PEOPLE TV Watch:
The Biggest Loser's Sherry Johnston Dishes on Friendship (and Romance!) at the Ranch  —  All Sherry Johnston wanted to do was to go kayaking on the lake near her Knoxville, Tenn., home and resume an active life.  After being eliminated from the Biggest Loser, Johnston did just that …

New York Post:
Nigel Lythgoe talks shocking, shocking, shocking ‘Dance’ changes  —  Every week on “So You Think You Can Dance,” Nigel Lythgoe gives out critiques, plane tickets and reality checks.  But on April 10 the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation will give him something: their annual Philanthropy Award.

X17 Online:
Lady GaGa Countersuing Ex-Boyfriend/Producer Rob Fusari  —  Lady GaGa is suing her ex-lover and former producer Rob Fusari, claiming he conned her into signing an unlawful contract.  This latest GaGa legal news came one day after Fusari filed a 30 million dollar suit against the pop superstar claiming …

Samuel Goldsmith / NY Daily News:
Lady Gaga aims lawsuit at ex-producer Rob Fusari for conning her into signing illegal contract  —  She is currently fighting a lawsuit from her ex-producer with one of her own for ‘an unlawful arrangement.’  —  Don't mess with Lady Gaga.  —  The wild-styled singer fired …

Jesus Martinez / DrunkenStepfather:
Kim Kardashian's Still Hiding Her Fat Well of the Day  —  I want to start this off by saying that I am not posting these because I find them hot....I never find Kim Kardashian hot.  I am posting them because I am amazed at how she has the ability to not look as fat as I know she is.

TMZ.com:
Jason Wahler Busted for DUI  —  Jason Wahler was arrested last night — in the United States for a change — for allegedly driving under the influence.  —  Newport Beach PD tells us Wahler was popped last night around 10:54 PM.  He was driving a 2008 Chevy Tahoe and described himself to police as “an actor.”

The Huffington Post:
Lady Gaga Fires Back At Ex-Boyfriend In Court  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  NEW YORK — Lady Gaga is firing back at a music producer who claims he launched her career and is suing her for $30.5 million.  —  Her lawyer said in a court filing made public Friday the agreement at the heart of the suit was “unlawful.”

TMZ.com:
Brittany Murphy — Hundreds of Pills a Month  —  TMZ has learned Brittany Murphy received no fewer than 200 pills every month from January 2008 through August 2009 ... and sometimes as many as 400.  —  As we first reported, Murphy used an alias — Lola Manilow Murphy …

Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
Rosie O'Donnell plots daytime return  —  Teams with Dick Robertson, Scott Carlin for new talk show  —  Rosie O'Donnell is plotting a return to daytime.  —  O'Donnell, who hosted the syndicated “The Rosie O'Donnell Show” and did a stint on ABC's “The View,” has teamed with syndication …

Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Out With the Oprah, in With the Rosie O'Donnell?  —  Remember when Oprah Winfrey announced she was pulling her talk show in 2011?  —  While audiences were just bummed to hear the news, network execs have been scrambling to fill the inevitable void on the daytime talk-show circuit.

Sadao / Ryan Seacrest What's Happening:
Jennifer Aniston: Ryan Seacrest Was Supposed To Play Heidi Montag's Husband In New Film [AUDIO]  —  Jaws were on the floor Friday when in a call to Ryan's radio show, Jennifer Aniston revealed fascinating info that if Ryan would've accepted a role in her new film “Just Go With It”, he would've been cast as Heidi Montag's husband.

Us Weekly:
Michelle McGee's Ex Files for Full Custody of Their 5-Year-Old Son  —  Michelle McGee, the alleged mistress to Sandra Bullock's husband Jesse James, is locked in a custody battle with her ex-husband Ronald Shane Modica.  —  According to court documents filed in San Diego, Calif. on Friday …

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