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9:40 AM ET, February 15, 2012

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Whitney Houston / People.com:
Inside Whitney Houston's Secret Pain  —  Before she was a six-time Grammy winner, before she became a glamorous pop diva who influenced generations of power-voiced belters and shattered sales records in the music industry, Whitney Houston was a shy, slight girl known as “Nippy” to her family in Newark, N.J.
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Ben Sisario / Media Decoder:
Sony Says Price of 2 Whitney Houston Albums Was Raised by Mistake
Discussion: The Wrap and Digital Spy
James Crugnale / Mediaite:
Nancy Grace On Whitney Houston's Death: ‘Who Let Her Slip, Or Pushed Her, Underneath That Water?’
Discussion: The Superficial, omg! and PerezHilton
People.com:
Kim Kardashian & Reggie Bush: Are They Getting Back Together?  —  Is an old flame heating up Kim Kardashian's Valentine's Day this year?  —  Amid reports last weekend that the reality star reunited over lunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel with ex-boyfriend Reggie Bush, a source tells PEOPLE …
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Jessica / INF Daily:
Pics!  Kim Kardashian Goes Makeup Free on Valentine's Day!  —  Kim Kardashian was all alone (and makeup free!) when we caught up with her this Valentine's Day - though she left her gym with a single pink rose in her hand.  A gift from her trainer perhaps?  —  Of course that doesn't mean Kim's …
TMZ.com:
Bobby Brown — Distraught After Hearing He's Unwanted at Whitney Houston's Funeral  —  Distraught After Hearing  —  He's Unwanted at Funeral  —  Bobby Brown is “extremely disappointed” after hearing that several members of Whitney Houston's family do not want him to attend the singer's funeral ... sources tell TMZ.
Discussion: omg!
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Alison Schwartz / People.com:
Whitney Houston's Body Arrives at Newark Funeral Home: Report
Discussion: Yeeeah!, Reuters and USA Today
Gael Fashingbauer Cooper / msnbc.com:
No public memorial for Whitney Houston
Discussion: PerezHilton
omg!:
Kate Winslet on Seeing Herself in Titanic 3-D: “Make It F-cking Stop!”  —  Titanic 3-D officially hits theaters on April 4, but 44 cities will be treated to a special screening of the first film to gross more than $1 billion on Valentine's Day.  —  The release is extra special for leading lady Kate Winslet …
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Ann Oldenburg / USA Today:
Kate Winslet talks V-Day, ‘Titanic’ in 3-D
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop
Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Chris Brown's Grammy Lovefest Slammed by Miranda Lambert, Jack Osbourne, Eric Stonestreet, More  —  Not a fan of Chris Brown's Grammys “all is forgiven” performance and subsequent head-scratching lovefest on Sunday night?  You're not alone.  —  Though some stars—and even the Recording Academy itself …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Oh No They Didn't!
Details:
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 …
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
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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omg!:
Jennifer Aniston Wears Sexy Black Bra, Reveals Taut Abs on GQ Cover
Discussion: X17 Online
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Jennifer Aniston & Paul Rudd cover GQ, Aniston drops trou & talks about babies
Whitney Houston / TMZ.com:
Had Premonition About Death  —  Whitney Houston told friends she “really wanted to see Jesus” in the days before her death ... and claimed she had a feeling the end was near for her ... this according to several of Whitney's friends.  —  TMZ has learned ... Whitney had been very spiritual …
Discussion: Bossip
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: Dlisted and The Blemish
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Ariana Finlayson / Us Weekly:   Shakira: My Brother Saved Me from a Sea Lion Attack!
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
Jonny Lee Miller To Play Sherlock Holmes In CBS Pilot ‘Elementary’  —  EXCLUSIVE: CBS's Sherlock Holmes reboot Elementary has solved its first big mystery — who will play the famous detective.  Former Eli Stone star Jonny Lee Miller has been tapped as the lead of the project …
Discussion: PerezHilton, Digital Spy and TV Fanatic
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: Cele|bitchy, X17 Online and Gossip Cop
Celebslam:
Lindsay needs to give it up  —  Lindsay Lohan in Love magazine  —  Lindsay Lohan has been obsessed with Marilyn Monroe for some time now (her Playboy shoot was Marilyn-themed as was her recent shoot for Love magazine, above).  The parallels are obvious; both are female . . . both are . . . um, that's all I got.
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TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan — Did I Forget to Do My Taxes ... Again?
 
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Jackie Willis / Celebuzz:
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Discussion: Digital Spy
Us Weekly:
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Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Spoiler Chat Daily: Who's Dying on The Vampire Diaries and Revenge?! Plus, a Glee Shocker Ahead!
Discussion: PerezHilton
Associated Press:
In Bosnia, Angelina Jolie says she hopes film draws notice to atrocities, including in Syria
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Celeb Gossip …
TMZ.com:
Mel Gibson Arresting Officer Bangs Out a Settlement in Jewish Discrimination Suit
Discussion: Associated Press
 Earlier Picks: 
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Reese Witherspoon's film is getting terrible reviews, the release date was pushed back
Discussion: msnbc.com
Celebslam:
How the hell does Katherine Heigl walk in those things? . . . and Monday's Paparazzi Leftovers
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
‘Chuck’ Star Zachary Levi To Topline Fox's Comedy Pilot ‘Let It Go’, Lifting Contingency
Discussion: TV Fanatic and Just Jared
Kevin Mazur / People.com:
Johnny Depp Rocks Out with Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen
 

 
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Ruth La Ferla / New York Times:
Graydon Carter opens a physical store called Air Mail Newsstand in NYC, as an extension of his digital newsletter Air Mail, selling books, magazines, and more

Emma Roth / The Verge:
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