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Today’s PM Crush Links, a roundup of the day’s most talked-about celebrity news:

• Actor Max Ryan, who plays Samantha’s love interest in Sex and the City 2, was seriously injured in a car accident yesterday. [Life & Style]

• Charlie Sheen is leaving rehab so he can resume taping epsiodes of Two and a Half Men. [RadarOnline]

• Justin Bieber will promote his album on QVC tonight. We may or may not live blog this ridiculousness. [MTV]

• Howard Stern criticized Gabourey Sidibe on his show, saying she’s “the size of a planet” and that she won’t work again. [Jezebel]

• The man who tried to blackmail David Letterman will get six months in jail. [The Wrap]

• Here’s a great roundup of Kathy Ireland’s greatest acting moments. [The Frisky]

• Heidi Montag is in a new Funny or Die video about plastic surgery, embedded for your pleasure:

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• The L.A. County Coroner has released the drugs that were in Brittany Murphy’s system when she died. She had “elevated levels of hydrocodone, acetaminophen, and chlorpheniramine. L-methamphetamine was also present.” (TMZ)

• The body of Growing Pains star Andrew Koenig was found in a Vancouver park Thursday. “My son took his own life,” his father, Walter Koenig, said in an emotional news conference in the park. (People)

• Howard Stern definitely won’t be joining American Idol as the judge replacing Simon Cowell. (Deadline Hollywood)

• Jenny McCarthy said she believes she’s “fixed” her son’s autism. (Time)

• Lawyers for Tiger Woods threatened to sue PETA activists who planned to use his image in their campaign urging owners to neuter their pets alongside the slogan “Too much sex can be a bad thing.” Meanwhile, a source says that Tiger may have a drug addiction. (Page Six, National Enquirer)

• During a hearing in the child support case between Bristol Palin and Levi Johnson, the judge ruled Levi must pay $1,688.42 a month in child support, retroactive to the child’s birth — meaning he owes nearly $18,000. (TMZ)

• Michael Douglas‘ drug-dealing son Cameron says his famous family made him a smack-addicted wreck. (New York Daily News)

• Brazil’s Secretariat for Women’s Affairs, wants a sultry beer commercial starring Paris Hilton off the air on the grounds that “it devalues women — in particular, blond women.” (Access Hollywood)

• Jersey Shore star Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi’s scheduled appearance at James Madison University caused an uproar among the students — and brought her a $9,000 payday. (RadarOnline)

• Lady Gaga thinks life is all about being in the spotlight: “My friends joke that I’m dead until I get onstage,” she said. (Cosmopolitan)

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At a DUI progress hearing for Lindsay Lohan yesterday, Judge Marsha Revel said in court that Lindsay was, “In full compliance. Everything looks good.” Lindz still must complete the alcohol education classes she has been ordered to attend by July 2010. (Radar Online )

Those happy family photo ops in Venice are being staged “like a military operation” to quash reports that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are splitting, sources said. The pair, who have vehemently denied a rift, have been seen daily as a family unit in the romantic Italian city. (Page Six)

“I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems,” says singer Elton John in an interview. Sir Elton also talks about his past relationships, drugs, and fame.
(Parade)

A friend of Heidi Montag says Spencer Pratt is looking to have some plastic surgery too! *According to the friend, Spencer is looking into “lipo, chest implants and a nose job.” (Perez Hilton)

Tina Fey will probably reprise her famous impression of Sarah Palin when she hosts Saturday Night Live in April, the comedian said. (Associated Press)

Simon Cowell knows what it takes to be an American Idol judge, and he says neither Howard Stern nor Madonna is the right choice to replace him next season. Cowell also said he would love to have Lady Gaga on the show as a mentor. (New York Daily News)

Although former Girl Next Door Kendra Wilkinson is six years too young to run, there is a grassroots movement to put her on the ballot for Indiana senator when Evan Bayh’s term is up. Asked about this, she said: “Oh yeah. I would change a lot in this world, let me tell you that.” Meanwhile, Wilkinson
said in another interview that she wants to have another baby. (Popeater, OK!)

Justin Timberlake thinks everyone wants to look like a rock star. “I think we all want to dress like rock stars,” Timberlake said. “That’s a pretty blatant correlation.” (MTV News)

Angelina Jolie was photographed in Venice, Italy Wednesday afternoon with two protruding muscles where her chin meets her neck. Dr. Elie Levine, a plastic surgeon who has not treated Jolie, says that it appears she’s “received Botox to her face and likely her neck.” (Us Mag)

Kristen Stewart is heading over to London this weekend, because she’s nominated for BAFTA’s Orange Rising Star award. So who will also be at the British awards show as a presenter? Well, Robert Pattinson, of course…(E! Online/Ted Casablanca)

Love has blossomed on the set of the final Harry Potter film between Bonnie Wright, who plays Ginny Weasley, and Twilight vampire Jamie Campbell Bower. (OK! U.K.)

Chris Brown earned a glowing probation report six months after he was sentenced to “labor-oriented service” for assaulting Rihanna. “It looks like you’re doing really, really well,” said Judge Patricia Schnegg, who reviewed his probation report. (CNN)

Conan O’Brien can’t appear on TV until September, but he has a plan that would keep him in front of audiences: putting on a series of live theatrical shows. (Page Six)

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So! It’s hardly shocking that Simon Cowell is looking for her doppelganger on American Idol.

