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12:40 PM ET, May 11, 2009

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Charles Ornstein / Los Angeles Times:
Farrah Fawcett: ‘Under a microscope’ and holding onto hope  —  'I'm a private person.  I'm really shy about my medical [care].  It seems that there are areas that should be off-limits.'  —  ‘It seems that there are areas that should be off-limits,’ says the cancer-stricken actress …
Discussion: Us Weekly and EW.com
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Farrah Fawcett Breaks Her Silence  —  One thing Farrah Fawcett would have appreciated during the course of her very public, 2½-year-battle with cancer: privacy.  But that is the one thing she never received.  —  “It's much easier to go through something and deal with it without …
Discussion: CoverAwards
X17 Online:
Farrah Helped Nab Hospital Worker That Leaked Medical Info  —  Farrah Fawcett says a real-life sting operation helped identify the UCLA hospital worker who was selling her private medical information to The National Enquirer.  In an interview with the Los Angeles Times …
Discussion: omg!
HisHighness / ianundercover.com:
IUC Mother's Day World Exclusive: Will Lindsay Lohan Celebrate Mother's Day in 2010?  IUC Reveals Lilo is Preggo  —  IUC just learned from a close source in Lilo's camp that the out of control actress is seven weeks preggo.  “I swear she's carrying,” the Lilo friend said.  “She's going through big emotional turmoil.
People.com:
Heidi Klum & Seal Renew Vows ‘Achy Breaky’ Style  —  Heidi Klum and Seal (and with mullet)  —  Photo by: Gilbert Flores / CelebrityPhoto; Inset: Cousart-Respicio-Rios / JFX  —  Paging Billy Ray Cyrus: Seal found your hair from 1992.  —  It was business in the front and party …
FemaleFirst:
Brown Denies Leaking Rihanna Photos  —  Chris Brown has shot down gossips speculating he leaked naked pictures of Rihanna on the Internet, insisting he had nothing to do with the scandal.  —  A set of snapshots apparently featuring the Umbrella singer in various states of undress surfaced online on Friday (08May09).
Discussion: Anything Hollywood
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Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Jennifer Lopez Reveals Daughter's Medical Scare  —  Jennifer Lopez will never forget the night she and husband Marc Anthony discovered a lump on daughter Emme's head.  Emme and twin brother Max were only three weeks old at the time.  —  “We both got very nervous, very very nervous …
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Banderas solves ‘Big Bang’ mystery  —  Krantz to direct actor in noir detective story  —  Antonio Banderas is set to star in “The Big Bang,” a neo-noir detective story to be directed by Tony Krantz.  —  Richard Rionda Del Castro, Krantz and Erik Jendresen will produce the film, based on a script by Jendresen ("Band of Brothers").
Mark Lambert / People.com:
Casey Aldridge Walking Again, But Still Weak  —  Less than two weeks after being thrown from his pickup after a late-night bachelor party, Jamie Lynn Spears's boyfriend, Casey Aldridge, stood as best man at his cousin's weekend wedding in Mississippi, a family source tells PEOPLE.
James Hibberd / Hollywood Reporter:
Oliver, Seacrest set ABC reality series  —  To give makeovers to the unhealthiest places in America  —  ABC is teaming with British chef Jamie Oliver and Ryan Seacrest for a new unscripted series that gives healthy makeovers to an entire city.  —  Oliver will travel to the unhealthiest places …
Pamela McClintock / Variety:
‘Star Trek’ beams up $76.5 million  —  Paramount's franchise reboot tops box office  —  Paramount's “Star Trek” has successfully beamed up, debuting to $76.5 million at the domestic box office, including $4 million in Thursday night runs.  —  Overseas — where the sci-fi franchise has never played well …
NY Daily News:
Meghan McCain a real pain at D.C. dinner  —  Political blogger Meghan McCain isn't exactly the toast of D.C. right now.  —  Sen. John McCain's daughter — who writes online for The Daily Beast and will soon release a book about life as a Republican — lost it after getting stopped by security …
Discussion: The Dish Rag and New York Magazine
 
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Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
Despite Lower Ratings, Cash Flow Rises for ‘Idol’
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Adam / Showbiz Spy:
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Discussion: Seriously? OMG!
People.com:
Mia Farrow Disappointed at Ending Hunger Strike
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
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Matthew Drake / News of the World:
(and she blames Blake)  —  TRAGIC Amy Winehouse was booed off stage …
Starpulse:
David Beckham Denies Infidelity Rumors, Says He Loves His Wife
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: after Netflix announced its WBD deal, Larry Ellison called Trump to argue it would hurt competition; Paramount CEO David Ellison promised CNN changes

Barbara Moens / Financial Times:
The European Commission opens an investigation into Google to assess possible anticompetitive conduct by Google in “the use of online content for AI purposes”

Jaspreet Singh / Reuters:
Spotify rolls out music videos to Premium subscribers in the US and Canada, following a beta launch in nearly 100 markets last year

 
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