party circuit with a new blonde beauty on his arm: model Petra Nemcova.
Discussion: iVillage and dailystab.com
Phil / Egotastic!:
Brooke Hogan's Bikini Boobs Take Flight  —  I'm not sure exactly what Brooke Hogan is trying to prove in these bikini pictures, but I think it's either A) She can fly, 2) Her breasts are real, 3) She is not actually a man.  Sadly, on all 3 counts, she fails.
Discussion: OH NO!!
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Daily Mail:
Katie Holmes talks about her ‘amazing’ Tom, motherhood and how being famous got her into trouble at church  —  Best known for being Mrs Tom Cruise, actress Katie Holmes, 29, first garnered fame as Joey in the hit television show Dawson's Creek.  —  Her big-screen credits include Batman Begins …
People.com:
Gary Busey & Jen Garner's Red Carpet Run-In  —  Why did the actor interrupt an interview with the actress?  “It's about having fun,” he tells PEOPLE  —  Ryan Seacrest got some red-carpet help he may not have anticipated - or wanted - when Gary Busey interrupted an interview the E! …
Discussion: Wendy Wayrad
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TMZ.com:
Alba to Seacrest — Suck on This!
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Associated Press:   Gary Busey harasses stars on red carpet
New York Post:
NOW THAT'S ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU SICK  —  THE groupies who slept with Tommy Lee and Nikki Sixx during their hell-raising Motley Crue years may want to have themselves dry-cleaned after reading “Rock Star Babylon.”  In his compilation of outrageous rock ‘n’ roll stories, out in June, Jon...
MSNBC:
Tidbits: Aniston puts her eggs on ice  —  Plus: Love first, career second for Jessica Simpson; Keira likes fake boobs  —  Angelina Jolie may have secured the headlines over the weekend by finally revealing her much buzzed about baby bump, but Brad Pitt's former ladylove, Jennifer Aniston, quietly made preparations for her own brood.
People.com:
VIDEO: Whoopi Goldberg Chokes Up Over Oscar Montage  —  The first black Oscar host speaks up after she doesn't appear in Sunday night's clip  —  Whoopi Goldberg teared up on ABC's The View Monday morning after her cohosts pointed out that the Oscar winner (and first black Oscar host) …
Discussion: Dlisted and Lifeline Live
Whatsonstage.com:
WOS TV: Radcliffe Rides to Inaugural Awards Show  —  The eighth annual Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards achieved a resounding climax last night (24 February 2008) at the inaugural Whatsonstage.com Year on Year Concert & Awards Show at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue …
Discussion: Towleroad and Glitterati Gossip
Jana Winter / PageSix.com:
The Gig is Up, Paris and Benji  —  The gig is up, Paris Hilton and Benji Madden.  —  C'mon guys, what gives?  Stop trying to pretend that you're not a couple; stop walking separately, a few feet away from each other when we all know you're coming from and going to the same place.
Discussion: iVillage and poponthepop.com
TMZ.com:
PETA Rats Out Stone for Hideous Oscar Jewelry  —  Fur loving Sharon Stone could give a rat's ass about what she wears these days on the red carpet.  Literally.  —  Stone showed up to the Elton John party last night wearing an actual rats paw as a broach.  And of course, PETA has a few kind words for the animal killer.
Kate Stroup / People.com:
George Clooney's Oscar Date Night with Sarah Larson  —  “She looks good, huh?” he says, as the couple make their way through the Oscar parties  —  It must be serious!  —  For the first time ever, George Clooney brought a girlfriend to the Oscars.  As the two moved slowly …
Discussion: POPSUGAR
 
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