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6:15 PM ET, February 28, 2008

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TMZ.com:
“Idol” Nurse Busted for DUI  —  “A.I.” finalist Amanda Overmyer plead guilty to DUI back in October 2006 near her hometown of Crawfordsville, In.  —  She received a suspended sentence of 60 days and was placed on 180 days probation, which ended in August 2007.  —  Story developing ...
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Amanda Overmyer Is My Next American Idol  —  Amanda Overmyer is the perfect “American Idol” and I'm going to burn the hell out of all my phone lines (ok, just one) by voting for her.  She has everything an Idol needs.  Her vocal skills are questionable, her outfits came straight …
National Enquirer:
IDOL'S AMANDA OVERMYER: DUI BUST
Discussion: TV Envy and Celebridiot
NY Daily News:
Store can't handle a Brit fit  —  Britney Spears keeps coming up with weird requests for her favorite L.A. boutiques.  —  She flummoxed staff at the Betsey Johnson on Melrose Ave. this month by turning up with a Dolce & Gabbana dress she wanted the store to copy - in all white - to be ready by that evening.
Angelina Jolie / Washington Post:
Staying to Help in Iraq  —  The request is familiar to American ears: “Bring them home.”  —  But in Iraq, where I've just met with American and Iraqi leaders, the phrase carries a different meaning.  It does not refer to the departure of U.S. troops, but to the return of the millions …
Phil / Egotastic!:
Kate Beckinsale's Vagina is the Best  —  Guess what?  Kate Beckinsale loves her vagina.  She thinks it's really pretty.  In fact, she thinks it's her best feature.  Yeah, even better than her face, which is perfect.  She's also got some great nicknames for her vagina, referring to it as her …
Discussion: F-Listed
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Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Owen Wilson and Kate Hudson “Hooking Up”  —  After a suicide attempt last August, Owen Wilson has been given a second chance at life - and, it seems, love.  —  The actor was seen driving his silver Toyota Prius away from Kate Hudson's Pacific Palisades home on Feb. 23.
Graeme Massie / Showbiz Spy:
Hugh Hefner wants Lindsay Lohan to appear in Playboy — as Marilyn Monroe  —  Lindsay Lohan will get another chance to strip off and pose nude as Marilyn Monroe - if Hugh Hefner gets his way.  —  Hefner wants the starlet to appear in Playboy recreating Monroe's famous naked swim …
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Hollywoodtuna:
Lindsay Lohan In Playboy Magazine? No, Paper!
Discussion: cityrag
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Pete Wentz Gives Ashlee Simpson a Promise Ring  —  Ashlee Simpson has been flashing bling on her ring finger for a while now.  —  On Wednesday, she confirmed it's a promise ring from her Fall Out Boy beau Pete Wentz.  —  “It just means that he hasn't asked my dad yet...” …
Scott Huver / People.com:
Charlie Sheen Calls for Boycott of Denise's Show  —  He lost in court.  Now Charlie Sheen is taking his fight public.  —  The Two and a Half Men star - who took ex-wife Denise Richards to court in a failed attempt to prevent her from including their two daughters in a reality show …
Rich Shapiro / NY Daily News:
2 docs probed over Ledger pain pills  —  Federal drug investigators are probing two doctors over the death of actor Heath Ledger, the Daily News has learned.  —  The doctors - one in California, one in Texas - are believed to have supplied the “Brokeback Mountain” star with the powerful painkillers Oxycontin …
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Brad Pitt confirms: 'We're having twins'  —  Angelina Jolie is pregnant with twins, her partner Brad Pitt has confirmed to friends.  —  After weeks of silence on the subject, Jolie's rounded belly on the red carpet of the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday confirmed she was expecting.
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Mike Baron / The Post Chronicle:
Photos: Christiane Plante Has Affair With Hulk Hogan?  —  Thirty-three year old Christiane Plante, who worked with nineteen year old Brooke on her 2006 Album, has confessed to her affair with fifty-four year old Hulk Hogan. … According to a National Enquirer report, Hulk Hogan …
Discussion: MollyGood and Cele|bitchy
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New York Post:
JESSICA'S BURDEN  —  JESSICA Alba knows the trauma of developing a big chest at an early age - she says she was labeled a sixth-grade slut by her elementary school principal and a couple of “self-righteous” PTA moms.  “The accusation still ricochets . . . They think I'm...
New York Post:
BLOGGERS' SORDID ONLINE CHAT  —  MARIO Lavandeira - better known as online gossip “Perez Hilton” - encouraged a handsome young blogger to send sex tapes of himself while he was making promises of promotion for the blogger's own fledgling Web site.  —  Jonathan Jaxson - a former publicist …
Julie Naughton / WWD.COM:
Coty to Launch Halle Berry Fragrance  —  BOCA RATON, Fla. - Coty's latest celebrity manifesto: Give them Halle.  —  The beauty giant has signed Academy Award-winning actress Halle Berry to a scent development deal, which will involve the star developing a fragrance portfolio and appearing in its advertising.
TMZ.com:
Yes ... She's Pregnant and In a Cage  —  Protesting cramped living conditions for sows, PETA activists were really showing London how bad things can get for the humble pig.  —  This nearly-naked pregnant lass, demonstrating the plight of the porker, garnered particular attention, especially from two of the world's teeniest activists.
Access Hollywood:
Independent Spirit Awards, Part III  —  Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt attend the ceremony, walking past all press.  But was Angie sporting a noticeable baby bump?  Aaron Eckhart reflects on how the Spirit Awards has been really good to him.  Zach Braff talks about what it was like when he won a Spirit Award two years ago.
Discussion: omg!
 
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
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Michael K / Dlisted:
The Hooker Is Lying!  —  Boy George pled not guilty to chaining …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
She's Just Being Mimi  —  Oh how I love a 38-year-old woman dressing …
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
John McCain!  —  Add Angie Harmon to the list of celebrities …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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Gilmore / Pretty On The Outside:
Hillary Winehouse  —  I'm still soooooooooooooooo loving …
MSat / Cele|bitchy:
Project Runway castoff Sweet P. disses Heidi Klum's Oscar dress
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Tyra Knows What It's Like To Be Homeless
Starpulse Entertainment News Blog:
Jenny McCarthy & Jim Carrey Won't Wed Or Have Kids
Daily Mail:
Airport security force Renée to show the world her beauty products
Discussion: WOW Report
Michael K / Dlisted:
Falling Dumbasses!  —  The Daily Mail featured these truly …
Michael Musto / La Daily Musto:
Ellen Page: Is She or Isn't She?  —  I mean, come on already, is she???
Daily Mail:
Hollywood' A-list double daters: TomKat share an evening with Will and Jada
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