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2:36 AM ET, April 24, 2009

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KTLA.COM:
Jay Leno Hospitalized, Tonight's Show Canceled … BURBANK — “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno has been hospitalized.  —  According to Tracy St. Pierre of NBC, Leno checked himself in to the hospital because he wasn't feeling well.  —  St. Pierre confirmed, tonight's show taping has been canceled.
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TMZ.com:
Jay Leno Hospitalized  —  Jay Leno went to the hospital today after complaining he wasn't feeling well.  —  Leno was not taken to the hospital by ambulance — he either drove himself or was driven by a staffer.  NBC officials have confirmed tonight's show taping has been canceled — a repeat will air instead.
Access Hollywood:
Jay Leno Cancels ‘Tonight Show’ Taping Over Illness  —  Jay Leno,Late Night,Celebrities,Comedians  —  Jay Leno had to cancel today's taping of “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” because of illness, Access Hollywood has learned.  —  “A repeat of ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ will air tonight …
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Jay Leno Hospitalized  —  Jay Leno was hospitalized Thursday after complaining he wasn't feeling well, his rep confirms to Usmagazine.com.  —  According to RadarOnline.com, the Tonight Show host took himself to a hospital in Burbank, California, but is now resting at home.
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Pamela Warrick / People.com:
Jay Leno Is Hospitalized
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Fox News:
Exclusive: Donald Trump Breaks Silence on Miss California's Gay Marriage Comments  —  Donald Trump has broken his silence.  —  The owner of the Miss Universe franchise finally addressed the scandal surrounding his Miss USA pageant to FOX News Thursday, saying that he has received thousands …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
David Caplan / People.com:
Kim Kardashian: Miss California Is ‘Narrow-Minded’  —  Kim Kardashian (left) and Carrie Prejean  —  Kim Kardashian is the latest celebrity to slam Miss California Carrie Prejean's anti-gay marriage stance, which she verbalized at the Miss USA pageant last weekend.
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Samantha Ronson on Relationship With Lindsay Lohan: “It's Complicated”  —  Samantha Ronson might be having second thoughts about her breakup with ex Lindsay Lohan — at least on Facebook.  —  After a tumultuous fight with Lohan on April 4, Ronson removed her “In a Relationship” status on the social networking site.
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Cristina Gibson / E! Online:
Lindsay, Fergie, Paris Party at Us Weekly Bash
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Extra:
Michael Lohan: I'm Not a Cheater!
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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Lindsay Thought Breakup With Sam “Would Be So Much Harder”
OK! Magazine:
JT Explains Extreme PDA Session  —  Competition is a good enough reason to lay one on your girlfriend in front of 18,000 people, especially if you happen to be Justin Timberlake smooching Jessica Biel to show up Dustin Hoffman.  —  On last night's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, JT admits his reasoning behind …
Discussion: The Superficial and Perez Hilton
The Sun:
LADY GAGA is so potty about her teacup she seems to think it's alive.  —  I had one of the oddest conversations of my career after the chart-topper phoned me on Tuesday.  —  She wanted to set the record straight about her cherished floral china and say ta-ta before heading off to Amsterdam on her Fame tour.
Lainey's Entertainment Update:
Exclusive!  Taylor Lautner and Selena Gomez!  —  Couple made in Tween Heaven!  —  Both 16 and both in Vancouver - Selena Gomez arrived in town last week to begin work on a new movie called Ramona and Beezus.  —  My sources tell me exclusively that she and Taylor Lautner, of Twilight of course …
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Ccane / What The Flick:
Is Idris Elba bailing out of Obsessed?  —  “Obsessed” is in theatres tomorrow and rumor has it Idris Elba has bailed out of all press.  This week, Elba did not attend the New York City press junket, canceled on BET's 106 & Park and supposedly he will not be at the red carpet premiere tonight in New York City.
TMZ.com:
Hayden Panettiere — Victim of a Jewelry Heist  —  TMZ has learned Hayden Panettiere's Los Angeles home was burglarized last week — and thousands of dollars worth of jewelry was stolen.  —  Law enforcement sources say Hayden returned from vacation on April 15th and discovered around $15,000 worth of jewelry was missing.
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Pregnant Heidi Klum: I'm Hoping For a Girl!  —  The Project Runway host — who is raising Leni, 5, Henry, 3, and Johan, 2, with husband Seal — also reveals her family is hoping for a girl.  —  “We'd be happy with either,” she tells Us Weekly in her only interview about her fourth pregnancy.
The Huffington Post:
Susan Boyle: Just Kidding About Not Being Kissed  —  Britian's YouTube singing star Susan Boyle is backtracking on her claims that she has never been kissed.  Boyle, appearing on Simon Cowell's “Britain's Got Talent” 10 days ago, told cameras she lives alone with her cat Pebbles and has “never been married, never been kissed.
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Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Wasting Away: Experts Say Lindsay Lohan Has Reached a Dangerous 95 Pounds  —  Wasting Away: Experts Say Super Skinny Lindsay Lohan Has Dropped to a Dangerous 95 Pounds  —  Lindsay Lohan's fragile frame has been a cause of concern for quite some time now, however photographs of the actress shopping …
Discussion: TFL Scandalist
MTV:
Rihanna Recording ‘Inspiring’ New Tracks With Producers Stargate  —  Norwegian duo says they focus on music, ‘leave her personal life to her.’  —  By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Matt Elias  —  According to production team Stargate — Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel S. Eriksen — Rihanna is hard at work on new music.
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler and EW.com
NBC Los Angeles:
Jacko Flees in SUV After Crash With Ambulance: EMT  —  Man snaps photos allegedly showing King of Pop entering vehicle  —  King of pop Michael Jackson may have been involved in a bizarre hit-and-run collision with an ambulance in Beverly Hills on Wednesday afternoon, a medic said Wednesday.
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Robert Rodriguez wields ‘Machete’  —  Director plans pair of pics  —  Robert Rodriguez is ready to cut a wide swathe, and his plans include re-launching the “Predator” franchise for Fox and co-directing “Machete.”  —  For the later, the filmmaker will create a feature out of the blade- wielding antihero …
Discussion: /Film and Ain't It Cool News
ETonline:
TWILIGHT CONVENTION COMING TO TEXAS  —  Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series is branching out from its Comi-Con booth and getting a convention of its own, TwiCon!  —  The big state of Texas is hosting the largest United States conference inspired by the wildly popular vampire series Twilight.
Michael Holden / Reuters:
Elton John, McCartney hit by economic crisis: rich list  —  LONDON (Reuters) - British singers Paul McCartney , Elton John and Mick Jagger have lost large chunks of their personal fortunes during the economic crisis over the last year, according to a rich list published on Friday.
 
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