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9:30 AM ET, April 20, 2012

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Jen Heger / RADAR:
Cops Have Video Of Lindsay Lohan At The Standard, Night Of Alleged Assault, She WAS There!  —  Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department have officially received the surveillance video from The Standard Hotel in West Hollywood from the night that a woman claims Lindsay Lohan assaulted her …
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TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan In Nightclub Fight Sequel  —  In Nightclub Fight Sequel!  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Lindsay Lohan returned to the scene of the (alleged) crime!!!  We've learned she showed up at The Standard Hotel on the Sunset Strip Wednesday night ... went to Smoke and Mirrors …
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Glee Scoop: Perez Hilton and Rex Lee Join Lindsay Lohan for Guest Spot—With a Voice Twist!  —  Tony DiMaio/startraksphoto.com; AP Photo/Evan Agostini;Jason Merritt/Getty Images  —  Looks like Lindsay Lohan's gonna have some famous (and infamous) friends joining her at the judging table on Glee.
Discussion: TVgasm, Digital Spy and TV Fanatic
Perez Hilton:
New Details On Lindsay Lohan's Upcoming Glee Guest Spot!
Discussion: X17 Online
Jessica / INF Daily:
Exclusive Pics!  Jennifer Lopez Rocks a Crazy Severe Dress for American Idol  —  Dayum.  Can you imagine being 42 and having such a toned stomach that you wear a dress like this?  Like anyone needs another reason to envy Jennifer Lopez.  —  While her body is undeniably fabulous …
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Francis Lawrence Is Lionsgate's Choice to Direct ‘Hunger Games’ Sequel ‘Catching Fire’ (Exclusive)  —  Sources say that Lawrence will receive an official offer this afternoon.  —  Francis Lawrence  —  After a quick but fairly exhaustive search, Lionsgate has chosen Francis Lawrence to direct the Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire.
Jon Pareles / New York Times:
Levon Helm, Drummer and Rough-Throated Singer for the Band, Dies at 71  —  Levon Helm, who helped to forge a deep-rooted American music as the drummer and singer for the Band, died on Thursday in Manhattan.  He was 71 and lived in Woodstock, N.Y.  —  His death, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center …
Discussion: Thighs Wide Shut and The Wrap
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Jerry Shriver / USA Today:
The Band's Levon Helm dies at age 71
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip and Gawker
omg!:
Dark Shadows Actor Jonathan Frid Dies at 87  —  Actor Jonathan Frid died Friday, April 13, of natural causes in a hospital in his hometown of Hamilton, Ontario, the Associated Press reports.  He was 87.  —  Best known for playing Barnabas Collins from 1966-1971 on ABC's vampire soap opera Dark Shadows …
Discussion: NY Daily News and PerezHilton
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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Pregnant Man Thomas Beatie and Wife Separate  —  “Pregnant Man” Thomas Beatie with family  —  Thomas Beatie, who gained fame as the world's first known legal man to give birth, has split from his wife of nine years.  —  Beatie revealed the breakup with Nancy during a taping of the syndicated TV show …
Discussion: Sandra Rose and Hollyscoop
Paul Flynn / Out Magazine:
Chris Hemsworth: Of Gods & Men  —  Chris Hemsworth went from being an Aussie soap star to the embodiment of the Norse thunder god, nudging to the head of the pack of blond Hollywood newbies — and what killer hair!  —  Photography by Xevi Muntané Styling by Jessie Culley
Paul Chi / People.com:
Zac Efron: Having His Mom See His Love Scenes Is ‘Awkward’  —  Stripping off his clothes to shoot love scenes with Taylor Schilling for The Lucky One was fine with Zac Efron - until he watched the movie with his mother, Starla.  —  “We saw the film together and I was kind of squirming,” …
Discussion: Socialite Life
Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds House Hunting in Connecticut!  —  Serena is heading to the suburbs!  An insider tells Us Weekly that Gossip Girl star Blake Lively and boyfriend of six months Ryan Reynolds want to live together and “have been looking around different areas of Connecticut” for a house.
The Superficial:
Jennifer Love Hewitt's Breasts Have Made Her Pretty Popular.  Pretty Popular Indeed...  By all definitions, Jennifer Love Hewitt is a crazy woman who more than likely tries on wedding dresses in front of tuxedo-wearing men with bear traps through their legs in her basement, but she has really …
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Penelope Cruz Eyes Reteam With Javier Bardem for ‘The Counselor’ (Exclusive)  —  She is the front-runner for a role in a gritty drama that will also star Michael Fassbender and Brad Pitt.  —  Penelope Cruz might be reteaming with husband Javier Bardem for The Counselor …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't! and Digital Spy
Jethro Nededog / Hollywood Reporter:
Giuliana and Bill Rancic to Host Eva Longoria's Dating Show ‘Ready for Love’  —  Additionally, the upcoming NBC dating series announced a country-wide search for eligible women via social media ending May 18.  —  Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria announced during a panel at NBC's Summer Press …
Discussion: PerezHilton and Just Jared
PARADE Magazine:
Jenny McCarthy: 'I'm Taking Baby Steps' with New Romance … Sign up for our free online newsletter!
Andrea Lavinthal / Us Weekly:
Jennifer Morrison Dyes Her Hair Red!  —  It wasn't easy to stand out at Us Weekly's Hot Hollywood party Wednesday night, with sexy stars including Kim Kardashian and Julianne Hough in attendance.  But one actress managed to steal the spotlight with her shocking new look.
Discussion: LA Rag Mag, Cele|bitchy and PopSugar
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Nicole Eggenberger / Us Weekly:
Us Weekly's Hot Hollywood Bash: What All the Stars Wore!
Discussion: Socialite Life
People.com:
Michelle Williams & Jason Segel Get Cuddly at Movie Premiere  —  New movie, new love.  —  Michelle Williams and Jason Segel had plenty to feel giddy about Wednesday night, as the new couple attended the premiere of his movie The Five-Year Engagement at the Tribeca Film Festival - and snuggled together at the afterparty.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, PopSugar and PerezHilton
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omg!:
Jason Segel, Michelle Williams Affectionate, Inseparable at First Public Event as Couple
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Jenna Mullins / E! Online:
American Horror Story New Setting Revealed!  —  A mental hospital?  A college?  A prison?  The theories for American Horror Story's season-two setting have been flying around even before season one wrapped.  And finally, after months of waiting, Ryan Murphy revealed at a special AHS panel session …
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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
‘American Horror Story’: Season 2 Locale Revealed
Discussion: Gawker, AfterElton.com and TV Fanatic
 
