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7:20 PM ET, February 19, 2013

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WhoSay:
Tell Kelly Clarkson you like this  —  So I just heard Clive Davis is releasing a memoir and spreading false information about me and my music.  I refuse to be bullied and I just have to clear up his memory lapses and misinformation for myself and for my fans.  It feels like a violation.
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Rolling Stone:
Clive Davis Comes Out in New Memoir  —  Famed record executive also opens up about working with Bruce Springsteen, Whitney Houston, Kelly Clarkson  —  Clive Davis' new memoir, The Soundtrack of My Life, is full of inside stories from throughout his famed career.
Cynthia McFadden / ABCNEWS:
Clive Davis Reveals Secrets About Legendary Artists and His Own Sexuality  —  Clive Davis is a force of nature.  —  His musical enthusiasms are legendary — as is his break-neck schedule — and those so-called “golden ears.”  —  Not only did he discover talent as wide-ranging as Janis Joplin …
Discussion: Sandra Rose and FishbowlLA
Clark Collis / EW.com:
Legendary music biz executive Clive Davis opens up about Whitney Houston, Kelly Clarkson, and his own bisexuality in new memoir  —  It is almost easier to list the artists legendary music business executive Clive Davis hasn't worked with than the ones he has during his half century-long career.
Discussion: Dlisted
Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Clive Davis Comes Out as Bisexual in New Memoir
Christine / CONCRETELOOP.COM:
VIDEO: CLIVE DAVIS OPENS UP ABOUT HIS BISEXUALITY ON KATIE + PROMOTES NEW BOOK
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Hollywood Reporter:
Clive Davis Comes Out of the Closet on ‘Katie’
Discussion: Celebs.com
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Source: Mindy McCready dog shooting not ‘act of malice’  —  The popular country singer led an often troubled life.  —  LOS ANGELES - After many years struggling with substance abuse and legal and mental health problems, Mindy McCready, 37, took her own life on Sunday in what sources close …
Discussion: TODAY.com
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People.com:
Dr. Drew Pinsky Speaks Out on Mindy McCready's Death  —  From left: Mike Starr, Mindy McCready and Joey Kovar  —  Mindy McCready's tragic suicide on Sunday makes the country singer the fifth person who has starred in Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew to die in the past two years.
London Review of Books:
Royal Bodies  —  Last summer at the festival in Hay-on-Wye, I was asked to name a famous person and choose a book to give them.  I hate the leaden repetitiveness of these little quizzes: who would be the guests at your ideal dinner party, what book has changed your life, which fictional character do you most resemble?
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International Business Times:   Kate Middleton ‘A Plastic Princess With Dead Eyes’: Hilary Mantel Lambasted for Duchess of Cambridge Slur
Simon Perry / People.com:
Kate Looks Great at First Official Outing Since Babymoon  —  Making her first official public appearance since her Caribbean babymoon, a tanned and healthy-looking Duchess of Cambridge showed off her blooming baby bump Tuesday morning during a visit to a residential treatment center run by one of her patronages, Action on Addiction.
Discussion: hollyscoop.com
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Naomi Gordon / Digital Spy:
Kate Middleton Duchess of Cambridge reveals baby bump on charity visit
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Us Weekly:   Kate Middleton Nervous About Giving Birth
TMZ.com:
Britney Spears — Getting Close To A Guy Named David  —  Getting Close to a  —  Normal Guy Named David  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  We now know the identity of the mystery man who took Britney Spears out for a Valentine's Day dinner and played golf with her over the weekend.  He is ... a very normal guy.
ETonline.com:
Prince Michael Jackson is New ET Correspondent  —  Michael Jackson's oldest child Prince Michael is now an ET correspondent, taking on interviewing duties to cover the upcoming sure-to-be-blockbuster, Oz the Great and Powerful.  —  ET's Brooke Anderson mentored Jackson through …
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Amy Kaufman / Los Angeles Times:
How Michael Jackson's son landed an ‘Entertainment Tonight’ job
Discussion: Gawker
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Oscar Pistorius Charge Upgraded to Premeditated Murder  —  Charges against Oscar Pistorius have been upgraded to premeditated murder, after the judge in Pretoria, South Africa, said during Tuesday's bail hearing that he could not rule out the possibility that the “Blade Runner” …
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TMZ.com:
Kim Kardashian — Khloe Was NOT Fired from ‘X Factor’  —  Khloe Was NOT Fired  —  from ‘X Factor’  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Khloe Kardashian did not go the way of Paula Abdul ... and Nicole Scherzinger ... and Cheryl Cole ... and Steve Jones ... and has NOT been 86'd from “X Factor” ... this according to Kim Kardashian.
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Zero Dark’ Actor Jason Clarke to Star in ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ (Exclusive)  —  Matt Reeves is directing the sequel to 2011's “Rise of the Planet of the Apes.”  —  Jason Clarke, a breakout actor thanks to his performance as a CIA agent in Zero Dark Thirty, has signed on to star …
Discussion: I Watch Stuff
Nicole Eggenberger / Us Weekly:
Fergie, Josh Duhamel Head to Los Angeles Airport After Pregnancy Announcement: Picture  —  Already a supportive dad-to-be!  Josh Duhamel guided wife Fergie, who is pregnant with their first child, through LAX airport Monday, Feb. 18 — the same day the couple announced their happy news via Twitter.
 
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TMZ.com:
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Allison Corneau / Us Weekly:
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Mark Worgan / Entertainmentwise:
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

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