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5:25 PM 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.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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TMZ.com:
Whitney Houston Had Premonition About Death  —  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.
Discussion: PerezHilton and Bossip
Bryan Lynn / omg!:
Whitney Death Probe Focuses on Prescription Drugs
Discussion: TMZ.com and Associated Press
Ben Sisario / Media Decoder:
Sony Says Price of 2 Whitney Houston Albums Was Raised by Mistake
Marco / X17 Online:
REPORT: ARETHA FRANKLIN TO SING AT WHITNEY HOUSTON'S FUNERAL  —  The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, will be performing at Whitney Houston's New Jersey funeral, according to NBC New York.  —  Franklin, who is Houston's godmother, will join the service being held at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark on Saturday.
Discussion: CONCRETELOOP.COM and omg!
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Yahoo! Good Morning America:
Whitney Houston's Funeral: Bobby Brown Denies He's Shut Out, Sources Say
Discussion: Us Weekly and Celebrity Baby Scoop
NY Daily News:
Whitney Houston funeral to have star-studded choir perform at service in Newark on Saturday
Discussion: Socialite Life
TMZ.com:
Bobby Brown — Distraught After Hearing He's Unwanted at Whitney Houston's Funeral
Discussion: omg! and X17 Online
Neggenberger / OK! Magazine:
OK!  COVER STORY: Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt — Wedding Exclusive!  —  By OK!  Staff  —  Sometime this summer, after seven years and six children (going on eight), Brad Pitt and a very-pregnant-with-twin-boys Angelina Jolie will finally walk down the aisle and — most sincerely — wed.
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Hollywood Reporter:
George Clooney's Big Surprises: Small Paychecks, Insomnia, Bouts of Loneliness  —  In the new Hollywood Reporter, the Oscar-nominated “Descendants” star and “Ides of March” director/writer reveals the complicated side of his charismatic persona, discusses his friendship with Brad Pitt and why he hasn't had a drink since New Year's Eve.
Discussion: PopSugar, Gossip Cop and Just Jared
The Superficial:
Scarlett Johansson's In A Bikini Again, Definitely Saw That We Saw All That Cellulite  —  If anytime in the near future Scarlett Johansson ever tries to pretend she's above reading gossip about herself, remember these photos of her conveniently wearing shorts over her bikini bottom …
Discussion: The Blemish and DrunkenStepfather
Itsmeyall / RADAR:
Kim Kardashian Reveals More Than Her Assets!  ‘Khloe Asked Me To Be Her Surrogate’  —  Will Kim Kardashian carry Khloe and Lamar Odom's child?  —  The busty reality show star stripped down and struck some sexy poses for one of her sexiest photo shoots ever in the March 2012 issue of Allure magazine …
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Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Jenny McCarthy Talk Show Heading to VH1 (Exclusive)  —  The series, which will feature McCarthy's take on pop culture as well as guest panelists and celebrity interviews, is set to premiere in late summer or fall.  —  VH1 executives hope they have found their Chelsea Handler equivalent in Jenny McCarthy.
Jessica / INF Daily:
Pics!  Ivana Trump Shows Off Her Tanned Bikini Body & New Beau in St. Barts  —  Okay, let's be honest: posting Ivana Trump bikini pictures isn't really the same thing as posting most of our other, hot, bikini photos.  Unless you have a thing for rectangular midsections.  In which case, this would be like pr0n to you.
Discussion: X17 Online
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 …
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Christina Warren / Mashable!:
Chris Brown Curses Out Twitter Critics Then Tries to Delete the Evidence
Discussion: Dlisted and PerezHilton
Gordon Smart / Bizarre - The Sun:
Russell Brand news: He gets over Katy Perry divorce with new beauty  —  Comic spends night with brunette as he gets over divorce from Perry  —  Moving on ... Russell Brand's mystery brunette leaving his bachelor pad  —  COMIC Russell Brand is getting over his divorce from Katy Perry …
Jessica / INF Daily:
Exclusive!  ALL the Shocking Photos You Haven't Seen of Gaunt Macaulay Culkin  —  You might have caught a few photos of frighteningly thin Macaulay Culkin floating around the internet, but now INF Daily can exclusively bring you all the pictures from that startling afternoon.
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
William & Kate Made into Barbie and Ken Dolls in Time for Their Anniversary  —  From left: Kate and William (for real), and William and Kate (as dolls)  —  She may not be as curvy as the original, and he not as metrosexual, but the new Mattel Duke and Duchess of Cambridge versions of Barbie …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Michael K / Dlisted:
Lindsay Lohan And Terry Richardson Are Doing This Again  —  Lindsay Lohan should probably be at her local H&R Block to ask their asses if they can sort out her tax situation in exchange for a suitcase of stolen joree and a week's worth of sloppy hand jobs, but instead she's posing for Terry Richardson again.
Discussion: World Of Wonder
TMZ.com:
Kobe Bryant and Vanessa — Reconciling ... With Their Kissing Mouths  —  RECONCILING ...  With Their Mouths  —  Another come-from-behind victory for Kobe Bryant ... sucking face with the woman who has now taken all of his homes, Vanessa Bryant ... and now TMZ can confirm the two are working on a reconciliation.
Michael K / Dlisted:
Shakira Nearly Viciously Murdered By A Maniacal Seal!!  —  There's really nothing for me to add to this gripping as f**k tale of how Shakira's brother “Super Tony” bravely saved her from getting mauled to death by a seal, so I'll just let her tell you in her own words.
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Amy Jamieson / PEOPLE Pets:
Shakira Nearly Attacked by a Sea Lion in South Africa
Discussion: The Blemish
 
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People.com:
Inside Rihanna's Caribbean-Themed Birthday Bash
Discussion: PerezHilton
TMZ.com:
Lil Wayne Slipped Girlfriend MASSIVE Ring in Valentine's Day Surprise
ADELE:
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Discussion: PerezHilton, Crushable and Digital Spy
Tom Chiarella / Esquire:
Jon Hamm's True Hollywood Story
Discussion: Socialite Life and kenneth in the
The Bachelor:
Major Exclusive: Bachelor Ben Flajnik Engaged to (SPOILER)! First Look at the Ring!
PopSugar:
EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux Show Chemistry in New Wanderlust Clip!
Discussion: PerezHilton
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New York Post:
Mogul, beauty in stall break
Discussion: Bossip
Kristina Bumphrey / People.com:
Sienna Miller Shows Off Baby Bump
Discussion: PopSugar
Jackie Willis / Celebuzz:
Kristin Cavallari Reveals Pregnancy Cravings & Jay Cutler's Valentine's Day Surprise (PHOTOS)
Discussion: Digital Spy
Us Weekly:
What Prince William Got Kate Middleton for Valentine's Day
omg!:
Kate Winslet on Seeing Herself in Titanic 3-D: “Make It F-cking Stop!”
 

 
From Mediagazer:

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

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount is planning for what happens if no big deal happens, mulling cutting $2B in costs, selling BET and TV stations, starting a streaming JV, more

Elise Morton / Associated Press:
Russia arrests two journalists, Konstantin Gabov and Sergey Karelin, on “extremism” charges for allegedly working for a group founded by the late Alexei Navalny

 
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