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5:15 AM ET, April 28, 2008

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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Miley Cyrus: I'm Sorry for Photos  —  Miley Cyrus  —  Miley Cyrus issued a statement exclusively to PEOPLE on Sunday, apologizing for a series of playfully provocative photos that circulated on the Internet last week, as well as those from a racy, as-yet unreleased Vanity Fair photo shoot in which she appears to be nude.
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
A Topless Photo Threatens a Major Disney Franchise  —  LOS ANGELES — Fifteen years old, topless and wrapped in what appears to be a satin bedsheet in the June issue of Vanity Fair.  Did Miley Cyrus, with the help of a controversy-courting magazine, just deliver a blow to the Walt Disney …
Just Jared:
Miley Cyrus: Topless in Vanity Fair?!?!  —  Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus appears to be topless in the new issue of Vanity Fair, as screencapped from Entertainment Tonight.  —  She's only 15-years-old and the face of the billion-dollar Disney Channel franchise... but to be fair, it looks like she's holding up a bed sheet!
Discussion: Gone Hollywood
Bruce Handy / Vanity Fair:
Miley Knows Best  —  Between sold-out concerts, multi-platinum records, and a hit TV series, Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus has some serious business riding on her 15-year-old shoulders—not to mention paparazzi on her tail and tabloid editors praying for her to pull a Britney.
Discussion: OH NO!!
Vanity Fair:
Tween Angel  —  Thanks to her rock-star alter ego, Hannah Montana, 15-year-old Miley Cyrus has an early start on the road to superstardom, but you haven't hit it big until you've been photographed by Annie Leibovitz.  And now Miley's officially hit it big—and so has her dad, country legend Billy Ray Cyrus.
Discussion: OH NO!!, Just Jared and The Bosh
Daily Mail:
Has bearded and shaven-headed David Beckham joined the Taliban?  —  Footballer David Beckham is well known for his meticulous male grooming.  —  But his latest image overhaul appears to have eschewed his usual high standards in favour of a less manicured version.
Discussion: CelebWarship
News of the World:
Dad calls for Amy Winehouse to be sectioned  —  THE distraught father of junkie singer Amy Winehouse has revealed he wants her forcibly locked up in a mental hospital for her own good.  —  Mitch Winehouse is convinced it is the only way to save his daughter from killing herself with drugs.
Discussion: Hecklerspray and Bitten and Bound
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Peter Macdiarmid / Us Weekly:
Amy Winehouse Released From Jail
Discussion: CelebWarship
Associated Press:
Amy Winehouse gets warning over assault
Discussion: Right Celebrity
Daily Mail:   Amy's mum: Yes, she's got a new man and he's a sweet, gentle boy
POPSUGAR:
Jessica Alba Is Getting so Big!  —  Jessica Alba looked stylish, comfortable, and very pregnant as she left her house in Beverly Hills with a friend on Friday.  She might still have a month or so to go, but it seems like Miss Alba is starting to head into the home stretch.
Discussion: OH NO!!
People.com:
Joel Madden Surprises Nicole Richie with Getaway  —  Joel Madden whisked girlfriend Nicole Richie and their three-and-a-half-month-old daughter Harlow to the California desert this weekend for a surprise family vacation, the Good Charlotte singer tells PEOPLE.
Josh Hart / The National Ledger:
Topless Video Game Training: Carmen Electra Pole Dancing on Wii?  —  Nintendo Wii certainly has gotten men and women off the couch, can it get some of them out of their clothes by using sexy Carmen Electra as a model?  A report from eCanada Now claims that a company would like to hook …
Michael K / Dlisted:
This Bitch Is Dedicated  —  You know Marilyn Manson ordered Evan Rachel Wood to scour the vintage stores and replicate Dita Von Teese's outfit or else!  If she doesn't do it, she'll have to sleep in the coffin again.  —  Here's Dita looking like Lovey Howell as she tried to avoid the sun at the Coachella yesterday.
Discussion: Stuff.co.nz
NY Daily News:
Piazza: Star a Reynolds wrap long ago  —  Star Jones may have just filed for divorce, but soon-to-be-ex Al Reynolds checked out of his marriage nearly a year ago, according to friends of his.  —  The beginning of the end was reportedly last summer in Saint-Tropez, where the couple loudly fought …
National Enquirer:
JEN & MAYER HOT ROMANCE THANKS TO SHERYL CROW!  —  Friends beauty Jennifer Aniston and folk-rocker John Mayer are in a hot new romance — thanks to Sheryl Crow who played matchmaker, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively!  —  Singer-songwriter Sheryl credits close pal Jennifer with helping …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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Starpulse:
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New Radar Cover
Discussion: Gawker
Hellomagazine.com:
Patter of tiny feet in the air for Billie Piper and husband Laurence
Nancy Ostertag / Us Weekly:
Ashlee Simpson, Lauren Conrad Attend DC Event
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Just Jared:
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Katie Price ‘to star in vampire movie’
 

 
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How China is using AI news anchors to spread its propaganda on social media; Microsoft: some AI anchors were created using ByteDance's video editing app CapCut

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Renee DiResta / The Guardian:
How a rightwing smear campaign against NPR and its CEO Katherine Maher, who is on Signal Foundation's board, led Elon Musk to malign Signal

 
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