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2:20 PM ET, May 5, 2011

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Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: What Newlyweds Prince William, Kate Call Each Other at Home  —  Guess “Duke” and “Duchess” are little formal when you're on the couch watching X Factor.  —  Although just-married Prince William and Kate technically have a new surname — Cambridge — the happy couple have private names for one another at home in Anglesey.
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DailyFill.com:
Coming To America!  Prince William & Kate Middleton Plan First US Visit  —  Willy and his bride Kate Middleton, excuse me, Princess Catherine, will make their first official trip to the states.  However, they're visiting Canada first.  They probably just want to get it out of the way.
Discussion: X17 Online
Tim Nudd / People.com:   Prince William & Catherine Are Coming to America
Michael Holden / Reuters:
Prince William and Kate to visit California
Discussion: Digital Spy
Perez Hilton:
Did Bristol Palin Have Some Work Done?  —  U decide!  —  Here we have two shots of everyone's favorite daughter of a former vice-presidential candidate who got preggers in high school and almost won Dancing With The Stars, Bristol Palin.  —  On the left is a pic of Bristol when she started dancing with other stars in 2010.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Did Bristol Palin Chop, Lipo And Rotate Her Face?  —  Over at Gawker, they have a comprehensive gallery of 20-year-old Bristol Palin's old face of 2010 and the new face she's been flaunting all through 2011.  One of their “before and after” comparisons is this picture of Bristol in Nov. '10 paired …
TMZ.com:
NFL Star Hines Ward — Handcuffed at GUNPOINT  —  Pittsburgh Steelers superstar Hines Ward was removed from a vehicle at gunpoint by LAPD officers and placed in handcuffs this morning in L.A. — but he was NOT arrested ... TMZ has learned.  —  The “Dancing with the Stars” …
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Marianne Garvey / E! Online:
Jesse James' D-Bag Tour Continues: Proclaims Kat Von D Better in Bed Than Sandra Bullock
Kiki Von Glinow / PopEater:
Jesse James: Kat Von D Is Better in Bed than Sandra Bullock
TMZ.com:
Katie Couric On the Verge of $20 Million ABC Deal  —  Katie Couric and ABC television are on the verge of signing a $20 million deal, which would give Katie her own talk show, as well as significant involvement in ABC News — and the big casualty could be “General Hospital.”
Matthew Belloni / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Pirates 5’ Script Delivered to Disney But Johnny Depp Wants to ‘Hold Off for a Bit’ (Exclusive) … Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides doesn't hit U.S. theaters until May 20.  But screenwriter Terry Rossio has just turned in his script for a planned fifth installment in Disney's most lucrative film franchise.
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Adam B. Vary / PopWatch:
This Week's Cover: Johnny Depp helps chart a new course for ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’
Discussion: BuzzSugar and Movieline
TMZ.com:
‘Superman’ Actor Jackie Cooper — Dead At 88  —  Academy Award nominated actor Jackie Cooper has died ... TMZ has learned.  —  Cooper — who was nominated for an Oscar when he was 9-years-old — passed away yesterday at a hospital in Beverly Hills after a sudden bout with illness.
Discussion: Reuters, Extra, FishbowlLA, Pop2it, omg! and Movieline
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Sara Hammel / People.com:
Jackie Cooper Dies After Brief Illness
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Bob Thomas / Associated Press:
Jackie Cooper, former child star, dies at 88
Discussion: PopEater and TV Squad
Us Weekly:
PHOTOS: Pippa Middleton Strips Down, Dances With Half-Naked Man  —  James isn't the only Middleton sibling with a few skeletons in his closet.  —  A risque photo of his older sister, Pippa, 27, surfaced online Wednesday featuring the tanned, svelte Brit dancing in her bra with an unidentified — and unclothed — man.
Lewis Corner / Digital Spy:
Justin Bieber egg attacker charged  —  A teenage boy has been charged with breaking and entering after he threw eggs at Justin Bieber on stage in Australia.  —  The incident happened last weekend while the ‘Baby’ singer was performing at Sydney's Acer Arena.
Discussion: X17 Online
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New York Post:
Teen who threw eggs at Justin Bieber arrested
Discussion: Dlisted and Crushable
Ryan Love / Digital Spy:
Cheryl Cole confirmed as ‘X Factor’ USA judge  —  Cheryl Cole has been officially announced as a judge on The X Factor USA.  —  The British singer has worked alongside Simon Cowell on the UK version of the talent competition for three years after her rise to fame in pop group Girls Aloud.
Discussion: X17 Online, Perez Hilton, omg! and Reuters
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TMZ.com:
Bieber's Crew Stages Mutiny Over Japan Concert  —  Justin Bieber's scheduled concerts in Japan could be torpedoed because of a crew mutiny ... TMZ has learned.  —  Many crew members have flat out refused to go to Japan for two concerts later this month, because they're afraid of the cancer risks from the recent nuclear disaster.
Elizabeth Leonard / People.com:
Marie Osmond Remarries Her First Husband  —  Who says love can't strike twice?  —  Nearly 30 years after their 1982 marriage and subsequent divorce three years later, Marie Osmond and former basketball player Stephen Craig got married for a second time Wednesday in Las Vegas, her rep confirms to PEOPLE.
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Zach Dionne / PopEater:
Marie Osmond Remarries First Husband 26 Years After Divorce
Discussion: Socialite Life
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Elin Nordegren Is Dating Again  —  Elin Nordegren is back in the game!  —  EIght months after divorcing pro golfer Tiger Woods, the Swedish model, 31, is on a mission for a new man, a source tells Us Weekly.  “She was seeing a banker in Florida for three months, but that went nowhere,” continues the insider.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Bossip
Variety:
Bradley Cooper in talks for ‘Paradise Lost’  —  Legendary Pictures adaptation based on Milton's 17th-century poem  —  After helping launch “The Hangover” franchise, Legendary Pictures wants back in business with Bradley Cooper, who's in early talks to play Lucifer in an adaptation …
Kelly Fisher / PopEater:
Video: Beyonce Surprises Middle School Dance Group  —  Last week, not many teens could say they've danced side-by-side with Beyonce.  Now, thanks to the pop star's surprise visit to a Harlem middle school on Tuesday, a group of girls have a memory to last a lifetime.
TMZ.com:
Eddie Cibrian's Ex — Newest ‘Housewife’ of Bev Hills  —  Move over Camille Grammer — TMZ has learned ... Eddie Cibrian's ex-wife Brandi Glanville has been selected to star in the next season of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.”  —  Sources close to the production tell TMZ …
Sam Kashner / Vanity Fair:
Liz Taylor, Michael Jackson, and Marlon Brando Star in . . . Escape from New York!  —  The most unbelievable 9/11 tale of three icons' daring retreat from a city in crisis—told Taiwanese animation style!  —  Adapted from “Elizabeth Taylor's Closing Act,” by Sam Kashner, published in the June 2011 issue of Vanity Fair.
 
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Lauren / X17 Online:
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