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11:15 AM ET, May 5, 2012

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TMZ.com:
MCA Adam Yauch Dead — Beastie Boys Rapper Dies at 47  —  11:30 AM PT — MCA's publicist just released a statement, writing, “It is with great sadness that we confirm that musician, rapper, activist and director Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch ... passed away in his native New York City this morning after a near-three-year battle with cancer.
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Rolling Stone:
Beastie Boys Co-Founder Adam Yauch Dead at 48  —  Influential rapper was diagonosed with cancer in 2009  —  Adam Yauch, one-third of the pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 48, Rolling Stone has learned.  Yauch, also known as MCA, had been in treatment for cancer since 2009.
Discussion: Starpulse and Us Weekly
Jane / X17 Online:
BABY NEWS: MIRA SORVINO GIVES BIRTH TO FOURTH CHILD, CARSON DALY EXPECTING BABY #2  —  Hollywood's got a major case of [Bieber] baby fever!  —  Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino and husband Christopher Backus welcomed their fourth child, a baby girl named Lucia, on Thursday in LA. The new little …
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Mira Sorvino & Her Husband Welcome Baby No. 4  —  Mira and her husband have added baby No. 4 to their growing family.  Congrats to the couple on their newest bundle of joy!  —  Mira Sorvino is one happy mommy!  The 44-year-old actress gave birth to a baby girl, Lucia …
Sarah / People.com:
Mira Sorvino Welcomes Daughter Lucia
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop
TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan — Prosecutor REJECTS Hit-and-Run Case  —  Prosecutor REJECTS  —  Hit-and-Run Case  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Lindsay Lohan will NOT be prosecuted for allegedly committing a hit-and-run in Hollywood in March, because prosecutors say the accuser is full of crap.
Discussion: PerezHilton and Associated Press
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TMZ.com:
Dennis Quaid's Wife — I'm Calling OFF the Divorce!  —  DENNIS QUAID'S WIFE  —  I'm Calling OFF the Divorce!  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Dennis Quaid's wife has apparently had a change of heart ... 'cause she's officially withdrawn her divorce papers ... TMZ has learned.
Discussion: omg!, People.com, Gossip Cop and PerezHilton
TMZ.com:
Kris Humphries' Media Whorishness Keeping Kim Kardashian Divorce Alive  —  Kris' Media Whoring  —  Is Keeping Divorce Alive  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Kris Humphries is the opposite of upset over his divorce from Kim Kardashian — he's loving the attention ... so says Kim's lawyer.
Dahvi Shira / People.com:
Carrie Underwood: My Husband Mike Fisher Is ‘Hot!’  —  Nearly two years into their marriage, the flame is still going strong for Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher.  —  “I mean, he's hot!”  Underwood, 29, gushed to PEOPLE on Thursday.  “He's a hot guy.”  —  The Southern songstress …
TMZ.com:
Junior Seau — The Frantic 911 Call  —  The Frantic 911 Call ‘My BF Just Shot Himself’  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  TMZ has obtained the horrific 911 call placed by Junior Seau's girlfriend moments after the NFL legend shot himself in the chest Wednesday morning at his Oceanside, CA home.
Discussion: Bossip and The Hollywood Gossip
New York Post:
Don't rely on media to evaluate bad behavior  —  Berman on Twitter  —  But then, other than that the game ran nearly five hours, what distinguished Emrick's call from his other calls?  Nothing.  He was as good as he was in any blowout regular season game we've heard him call the last 28 years.
Tim / Dailyfill:
Breaking News: Mila Kunis' Stalker Arrested Outside Her Beverly Hills Gym!  —  Mila Kunis spent her Friday morning talking to the police after receiving some unwanted attention from a stalker.  Kunis was accosted by the suspicious looking individual, possibly a local homeless man, while at her Beverly Hills gym.
Discussion: Gossip Cop
Mike Larkin / Daily Mail:
‘I looked like a moron’: Justin Timberlake confesses to embarrassment over 'N Sync attire  —  It was the band that launched him to stardom and briefly won him the hand of Britney Spears.  —  But Justin Timberlake has admitted he cannot live down looking like a ‘moron’ during his time as a member of 'N Sync.
Discussion: Hollywood Rag and Socialite Life
Dahvi Shira / People.com:
American Idol: Skylar Laine Is ‘Really Relieved’ to Be Eliminated  —  Skylar Laine gave it her all on Wednesday night's American Idol, but when she was sent home over Hollie Cavanagh during Tuesday's elimination, there were no tears shed.  —  “I'm just really relieved right now,” Laine, 18, told PEOPLE with a smile.
Discussion: Digital Spy
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Nicole Karlis / omg!:
Carrie Underwood: I'm Sad Skylar Laine Was Eliminated On ‘American Idol’
Discussion: PerezHilton
 
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