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3:05 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’  —  Tiger Woods just finished giving his 13-minute, prepared statement (click here for the full transcript).  Highlights are below.  — Tiger described his behavior as “irresponsible and selfish.”  — “I was unfaithful.  I had affairs.  I cheated.”
Discussion: omg! and Amy Grindhouse
Associated Press:
Woods starts comeback with a speech
Discussion: TMZ.com
Us Weekly:
Tiger Woods Returning to Rehab After Apology
Discussion: omg!, The Superficial and TMZ.com
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Tiger Woods Asks Wife To Change Her Mind, Attend Televised Apology
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.
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Shannon McGarvey / Digital Spy:
Stewart encourages ‘Breaking Dawn’ split
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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.
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TMZ.com:
Sean Penn Charged With Crimes  —  Sean Penn was 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 and kicked a paparazzo …
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 …
Brad Pittand / New York Post:
Brangelina staging family photos  —  Those happy family photo ops in Venice are being staged “like a military operation” to quash reports that  —  Angelina Jolieare splitting, sources said.  The pair, who have vehemently denied a rift, have been seen daily as a family unit in the romantic Italian city …
Brian Mansfield / USA Today:
Chris Golightly: “This is not fair; I don't know what to do”  —  When the American Idol machine starts moving, nobody gets to stand in the way.  —  Not even one of the semifinalists.  —  Chris Golightly is learning that lesson the hard way this week.  —  “This is not fair …
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Access Hollywood:
Simon Cowell Wants Lady Gaga To Mentor On 'American Idol …
Discussion: X17 Online, Perez Hilton and Gossip Cop
Cristina Kinon / NY Daily News:
Simon Cowell, ‘American Idol’ …
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 …
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
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.
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
 
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