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Within minutes of news spreading that Whitney Houston had passed away, the Twitterverse was filled with condolences from a wide variety of celebrities. Read on for a collection of their messages...

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Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey): “Heartbroken and in tears over the shocking death of my friend, the incomparable Ms. Whitney Houston. My heartfelt condolences to Whitney’s family and to all her millions of fans throughout the world. She will never be forgotten as one of the greatest voices to ever grace the earth.”

Katy Perry (@KatyPerry): “So devastating. We will always love you Whitney, R.I.P.”

Justin Bieber (@JustinBieber): “just heard the news. so crazy. One of the GREATEST VOICES EVER just passed. RIP Whitney Houston. My prayers go out to her friends and family.”

Christina Aguilera (@TheRealXTina): “We have lost another legend. Love and prayers to Whitney’s family. She will be missed.”

Nicki Minaj (@NickiMinaj): “Jesus Christ, not Whitney Houston. Greatest of all time.”

Lea Michele (@MsLeaMichele): “I’m speechless. Such sad news about Whitney Houston.”‘

Serena Williams (@serenawilliams): “Wow just wow. This has ruined my whole day. #Iwillalwaysloveyou. #OneMomentInTime has propelled me to many of my grand slams victories.”

LeAnn Rimes (@leannrimes): “Whitney Houston was the first cd I ever bought. She had a God given gift. Hopefully, she’s singing with angels now.”

Chloe Moretz (@ChloeGMoretz): “Omg.. whitney houston died..we’ve lost another amazing singer.”

Rihanna (@Rihanna): “No words! Just tears #DearWhitney”

Matthew Morrison (@Matt_Morrison): “I’m very sad to hear about the passing of Whitney Houston, may she rest in peace.”

Exposed body parts from the Super Bowl continue to stir up controversy across the Internet.

With M.I.A.'s immature finger flip causing both NBC and the NFL to apologize, GLADD is now up in arms over comments made last night by CNN contributor Roland Martin.

While watching the Giants victory over the Patriots, Martin Tweeted the following in response to David Beckham's underwear ad for H&M (below):

GLADD noticed and wrote back: "Advocates of gay bashing have no place at CNN," to which Martin then replied:

"You're clearly out of touch and clueless with what I tweeted. Way to assume, but you're way off base."

The gay rights organization has since sent around an online petition that pushes for to Martin be fired. It has collected approximately 2,000 signatures so far.

What do you think of Martin's comments? Homophobic? Or just lame and unfunny? Should he be fired?

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She may not have been dating one of the game's starting quarterbacks, but Jessica Simpson still made her presence felt at last night's Super Bowl.

The pregnant singer Tweeted a photo of herself and a friend from their box at Lucas Oil Stadium, showing off her ample.... rooting interest in the following Twit pic:

Earlier in the week, Jessica had explained her support of the Patriots by saying fiance Eric Johnson was from Boston and: "I'm a Cowboys fan, so I cannot root for the Giants!"

Fair enough. But we all know why Simpson is a Cowboys fan, right? Not sure if Johnson would really want to hear that.

The Internet is abuzz with reports that Eddie Murphy is dead. He is not.

We repeat: Twitter is not a news source. Eddie Murphy is 100% alive.

Sources close to the Tower Heist star have already debunked the hoax, just the latest in a long line of online pranks designed to fake kill a star for some reason.

The frenzy was initially sparked by MediaFetcher (dot) com, then spread like wildfire thanks to Twitter. This site is believed to be responsible for spinning bogus stories about other numerous celebrities they claim are dead but are not.

The Bon Jovi death hoax was a different guy, but Cher, Charlie Sheen, TooShort, The Rock, Kevin Bacon, Luke Perry, Jack Black, Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Tom Green, Tiger Woods, George Clooney and others have fallen victim of late.

All are still alive and kicking. Thank goodness.

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An apparently topless Rihanna showed off her long blonde hair on Twitter last night. She's rocked everything from massive red curls to a platinum bob with blunt bangs in the past couple of months. Now, she's debuted yet another dramatic 'do.

Which really looks good with no shirt:

The 23-year-old singer tweeted the pic of herself sporting a long, layered blonde style (and not much else!) along with the following message: "#Back2Work 1st Cover of the year!!! #ELLE," followed by "Bleach + weave #WERQ."

Later that night she sat courtside at L.A.'s Staples Center to watch the Clippers (bet you didn't hear THAT three years ago) beat the Nuggets, turning heads with her new locks.

