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9:35 AM ET, February 16, 2009

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People.com:
Salma Hayek Marries French Billionaire  —  Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault  —  Salma Hayek has married French businessman Francois-Henri Pinault, Monday's online edition of the weekly French newsmagazine Le Point reports.  —  Hayek, 42, and Pinault, 46, were married on Saturday …
Jackie Strause / Fashion Buzz:
First-hand Account of Lohan Lover Spat  —  “Samantha Judith Ronson, why are you doing this to me?” cried Lindsay Lohan as she chased her lover down East First Street in the wee hours of Valentine's Day.  —  I had arrived towards the end of Charlotte Ronson's after party Friday night at the Eldridge …
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Mary Beth / INF Daily:
LINDSAY AND SAM'S VALENTINES MASSACRE  —  Looks like Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson's drama was less speculation and more public display late Friday night/early Saturday morning.  The couple got in a loud argument after a party for Sam's sister Charlotte Ronson and there was lots of chasing …
Discussion: omg!
People.com:
A ‘Saddened’ Chris Brown Releases Statement  —  The following statement was issued Sunday by a spokesman on behalf of Chris Brown:  —  “Words cannot begin to express how sorry and saddened I am over what transpired.  I am seeking the counseling of my pastor, my mother and other loved ones …
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Jessica Herndon / People.com:
Jay-Z on Rihanna: Imagine She's Your Sister or Mom  —  Jay-Z  —  Jay-Z struck a serious note Saturday when asked for his words of support for Rihanna.  —  “This is a real situation,” he said in Phoenix at the Sprite Green presents the Third Annual Two Kings dinner with Jay-Z and Lebron James, as part of the NBA All-Star Weekend.
omg!:   Chris Brown says he's ‘sorry and saddened’
Mark Gray / People.com:
Is Benji Madden Katy Perry's New Valentine?  —  Katy Perry and Benji Madden  —  PHOTO BY: BRUCE GIFFORD / FILMMAGIC; JEAN BAPTISTE LACROIX / WIREIMAGE  —  Earlier in the night she may have called it “the horror that is Valentine's Day,” but Katy Perry appears to have been struck by cupid's arrow …
New York Post:
OCTOMOM: NO SEX IN 8 YRS.  —  By LORENA MONGELLI in Whittier, Calif., and DAVID K. L I in New York  —  The oddball mom of eight newborns hasn't had sex for eight years, and vows to go dateless for another 18, according to published reports yesterday.  —  Nadya Suleman, 33 …
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Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:
Publicists for octuplets' mother quit over death threats
Discussion: Gawker and EW.com
Doug Wight / News of the World:
KATE Moss is 3 months pregnant.  —  KATE Moss is PREGNANT with her second child, we can reveal.  —  The supermodel is now past the crucial three-month stage, with the baby believed to be due at the end of August.  —  Kate.  35, is expected to formally announce the pregnancy soon—ending weeks of speculation.
Stephanie Trong / New York Post:
Ab Fab … I t's 9 a.m. on a freezing January morning.  The streets of New York City are a tired wasteland of puffy jackets, floppy knit hats and bulky Ugg boots.  The wind is so ruthlessly frigid that some people have even broken out ski masks.  But Julia Restoin-Roitfeld arrives …
Discussion: Gawker
The Fug Girls / New York Magazine:
Dudes Prominent at Y-3, Kanye Finally Shows  —  Kim Kardashian and Kanye West at Y-3.  —  At first we thought we'd been deafened by Tyson Beckford's hotness at Y-3 Sunday night, but it turns out he's just soft-spoken.  Once we could hear him, we learned that he likes to spend Valentine's …
Discussion: GoFugYourself and Towleroad
News of the World:
Wrecked star says ‘Let kids try ecstasy’  —  SINGER Lily Allen was blasted last night for telling parents to encourage their kids to try drugs.  —  She said potentially lethal Class A drugs like ecstasy MIGHT not harm them — so the best way to find out was to take them.
James Desborough / News of the World:
We decode the mystery of Geldof girl's tattoos  —  WE already told you that her marriage has been left in tatters—and now we can reveal Peaches Geldof's body is left covered in TATTOOS.  —  Just a week after confirming our exclusive revelations that she is to divorce Max Drummey after 186 days …
Discussion: Gawker, Gone Hollywood and Perez Hilton
 
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Conan O'Brien packing up for move West
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