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2:50 PM ET, February 10, 2009

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TMZ.com:
Rihanna's Injuries — “Horrific”  —  Law enforcement sources have now gotten specific with us... police took pictures of Rihanna's injuries and they are “horrific.”  —  As we reported, the photos show major contusions on both sides of the singer's face — there is serious swelling and bruising.
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Los Angeles Times:
Rihanna assisting police in Chris Brown case  —  A fight in Hancock Park after a pre-Grammy Awards party left the R & B singer with bruises and a scratched face, police say.  —  R&B star Rihanna is cooperating with investigators building a domestic violence case against her boyfriend …
NY Daily News:
Rihanna's injuries called ‘horrific’  —  R&B princess Rihanna is cooperating with Los Angeles cops, who have charged her boyfriend, singer Chris Brown, with smacking her around during a raucous argument early Sunday, according to reports.  —  The sultry songbird's injuries are “horrific,” …
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Rihanna Leaves the Hospital, Postpones Concert  —  Rihanna is taking a timeout.  —  In serious need of some R&R, the 20-year-old artist has opted to postpone a sold-out concert scheduled for Friday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a spokesman for show organizer Pineapple Concerts confirms to E! News.
Larry Rodgers / Arizona Republic:
Singer Brown pulls out of All-Star events
Discussion: X17 Online and Perez Hilton
Shelby Grad / L.A. Now:
Octuplets' mother receives public assistance [UPDATED]  —  Nadya Suleman, the woman who gave birth to octuplets last month, is receiving $490 a month in food stamps, and three of her first six children are disabled and receiving federal assistance, her publicist confirmed to The Times.
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RADAR:
GRANDMA: OCTUPLET DOC PROMISED HE WOULDN'T DO IN VITRO  —  Angela Suleman, whose daughter Nadya gave birth to octuplets, called her daughter's decision “unconscionable” and now she tells RadarOnline.com exclusively that the doctor who performed in vitro fertilization for Nadya's …
Michael K / Dlisted:
Crazy Baby Lady Is On Welfare
Discussion: Guanabee.com
MSNBC:
Octuplet's mom on food stamps, publicist says
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Jack Kuenzie / WIS-TV:
Eight arrested in Michael Phelps case  —  Updated:  —  COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - New details have emerged about a party where Olympic champion Michael Phelps was spotted.  —  On Feb. 2, a British tabloid published a picture of the 14-time Olympic gold medalist using a water pipe to smoke marijuana.
Michael Starr / New York Post:
IZZIE AND GEORGE LEAVING 'GREY'S ANATOMY'  —  Katherine Heigl and T.R. Knight are both leaving “Grey's Anatomy,” according to co-star James Pickens Jr.  —  “Yes, she is,” Pickens told Us Weekly when asked if Heigl is leaving the ABC hospital drama.  “Wherever Katherine goes, I wish her nothing but the best.”
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Katherine Heigl, T.R. Knight Leaving Grey's Anatomy, Says Costar  —  Katherine Heigl and T.R. Knight will soon take off their scrubs for good, their Grey's Anatomy costar confirms.  —  When Us Weekly asked James Pickens Jr. (a.k.a. Grey's Dr. Richard Webber) on February 7 if Heigl is leaving the medical drama, he said, “Yes, she is.”
Discussion: X17 Online and Just Jared
Kristen Mascia / People.com:
Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Cover Model: Bar Refaeli!  —  Sports Illustrated's famous swimsuit edition is one of the most coveted covers in the modeling world - and this year the honor goes to sizzling Israeli beauty Bar Refaeli.  —  Before sharing the news with her friends, family …
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KC Baker / People.com:
John Mayer's Birthday Gift to Jennifer Aniston: A New Song!  —  “Happy Birthday” isn't the only tune Jennifer Aniston will be getting for her Feb. 11 birthday.  —  John Mayer has prepared his own serenade to help his girlfriend celebrate the big 4-0.  —  “He did write a special song …
Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
KISS Singer Paul Stanley Welcomes a Daughter  —  Paul Stanley with wife Erin and sons Colin Michael (left) and Evan Shane  —  KISS frontman Paul Stanley and his wife Erin welcomed an 8 lb. baby girl on Jan. 28, the rocker's rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.  —  “The KISS Army has a new princess …
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Spoiler Chat: Lost Scoop Found!  —  Will Jin and Sun reunite?  —  Is Charlotte a goner?  —  And which totally creepy long-lost Lost friend is going to reappear?  —  These are a few of the burning questions we'll tackle in today's roundup of exclusive TV scoop, along with the latest …
Michael K / Dlisted:
Pony Parker Trots Through NYC On Her New Hooves!  —  That's it.  We can all quit this bitch.  We can spend the rest of the day sucking on sugar cubes and sipping on carrotinis while laying on a hay bed, because SJP has delivered us the joke.  The joke laid down on her hooves and said, “Take me!”
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Brian Orloff / People.com:
Sandra Bullock Calls Being a Wife & Stepmom Her Greatest Joy  —  More than three years into her marriage to Jesse James, Sandra Bullock says she enjoys being a stepmom - though she hasn't ruled out having her own children as well.  —  “I have family in spades,” Bullock, 44, tells InStyle for its March issue.
Discussion: Pop Crunch and I'm Not Obsessed
Videogum:
Salma Hayek Breastfed An African Baby On Nightline  —  I'm not sure why I'm putting this here, except that it doesn't seem to be anywhere else (Other than breastfeeding sites.  We all read those, right?)  On Nightline the other night while we were all watching Dave or whatever …
Discussion: Jossip and New York Magazine
 
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Kevin Van Valkenburg / Baltimore Sun:
‘Happier’ Phelps still mulling 2012 Games
Discussion: Jossip
Agence France Presse:
Brazil hospital mum on health of Usher's wife
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TMZ.com:
DMX Threatens to Beat Up His Jailers
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Cele|bitchy:
George Clooney in secret romance with niece of Benazir Bhutto
Discussion: Gawker
Chris Johnson / Daily Mail:
Captured on camera: Madonna's erotic first encounter with her …
Leon Neyfakh / New York Observer:
Random House Prevails in Battle for Diane Keaton's Memoir
Discussion: Celebritology and Gawker
Laura Lane / OK! Magazine:
OK! Interview: John Slattery
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Busy Bee Blogger
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NY Daily News:
Chris parties but Gwyneth's MIA
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Kristi Yamaguchi Thinks Steve-O Might Be “the Weakest” on DWTS
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TMZ.com:
“War Machine” Busted for Fighting at Gay Club
Discussion: Outsports and Deadspin
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Gannett fires an experienced editor overseeing 26 community newspapers for “sharing proprietary information” with a “competing media company”, which was Poynter

Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD reports a $86M profit in Q1 for its DTC unit, which includes streaming, up from $50M in Q1 2023, and 99.6M streaming subscribers, up from 97.7M in Q4 2023

Sara Fischer / Axios:
Vice Media plans to create a joint venture with Savage Ventures, which will invest “tens of millions of dollars”, to relaunch its sites, including Vice.com

 
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