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More cash to be made from Anna Nicole's memorabilia: In a few weeks, an auction house in Dallas will put two of Anna Nicole Smith's diaries -- as well as her old I.D. cards and other random items -- up for sale. The cover of one reads: "This diary belongs to Vickie Smith. Do Not Read!" (Smith's real name was Vickie Lynn Smith.) They are the same diaries a German businessman bought on eBay for more than $500,000 a few weeks ago -- he has secured the publishing rights and now wants to unload the diaries themselves -- and the auction house says that while opening bids will start at $20,000, it expects each diary to go for something in the range of $100,000. (Associated Press)

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Dr. Feelgood: According to papers released on Wednesday from the Broward County, Fla., medical examiner's office, all 11 of the medications found in Anna Nicole Smith's body during her autopsy came from one doctor, Los Angeles psychiatrist -- and friend of the late starlet's -- Khristine Eroshevich. Investigators say more than 600 pills were missing from the most recent batch of prescriptions, even though they were no more than five weeks old. (Associated Press)

Jolie's next adoptee on the way? The paperwork for Angelina Jolie's next adopted child is already in the works, according to London's News of the World, and she has reportedly "fallen in love" with a 1-year-old girl from Oure Cassoni, Chad. A source tells the British tabloid that Jolie and partner Brad Pitt wanted to adopt another child from Africa to "balance the family": "Angelina and Brad want to make sure Zahara doesn't feel alienated as the only black face in their family." Meanwhile, Page Six writes that the Jolie-Pitts had better start being more equitable with the distribution of photos of their ever-growing brood -- they've reportedly sold all of their baby photos thus far exclusively to People, and other celeb pubs are apparently getting upset. Headlines from this week in other glossies: "Her Twisted Double Life" (Us), "Angelina Walks Out on Brad! ... and Dumps the Kids!" (Star). (Sydney Morning Herald, Page Six)

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"Tudors" makes Showtime history: "The Tudors," starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, is the most expensive series in Showtime's history, but it seems like the investment is paying off. An estimated 870,000 people tuned in to its Sunday premiere -- more than three times the network's 2006 prime-time average. An additional 404,000 caught the 11 p.m. encore, making "The Tudors" Showtime's best series debut since Kirstie Alley's "Fat Actress" three years ago. (Variety)

Knut moves markets: Polar bear cub Knut's popularity is paying off! Shares in the Berlin Zoo have doubled since the now nearly 4-month-old cub popped up on the scene (watch a video here). Each share currently costs a little more than 4,000 euros, and only 4,000 shares are available. Knut, who adorns the cover of this month's Vanity Fair with Leonardo DiCaprio, also has his own range of merchandise, which has been selling at record levels. (Bloomberg, Reuters, BerlinerBorse)

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The ax falls on TV shows: Yesterday was another "bloody Monday in TV land," according to Variety. Network executives handed down death sentences -- either outright cancellations or announcements that the shows won't be returning for another season -- for a number of series, chief among them: "The Wedding Bells" (Fox), "Six Degrees" (ABC), "7th Heaven" (the CW) and "The Black Donnellys" (NBC). (Variety)

"Grindhouse" juice: Scandal on the set! Today's Page Six column has a long item alleging a steamy romance between married "Grindhouse" director Robert Rodriguez and starlet Rose McGowan, who, as the column writes, plays "a stripper who loses her leg and replaces it with a machine gun to battle flesh-eating zombies." A source says: "It was the worst-kept secret on the set. They were going off to his trailer, having meals together." When the liaison was discovered by Rodriguez's wife, Elizabeth, says Page Six, work on the movie came to a halt. "When Elizabeth found out, there was an eruption of emotions -- an emotional volcano." Variety reports that the affair broke up the director's 16-year marriage, and "the production had to shut down for a month while he recovered." A spokesperson for the movie would only say, "The hiatus had nothing to do with Robert's personal life." (Page Six)

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Zell wins auction: It looks as if real estate billionaire Sam Zell's last-minute bump in his bidding price for the Tribune Co. has paid off -- the company announced this morning that Zell has won the auction. His offer reportedly went to $13 billion, or $34 a share. (Wall Street Journal, CNN Money)

DRM, bye-bye: At a press conference today in London, Apple and record giant EMI announced what tech blog rumors had been suspecting for some time: All of EMI's catalog will now be available on iTunes without the digital rights management software that limits copying. Tracks from EMI artists -- from the Rolling Stones to the Decemberists -- will be of a higher quality (256k) and higher price, but users will be able to do with the MP3s as they will. Apple CEO Steve Jobs said in a press release that "selling digital music DRM-free is the right step forward for the music industry." (Tech Crunch, EMI)

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Spears and Federline reach settlement: At a five-hour meeting Thursday at her lawyer's office in Los Angeles, Britney Spears hammered out a divorce settlement with her ex, Kevin Federline. "The parties signed a global settlement on all issues of their marriage and the custody of the children," said a spokesman for Federline's lawyer. The terms weren't officially revealed, but a source tells TMZ that they'll have 50/50 joint custody and that Federline will walk away with $1 million. (People, TMZ)

