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5:20 PM ET, April 23, 2013

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TMZ.com:
Reese Witherspoon in Handcuffs — Police Video  —  IN HANDCUFFS  —  Police Video  —  BREAKING NEWS  —  Video footage has just surfaced showing Reese Witherspoon in handcuffs moments after her “Do-you-know-my-name” arrest on Friday.  —  The video shows Reese being led …
Discussion: Egotastic! and X17 Online
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Zach Johnson / Us Weekly:
Reese Witherspoon Cancels Jimmy Fallon Appearance, Gets Mocked by Jimmy Kimmel  —  Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images; Lloyd Bishop/NBC; Randy Holmes/ABC  —  This Means War, indeed!  On the heels of her Apr. 19 arrest in Atlanta, Reese Witherspoon canceled her Apr. 22 press appearances for Mud …
Discussion: PerezHilton
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Kim K on pregnancy: ‘Really painful everywhere’  —  Kim Kardashian has opened up about her difficult pregnancy during her E! special with Ryan Seacrest.  —  “I was waiting for this amazing experience where I could just do whatever I want, eat whatever I want, feel great, and it just hasn't been that way,” the reality star sniffed.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Beyonce Really, Really Doesn't Want You To See Busted Pictures Of Her  —  When Buzzfeed posted the best (read: the most jacked up) pictures of the Queen of the United States, Beyonce, at the Super Bowl, her publicist kindly told them to please remove the worst ones or Blue Ivy Carter would ask …
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Noam Galai / Fstoppers:   Beyoncé Bans All Pro Photographers From Her Concerts
Bruce Golding / New York Post:
Ex-supermodel Janice broke  —  Bankrupt with $1M debt  —  Janice Dickinson is finally facing the ugly truth: She's broke.  —  The one-time supermodel has declared bankruptcy, The Post has learned, with court papers showing she has racked up nearly $1 million in debt with everyone …
Louise Saunders / Daily Mail:
Is that Rupert Sanders?  Kristen Stewart is seen getting into a car with man who appears to be her former lover... on same day beau Robert Pattinson jets out of LA  —  It caused one of the biggest celebrity shocks of 2012 when details of Kristen Stewart's secret affair with married director Rupert Sanders came to light last summer.
Perez Hilton:
Kris Jenner's Momstrosity Is The REAL Reason for Khloe's X Factor Demise!!!  —  Can't say we're surprised!  —  Kris Jenner, known for being a bit aggressive when it comes to promoting her daughters, apparently took things one step too far—yet again.  —  This time, her judgment failed …
Discussion: X17 Online
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Rick Egusquiza / RADAR:
Kris Jenner Wanted X Factor Producers To Replace Mario Lopez With Another One Of Her Daughters
Discussion: Crushable
Daniel E. Slotnik / New York Times:
Allan Arbus, Acerbic Psychiatrist on ‘M*A*S*H,’ Dies at 95  —  Allan Arbus, who left the successful fashion photography business he and his wife, Diane, built to become an actor, most memorably playing the caustic psychiatrist Maj. Sidney Freedman on the hit television series “M*A*S*H,” died on Friday at his home in Los Angeles.
Discussion: Us Weekly, People.com and The Wrap
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Dodgeball’ Sequel in the Works at Fox (Exclusive)  —  Ben Stiller's Red Hour Films has set Clay Tarver to write the script for a follow-up to the hit 2004 comedy.  —  Fox and Red Hour are up for another round of dodgeball.  —  The studio and the production company run by Ben Stiller …
Discussion: Starpulse and I Watch Stuff
Jeff Sneider / The Wrap:
Gus Van Sant Shot Sex Scene Starring Alex Pettyfer in Bid to Direct ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ (Exclusive)  —  The Oscar-nominated director has been prepping a test sex scene with “Magic Mike” star Alex Pettyfer  —  Two-time Oscar nominee Gus Van Sant has shot a steamy sex scene featuring Alex Pettyfer …
Discussion: Gossip Cop
Michael K / Dlisted:
