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Hippo Tale Elicits Reader Gasps, Danielynn Birkhead Brings Smiles

Originally posted 05/11/2013 08:00AM

Model-in-the-making Danielynn Birkhead, the late Anna Nicole Smith's 6½-year-old daughter, prompted an outpouring of oohs and ahs this week when she dressed up like a favorite Disney heroine for the Kentucky Derby, while the gasps were strictly reserved for the amazing tale of the man who served as a hippo's dinner – and then survived to tell his tale.

Here are the five stories that sparked the strongest reactions from readers over this past week – the news that made you happy, sad, laugh out loud, awestruck, even angry.

In the meantime, don't forget to keep clicking on the emoticons at the bottom of every story – your way of telling us exactly what you think.

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Filed Under: Kentucky Derby, Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala, Mary Poppins, The Young and the Restless, Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern, Jessica Simpson, Joe Simpson, Kim Kardashian, Larry Birkhead, Nick Lachey

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Jeanne Cooper, The Young and the Restless Star, Dies at 84

Originally posted 05/08/2013 03:15PM

Soap opera star Jeanne Cooper has died.

She was 84, CBS reports.

A network spokeswoman said Cooper's family told the network of her death. Her son Corbin Bernsen also confirmed Cooper's death via posts on Facebook and Twitter.

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The Young and the Restless Earn Top Daytime Emmy Nods

Originally posted 05/01/2013 11:45AM

CBS soap The Young and the Restless leads the pack for the 40th annual Daytime Emmy awards with 23 nominations, the academy announced Wednesday. They are followed by ABC rival General Hospital with 19.

The award ceremony will be held June 16 in Beverly Hills, Calif., televised for the second year on the cable network HLN.

PBS' venerable children's show Sesame Street and the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives both earned 17 nominations.

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Julia Pace Mitchell Expecting First Child

Originally posted 01/24/2013 09:00AM

The Young and the Restless star and husband Stephen L. Hightower will welcome a son in May, her rep tells PEOPLE

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Anthony Quinn's Son Dies

Originally posted 08/07/2011 07:00AM

Francesco Quinn, a son of the late screen legend Anthony Quinn, died of an apparent heart attack near his Malibu home on Friday night, reports a local news site and other sources.

Quinn, 48, was reportedly running in the street with his son Max when he collapsed. A neighbor who attempted to revive him told the Malibu Patch: "We were working feverishly at it. But at a certain point it turned, and there was no response."

Paramedics were summoned, and Quinn was reportedly pronounced dead at the hospital.

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Babies

Soap Star Michelle Stafford Expecting

Originally posted 09/08/2009 08:30AM

Thanks to the help of a surrogate, The Young and the Restless star Michelle Stafford is expecting her first child this December.

Stafford, 43, who has won two Emmys for her role as scheming Phyllis Summers on the CBS daytime drama, tells PEOPLE that she relied on a surrogate after struggling through fertility treatments and surgeries.

"After a three-year journey through hell, I'm elated, ecstatic and feel ultimately lucky to be able to announce I'm expecting my own child via surrogate in December," Stafford says in a statement.

She also confirms that she's expecting a girl.