“I’d love to find a Taylor Swift — somebody relevant,” he said during a Thursday eve teleconference with media outlets. As he put it, “There is definitely a better chance of a girl winning this year.”

Regarding his impending Idol departure, Mr. Nasty said there’s “no shortage of candidates” to replace him. But there are a few big names in the hat: We’re talking about Howard Stern, who’s campaigning for the hottest gig on TV (and one that could stand to make him even richer than he already is).

“He obviously wants the job — good luck to him,” said Cowell, calling Stern’s radio campaign “brilliant.”

Still, he argued for recruiting a new judge who “actually knows what they’re talking about,” and has experience in the music business. Someone who can spot a star. Someone who can make a difference to contestants.

Are you getting soft, Simon?

Is that a tear in our eye?

In the name of Kelly Clarkson, please don’t go!

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If there was any doubt about the last statement, this year — Idol’s ninth season — has effectively silenced it. Now that original judge Paula Abdul has packed up her crazy and headed home and co-creator Simon Cowell will be following her at the end of the year, the show has to redefine itself. And, judging by the choices they’ve made so far, the next season of the show could veer wildly off the rails.

While Ellen DeGeneres is a great host and TV personality, her role on Idol still doesn’t completely fit because she’s outside the music industry. Sure, she’s there to represent the voice of the common folk, but the common folk’s voice is well-represented already since they get to vote. Randy Jackson may have experience in the music biz, but he has been useless for about seven seasons now, recycling the same “It was pitchy, dawg” and “Girl, you can saaaang”-type comments for every contestant. This year, because the show hadn’t nailed DeGeneres down as a permanent judge by the time auditions started, a revolving door of celebrities took their turn appraising the wannabe singers. Some of the choices — Katy Perry, Avril Lavigne, a Jonas brother — may not have been the most musically gifted, but their popularity on the Billboard charts at least gave them a reason to be on the show.

Now, though, it looks like Idol is desperate. One of the guest judges for this season is going to be … Paula Deen. As in, the Savannah chef who hosts multiple Food Network shows and is known for her unabashed embrace of the deep fryer. We may like a lot of Paula Deen’s food, but there’s absolutely no reason for her to be on Idol. In the past, guest judges always had some kind of connection — even a tenuous one — to the music industry. Guest judges/mentors like Mariah Carey, Burt Bacharach, and Dolly Parton provided both music advice and industry advice to the show’s contestants and provided them with great material to cover on the show. Quentin Tarantino popped in to guest judge on Season 3, and all they could come up with for his connection to music was that he likes to use a lot of it in his movies. We really can’t wait to see what farfetched reason they come up with to shoehorn Paula Deen onto the show — maybe it will be something borderline offensive, like asking her to guest judge on Country Week or something. Because you know what reminds us of Johnny Cash? Paula Deen. Yep. Totally logical. Replacing one Paula with another Paula is TOTALLY SUBTLE, Idol. Surely we won’t be able to tell the difference between the one with the Southern accent and the one who sounds like she’s drunk.

As for the ridiculous rumor the show was going to replace Simon Cowell with shock jock Howard Stern? It seems surprisingly likely now, considering that the producers are embracing their love of stunt casting.

(Photo by Ray Filmano / WENN)

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Rebecca Romijn and husband Jerry O’Connell welcomed their twin girls, Dolly Rebecca Rose and Charlie Tamara Tulip, on Dec. 28, according to Usmagazine.com.

Howard Stern first announced the birth on his radio show detailing the naming of the girls. "They had twin girls, Dolly and Charlie," Stern said. "Rebecca likes Dolly Parton, so they named the one after Dolly Parton, and Jerry got to name the other one Charlie, but his brother’s name is Charlie — and it’s a girl Charlie."

Congratulations to the happy couple.

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In a recent guest appearance on Howard Stern, Pete Wentz said sex with Ashlee Simpson is hot. “We have an amazing sex life. We have such sexual chemistry, if we had been on this show last year, we’d probably be doing it in the green room right now. Hopefully, the kid doesn’t change it.”

Currently, they don’t have sex — “the kid’s [a few] weeks old,” Wentz explained, but “we do other fun stuff.”

Pete went on to share details of their first sexual encounter in the Soho Grand Hotel in New York.

“It was at the Soho Grand Hotel [in New York City], and I’m looking in the mirrors, [thinking], ‘Oh my God, you are [sleeping with] the girl of your dreams, and you can watch yourself!’” he said.

Wentz told Stern that Simpson also “loves giving me lap dances. She gives a mean lap dance.” She wears thongs and “sexy clothes,” he noted.

After the major Pete Wentz slip over his wife’s pregnant body, he’s made a nice recovery by describing her body as ‘hot already’ three weeks after giving birth.

Nice save Pete!

Image credit: Newscom – Source: Us Magazine

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Stern announced on his satellite radio show on Valentine’s Day – that he had proposed the evening before – and Ostrosky had said yes.

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That court order may be too late for Paris. Although ParisExposed.com has been blocked, the damage seems to be done. “Girls Gone Wild” top dog Joe Francis told Howard Stern that Paris is “amazing” and “better than anyone” in bed. But he quickly added: “I would never have sex with [her] again. Especially after checking out her medical history.” Ouch!  Via TMZ.com.