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6:50 PM ET, September 30, 2008

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TMZ.com:
Judge Says Stone Wanted to Botox Her Kid  —  Sharon Stone is an alarmist parent who has gone off the deep end over and over, according to the judge who rejected her request to move her son down to L.A.  —  The court has released what it calls the “Tentative Statement of Decision.”
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Extra:
Sharon Stone Custody Documents  —  “Extra” has obtained the “tentative statement of decision regarding mother's [Sharon Stone's] motion to modify custody” — from the court's most recent decision in the ongoing custody battle between Sharon Stone and ex-husband Phil Bronstein regarding their son Roan.
Discussion: MomLogic
Mark Harris / Men's Fashion, Men's Clothing …:
OMFG!  IT'S THE GOSSIP BOYS!  —  Penn Badgley (the good boy), Chace Crawford (the cougar bait), and Ed Westwick (the arrogant rake) are ubiquitous on the Web and in the tabloids, and every hot young woman in America wants a piece of them.  Maybe their preppy soap opera, Gossip Girl, will propel one or all of them to superstardom.
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Chace Crawford: “I Have to Overcome Gayface”  —  Since rising to fame on CW's Gossip Girl, Chace Crawford says he's been slapped with lots of labels.  —  “Model turned actor, dime a dozen, eye candy, doesn't know what he's doing ... and Perez Hilton says I have ‘gayface,’” Crawford, 23, says in November's Details.
New York Post:
FEAR OF FRYING  —  TRAVIS Barker, released from the Atlanta burn center over the weekend, is taking the long way home.  A rep for Barker's ex-wife and on-again love, Shanna Moakler, confirmed they're “driving” to Los Angeles in a tour bus provided by Barker's band, Blink 182.
Discussion: WOW Report and I'm Not Obsessed
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Girlfriend: Hugh Hefner “Emotional” Over Changes in the House  —  The Girls Next Door household has been turned upside down lately, with Hugh Hefner confirming to Usmagazine.com last week that he and Holly Madison's relationship is “in transition.”  —  “There are lot of changes going on …
Daily Mail:
Brad and Angelina plan their seventh child: Couple ‘considering adopting AGAIN’ … Not content with six children under the age of seven, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are said to be planning to expand their brood further by adopting again.  —  The couple - who recently denied rumours …
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed and Mollygood
Peter Mikelbank / People.com:
Salma Hayek Steps Out With Her Ex - Again!  —  Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault at Paris Fashion Week  —  L'amour, encore?  —  Salma Hayek hit the Balenciaga fashion show in Paris Tuesday morning with a very special guest.  Her escort?  Ex-fiancé Francois-Henri Pinault …
Daily Mail:
Moment Heather Locklear has to be helped from police car after being arrested for ‘drug-driving’ … Struggling even to stand up, this picture shows Dynasty actress Heather Locklear being helped from a police car after being stopped for driving under the influence of prescription drugs.
Cele|bitchy:
Anne Hathaway does not discuss a particular sex practice in Esquire  —  There's a rumor going around that actress Anne Hathaway frankly discusses anal sex in an upcoming interview with Esquire Magazine.  The quote, which is completely fabricated, is so amusing that there's no way it can be true.
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Desperate Housewives Star Adopts  —  Actress Joely Fisher and husband Christopher Duddy have adopted a newborn baby girl named Olivia Luna Fisher-Duddy, her rep told Usmagazine.com.  —  “The Fisher-Duddy's other children Cameron 22, Collin 20, Skylar 7 and True, pushing 3 …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Just Jared:
Britney Spears Causes Fragment Frenzy  —  Britney Spears steps out of her SUV in an attempt to visit the Fragment Jewelry store in SoHo, New York City on Tuesday afternoon.  —  Unfortunately, the 26-year-old pop princess had to cancel her trip to the store because of the overwhelming number of fans and photographers.