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Keith Caulfield / Hollywood Reporter:
Lionel Richie's ‘Tuskegee’ Album Hits No. 1 On Billboard 200
Discussion: PerezHilton and Just Jared
BBC:
‘Eggless’ chick laid by hen in Sri Lanka
Discussion: Gawker
Daily Mail:
'None of it's true': Jessie J denies she is a lesbian after she is ‘outed’ by unauthorised book
Discussion: Queerty
Perez Hilton:
GLEE Quartet SLAYS Whitney Houston's How Will I Know Tribute!
Discussion: omg!
Tim / Dailyfill:
Trailer: Robert Pattinson's Creepy New Cronenberg Film “Cosmopolis”
Discussion: PerezHilton
 Earlier Picks: 
The Superficial:
Natalie Portman & Johnny Depp Signed The Word ‘Tampon’ In Paul McCartney's New Video. Whoops.
Discussion: Crushable
Oliver Lyttelton / Indiewire Blogs …:
‘Lawless,’ ‘Killing Them Softly,’ ‘Cosmopolis,’ ‘On The Road’ Lead Official Selection For 2012 Cannes Film Festival
Bedhead / Cele|bitchy:
Chris Evans (again) on his ideal lady: “I like a big ass. I can say that?”
Sarah Bull / Daily Mail:
Anne Waste-away: Actress displays drastic weight loss on set of Les Miserables with Hugh Jackman
Discussion: Crushable
 

 
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

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Associated Press:
Large protests outside the annual WHCD event condemned both the Western news' media coverage of the war in Gaza and President Biden's handling of the conflict

 
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