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4:40 AM ET, March 8, 2009

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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Silverman, Jimmy Kimmel Split Again  —  Late night host Jimmy Kimmel and comic Sarah Silverman have called it quits again, a source tells Usmagazine.com.  —  The couple, who have been dating on-and-off for the last few months, started dating six years ago.
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Michelle Tan / People.com:
Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel Call It Quits - Again  —  Silverman (left) and Kimmel  —  A second chance at love didn't work.  —  Despite a reconciliation that gave them both cause for laughs, late-night talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel, 41, and comedian Sarah Silverman, 38, have split, a source confirms to PEOPLE.
Access Hollywood:
Jimmy Kimmel & Sarah Silverman Break Up Again  —  Break-Ups,Former Couples,Comedians,Celebrities, Late Night  —  Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman have split for a second time, Us Weekly reported.  —  And according to the mag, the reunited comedians - who first broke up in July 2008 …
Discussion: Gabby Babble
blogs.myspace.com:
BABY NAME!  —  MY BABY IS NOT CALLED ICKITT, PICKIT OR LICKIT THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL THE HOLLYWOOD PRESS.  HES A BABY , HE DONT NEED PRESS!  —  I DIDNT RELEASE THE BABY NAME BECAUSE I DIDNT THINK IT WAS NEWS!!!!  —  BUT I WILL BE BACK WITH SOMETHING NEWS WORTHY SOON , TILL THEN GO PICK ON APPLE, SATCHEL AND MOON UNIT.
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Sarah Michaud / People.com:
M.I.A.: Don't Call My Baby ‘Ickitt’  —  M.I.A.  —  To those Internet reports claiming M.I.A. named her 3-week-old boy Ickitt, the rapper responds: Ick!  —  In a humorous message on her MySpace Celebrity Blog, the “Paper Planes” songstress shot down the rumors while poking fun at a few …
Discussion: Pop Crunch
New York Post:
DIDDY SET UP  —  SEAN “Diddy” Combs had no idea Chris Brown was going to use his home on Star Island to stage his reconciliation with Rihanna for the paparazzi.  A music industry insider tells us, “Chris called and said he needed to crash at Diddy's house while he was recording.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Sandra Rose
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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Rihanna Allowed to Tape Record Calls from Chris Brown  —  Rihanna and Chris Brown  —  Although the court slapped Chris Brown with among the least restrictive of protective orders, Rihanna does have the means to gather evidence against him if he causes trouble.  —  She may tape record conversations with the R&B singer.
Discussion: Bossip.com
News of the World:
NICE grass, love!  There's bound to be a pitch invasion when Chantelle Houghton supporters see this.  —  The WAG wobbled up and down the beach in an Astroturf-look bikini, proving to the world that beneath the surface, she's got cracking personalities.  The 32DD hottie, 25, showed off her footie-themed kit on a break in Mexico.
Dan Wootton / News of the World:
It's over for the 'babes  —  A SPOONFUL of the sweet stuff may have helped the medicine go down for that Poppins lady — but it's not helped me.  —  For it's my sad, sad, duty to report (with a wobbly bottom lip) that the SUGABABES are no more.  —  The sweetest things to ever happen to pop are hanging up their sparkly mics for good.
Robert Jobson / News of the World:
Boozy Jacko goonwalks  —  Staggering star has to be held up by minders  —  POP legend Michael Jackson was told to beat it when he turned up in the lobby of his posh hotel looking like a Rockin' Robin.  —  Staff thought the melty- faced star looked off his face as he lurched around …
Discussion: popdirt.com
Linda Marx / People.com:
Britney Spears Visits Sick Children in Miami  —  After rolling into Miami, Britney Spears's Circus Tour featured a sideshow for a worthy cause.  —  The pop star paid a visit to 40 sick children at Miami Children's Hospital on Saturday.  “She took pictures with the kids and gave them autographed pictures …
Rick Fulton / The Daily Record:
Exclusive: I'm so skint I had to sell my car, laments chart-topping singer Lily Allen  —  SHE'S had a No.1 single and a No.1 album this year ... but Lily Allen is so broke she has had to sell her car.  —  Despite her chart success, the 23-year-old is the latest victim of the credit crunch.
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip and Cele|bitchy
 
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