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8:35 AM ET, February 12, 2009

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 Top News: 
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Friends Worried After Rihanna Had Neck Bruises in December  —  Chris Brown may have roughed up Rihanna before their early Sunday morning altercation, two friends reveal in the new issue of Us Weekly (out today).  —  Brown — who is currently being investigated by Los Angeles county prosecutors …
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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Chris Brown Holed Up in Vegas  —  Chris Brown has taken a gamble on Las Vegas.  —  E! News has learned that Brown, who is being investigated by the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office for allegedly beating up his R&B star girlfriend, Rihanna, is holed up at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Vegas.
People.com:
Chris Brown ‘Feels Very Bad,’ Says Stylist  —  Chris Brown, who has not been seen publicly since allegedly assaulting girlfriend Rihanna, is a “good kid” who “feels very bad” about what has happened, his friend and stylist tells PEOPLE exclusively.  —  “Chris is all right.  He's a good kid.
Emily Smith / The Sun:
Bruised Rihanna in hiding
TMZ.com:
Text Message Ignites Rihanna/Brown Violence
Alexis Chiu / People.com:
Mandy Moore Gets Engaged!  —  Mandy Moore will tie the knot with her musician beau Ryan Adams, her publicist confirms to PEOPLE.  —  Details on the engagement weren't immediately available.  Moore, 24, and Adams, 34, had dated off-and-on since March 2008.
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Breanne L. Heldman / E! Online:
Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams Engaged!
Discussion: PopSugar, Stereogum and Hollyscoop
PopEater:
Mandy and Ryan Reportedly Engaged
Just Jared:
Mandy Moore & Ryan Adams: Engaged!
X17 Online:
Mandy Moore Engaged!!!
Discussion: Perez Hilton and omg!
TMZ.com:
Asians Want $4 Billion From Miley Cyrus  —  A Los Angeles woman has filed a class action suit against Miley Cyrus, claiming she mocked Asians in a recent photo by slanting her eyes.  Price tag: $4 billion.  —  Lucie J. Kim claims to represent more than 1 million Asian Pacific Islanders who live in L.A. County.
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Ted Casablanca / E! Online:
Exclusive!  Nicollette Sheridan's Desperate Housewives Days Numbered  —  Wonder if all those special requests cost Nicollette Sheridan her job on the still-hot ABC soap Desperate Housewives?  —  Reliable sources on the set of Wisteria Lane tell us exclusively that a script has just been circulated …
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PEOPLE TV Watch:
Nicollette Sheridan to Leave Desperate Housewives
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip and iVillage
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
See Aubrey O'Day's Playboy Cover!  —  Aubrey O'Day will bare all in Playboy!  —  “In this society we're all taught to cover ourselves and our thoughts up,” she says.  “Nudity is a beautiful thing.”  —  The former Danity Kane singer posed for an eight-page nude pictorial in the magazine's March issue …
TMZ.com:
Rihanna Pics — A FRAUD!  —  In case someone sends you an email with the subject line “OMG LOOK AT RIHANNA'S FACE!!!”  — it's photoshopped.
Pernilla Cedenheim / People.com:
Britney Spears Plays a Sexy Housewife in New Video  —  Britney Spears is a mega pop star, a mom of two - and now a happy homemaker in her new video, sources tell PEOPLE.  —  The singer, who plans to hit the road for her Circus tour next month, spent Tuesday filming the video for her upcoming single …
Phil / Egotastic!:
Heidi Klum Nude in GQ Germany  —  Okay, so these Heidi Klum nude pictures from the March issue of GQ Germany may have been Photoshopped, but I don't really mind.  The fact is, Heidi Klum is still really hot after all these years, and if it takes a little smoothing, pushing, and pulling to match reality with expectation, that's cool.
Agence France Presse:
Michelle Obama: Vogue cover girl  —  NEW YORK (AFP) - First Lady Michelle Obama is to feature on the cover of the March edition of US Vogue wearing a sleeveless magenta dress as she reclines on a sofa.  —  The glossy's website, vogue.com, previews the appearance by Obama …
Discussion: The Dish Rag
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BBC:
Style icon Michelle Obama makes Vogue cover
Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on 'Grey's,' ‘House,’ ‘Big Love,’ ‘Fringe,’ ‘NCIS,’ ‘24,’ ‘Gossip Girl,’ ‘Friday Night Lights,’ ‘Heroes,’ ‘Smallville,’ and more!  —  Question: Now that it seems likely that Katherine Heigl and T.R. Knight's are leaving Grey's Anatomy, does this mean there's a chance Isaiah Washington could return as Burke?
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Tom Cruise circles ‘Matarese’  —  Actor in talks to join Denzel Washington film  —  Tom Cruise is getting ready to partner with Denzel Washington in “The Matarese Circle,” the David Cronenberg-directed adaptation of the Robert Ludlum thriller for MGM.  —  Cruise will go mano a mano …
Headgeek / Ain't It Cool News:
Rumor... a doozy... Wachowskis... McTeague... PLASTIC MAN, SUPERMAN Trilogy & Singer on LOGAN'S RUN?!?!?!  —  Hey folks, Harry here... Ballack has been a reliable and constant source of geek rumor news online for many sites, including AICN.  This time he's come in with a big one.
Ryan Dombal / Pitchfork:
White Stripes to Play Conan's Last “Late Night”  —  Conan O'Brien and the White Stripes go back a long way.  Like that time the tri-colored duo played “Late Night” for a whole week back in 2003.  Or when the tall-haired host made a cameo in the trippy, Michel Gondry-directed “Denial Twist” video.
 
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Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Brothers & Sisters: Balthazar to Make Shocking Exit
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Sheryl Crow: Jennifer Aniston's 40th B-Day Party Was “a Lot of Fun”
popbytes:
ARE THE JEN ANISTON / BRAD PITT TAPES REAL?!?
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Billboard:
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Heidi Montag Needs To Get Nailed
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From Mediagazer:

Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI acquires tech news show TBPN, promising editorial independence; TBPN was on track to make over $30M in revenue in 2026 and will wind down its ad business

Variety:
Sources: the legal team for Paramount President Jeff Shell has engaged in preliminary talks about a possible exit from the company, where he was hired in 2024

Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal:
WME is selling sports marketing agency 160over90 to Publicis Groupe for, sources say, $500M+; WME bought the agency in 2018 for about $200M

 
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