What do you think of Rihanna's blonde hair?

Britney Spears' fans are pushing a major Twitter campaign to get the star to appear on Modern Family after the singer mentioned her affinity for the ABC comedy.

The hashtag #GetBritneyOnModernFamily trended worldwide yesterday.

It started when Brit, who had a cameo on Glee and a guest role on How I Met Your Mother, wrote, "I know everybody's excited about the Super Bowl, but I personally can’t wait to see the next episode of Modern Family! Funniest show on TV."

Modern Family star Sofia Vergara retweeted her message. Spears' manager Adam Leber asked fans on the site for their input on a possible Spears cameo:

"BritneySpears on Modern Family? What do you guys think?”

Twitter users jumped on the bandwagon. "I bet if Britney was on Modern Family, she would give the show its highest ratings to date!" one tweet said.

Spears took a screen shot of the trending hash tag and posted it to Facebook. "You all are at it again - look what's trending!" the 30-year-old said.

Responding to fans, she said: "Ahhhh I would love to be on it!"

What do you think? Should Britney appear on Modern Family?

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What is this, 2009?

Spencer Pratt tried to make amends with Lauren Conrad on her 26th birthday via Twitter Wednesday, but the fashion designer and former Hills star isn't listening.

"Lauren has moved past all the drama," a source close to LC says. "She's focusing on her career and barely has time to interact with the people she actually likes."

"Why would she want to back in touch with Spencer Pratt?"

A fair point. Why would anyone really?

The source close to Conrad adds that "in this case, like others, she's going to continue to do what works best with Spencer and that's obviously to ignore him."

The world has apparently followed suit in the past year and a half.

Pratt, meanwhile, is broke and living at home, but says he doesn't "have a hatchet to bury" with his former co-star, who he frequently butted heads with.

"We had our differences, but the fact is that Lauren was a part of our lives, both personally and professionally," Spencer Pratt tells Us, as if anyone cares.

"After all this time, what point would there be in being angry? All I wanted to do was wish her nothing but the best in everything she does."

Sadly, that totally heartfelt sentiment fell upon a deaf Twitter account.

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Justin Bieber is hard at work on his next album. It will be titled "Believe" and come out later this year.

But even a hard-working artist such as this 17-year old needs a break sometimes, and he took one yesterday with another major name in the business.

"Good time in the studio last night. back at it tonight. oh yeah…and big bro came thru," Justin Tweeted, adding for clarification: "and when i say big bro i mean @LilTunechi . #BELIEVE IT #family."

The Biebs then included the following photos, making it unclear whether Lil Wayne was helping with the CD or just helping his pal relax via a bit of skateboarding:

Bieber did, however, confirm at least one producer on the record, according to yet another social networking message:

"in the studio with @timbaland and the crew. #creating... got a lot of things i want to write about. ready to make music."

And, have no doubt, JB, your fans are ready to listen to it.

Pregnant Jessica Simpson's belly isn't the only thing ballooning.

"Woke up looking like the lip injection fairy visited me in the night!" the 31-year-old star tweeted Sunday. "Is this how pregnancy face begins? Yikes!"

Pregnancy face is also known as Angelina Jolie face:

The alleged singer still has some time before welcoming her first child with Eric Johnson, but she appears to be looking forward to that day on multiple levels.

Jess also tweeted that she's "looking forward to getting back into Daisy Duke shape with Mike Alexander. I forget what having a waistline feels like!"

She's also supposedly signed a deal with Weight Watchers.

For now, though, Jess is indulging in her favorite foods - "Kraft Mac n' Cheese, Pop Tarts, Cap'n Crunch. Everything's filled with sugar" - with aplomb.

Heidi Klum has broken her silence since she and Seal announced their separation last week, Tweeting thanks to her supporters in the wake of her surprise split.

The supermodel who hadn't Tweeted since January 15, acknowledged those who've helped her so far through the split from her husband of over six years.

"Hi everyone, I want to thank u for all your support & kind words," Klum wrote. "[It] really means so much. Thanks again to the best fans in the world! xoHeidi"

Seal, meanwhile, has given several interviews, and has described how he and Klum broke the news of their split to their children, while promoting his new album.

The singer also recently said on CNN that a reconciliation may happen.

Klum and Seal decided to part ways "after much soul-searching," they said in a statement. "We have had the deepest respect for one another throughout our relationship and we will continue to love each other very much, but we have grown apart."

A holiday trip in December was said to be the final straw for the couple.

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