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9:00 AM ET, February 8, 2010

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Bill Carter / Media Decoder:
How the Letterman-Oprah-Leno Super Bowl Ad Came Together  —  Jay and Dave together?  Could it be true?  —  It is, and there they were, Jay Leno and David Letterman sitting on a couch - with Oprah Winfrey between them - upstairs at the Ed Sullivan Theater, where Mr. Letterman tapes his show.
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Lynette Rice / Hollywood Insider:
Jay Leno-David Letterman-Oprah Winfrey Super Bowl ad was Dave's idea, says CBS  —  Late night fans got the surprise of a lifetime during the second quarter of the Super Bowl tonight when they saw Jay Leno sitting side-by-side with David Letterman in a promo for CBS' Late Show.
David Caplan / People.com:
Andrew Shue and Today's Amy Robach Are Married  —  Former Melrose Place star Andrew Shue and Weekend Today anchor Amy Robach were married Saturday afternoon in New York City.  —  The couple, who met last April at a book party and got engaged in September, exchanged vows at The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers, adjacent to the Hudson River.
E! Online:
No Controversy Here!  Carrie Prejean Is Engaged  —  Frederick Breedon/Getty Images, Denise Truscello/Getty Images  —  The St. Louis Rams aren't playing in today's Super Bowl, but that didn't stop their quarterback from making it a day to remember!  —  Scandal-laden beauty queen Carrie Prejean …
Jennifer Garcia / People.com:
Heidi Montag: 'I'm Very Fragile'  —  It's been 11 weeks since her life-changing plastic surgery but Heidi Montag is still very much healing.  —  “I'm very fragile,” she tells PEOPLE.  “I'm not in a great place right now.”  —  The long road to recovery hasn't been an easy one but Montag …
Discussion: Showbiz Spy and Backseat Cuddler
omg!:
DWTS Finalist Warren Sapp Arrested for Domestic Battery  —  NFL standout and Dancing With the Stars season 7 runner-up Warren Sapp was arrested Saturday accused of attacking his girlfriend of two years at Miami Beach's Shore Club hotel.  —  Police were dispatched to the hotel after Sapp's girlfriend …
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
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TMZ.com:
Warren Sapp Arrested for Domestic Battery
Discussion: Sandra Rose and Backseat Cuddler
Scott Huver / Style Watch:
Sandra Bullock: 'I'm So Not Winning an Oscar!'  —  Sandra Bullock has news for anyone waiting to see her give an acceptance speech at the Academy Awards - don't hold your breath!  —  “I'm so not winning an Oscar,” Bullock, who received her first-ever nomination, as best actress for The Blind Side …
Michelle Tan / People.com:
Miley Cyrus Organizes Celebrity Online Auction for Haiti  —  Miley Cyrus has recruited her celebrity pals for a star-studded online auction to benefit earthquake relief efforts in Haiti.  —  “Ever since the earthquake, I've been trying to do my part to help the people of Haiti - and I wanted to do more,” Cyrus tells PEOPLE.
Hollywoodreporter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton to star in ‘The Thing’  —  Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton will star in “The Thing,” Universal's latest take on the shape-shifting alien who terrorizes a group of people in a remote facility.  —  The best-known version might …
Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Lost’ actor joins ‘Hawaii Five-O’  —  Daniel Dae Kim tapped for a lead role in CBS' remake  —  “Lost's” Daniel Dae Kim is staying in Hawaii with a lead role on CBS' “Hawaii Five-0” remake.  —  In CBS' updated take on the classic cop series, from CBS Studios, Kim will play Detective Chin Ho Kelly …
Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
Pilot Intel: ‘FNL’ all-star Zach Gilford recruited for ABC's ‘Matadors’  —  Friday Night Lights MVP Zach Gilford has joined the cast of ABC's hour-long drama pilot Matadors, sources confirm to me exclusively.  —  The prospective series revolves around two rival Chicago-based families …
Discussion: AceShowBiz.com and TV Fanatic
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
'Valentine's Day' Sort-Of-Sequel Underway  —  Little wonder Warner Bros' New Line is in love with the Garry Marshall-directed Valentine's Day because of its formula of cramming more than a dozen stars into a film and keeping the budget below $50 million.  Now I'm told there's a sort-of-sequel underway.
Steve Helling / People.com:
Jim Carrey: Every Day with Jenny Is Valentine's Day  —  Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy have been together four years - and they have a simple explanation about what makes their relationship work.  —  “Say what you mean,” McCarthy tells PEOPLE.  “No one has the energy for mind games.”
 
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