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10:30 PM ET, February 25, 2008

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Ruth Laney / People.com:
Jamie Lynn Spears Passes Her GED Exam  —  Out of the spotlight after revealing her pregnancy, 16-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears is moving ahead with her life, passing her GED and thinking about college, a family friend tells PEOPLE.  —  The Zoey 101 star passed her high school equivalency exam …
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OK! Magazine:
Britney's Visitations “Going Very Well”  —  While the rest of Hollywood was getting over their Oscar hangover on Monday morning, Britney Spears was enjoying the second visit from her two young sons in three days.  —  “It went very well,” a source close to the pop star tells OK! …
E! Online:
More Mommy Time for Britney  —  After not seeing her boys for almost two months, Britney Spears has scored her second face-to-face visit in the past three days.  —  The embattled pop star received another in-home visit from one-year-old Jayden James and two-year-old Sean Preston on Monday, E! News has confirmed.
Discussion: POPSUGAR, PageSix.com and OH NO!!
Jefferson Reid / E! Online:
Poll: K-Fed a Broadway Bad Boy?
Discussion: That Other Blog
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Jamie Lynn Spears Gets Her GED
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.
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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.
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Paris Hilton Returning to Reality TV  —  Paris Hilton is returning to reality television.  —  “The show is going to be about her searching for a new best friend,” a source tells Usmagazine.com.  “Paris is tired of the haters and she's looking for someone new.  She's looking for someone new and cool who she can trust.”
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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.
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.
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TMZ.com:
Paris & Benji Get High Together
Discussion: E! Online
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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Jay Bird / Cele|bitchy:
Sean Penn And Petra Nemcova Hit Oscar Parties As A Couple
Discussion: New York Post
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) …
Brenda Rodriguez / People.com:
Diddy: I'm Sending Sean John Baby Clothes to Jennifer Lopez  —  Sean “Diddy” Combs partied the night away on Oscar Sunday - but he still had some time to think about baby gifts for former girlfriend Jennifer Lopez.  —  On the red carpet at the Academy Award ceremony at the Kodak Theater …
The Sun:
CHRISTINA AGUILERA seems be taking tips from her newborn baby, reportedly throwing a “massive tantrum” and sacking her manager, an assistant and PR firm BWR.  —  And all because an issue of US magazine People, featuring pictures of the busty singer with husband JORDAN BRATMAN and five-week-old son MAX LIRON, received poor sales.
Michael K / Dlisted:
Harry Potter's Gay Kiss  —  Daniel Radcliffe accepted some theater award for his work in Equus on Sunday night when the show's host, James Corden, ambushed him with a kiss.  Daniel doesn't even try to deny it and he just goes with it.  I don't blame the host.  Harry Potter is that sexy.
Discussion: Gone Hollywood
The Insider Online:
Matt Damon to Return for More ‘Bourne’  —  See All: Matt Damon The Bourne Ultimatum
 
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Britney Spears Gets a Visit From Her Sons Again
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Ryan Sabey / News of the World:
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PETA Rats Out Stone for Hideous Oscar Jewelry
Michael K / Dlisted:
No Showdown  —  Jennifer Aniston and Brangelina were supposed …
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Brooke Hogan's Bikini Boobs Take Flight
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New York Post:
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