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Diddy pulls a Sting: P. Diddy bragged to a London tabloid that he had tantric sex with girlfriend Kim Porter for "at least 30 hours" on their recent trip to Paris. The rap mogul with the ever-changing moniker claimed: "As meticulous as I am with my work, I'm more meticulous with my lovemaking." (TMZ)

Stand-up Bush and MC Rove: Nothing at Wednesday night's Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinner matched Stephen Colbert's performance at last year's White House Correspondents' Association dinner, but there was something great in seeing Karl Rove brought up onstage for an improvised rap in which he played MC Rove and jumped around a lot. (You can watch the performance here.) President Bush was in a joking mood, too: "A year ago my approval rating was in the 30s, my nominee for the Supreme Court had just withdrawn, and my vice president had shot someone," he quipped. "Ah, those were the good ol' days." He made light of the prosecutor firing scandal as well, saying, "I have to admit we really blew the way we let those attorneys go. You know you've botched it when people sympathize with lawyers." (Politico, Crooks and Liars, Associated Press)

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Cruise worries von Stauffenberg clan: The family of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, the Nazi colonel behind the failed suitcase-bomb plot to assassinate Hitler, is concerned about the news that Tom Cruise may be playing von Stauffenberg for an upcoming film. "I have nothing against him [Cruise] and can even separate his work from his beliefs in Scientology," von Stauffenberg's grandson, Count Caspar Schenk, told reporters. "But I and other family members are worried that the picture will be financed by the sect and be used to get across its propaganda." (Guardian)

Plot to steal Pax? Angelina Jolie reportedly escaped a plot to kidnap her newly adopted son upon his arrival in the United States. As Life & Style Weekly reports this week, a gang of kidnappers hatched a "credible and serious" plan to abduct Pax Thien and then ransom him for $100 million. A source close to Jolie describes the plotters as "highly skilled operatives with little regard for human life." Jolie and Brad Pitt have also reportedly installed a $500,000 security system in their New Orleans home, which is just a block away from a police station. (TMZ, Life & Style Weekly via TMZ)

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Anna's autopsy: For all the build-up surrounding it, the coroner's report yesterday on Anna Nicole Smith's autopsy was fairly straightforward. A laundry list of drugs (including Benadryl, Klonopin, Valium, Ativan, atropine, topiramate, ciprofloxacin) combined with sleep drug chloral hydrate to cause acute drug intoxication. Not that the results settle the matter for conspiracy theorists -- TMZ was immediately asking, "Who Gave Anna Fatal Dose?" You can read the whole report at the Smoking Gun. (People, TMZ ,the Smoking Gun)

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Stay tuned...: An announcement on Anna Nicole Smith's autopsy is expected later today -- Broward County Medical Examiner Joshua Perper will hold a press conference at 10:30 EDT this morning to announce his findings. Keep an eye on TMZ for updates. (Houston Chronicle)

Hillary in Hollywood: Jennifer Aniston may not have been there, but Hillary Clinton's weekend fundraiser in Los Angeles made up in money what it may have lacked in A-list star power. Clinton's supporters raised $2.6 million at the event, thrown by grocery magnate Ron Burkle (recently named in that Page Six-related lawsuit with Clinton), with guests like Barbra Streisand, Mary Steenburgen and Ted Danson. The take was twice what Barack Obama made in his far more star-studded Hollywood fundraiser thrown by David Geffen last month. (Fox 411)

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Britney gets an injunction: It all sounds very dramatic: Britney Spears' lawyers won an "emergency injunction" against publications in the U.K. in London's High Court yesterday, barring them from any further discussion of her time in rehab. Spears' lawyers also are asking the court to demand that the various (and maddeningly unnamed) media outlets give up the source who has been feeding them info on Britney, so that, according to her legal spokesman, "action can be taken against him/her." (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

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Sheen to narrate "Loose Change"?: The 9/11 conspiracy documentary "Loose Change" may be given a second life by Mark Cuban's Magnolia Pictures. Cuban says he's in talks to distribute the film (though it's unclear if it would go to theaters or only to DVD), with narration by Charlie Sheen: "We are having discussions about distributing the existing video with Charlie's involvement as a narrator, not in making a new feature. We are also looking for productions with an opposing viewpoint. We like controversial subjects, but we are agnostic to which side the controversy comes from." (Page Six)

Knut update: Berlin Zoo officials say that there's no chance they'll be putting Knut, the zoo's mother-abandoned 3-month-old polar bear cub, to sleep after activists called for his death earlier this week (see Wednesday's Fix for more). "That was complete nonsense," said zoo vet Andreas Ochs. "We would never do that." (Der Spiegel)

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Britney leaves rehab: With her 30 days just about expired, Britney Spears has checked out of rehab and re-entered daily life. Spears "has been released by the Promises Malibu Treatment Center after successfully completing their program," her manager said in a statement, and a friend tells People she is "doing fine." (People)