Open Post: Hosted By A Cat In A Shark Costume On A Roomba, Chasing A Duckling  —  Just when I was about to say that this news day was slower than Ryan Lochte's thought process, I come across this highly important video of a Great White Pussy chasing a duckling.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Alison Schwartz / People.com:
Chaz Bono Now Down 60 Lbs. - and ‘Still Slowly Losing’  —  Someone's ready for the warmer weather!  —  Two months after revealing a 43-lb. weight loss in February, Chaz Bono is now down a total of about 60 lbs. and “still slowly losing,” he told PEOPLE.  —  And the season 13 Dancing …
Discussion: Queerty
TMZ.com:
Eva Longoria & ‘Ready for Love’ Star Ernesto Arguello — JUST FRIENDS, BUT ...  & ‘Ready for Love’ Star  —  JUST FRIENDS, BUT ...  EXCLUSIVE  —  11:30 AM PT — Sources connected with Eva tell us, it's no big deal ... several cast members of her TV show have been crashing at her house because they don't have somewhere to stay in L.A.
Discussion: X17 Online
TMZ.com:
Bomb White House  —  The hacker group that claims responsibility for exposing private financial information about Michelle Obama and many other celebrities has issued an ultimatum to the U.S. Government — either declare war on North Korea or they will detonate bombs at the White House ... TMZ has learned.
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
TMZ.com:
Prince Jackson — I'm Not Into Bonding with My Mom Right Now  —  I'm Not Into Bonding  —  With My Mom Right Now  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Michael Jackson's 16-year-old son Prince Jackson is clearly into girls ... but NOT the grown woman who goes by “Mom” — aka Debbie Rowe.
Bedhead / Cele|bitchy:
Isla Fisher on working moms: 'You can't have it all and you shouldn't want to'  —  The lovely Isla Fisher covers the spring issue of Gotham magazine to promote her (thankless) role of Myrtle Wilson in The Great Gatsby.  I don't expect this post to gather much interest like most posts …
Discussion: Celeb Gossip …
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Lindsay Lohan did lines of cocaine in front of a gossip blogger in 2009  —  I've gotten to the point where all of Lindsay Lohan's cracktastrophes blend together.  She is lump of crack.  Her disasters all fold into each other until we merely have a black hole of narcissism, violence, crack-thievery, drugs and alcohol.
Michael K / Dlisted:
Yup, Pimp Mama Kris Has Got That Right  —  While wearing a dress the color of the tears you shed when you see another Kardashian post, Pimp Mama Kris appeared in a cloud of black smoke at the E! Upfronts in NYC yesterday and she brought along her iPhone with her official title on it.
 
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Deepika Rajani / Entertainmentwise:
‘I Cry Because My Penis Looks So Small Now’: Rob Kardashian Admits To Having Body Issues
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TMZ.com:
Lil Scrappy — LOCKED UP ... After Refusing Urine Test
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Leslie Rubin / Associated Press:
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Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
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Discussion: RADAR and Cele|bitchy
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‘Revenge’ Creator Mike Kelley To Depart
Michael Ausiello / TVLine:
Doctor Who's 50th: The Real Reason John Barrowman Won't Appear in Anniversary Special
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Dan Snierson / Inside TV:
‘Futurama’ to end seven-season run on Sept. 4 — EXCLUSIVE
Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Exclusive Video: Taylor Swift Was “Really Bitter,""Irked" by John Mayer at ACM Awards
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The Guardian:
How China is using AI news anchors to spread its propaganda on social media; Microsoft: some AI anchors were created using ByteDance's video editing app CapCut

Rodney Tiffen / Inside Story:
Court discovery docs from the UK's News Group phone hacking cases give more detail about evidence destruction and indicate the company gathered political intel

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How a rightwing smear campaign against NPR and its CEO Katherine Maher, who is on Signal Foundation's board, led Elon Musk to malign Signal

 
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