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2:35 PM ET, February 19, 2010

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Brian Orloff / People.com:
Tiger Woods's ‘Real Apology to Elin Will Come from My Behavior’  —  Tiger Woods publicly apologized Friday morning during a televised press conference, acknowledging that those gathered had supported him and now had cause to be critical of him.  —  “I want to say to each of you simply and directly …
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CNN:
Tiger Woods: ‘I was wrong, I was foolish’  —  “I know I have bitterly disappointed all of you,” said the golfer, dressed in a blue button-down shirt and a blazer.  “For all that I have done, I am so sorry. ...  “I had affairs, I cheated.  What I did was not acceptable, and I am the only person to blame.”
TMZ.com:
Tiger Woods: ‘I Had Affairs, I Cheated’
Discussion: Amy Grindhouse
Associated Press:
Woods starts comeback with a speech
Discussion: TMZ.com
TMZ.com:
Pro Golfer: Michael Jordan will Attend Tiger Event
Discussion: WEEI and Bumpshack.com
Us Weekly:
Tiger Woods Returning to Rehab After Apology
Discussion: omg! and The Superficial
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Tiger Woods Asks Wife To Change Her Mind, Attend Televised Apology
X17 Online:
Elin Will Not Attend Tiger's Event Today
Discussion: omg!
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Kristen Stewart on Breaking Dawn: “Still Not Concrete”  —  Breaking Dawn isn't officially a go yet.  Neither is the plan to make two movies instead of one.  —  “I have been told to be ready for November,” Kristen Stewart tells me.  “I mean, it looks like a ‘yes,’ but it's still not concrete.”
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Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Kristen Stewart: I'm Going to the Oscars...With Taylor!  —  Robert Pattinson presented at last year's Oscars, but guess which Twilight stars are doing it this time around?  —  I'll let Kristen Stewart tell you...  “Yeah, I'm going,” Stewart just told me when I asked if we'd be seeing her on March 7 at the Academy Awards.
Shannon McGarvey / Digital Spy:
Stewart encourages ‘Breaking Dawn’ split
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Warner Bros Finally Going Ahead With Shocking Film About Yankees Sex Scandal  —  EXCLUSIVE: The Trade, a film that tells the true tale of 2 New York Yankees pitchers who caused a national scandal by swapping wives in the sexually-free 1970s, has finally hit the big leagues.
TMZ.com:
‘Flavor of Love’ Star Arrested for Child Cruelty  —  One of the stars of the VH1 show “Flavor of Love” was arrested in Georgia — after cops say “Hotlanta” got violent in a mysterious incident involving a child.  —  Hotlanta — aka 29-year-old Nicole Essigmann — was arrested in Cobb County …
TMZ.com:
Sean Penn To Be Charged With Crime  —  Sean Penn will be charged with criminal battery and vandalism today, in connection with a run-in with the paparazzi ... TMZ has learned.  —  The incident occurred last October in Brentwood, CA.  TMZ captured the confrontation as an angry Penn approached …
Jo Piazza / PopEater:
Celebenomics: Which of Tiger's Women Handled the Scandal Best?  —  Nothing bequeaths instant notoriety like a good old-fashioned sex scandal.  Tiger Woods is well aware of this, and today he will take the first step in cleaning up his image with his press conference and mea culpa.
Discussion: omg!
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Was Ben Stiller an enormous douche to the ‘Little Fockers’ crew?  —  Ben Stiller is one of the few major celebrities that you rarely hear anything about, good or bad.  Maybe he's secretly the most wonderful man is Hollywood, and he just likes to keep that little fact on the down low.
Discussion: Hollywood Dame
Hellomagazine.com:
Rafa Nadal serves up convincing cameo with raunchy...  Smouldering on screen in her latest music video, Colombian singer Shakira cosies up to a dark and handsome stranger as she writhes around on a rock face.  —  A closer look, however, reveals that her companion is no unknown extra, but rather Spanish tennis ace Rafa Nadal.
Discussion: X17 Online
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Georgina Littlejohn / Daily Mail:   Tennis champ Rafael Nadal serves up a steamy video with Shakira
Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
William Shatner in S**t My Dad Says  —  Twitter sensation turned into TV pilot for CBS  —  Twitter sensation S**t My Dad Says is becoming a TV pilot with William Shatner set to play the larger-than-life dad at the center of it.  —  The casting of Shatner lifts the contingency …
Jay A. Fernandez / The Hollywood Reporter:
Is Owen Wilson becoming Woody Allen's new muse?  —  Owen Wilson is attached to star in the new Woody Allen movie that will shoot this summer.  —  As with all the writer-director's film work, Allen is keeping the untitled feature's story line and characters hush-hush, and it's not clear how big Wilson's role is.
The Cheese / Hollywoodtuna:
Annalynne McCord Bikini Picture From Shape Magazine  —  It's Friday, I'm sleepy, more than a little hungover and my stomach feels like I'm about to give birth to a really strange looking baby, so I'm going to get straight to the point with this picture of AnnaLynne McCord's tight little body in a bikini for Shape magazine.
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Mike Hess / PopEater:
New Jay Leno Ad Takes a Dig at Conan  —  With all of the damage done by the late-night wars that eventually led to Conan O'Brien's ouster and Jay Leno reclaiming the ‘Tonight Show’ gig once again, you'd think that subtlety and good-guy cheer would be the way to go for NBC and Jay as they try to wash their hands of the mess.
Amy Grindhouse:
Lady GaGa Cosmo Cover April 2010 Sneak Peek  —  Lady GaGa is way toned down, on the April 2010 cover of Cosmo magazine.  The last time we saw the singer she was at the Brit Awards, and flashing her nethers to all and sundry in a rather unseemly manner (the same manner as I do, every chance I get).
Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
Maggie Q to star as CW's ‘Nikita’  —  Roselyn Sanchez tapped as the lead in ABC's ‘Cutthroat’  —  In a pilot season shaping up as the most diverse ever for leads in dramas, Maggie Q is in talks to play the title character in the CW's “Nikita” reboot and Roselyn Sanchez has been tapped as the lead in ABC's “Cutthroat.”
 
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