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11:05 AM ET, April 12, 2010

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NY Daily News:
Kitty Kelley's tell-all book reveals John Tesh bolted on lover Oprah Winfrey in middle of the night  —  Before Oprah loved Stedman, there was John Tesh.  —  An exclusive excerpt from Kitty Kelley's upcoming tell-all Oprah Winfrey biography claims the talk-show queen enjoyed a 1970s romance with an unlikely live-in lover: John Tesh.
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Craig Wilson / USA Today:
Kitty Kelley's new Oprah bio has plenty to talk about  —  WASHINGTON — Celebrity chronicler Kitty Kelley is doing what she often does when one of her unauthorized blockbuster biographies is about to come out.  —  She's at her Georgetown office showing a visitor a wall of file cabinets filled …
Discussion: TV Squad and Pop Crunch
Dean Piper / Mirror.co.uk:
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel split  —  During three years together, it's fair to say their relationship has been on and off more times than a light switch.  —  But news reaches me this week that Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel have finally ended their union - and this time it looks permanent.
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Thailan Pham / People.com:
Dixie Carter Dies at Age 70  —  Television and Broadway actress Dixie Carter passed away Saturday morning at the age of 70.  —  “This has been a terrible blow to our family,” her husband, actor Hal Holbrook, said in a statement.  “We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy.”
Discussion: Extra and Evil Beet Gossip
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Mark Gray / People.com:
PHOTO: Heidi Montag Reveals New Bikini Body  —  Aside from posing in a bikini for PEOPLE after going under the knife last November, Heidi Montag said no one had seen her surgically enhanced body in swimwear.  That all changed Saturday.  —  The Hills star, joined by her husband Spencer Pratt …
Discussion: Celebritology 2.0
E! Online:
Paris Hilton & Doug Reinhardt Split Again?  —  Have Paris Hilton and Doug Reinhardt split up for a second time?  —  Despite rumors that the two were on their way to wedded bliss, a source tells E! the couple recently split up and that Paris is the one who broke it off.  “Obviously she broke up with him,” says our source.
NY Daily News:
Rumored lovebirds Brody and Avril make it official - with matching tattoos  —  Brody Jenner and Avril Lavigne are making their recently rumored romance VERY official.  —  So official, in fact, that they put it in ink: We hear that the lovebirds got matching tattoos over the weekend.
Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
‘Friday Night Lights’ scoop: Meet East Dillon's newest MVP  —  Has Friday Night Lights found its next Tim Riggins?  —  Sources confirm that producers have recruited relative newcomer Grey Damon to join the season 5 cast in the series regular of Hastings Ruckle, a sexy …
TMZ.com:
Jon & Kate Plus 8 - Part Deux?  —  Jon Gosselin is “definitely open” to co-starring with ex-wife Kate Gosselin on a new TV project — with one big string attached ... TMZ has learned.  —  Jon's lawyer, former assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony F. List, tells TMZ “under the right circumstances” …
Benji Wilson / Daily Mail:
Lady Gaga gets lippy: The pop star teams with Mac to raise Aids awareness  —  Lady Gaga is giving charity chic her own distinctive gloss.  She and fellow diva Cyndi Lauper are the latest lippy pop stars to back Mac's Viva Glam campaign, which supports global HIV and Aids projects.
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Us Weekly:
Lady Gaga: I'm Not Embarrassed to Be “Celibate”
Discussion: Socialite Life and Gabby Babble
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Sony Denies Logan Lerman Will Be Spidey  —  While the website Hitfix reported today that Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief star Logan Lerman was the clear first choice and “almost 100% locked” into becoming the next Peter Parker in the rebirth of the Spider-Man franchise …
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Us Weekly:
PICS: Jessica Simpson Chops Off Hair?  —  Did Jessica Simpson cut her hair for a retro chin-length look — or is it a belated April Fool's prank?  —  Jury's out.  —  On Sunday, Simpson and Ken Paves (stylist and BFF) shared her latest snapshots via Twitter.  “Carol Brady who :)?” she joked.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Pop Crunch
Hollywoodreporter / Heat Vision:
‘Masters of the Universe’ screenwriters hired  —  Mike Finch and Alex Litvak, the duo who wrote the upcoming “Predators” reboot, have been brought aboard to pen “Masters of the Universe” for Columbia.  —  The studio picked up movie rights to the 1980s Mattel toy property in the fall …
 
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

Ben Smith / Semafor:
Sources: Nicholas Carlson, who has been the global editor-in-chief of Business Insider since 2017, is expected to leave the publication later this summer

Sammy Gecsoyler / The Guardian:
BBC presenter Liz Bonnin's likeness was used in an ad after the company running the campaign was tricked by a fake, likely AI-generated, version of her voice

 
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