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12:20 PM ET, February 19, 2009

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People.com:
Brad Pitt Hits Las Vegas with His Boys  —  Brad Pitt holds his son Maddox  —  Just days before the Academy Awards, Best Actor nominee Brad Pitt enjoyed a boys' getaway to Las Vegas - with his sons Maddox and Pax.  —  The guys of the Jolie-Pitt clan (minus 7-month old Knox) …
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Hellomagazine.com:
Angelina and daughters enjoy a ladies day as the boys go to Vegas  —  The Hollywood actress, who makes multiple motherhood seem like one big adventure, was doing it again this week, spending quality time in New York with her daughters Zahara and Shiloh.  —  Angelina Jolie and her girls …
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Brad Pitt Takes Pax, Maddox to Las Vegas  —  Boys only!  —  Brad Pitt took his sons Pax, 5, and Maddox, 7, to Las Vegas for a quick getaway, X17online.com reports.  —  The group were spotted at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino before heading to the MGM Mansion — where rooms start at $5,000 a night!
Alexis Chiu / People.com:
Charlie Sheen's Wife Hospitalized with Early Contractions  —  After being hospitalized with premature contractions, Charlie Sheen's wife, Brooke, is doing “fine” and expects to be released soon, the actor's rep tells PEOPLE.  —  “Brooke is at a Los Angeles-area hospital …
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Mark Gray / People.com:
Charlie Sheen: The Nursery Is Almost Ready
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Octo Mom's California Home Faces Foreclosure  —  Could Nadya Suleman be out on the street with her 14 children?  —  Usmagazine.com has confirmed Suleman's mom, Angela (who owns the home), hasn't paid the mortgage on her three-bedroom, one-bath bungalow in Whittier, Calif., in 10 months.
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NME:
Katy Perry pukes at BRIT Awards  —  Singer throws up after winning Best International Female  —  Katy Perry threw up backstage at the BRIT Awards tonight (February 18) just moments after winning the award for Best International Female.  —  The singer was feeling unwell all day …
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Mary Beth / INF Daily:
CHECK OUT TAYLOR SWIFT AND KATY PERRY AS THEY ARRIVE TO THE BRIT AWARDS
Discussion: Digital Spy and Perez Hilton
Greg Cochrane / BBC:
Taylor Swift's Brit Awards preview
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Allie Gross / People.com:
Meet Anika Noni Rose: Disney's First Black Princess  —  Jumping from the stage to the world of animation, Tony Award-winning actress Anika Noni Rose takes on her most enchanting and monumental role yet: Princess Tiana, Disney's first black princess.  —  “This feels amazing,” Rose, 36 …
Discussion: The Dish Rag
PopEater:
INXS Star Fired, Back to Living in His Car  —  (Feb. 19) - Four years after scoring the job of frontman for Aussie rockers INXS, J.D. Fortune is broke, homeless and back to living in his car — just as he was doing before winning the gig on the reality TV series ‘Rock Star: INXS.’  —  Fortunes Bad Luck
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
Fox News:
Martial Arts Expert Challenges Chris Brown to a Fight  —  Anthony Geisler, president of LA Boxing, has created a Facebook group called “I Want to Fight Chris Brown,” to challenge the R&B singer to a fight in the ring to see “what it's like to face a real opponent.”
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Stuart Kemp / Hollywood Reporter:
No reshoot, ‘Sherlock’  —  Warners denies Guy Ritchie was asked to revise  —  LONDON — Warner Bros. on Wednesday refuted reports here that claimed the studio had asked Guy Ritchie to reshoot parts of “Sherlock Holmes.”  —  “It is not true that Warner Bros. has asked for any reshoots on 'Sherlock Holmes …
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Free Britney / The Hollywood Gossip:
The Bachelor Spoilers: Shocking Season Finale Revealed!  —  As we talked about last week, The Bachelor finale will air Monday, March 2 from 8-10 p.m., followed by the standard “After the Final Rose” special from 10-11.  —  Then, as Bachelor host-pimp Chris Harrison said on Monday night's episode …
Daily Mail:
Lily Allen's got a new tattoo and shhh... it's the same as Rihanna's … Lily Allen shared a secret with her fans today - a brand new tattoo of that reads Shhh... across her index finger.  —  The pop star, who is currently in the U.S. promoting her new album It's Not Me, It's You …
Discussion: Dlisted and Just Jared
Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on ‘Bones,’ ‘House,’ ‘Sarah Connor,’ 'Grey's,' ‘Lost,’ ‘Gossip Girl,’ ‘Damages,’ ‘Supernatural,’ ‘CSI,’ ‘24,’ and more!  —  The end of the TV season is fast approaching, and that can only mean one thing: Your favorite characters are going to start dropping like flies!
Discussion: Gossip Girl Insider
Mark Dagostino / People.com:
Donald Trump Jr. ‘Extremely Excited’ About New Baby  —  The Trump empire just got bigger.  —  Donald Jr. and his wife Vanessa, both 31, welcomed their second child, a son, on Wednesday, the happy parents confirm to PEOPLE.  —  Donald J. Trump III was born at 12:09 a.m. He weighed in at 8 lbs. …
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Dita Von Teese: Totally Having Sex!  —  Dita Von Teese is getting plenty of play, thank you very much!  —  Despite recently telling a British tabloid that she went celibate for awhile after splitting from her ex-husband, shock-rocker Marilyn Manson, Von Teese now admits she was only joking.
Discussion: The Superficial
Michael K / Dlisted:
The Real Housewives Of OC: What Recession?  —  The season finale of The Really Plastic Housewives of Orange County turned out to be a reunion of all the past whores.  Two bitches whose names I have already forgotten showed up at the final party as did Jo.  Jo was the trick who moved …
TMZ.com:
How Greatness Is Born  —  “Let's just do the usual — I'll star in a $100 million blockbuster and you'll have an unfunny cameo.”
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Juliet Izon / Life and Style:
Life & Style exclusive: Kardashian curse?  Split!  Split!  Split!  —  Fresh on the heels of Khloe and Rashad's Jan. 28 split, Life & Style can now exclusively report that both Robert Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian have also split from their respective loved ones!  Does the same fate await Kim and Reggie?
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
 
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