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12:35 PM ET, February 14, 2013

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New York Times:
Pistorius Charged With Murder in Shooting of Woman  —  JOHANNESBURG — Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, who made sporting history by becoming the first double amputee sprinter to compete in the Olympics, was charged with murder on Thursday after a woman was fatally shot in his home in Pretoria …
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Daily Mail:
Blade Runner Oscar Pistorius charged with murder after ‘he accidentally shot dead his model girlfriend at his luxury South Africa home when he mistook her for an intruder’  —  South African paralympic star Oscar Pistorius has been charged with murder and is in custody after reportedly shooting …
Discussion: Sandra Rose
CNN:
‘Blade runner’ Oscar Pistorius' girlfriend found fatally shot in his home  —  Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) — The 29-year-old girlfriend of South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius was found fatally shot in his upscale Pretoria home early Thursday, authorities said.  —  Read more: Who was Oscar Pistorius' girlfriend?
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
‘Blade Runner’ Oscar Pistorius Charged with Girlfriend's Murder
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Facebook:
Lady Gaga  · 55,448,658 like this  —  There's an unfortunate announcement coming out right now, concerning myself and the Born This Way Ball.  Im so sorry.  I barely know what to say.  I've been hiding a show injury and chronic pain for sometime now, over the past month it has worsened.
Discussion: People.com
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Justin Ravitz / Us Weekly:
Lady Gaga Cancels Tour for Hip Surgery  —  Get well, Gaga.  After initially postponing several concert dates, Lady Gaga has been forced to cancel the remainder of her Born This Way Ball Tour, concert promoter Live Nation Global Touring announced on its website on Wednesday Feb. 13.
Chuck Arnold / People.com:
Lady Gaga Cancels Born This Way Ball Tour Due to Severe Injury
Discussion: Celeb Gossip …
Jolie Lash / Access Hollywood:   Lady Gaga Cancels Remainder Of Tour, Will Need Surgery
TMZ.com:
Kim Kardashian & Kanye West — TSA Investigating Airport Security Violation [Update]  —  2:00 PM PT — A rep for American Airlines tells TMZ ... the company is taking responsibility for the incident, explaining, “This was a lapse in judgment by one of our employees.”
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Us Weekly:
Video: Kim Kardashian Shows Brittny Gastineau Her Massive Closet, $90,000 Pair of Sneakers
Discussion: PopSugar
Us Weekly:
Katy Perry “Doesn't Approve” of Rihanna Dating Chris Brown  —  Rihanna's reunion with Chris Brown at this year's Grammy Awards stirred up plenty of buzz among fans, but it turns out that some of the couple's famous friends aren't so hot about their rekindled romance either.
Lindsey Vonn / Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Tiger Woods, Lindsey Vonn Getting Closer, Bonding With Each Other's Families  —  Credit: Lester Cohen/WireImage.com; Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com  —  Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn may not be ready to talk about their relationship, but actions speak louder than words — and their actions say things are heating up.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, New York Post and Bossip
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
'Harry Potter's' Rupert Grint to Star in CBS' Greg Garcia Comedy ‘Super Clyde’  —  He'll make his small-screen series regular debut in the title role of the CBS Television Studios comedy.  —  Rupert Grint  —  CBS has just put Ron Weasley on its payroll.  —  Harry Potter's Rupert Grint …
Discussion: Celebs.com, MoeJackson and Digital Spy
Joyce Chen / Us Weekly:
The Bachelor: Tierra LiCausi Is Engaged, Planning Her Wedding to Unnamed Fiance  —  Even off the show, Tierra LiCausi is still full of surprises.  The former Bachelor contestant, who was sent home in tears on this week's episode of the hit ABC dating show, is hardly wallowing in her rejection …
Discussion: In Touch Weekly
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Rennie Dyball / People.com:
The Bachelor's Tierra Gets Engaged
lifeandstylemag.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Bachelor Sean Lowe Is Engaged!
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Suzy Byrne / omg! from Yahoo!:
Taylor Swift Ex Conor Kennedy Gets Arrested at White House  —  Conor and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., center, outside the White House (Riverkeeper/Facebook)  —  While Taylor Swift dances in shopping carts and dresses up like Harry Styles, her summer fling - high schooler Conor Kennedy …
TMZ.com:
‘Love & Hip Hop’ Star — HUGE CHICK FIGHT ... Caught on Tape  —  Caught on Tape  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Another day, another RAGING SHE-FIGHT involving one of the stars of “Love & Hip Hop” ... with hair-pulling, name-calling and a nasty panther-like, claw-first takedown ... and TMZ has the footage.
Discussion: Bossip
Stephen Galloway / Hollywood Reporter:
Hugh Jackman on His Surprising Hollywood BFFs and Mother's Abandonment  —  In THR's cover story, the first-time Oscar nominee defends the “caring and thoughtful” Rupert Murdoch, says Tony Robbins suggested he name the dueling sides of his personality — “Frank was the more confident …
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Stephen Galloway / Hollywood Reporter:
Hugh Jackman on His Surprising Hollywood BFFs and Mother's Abandonment
Discussion: Queerty and Crushable
Zach Johnson / Us Weekly:
Viola Davis Met Spouse Julius Tennon Three Weeks After Praying for a Husband  —  Julius Tennon is the man of Viola Davis' dreams!  At the Cinema Society and Dior Beauty screening of Beautiful Creatures in New York City Feb. 11, the 47-year-old actress revealed how the actor and former college football player came into her life.
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Alyson Hannigan / TMZ.com:
A Mental Patient Is Threatening to Kill Me  —  “American Pie” star Alyson Hannigan has obtained a restraining order against a man she claims is mentally unstable and threatened to kill her, TMZ has learned.  —  The “How I Met Your Mother” actress filed a request for a restraining order in L …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
 
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
‘Vampire Diaries’ Claire Holt To Co-Star In ‘The Originals’ Spinoff
In Touch Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: It's a Baby Boy for ‘Real Housewives of Alanta’ Star Phaedra Parks!
Discussion: Bossip
lifeandstylemag.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Real Housewives of New Jersey's Melissa Gorga Faces Cheating Accusations
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Casey Vaughn / FOX Carolina 21:
Rapper DMX arrested in Spartanburg Co.
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Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Hugh Laurie in Talks for Villain Role in Clooney's ‘Tomorrowland’ (Exclusive)
Discussion: Digital Spy and I Watch Stuff
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Jenny McCarthy Defends Cousin Melissa McCarthy, Slams Film Critic Rex Reed: “He Can Go to Hell”
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