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5:25 PM ET, February 14, 2012

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Brett Martin / GQ:
I Love You, Wo-man  —  Meet America's Most Famous New Fake Couple—Paulifer! (or is it Anirudd?).  Brett Martin gets Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd squabbling about marriage, death, and Jen's (imaginary) quadruplets  —  It had not occurred to me before actually meeting Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd just how long I'd known them.
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Jennifer Aniston Wears Sexy Black Bra, Reveals Taut Abs on GQ Cover  —  The last time Jennifer Aniston appeared on the cover of GQ, she made headlines for wearing a red, white and blue tie — and not much else else.  —  For the March 2012 issue, however, the 43-year-old Wanderlust star covers …
Discussion: X17 Online
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Jennifer Aniston & Paul Rudd cover GQ, Aniston drops trou & talks about babies
James Crugnale / Mediaite:
Nancy Grace On Whitney Houston's Death: ‘Who Let Her Slip, Or Pushed Her, Underneath That Water?’  —  Was Whitney Houston's death...murder?  HLN's Nancy Grace seemed to suggest as much when she made a special appearance on CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin to give her legal speculation on the R&B pop star's alleged cause of death.
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Stephanie / X17 Online:
WHITNEY HOUSTON'S BODY ARRIVES HOME IN NEW JERSEY  —  The body of Whitney Houston arrived in a gold hearse to a funeral parlor in her home state of New Jersey, where a memorial service will be held for around 18,000 people at Newark's Prudential Center, at the end of the week.
TMZ.com:
Newark Mayor Cory Booker: Whitney Houston's Family Asked City to Cancel Public Memorial Plans  —  to Cancel Public Memorial Plans  —  There will be NO public memorial service for Whitney Houston at the 18,000-seat Prudential Center in Newark, NJ ... because Whitney's family didn't want one …
Gael Fashingbauer Cooper / msnbc.com:
No public memorial for Whitney Houston
Discussion: PerezHilton
RADAR:   Whitney Houston's Body Arrives At NJ Funeral Home
TMZ.com:
Playmate of the Year Claire Sinclair: This Is What Domestic Violence Looks Like [Photo]  —  This Is What Domestic Violence  —  Looks Like [Photo]  —  You're looking at the bruising damage 2011 Playmate of the Year Claire Sinclair claims she suffered at the hands of Hugh Hefner's son during a violent rampage this weekend.
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The Superficial:
Hugh Hefner's Son Beat Up A Playmate  —  Apparently Hugh Hefner rents his creations out to his kids along with a generous insurance policy so they don't have to worry about returning them in perfect condition, because his son Marston just found himself arrested after beating the s**t …
Alexis L. Loinaz / E! Online:
Hugh Hefner's Son Arrested for Alleged Attack on Playboy Playmate
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THE HUNGER GAMES' LIAM HEMSWORTH HAS NO IDEA WHAT'S ABOUT TO HIT HIM  —  LIAM HEMSWORTH HAS BEEN PLUCKED FROM RELATIVE OBSCURITY TO STAR IN THE HUNGER GAMES, THE BIGGEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR.  YOU'D THINK THE 22-YEAR-OLD AUSSIE WOULD BE COUNTING HIS BLESSINGS, OR MAYBE FRETTING ABOUT THE PRESSURE …
Discussion: Hollywood.com and Just Jared
TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan — Did I Forget to Do My Taxes ... Again?  —  Did I Forget to Do My Taxes  —  ... Again?  —  Lindsay Lohan and tax liens go together like Lindsay Lohan and arrests, probation violation hearings, lawsuits, mug shots and see-through shirts ... that is to say, very well.
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Celebslam:   Lindsay needs to give it up
Celebslam:
How the hell does Katherine Heigl walk in those things? . . .  and Monday's Paparazzi Leftovers  —  Paparazzi photos from Monday, February 13  —  Katherine Heigl out and about in Los Feliz (pics start here)  —  Nina Dobrev at the Christian Siriano show during Fashion Week in New York (pics start here)
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Reese Witherspoon's film is getting terrible reviews, the release date was pushed back  —  These are some photos of Reese Witherspoon going into and coming out of the Ed Sullivan Theater last night, where she made an appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman.
Discussion: msnbc.com
Kyle Buchanan / Vulture:
Billy Bob Thornton's Next Film About Angelina Jolie  —  Billy Bob Thornton is currently at the Berlin Film Festival to promote the first film he's directed in over ten years, Jayne Mansfield's Car, but it's the movie he'll make next that's likely to get media tongues wagging.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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Gregg Goldstein / Variety:
Thornton's on the road again
Discussion: Dlisted
Guy Trebay / New York Times:
Model Struts Path to Stardom Not on Runway, but on YouTube  —  There was a time, not long ago, when the surest path to modeling stardom was down the runway of a top designer's show, when it would have been unthinkable to find among the industry's top ranks a swimsuit girl whose main claims …
TMZ.com:
Home Rumer Willis — Hollywood Hills Home Burglarized  —  RUMER WILLIS  —  Hollywood Home Burglarized  —  Rumer Willis' Hollywood Hills home has been burglarized ... and the thieves made off with roughly $10,000 in stolen goods — TMZ has learned.  —  Law enforcement sources tell TMZ …
Discussion: Gossip Cop
Amy Jamieson / PEOPLE Pets:
Shakira Nearly Attacked by a Sea Lion in South Africa  —  Shakira in Cape Town; Inset: Shakira's injured hand  —  That might be a little too close for comfort!  —  Shakira is nursing a few scrapes and hailing her brother as a hero after he saved her from a wild sea lion attack in Cape Town, South Africa.
Discussion: The Blemish
TMZ.com:
Kate Upton — UNREAL Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Leaks to Web  —  UNREAL S.I. Swimsuit Cover  —  Leaks to Web  —  The secret is out ... and so is the RIDICULOUSLY SMOKIN' HOT photo ... Kate Upton has been awarded the prestigious title of 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition cover girl.
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Kevin Blair / Starpulse:
Kate Upton Is This Year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Cover Girl (See Pics!)
Discussion: Socialite Life
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Guillermo del Toro to Direct ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Tale for Warner Bros.  —  Emma Watson is attached to star in “Beauty,” one of many projects del Toro is pursuing  —  Guillermo del Toro is attached to direct Beauty, a new take on the Beauty and the Beast tale set up at Warner Bros. Harry …
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Jeff Sneider / Variety:
Guillermo del Toro to direct ‘Beauty’ and the Beast
Discussion: Hollywood.com and Digital Spy
 
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