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1:50 PM ET, April 12, 2010

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CNN:
Conan O'Brien coming to TBS … And the winner of the Conan O'Brien sweepstakes is ... TBS.  —  According to a press release sent out by the cable network (which, like CNN, is a unit of Time Warner), the comedian is joining TBS to host a late-night show that is expected to debut in November.
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Joyce Eng / TVGuide.com:
Conan O'Brien Going to TBS  —  Conan O'Brien is going to TBS.  —  “In three months I've gone from network television to Twitter to performing live in theaters, and now I'm headed to basic cable,” O'Brien said in a statement.  “My plan is working perfectly.”  —  A formal announcement is expected at 1 p.m. ET.
Josef Adalian / The Wrap:
Shocker: Conan Headed Back to TV— On TBS, Not Fox  —  You snooze, you lose: Conan O'Brien is bringing his late-night act to Time Warner-owned cable network TBS, breaking off talks with Fox and making plans to move to cable in November.  —  O'Brien and Fox had been enaged in serious discussions …
Bill Carter / New York Times:
Leno at Top of Late Night TV, With Older Viewers
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 …
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Tim Nudd / People.com:
Kitty Kelley Biography Explores Oprah Winfrey's ‘Secrets’
Discussion: New Yorker and msnbc.com
X17 Online:
Jessica Simpson Goes Short And Sweet  —  pics courtesy of Jessica Simpson's Twitter  —  Jessica Simpson posted the following snapshots (courtesy of Ken Paves) on her Twitter account last night, and we're not sure if it's a wig or what, but we can't imagine the pop star would chop off her luscious locks!
Discussion: omg!
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Us Weekly:
PICS: Jessica Simpson Chops Off Hair?
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Did Jessica Simpson chop off her hair, or is this a wig?
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: New Jesse James Mistress Revealed — Read Their Email Correspondence  —  Jesse James has led a secret life of cheating on his wife Sandra Bullock, and now RadarOnline.com has exclusively obtained emails between Jesse and mistress number 5, a sexual relationship that went from obsession to legal action.
New York Post:
Mario Lopez wants ‘Extra’ beauty  —  Mario Lopez is so body-obsessed, he persuaded his beautiful girlfriend, Courtney Mazza, to undergo rigorous personal training and encouraged surgery to get her into even better shape.  —  Sources say friends of Mazza are concerned that the image-conscious …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
We Can't All Be As Perfect As AC Slater
Discussion: Crushable
Peter Sciretta / /Film:
Exclusive: Green Lantern's Suit Will Be CG  —  Everyone is curious to see what Ryan Reynolds will look like in costume in the big screen adaptation of DC Comics' Green Lantern.  Production started earlier this month in New Orleans, and while the first set photos have begun to hit the web …
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.
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
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.
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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New York Post:   Justin Timberlake, Cameron Diaz flirt on set
TMZ.com:
Kate Gosselin: There's No Special Law for Jon  —  Kate Gosselin's lawyer is asking a judge to throw out Jon Gosselin's request for primary custody, arguing Jon's legal docs are riddled with mistakes.  —  For starters — Kate's lawyer, Mark Momjian, claims Jon went to the wrong court for child support.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Us Weekly:
Lady Gaga: I'm Not Embarrassed to Be “Celibate”  —  Lady Gaga is known for her racy, sexually-charged songs.  But in real life, the 24-year-old singer (real name: Stefani Germanotta) is celibate.  —  While recently discussing her role in Mac's Viva Glam campaign, which supports global HIV …
Discussion: Socialite Life and Gabby Babble
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Benji Wilson / Daily Mail:
Lady Gaga gets lippy: The pop star teams with Mac to raise Aids awareness
 
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X17 Online:
Courtney Love Wants To Cover Lady GaGa's Paparazzi
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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We Told You, RiRi!
PEOPLE TV Watch:
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PopEater:
Lindsay Lohan Left Off ‘Mean Girls’ Game Cover
Associated Press:
America Ferrera Developing TV & Web Telenovela Based On ‘Romeo & Juliet’
Discussion: Perez Hilton
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: The Bachelor's Vienna Dated A Drug Lord Before Jake
TMZ.com:
‘Pretty Wild’ Chick Accused of Club Theft
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TMZ.com:
Pregnant Man #2 — The Baby Photos
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Bitten and Bound
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Kara DioGuardi: Simon and I Get Along Splendidly
Hollywoodreporter / Heat Vision:
‘Masters of the Universe’ screenwriters hired
Thailan Pham / People.com:
Dixie Carter Dies at Age 70
omg!:
Tina Fey's Sarah Palin Takedown on Saturday Night Live
Discussion: X17 Online
 

 
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Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon reports Q3 AWS revenue up 19% YoY to $27.5B and AWS operating income of $10.4B, up from $7B in Q3 2023, and subscription sales up 11% to $11.3B

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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