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8:40 AM ET, April 28, 2008

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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.
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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.
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 …
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.
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
Celebrity Scandals:
Halle Berry Shows Off Her Post-Baby Body  —  Making her first public appearance since the birth of daughter Nahla Ariela six weeks ago, Halle Berry showed off her post-baby body at the Silver Rose Gala in Beverly Hills on Sunday (April 27).  —  The 41-year-old Catwoman actress looked …
Discussion: Wendy Wayrad and A Hot Mess!
New York Post:
‘HILLS’ HUSTLERS GRAB A TABLE  —  NOBODY expected to see Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt at the White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington, DC, Saturday night, especially after the obnoxious couple (see photo, facing page) were disinvited from MSNBC's table.
Discussion: Gawker
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Nancy Ostertag / Us Weekly:
Ashlee Simpson, Lauren Conrad Attend DC Event
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: Bitten and Bound and Hecklerspray
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Peter Macdiarmid / Us Weekly:
Amy Winehouse Released From Jail
Discussion: CelebWarship
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 …
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!!
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 …
 
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OH NO!!:
New Radar Cover
Discussion: Dlisted and Gawker
Hellomagazine.com:
Patter of tiny feet in the air for Billie Piper and husband Laurence
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National Enquirer:
JEN & MAYER HOT ROMANCE THANKS TO SHERYL CROW!
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Jeffrey Slonim / People.com:
Madonna's New Documentary: Directed by Her Gardener!
Mark Gray / People.com:
Lindsay Lohan Lightens Up on the Drinks
Discussion: Styledash and Evil Beet Gossip
Daniel Kilkelly / Digital Spy:
Katie Price ‘to star in vampire movie’
 

 
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The Guardian:
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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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