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CLAYMATES DEAL WITH THEIR GAY GRIEF — High-pitched shrieks and excited OMGs could be heard all through America's suburbs yesterday as Clay Aiken admitted that he's gay, on the cover of People. Aiken's rabid fanbase, who call themselves Claymates, have taken to the message boards to deal with this shocking (to them) news.
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David Caplan / People.com:
Clay Aiken: I'm a Gay Dad
Clay Aiken: I'm a Gay Dad
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Spotted: Chuck Bass Snogging ... Drew Barrymore?!?!?! — D. got a piece of Bass last night. — Photo: Justin Bishop/Courtesy of Vanity Fair — OMFG. Last night at Webster Hall, the main event proved not to be the performance by Kings of Leon but the intense makeout sesh …
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Drew Barrymore Makes Out With Ed Westwick at NYC Concert! — New couple alert! — Drew Barrymore and Gossip Girl star Ed Westwick were spotted “in a full-on make-out session” at a NYC concert for alt-rockers Kings of Leon Tuesday night. — Westwick's co-star Chace Crawford …
In Touch Weekly Magazine:
In Touch Exclusive: Natalie Portman is single again — In Touch can exclusively reveal that Natalie Portman has split with her boyfriend, musician Devendra Banhart. “Yes, they have broken up,” a source close to Devendra tells In Touch. The couple met and fell in love while the actress …
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People.com:
Natalie Portman and Musician Boyfriend Split — Natalie Portman and her folk-rocker boyfriend Devendra Banhart have broken up, a source confirms to PEOPLE. — Portman, 27, began dating Banhart, also 27, after starring in his “Carmensita” video, which was shot last March.
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Starpulse:
Kirk Cameron Finds Way Around Self-Imposed Kissing Ban — Christian actor Kirk Cameron forced movie bosses to cast his wife Chelsea as a smooching stand-in for his new film Fireproof, because he refused to kiss his onscreen wife. — In the movie, Cameron plays a firefighter battling to save …
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Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Leighton Meester Born in Prison but Mom Was “Always There For Me” — Leighton Meester's upbringing was nothing like that of her Gossip Girl character Blair Waldorf: the actress was born to a mother who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for smuggling marijuana.
New York Post:
HEFNER'S CRUMBLING HAREM — JUST as Page Six predicted a month ago, Hugh Hefner's sham-like world is falling apart. His youngest “girlfriend,” Kendra Wilkinson, has been hooking up with Philadelphia Eagle Hank Baskett. Now, it seems his “No. 1” gal pal is looking for an out, too.
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Nicole Kidman: Why I Stayed So Skinny During My Pregnancy — Even while pregnant with daughter Sunday, many were amazed that Nicole Kidman still managed to keep her svelte figure. — Now, in a new interview with The Australian Women's Weekly, the 41-year-old actress opens up about her relatively small bump.
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Drudge Report:
EXCLUSIVE: LETTERMAN MOCKS MCCAIN CANCELLATION — David Letterman tells audience that McCain called him today to tell him he had to rush back to DC to deal with the economy. — Then in the middle of the taping Dave got word that McCain was, in fact just down the street being interviewed by Katie Couric.
X17 Online:
X17 XCLUSIVE - BRITNEY FILMING ‘WOMANIZER’ RIGHT NOW! — HOT LINKS : Britney Spears — Brit stopped by McDonald's this morning around 9 a.m. on her way to one last rehearsal before her music video shoot for Womanizer! — Queen B fueled up on a hash brown (loves it!) before heading to downtown LA …
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New York Post:
LINDSAY DAD: SAM'S ‘HIDEOUS’ — Lindsay Lohan wants her father to just shut up - especially since Michael Lohan furiously scratched an e-mail to X17online the other day, calling Lohan's girlfriend, Samantha Ronson, “dark, hideous and a disgusting representation of humanity.”
Mary Green / People.com:
Lance Armstrong: Return to Racing a Family Decision — Before deciding whether to come out of retirement and compete in the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong needed to speak to one person in particular: his ex-wife Kristin. — “Quite frankly, if she had said, 'I don't support it …
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The Superficial:
Britney Spears continues to not look like a total trainwreck who shouldn't be allowed near children — Britney Spears stopped for some coffee yesterday after leaving a dance studio in LA. She continues to look remarkably decent for a woman who only months ago filmed amateur porn in Mexico and spoke with a fake British accent.
Inside Movies Blog:
25 Under 25: Hollywood's Hottest Young Stars — Warning: reading may cause you to feel old and unaccomplished. — Fame and success can be fleeting in Hollywood — just ask the Coreys. — So which young stars of 2008 will still be entertaining us in 2018, or even 2028?
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Tom_Colletti / kanyeuniversecity.com:
808s & Heartbreak coming soon.... I CHANGED MY ALBUM TO NOVEMBER SOMETHING CAUSE I FINISHED THE ALBUM AND I FELT LIKE IT.. I WANT YALL TO HEAR IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE — GOOD ASS JOB!!! — haha repost but mr. west man i cannot wait to hear it really — Good S**t Fam! Can't wait. — yay!
Liz Hazelton / Daily Mail:
WORLD PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: ‘Man’ who gave birth enjoys a day out with his wife and child — These pictures of a man cradling his new baby and kissing his wife appear to show a perfectly ordinary family enjoying a day at the park. — But if there was ever a family that proved appearances can be deceptive, this would be it.
Extra:
Thin Talk from ‘90210’ — “Extra's” Tanika Ray visited the set of “90210” to get the scoop from the pin-thin pretties. Last week, CW stars Shenae Grimes and Jessica Stroup graced the cover of Us Weekly with the unflattering headline, “Too Thin for TV.” The young stars of “90210” …
Steve Higgins / Of Two Minds:
Ben and Jerry's to use human milk — well... if PETA had their way they would. … Hmm.. I'm feeling a great business plan coming on here that shouldn't cause any problems whatsoever... I'm going to be impregnating women and then artificially keep them lactating all the while confining …
Jill Serjeant / Fan Fare:
Oprah joining cast of Disney movie — Oprah Winfrey is going to the Big Easy — at least in the fictional world of animation — by joining the cast of an upcoming Disney movie set in New Orleans during the jazz age. — In “The Princess and the Frog,” which is set for release in late 2009 …
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Joey Bartolomeo / People.com:
Former Bachelorette Jen Schefft Gets Engaged — Former Bachelorette star Jen Schefft is engaged to her boyfriend, Joe Waterman, she tells PEOPLE exclusively. — “I'm so excited and so happy,” says Schefft, 32. — The couple, who live in Chicago, met on a blind date in February.
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