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12:30 PM ET, February 16, 2010

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People.com:
Nicole Richie & Joel Madden Getting Married!  —  They've been together for more than three years and have two children.  Now, Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are planning to make it official.  —  Richie said Monday night during a taping of the Late Show with David Letterman that the couple …
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Us Weekly:
Nicole Richie and Joel Madden Are Engaged!  —  Nicole Richie and her Good Charlotte rocker boyfriend, Joel Madden, are getting married.  —  Richie, 28, made the announcement Monday on The Late Show with David Letterman.  —  “Yep. i'm engaged.  Very happy,” wrote Madden, 30, on Twitter Monday.
Joey Bartolomeo / People.com:
Lionel Richie Can't Wait to Walk Nicole Down the Aisle  —  With Lionel Richie as the father-of-the-bride, two things will likely occur at Nicole Richie's wedding to Joel Madden.  —  They'll party all night long.  —  People will be dancing on the ceiling.
X17 Online:
Nicole Richie And Joel Madden Get Engaged
Discussion: omg!, TMZ.com and PopEater
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Crack Addiction Drove Charlie Sheen's Wife Brooke Mueller Into Rehab  —  Charlie Sheen's wife Brooke Mueller is in rehab for crack addiction, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.  —  “Brooke has been in denial about her problem for a long time,” one source close to her told RadarOnline.com.
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TMZ.com:
Charlie Sheen's Wife in Rehab  —  In what could be a blow to the prosecution's case against Charlie Sheen, Brooke Mueller is now in rehab for substance abuse ... TMZ has confirmed.  —  The criminal case in Aspen comes down to Charlie's word against Brooke's — she claims he put a knife to her throat and threatened her life.
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Brooke Mueller Partied With Charlie Sheen Hours Before Going Into Rehab
People.com:
Betty White to SNL: Are You Kidding?  —  Between her cameo with Abe Vigoda in a Super Bowl commercial for Snickers, costarring with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds in the romantic comedy The Proposal, and being recognized for lifetime achievement by the Screen Actors Guild …
Discussion: TV Squad and PopEater
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Matt Donnelly / Ministry of Gossip:
Betty White leaving her ‘SNL’ host fate in Lorne Michaels' hands  —  The ball is in your court, Lorne Michaels.  —  I just got off the phone with the legendary Betty White, and despite her busy schedule the actress hasn't missed the Facebook push to name her as a host of “Saturday Night Live.”
Us Weekly:
Bachelor's Ali “Shocked” by Rejection, Bachelorette Talk is “Nice”  —  America probably hasn't seen the last of Ali Fedotowsky.  —  Just a week after she left The Bachelor for professional reasons, the 25-year-old fan favorite appears on Tuesday's Ellen DeGeneres Show …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
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Lara Martin / Digital Spy:
‘The Bachelor’: Episode 7 recap  —  Jake and the final three women head to St Lucia, following the dramatic departure of Ali.  —  He says that he can see building an “amazing” life with Gia, that Tenley almost seems “too good to be true”, and that Vienna was a “risky choice” but he fell for her following their bunjee jumping date.
Discussion: X17 Online
Rob Shuter / PopEater:
Oprah Says No Way to John Mayer  —  John Mayer's disastrous Playboy interview in which he dropped the N-word and told naughty bedroom secrets about Jessica Simpson is too much for even Oprah Winfrey to handle.  Oprah's couch — which has been a platform for dozens of celebrity apologies and explanations …
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Gossip Girl's Matthew Settle Splits with Wife  —  Spotted: Gossip Girl's Matthew Settle — with other women.  —  “Divorce is imminent,” a source says of the actor, 40, and his wife, model Naama Nativ (daughter Aven was born last March).  —  His wedding ring was off during NYC fashion shows February 11 and 12.
Discussion: X17 Online and PopEater
PopSugar:
Jessica Simpson Talks John, Tony, and Jeans in Allure  —  Jessica Simpson is front and center on the cover of March's Allure, and inside the magazine she strikes even more pretty poses and looks back at her style evolution.  The issue, which hits newsstands on the 23rd …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Anything Hollywood
Tim Nudd / People.com:
Megan Fox: I'd Make a Great Mother  —  Megan Fox says she has another role already in mind - that of a mother.  —  “No one believes me when I talk about this, but I'm really maternal,” Fox, 23, tells W magazine for its March issue, due on newsstands this week.
Discussion: Pop Crunch and Anything Hollywood
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NY Daily News:
Damaged goods: Lohan not invited to much of Fashion Week … EDITORS' PICKS … BEST OF NYDN.COM
Us Weekly:
Spencer Pratt: Heidi “Wasn't Happy” After Plastic Surgery  —  Heidi Montag got 10 plastic surgery procedures in one day — and despite claims that she loves the results, Spencer Pratt tells Us she was originally not happy.  —  “She came out of the hospital and the only thing she was saying …
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The Cheese / Hollywoodtuna:   Heidi Montag: Future Porn Star?
Amy Diluna / NY Daily News:
At size 4, Fashion Week model Coco Rocha, 21, is latest of many women considered fat by industry  —  What the ... ?  Coco Rocha says the demand for her modeling services has gone down because of her size-4 body.  —  So it's come to this.  —  After all the hype, promises and international outcry …
Discussion: Lemondrop.com
BBC:
Police probe BBC death confession  —  Ray Gosling: “Doctors said there's nothing we can do; he was in terrible pain”  —  The BBC has said it will “co-operate fully” with a police investigation into a presenter's on-air confession that he killed his ailing lover.
Discussion: ANIMAL and Gawker
 
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Amazon reports Q3 ad revenue up 19% YoY to $14.33B, vs. $14.25B estimated, amid the company's push to insert ads into Prime Video

Steven Waldman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Jeff Bezos should donate The Washington Post to a public charity that maintains its quality and independence, as he is too financially compromised to own it

Dade Hayes / Deadline:
In its Q3 earnings call, Comcast CEO Mike Cavanagh says the company is weighing spinning off its cable networks and open to “partnerships in streaming”

 
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