Discussion: OH NO!!, E! Online and Backseat Cuddler
Nick Axelrod / The latest WWD:
Tina Turner's Tour Costumes  —  Say the name Bob Mackie and most people think of Cher.  But Tina Turner also has a 30-plus-year relationship with the bedazzler to the stars.  “No one does stage dressing the way Bob does.  No one,” says Turner, who enlisted Mackie to whip up looks for her 2008 world tour …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Stereohyped
Daily Mail:
Is it nearly over for Katie and Peter?  Friends fear for marriage over constant put-downs … Katie Price and her husband Peter Andre's three-year marriage is reportedly near to collapse, after it was rocked by a series of increasingly bitter rows.  —  The couple, who have only just returned …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Eunice Oh / People.com:
24's Marisol Nichols Gives Birth to a Girl  —  Taron Lexton and Marisol Nichols  —  It's a girl for 24 actress Marisol Nichols!  —  Nichols and her husband, director Taron Lexton, welcomed their first child early Tuesday morning, rep Marlan Willardson tells PEOPLE exclusively.
Lisa W. Foderaro / New York Times:
Gay Families Find the Bronx Is a Place to Call Home  —  It is a statistic surprising even to those it describes: Same-sex couples in the Bronx are more likely to have children than those in any other New York City borough, according to a study released last month, and perhaps more than any county in the country.
Discussion: Rod 2.0:Beta
Agence France Presse:
Princess Diana letters sell for thousands at auction  — Princess Diana letters sell for thousands at auction … - Janet Jackson hospitalized before Montreal show
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Associated Press
Hollywoodtuna:
Elizabeth Hurley Covers Up For Money  —  I'm a little disappointed in Elizabeth Hurley, normally when she attends these fancy events she's wearing a nice low cut dress that shows off her considerable cleavage.  Now here she is at he Pink Ribbon Ball in aid of breast cancer and she's got them covered up.
Michael K / Dlisted:
It's Not Even Halloween Yet!  —  Michele Allen of Middletown, Ohio was arrested for acting the fool around a bunch of children while dressed in a Kirstie Alley costume.  —  The police were called after Michele put on a cow costume, pissed on a neighbor's porch and chased a bunch of children around the neighborhood.
Discussion: Cincinnati.com
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
DWTS' Cloris Leachman: “I Don't Have Any Worries” About Being Eliminated  —  Cloris Leachman hasn't exactly been a hit on Dancing With the Stars.  (Judge Bruno Tonioli joked that she resembled her Young Frankenstein character while dancing the paso doble Monday night.)
Discussion: Lifeline Live
New York Post:
TIGHTER POCKETS  —  PEOPLE magazine scored the first pictures of Clay Aiken and baby son Parker (along with the unsurprising “I'm gay!” interview) for $500,000 after, sources said, OK! bowed out.  “We were in the running,” an OK! source said, “but then [new editorial director] Kent Brownridge passed.”
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Pop Tarts: Jenny McCarthy Slams Amanda Peet Over Vaccines  —  LOS ANGELES — Actress and new mom Amanda Peet referred to parents who choose not to vaccinate their children as “parasites” in a recent interview.  But despite her public apology aimed at parents of autistic children who believe …
Hollywoodtuna:
Lindsay Lohan Bikini Pictures  —  Here's Lindsay Lohan in a bikini with Sam Ronson.  Sam is wearing a very odd looking swimsuit.  It's one of the first times I've seen a boy wear a two piece.  It's a little freaky.  And usually I'm into freaky stuff.  Just not that freaky.
People.com:
Caught in the Act!  —  • Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise, stepping out in sync - both dressed in gray blazers - for dinner at Italian restaurant Il Valentino in midtown Manhattan.  Perhaps the outing was a celebration for Holmes's success in the Broadway show All My Sons?
Discussion: Access Hollywood
Marc Graser / Variety:
Tentpole directors see Imax in future  —  ‘Dark Knight’ starts growing trend in Hollywood  —  Directors have a new perk to demand of studios when it comes to tentpole pics: sequences shot using Imax cameras.  —  The six Imax sequences that Christopher Nolan directed and integrated into …
Discussion: I Watch Stuff
New York Post:
HEATH'S KID DENIED $10M INSURE PAY  —  ‘SUICIDE’ PROBE EYES MARY-KATE  —  By TERRY SCHERMERHORN in Los Angeles and CLEMENTE LISI in New York  —  Heath Ledger's insurance company has refused to pay on his $10 million policy by claiming he died under “suspicious” circumstances …
 
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Associated Press:
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