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E! Online - Heather Matarazzo, best known for playing an awkward seventh grader in Welcome to the Dollhouse and then an awkward high school student opposite Anne Hathaway in The Princess Diaries, is engaged.

AFP - Britney Spears’s father will retain broad control of the pop star’s financial and business affairs until the end of the year, a court ruled on Thursday.

AP - Britney Spears’ father will retain control of the pop singer’s finances and personal affairs through the end of the year.

AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) - An attorney for Britney Spears said Wednesday that he will not seek an extension for a restraining order against Osama “Sam” Lutfi, but that doesn’t mean the pop star wants her former sidekick back in her life.

AFP - Gilberto Gil, Brazil’s globally famous singer and composer, announced Wednesday he has resigned his job as culture minister to return to music, after four and a half years in the post.

E! Online - We’d like to extend a warm welcome back to the West Coast to our favorite couple LiLo and SamRo. But with every bit of good news always comes some bad.

AFP - Tonga’s king was presented with dozens of pigs, hundreds of food baskets and other gifts during a traditional ceremony Wednesday to recognise his annointing as head of the tiny South Pacific nation.

Reuters - “Hellboy 2″ director Guillermo del Toro and Miramax will produce a remake of the horror-thriller TV movie “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.”

Reuters - Viacom Inc reported lower-than-expected advertising sales at its cable television networks due to weakness in sectors such as retail and automotives, and said the short-term economic outlook was “difficult to predict.”

AP - Shia LaBeouf was not to blame for an early-morning car wreck in Los Angeles, authorities said Tuesday, pinning fault on the other driver for apparently running a red light.