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9:40 AM ET, April 9, 2014

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Simon Perry / People.com:
Prince George Performs First Royal Duty - a Playdate  —  Prince George took part in his first public royal crawl as he joined 10 other babies at a playdate in New Zealand.  —  He was with his parents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, on Wednesday at a special new parents' party as part of their April tour Down Under.
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Us Weekly:
Prince George Joins Kate Middleton, Prince William for New Zealand Playgroup on Royal Tour: See the Adorable Pictures!  —  Best royal playdate ever!  Prince George continued his reign of cuteness on Wednesday, April 9, when he attended his first official overseas engagement with Kate Middleton …
TMZ.com:
Ultimate Warrior Dead — WWE Legend James Hellwig Dies at 54  —  9:52 PM PT — Officials tell TMZ ... Warrior collapsed outside an Arizona hotel at 5:50 PM on April 8th ... while walking to his car with his wife.  —  Warrior was transported to a nearby hospital ... where he was pronounced dead.
Discussion: Us Weekly
Logan Hill / Glamour:
Scarlett Johansson 2.0: Glamour's May Cover Star on Finally Knowing What She Needs in a Relationship  —  Scarlett Johansson has been “the sexy girl” for what feels like forever.  But now, on the verge of turning 30, the Captain America star is feeling savvy about work, sane about love—and super-heroically all grown up.
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Zeba Blay / Digital Spy:
Ellen DeGeneres Oscar selfie worth up to $1 billion, says exec  —  0Ellen DeGeneres' now famous Oscar selfie is apparently worth up to a billion dollars, according to a new report.  —  The comedienne took the photo during an impromptu moment while hosting the recent 2014 Academy Awards.
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
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Rhonda Richford / Hollywood Reporter:
MIPTV: Ellen DeGeneres' Oscar Selfie Worth as Much as $1 Billion  —  Samsung marketer Maurice Levy said the photo's value is based on its popularity on social media.  —  CANNES — It was the tweet heard around the world, and now Publicis CEO Maurice Levy has valued Ellen DeGeneres' Oscar selfie …
Rolling Stone:
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Is Naked on the New Cover of Rolling Stone  —  RS follows the First Lady of Comedy's journey from ‘Seinfeld’ to ‘Veep’ in our new issue  —  Julia Louis-Dreyfus is wearing absolutely nothing but the immortal words of Thomas Jefferson on the cover of the next issue of Rolling Stone, which hits newsstands this Friday.
Selim Algar / New York Post:
Nursing home hired strippers for patients: suit  —  The elderly residents of a Long Island nursing home saw their shuffleboards replaced by washboard abs when they were subjected to a low-rent Chippendale's striptease in the facility's rec room, a new lawsuit claims.
Discussion: PerezHilton, kenneth in the and Gawker
Katie L. Connor / Cosmopolitan:
Ellie Goulding Won't Rely on a Guy for Anything  —  Dress, bra, $595, shoes, Gucci; necklace, thin bracelet, Hearts on Fire; earrings, wide bracelet, Carolina Bucci; double-finger ring, Simon G. Jewelry; ring, Sutra  —  There's no mistaking Ellie Goulding's voice.
Laura C. Morel / Tampa Bay Times:
Video: Internet abuzz over topless woman who trashed McDonald's in Pinellas Park  —  PINELLAS PARK — A video of a topless woman vandalizing a McDonald's went viral Tuesday.  —  The popular news aggregation website Drudge Report linked readers to a story on Breitbart.com with a video showing the …
Discussion: WFLA-TV
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Michael K / Dlisted:   This Soft-Serve-Guzzling Florida Flower Who Destroyed A McDonald's Knows How To Have A Good Time
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Madeline Boardman / Us Weekly:
Miley Cyrus In Elle: Being Without Disney Or Liam Hemsworth Gave Me The Most Anxiety
Discussion: ELLE
The Independent:
Jessie J labels her bisexuality ‘a phase’: ‘I want to stop talking about it completely now and find myself a husband’  —  Jessie J has admitted that she no longer identifies herself as being “bisexual”, and dismissed it as “a phase”.  —  The pop star first revealed her apparent sexuality during an interview in 2011.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Hollyscoop
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motherandbaby.co.uk:
Peaches Geldof: 1989 - 2014  —  As a tribute to Peaches Geldof and with the blessing of her family, we publish her final Mother&Baby column.  —  The Mother&Baby team is shocked and saddened to hear about the death of Peaches Geldof, who joined the team as a columnist earlier this year.
Discussion: Gossip Cop and Us Weekly
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Frances Taylor / Digital Spy:
EastEnders' Bianca actress Patsy Palmer quits soap  —  Patsy Palmer is to leave EastEnders, it has been announced.  —  The 41-year-old actress has played Bianca Butcher on the BBC One soap since 1993.  —  © BBC  —  In a statement, a spokesperson for Palmer said …
Alexis Tereszcuk / RADAR:
Crumbling Under The Pressure!  Brandi Glanville ‘Reprimanded’ On Celebrity Apprentice, Taking Xanax & Booze To Deal With Donald Trump's Show  —  Celebrity Apprentice might need to call in Dr. Drew for Brandi Glanville because RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned that the reality star has been …
Aaron Hicklin / Out Magazine:
Beyoncé Liberated  —  Behind the scenes of the world's most powerful brand.  —  Photography by Santiago & Mauricio  —  If you pooled the collective memories of the staff at Parkwood, the small, can-do entertainment company that Beyoncé built, you would have enough material for the world's longest biography.
Roger Friedman / Showbiz411:
Best Buddy Amy Poehler to Join Tina Fey as Co-Star of Film Comedy “The Nest”  —  EXCLUSIVE: It does seem like best friends Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are going to star in a new movie together.  Tina was already announced as acting in and producing “The Nest,” a comedy from Universal directed by Jason Moore.
Discussion: Variety and PerezHilton
 
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Amanda Kondolojy / TVbytheNumbers:
Bravo Media Greenlights Most Diversified Slate Ever of New and Returning Unscripted and Scripted Series
Madeline Boardman / Us Weekly:
Tom Ford Reveals He Secretly Married His Longtime Partner Richard Buckley
TMZ.com:
Justin Bieber's Bugatti from Birdman ... Just a Loaner!
TMZ.com:
Jennie Garth — The Club Wouldn't Let My Black Friends In!
Discussion: Bossip
Michael K / Dlisted:
Katy Perry Dyed Her Hair Mocos Green
TMZ.com:
Paris Hilton Shoe Lawsuit — I Got Shafted in High-End Heels
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Rachel McRady / Us Weekly:
Kirsten Dunst Offends With Traditional Gender Role Comments in Harper's Bazaar UK: “You Need …
Patrick Doyle / Rolling Stone:
Ed Sheeran's Heartache and Wildest Nights: Behind His Raw LP ‘X’
Discussion: PerezHilton and Crushable
The Superficial:
Christina Hendricks' Breasts Want To Be On ‘Game of Thrones,’ This Needs To Happen
Justin Ravitz / Us Weekly:
Simon Cowell “Not Proud” of Lauren Silverman Extramarital Affair; I “Have My Mojo Back” After Baby Eric
Discussion: Bossip, mirror and PerezHilton
Tom Eames / Digital Spy:
Eminem and Rihanna to perform ‘The Monster’ at MTV Movie Awards
Discussion: PerezHilton
 

 
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