Aww, Knut: Meet Knut, the 3-month-old polar bear rejected by his mother at the Berlin Zoo who's since been raised by humans. Keepers at the Berlin Zoo have been feeding him by bottle since his mother abandoned him, but in a perverse twist, animal rights activists in Germany are demanding he be killed. "Raising him by hand is not appropriate to the species but rather a blatant violation of animal welfare laws," activist Frank Albrecht told the German Bild tabloid. "In actual fact, the zoo needs to kill the bear cub." A zoo director in the town of Aachen told the press, "I don't consider it appropriate for the species that the little polar bear is being raised on a bottle ... One should have had the courage to put him to sleep much earlier." Knut's much-anticipated first public appearance is expected to happen sometime this week. (Der Spiegel)

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Brandy's little brother offered porno deal? The adult entertainment company that's releasing the sex tape of Ray J and then-girlfriend Kim Kardashian is impressed. TMZ reports that Vivid Entertainment has offered Ray J a four-picture deal behind the camera as a director. Reps for Ray J have yet to comment, but Vivid CEO Steven Hirsch says, "Our first conversations were very uncomfortable, but after continuing to talk, the possibility was definitely in the air." One can only wonder what the singer's current flame, Whitney Houston, will have to say. (TMZ)

The James Beard nominations are in: The 2007 nominees for the James Beard Awards were announced Monday -- for those unfamiliar with them, the awards are, as New York's Grub Street blog writes, "the Oscars of the restaurant world." Here are some notable honorees. For outstanding restaurateur: Thomas Keller (French Laundry), Keith McNally (Balthazar), Richard Melman (Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises), Drew Nierporent (Myriad Restaurant Group), Jean-Georges Vongerichten (Jean Georges). For best new restaurant: A Voce (New York), Cochon (New Orleans), Cut (Beverly Hills), Restaurant Guy Savoy (Las Vegas), L'Atelier de Jo&eumlaut;l Robuchon (New York). You can see a full list of the nominations here (PDF). (Grub Street, JamesBeard.org)

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Phil Spector trial begins: Though opening statements aren't expected until the end of April, the murder trial against music producer Phil Spector begins today in Los Angeles with jury selection. Spector is charged with the 2003 killing of Lana Clarkson, though he's pleading not guilty and claimed in an e-mail to friends that Clarkson's death was an "accidental suicide." Page Six, meanwhile, has a list of allegations against Spector from other women he's allegedly pointed a gun at. (BBC News, CBS, Page Six)

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O'Reilly vs. Mr. Zsa Zsa: Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, who recently said he may be the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby, Dannielynn, has filed a $10 million defamation suit against Bill O'Reilly and Fox. Von Anhalt apparently takes issue with the way O'Reilly characterized him on "The O'Reilly Factor" last month: "Look, this guy's a fraud," O'Reilly said of von Anhalt. "We know he's a fraud." The talk show host also called von Anhalt a "nut," though he did add, "I say nut in an affectionate way." Now, von Anhalt says, he can't go to the grocery store without being bombarded with nasty looks. "They say, 'Look, here comes the fraud,'" he tells the Associated Press. "I get lots of e-mails from people bad-mouthing me. It's very embarrassing." (L.A. Times, Associated Press)

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It's a boy! The rumors have proved true: Angelina Jolie has adopted another little boy, a Vietnamese 3-year-old who was abandoned by his parents as an infant. On Thursday, the actress and her 5-year-old son, Maddox, picked up the boy, Pham Quang Sang (whom Jolie plans to rename Pax Thien, combining the Latin word for "peace" and a Vietnamese word meaning "heaven"), from the orphanage he called home in Ho Chi Minh City. The child cried when he saw his future mother and brother "because for him, they are strangers," Nguyen Van Trung, the director of the Tam Binh center for orphans and abandoned children, told Agence France-Presse. But Jolie, who adopted Sang as a single parent, rather than with partner Brad Pitt, since adoption by unmarried couples is not legal in Vietnam, reportedly tried to comfort the child by repeating the Vietnamese phrase "khong sao dau," which means "no problem." Ultimately, the orphanage staff calmed the boy by promising him a "fun excursion." However, Us Weekly reports that the boy hid and cried through the subsequent adoption ceremony as well. (AFP, Us Weekly)

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Jeni's family says it was suicide: In a long, eloquent post on Richard Jeni's Web site, the late comedian's family says that while the coroner's official findings on the cause of death may still take some time, there is no doubt in their mind it was suicide. Denying that his state of mind was the result of depression over his career or a physical illness, the family writes: "Earlier this year Richard Jeni was diagnosed with severe clinical depression coupled with bouts of psychotic paranoia. One only needs to have a family member or friend with a mental illness to understand that there is nothing rational, predictable, or fair about these diseases. Mental illness is as serious as any physical affliction and can be just as devastating." (Associated Press, RichardJeni.com)

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