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11:40 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 …
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Rachid Aouli / Associated Press:
Salma Hayek reportedly marries on Valentine's Day  —  PARIS (AP) — Salma Hayek has picked a romance-lover's ideal time and place for her wedding: Valentine's Day in Paris.  An official at the City Hall in Paris' 6th arrondissement says the Mexican-born actress wed French magnate Francois-Henri Pinault …
Discussion: The Superficial
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Salma Hayek Weds French Tycoon on Valentine's Day  —  Salma Hayek and French businessman Francois-Henri Pinault wed over the weekend in Paris, a local official said.  —  They got hitched in the town hall in the St Germain area on the Left Bank on Saturday, mayor Jean-Pierre Lecoq said …
Discussion: PopSugar and X17 Online
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
New York Post:
KATE'S BEER FEST  —  KATE Moss pulled a diva fit during a recent shoot for Roberto Cavalli.  Moss arrived at the Los Angeles shoot “two hours late,” said a spy, and in a grumpy mood.  “She demanded a beer and then proceeded to finish off beer after beer after beer while she was getting her make-up done.
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Carol-Ann Tudor / www.nationnews.com:
UPSET DAD  —  Rihanna's dad Ronald Fenty is unhappy with the international media.  —  RIHANNA'S FAMILY have broken their silence.  —  And father Ronald Fenty has accused the international media of attempting to discredit his daughter by depicting him as a homeless man living in a car.
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Jessica Herndon / People.com:
Jay-Z on Rihanna: Imagine She's Your Sister or Mom
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 …
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Octuplets' Grandma, Mom Make Peace  —  Watch CBS Videos Online  —  The grandmother and mother of the almost month-old octuplets have made amends.  —  Angela Suleman previously said she was upset at her single, unemployed daughter Nadya, 33, for having the kids, after having six children already …
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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omg!:   Chris Brown says he's ‘sorry and saddened’
Breanne L. Heldman / E! Online:
Jennifer Love Hewitt Eyes a Maybe Baby Future  —  She may have just called off her engagement, but that's not stopping Jennifer Love Hewitt from planning for a baby.  —  At least, not on her show.  —  At the ADAM by Adam Lippes show during New York Fashion Week Saturday …
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler
Pete Norman / People.com:
David Beckham: Difficult to Go Back to L.A.  —  David Beckham, playing for AC Milan  —  David Beckham says life would be “difficult” should he be forced to return to play in Los Angeles.  —  The 33-year-old soccer hunk - on loan from the LA Galaxy to Italy's AC Milan …
Discussion: Hollyscoop
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
 
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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

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