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9:45 AM ET, October 6, 2008

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Vicki Sheff-Cahan / People.com:
Eddie Van Halen Is Engaged  —  Eddie Van Halen with girlfriend Janie Liszewski  —  Eddie Van Halen is engaged to his girlfriend/manager Janie Liszewski, PEOPLE has learned.  —  Van Halen, 53, proposed to Liszewski, 38, on Aug. 4 while they were vacationing in Hawaii.
Georgina Dickinson / News of the World:
Courtney Love's done a Fern  —  Star lied about her dieting and used gastric band instead  —  SHE claimed she had an eating disorder.  Then she said it was all down to hard dieting.  —  But we can reveal that rock chick Courtney Love actually suffers from a CHEATING disorder …
Jessica Herndon / People.com:
Miley Turns 16 - Seven Weeks Early!  —  Miley Cyrus and Mickey Mouse  —  Sweet sixteen?  Not just yet ...  But Miley Cyrus - who turns 16 on Nov. 23 - got an early jump on her birthday celebration Sunday night with a special bash at Disneyland.  —  “They say it's the happiest place on Earth …
Discussion: Just Jared
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L.A. Times:
Miley Cyrus invites celebs to Disneyland Sweet 16 party
Valerie Nome / OK! Magazine:
Angelina: “We're Going to Have More Kids”  —  In her first appearance before a huge audience since giving birth to twins in July, a healthy and happy looking Angelina Jolie revealed how she got her body back after babies.  —  “Run around with all the kids, and breastfeeding …
Discussion: Seriously? OMG!
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Tom Harper / Daily Mail:
Oilfinger: Exclusive picture shows Gemma Arterton coming to a sticky end in new Bond film … It's not unusual for Bond Girls to be bumped off in bizarre ways...but none has met a stickier end than this.  —  In the new 007 movie Quantum Of Solace, Gemma Arterton's character is drowned …
Associated Press:
Janet Jackson delays 3 more shows due to illness  —  GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Janet Jackson has postponed three more shows because of an undisclosed illness.  —  Her publicist said in an e-mail late Saturday that Jackson was postponing a Saturday show in Greensboro, N.C. …
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People.com:
Janet Jackson Postpones More Shows
Discussion: Bossip
People.com:
Couples Watch: Rihanna & Chris, Ashlee & Pete  —  Plus: Lauren Conrad, and all the latest scoop on star romance  —  Chris Brown and Rihanna  —  • Undercover lovebirds Rihanna and Chris Brown, starting their exciting night on the town with dinner at Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica.
Discussion: Just Jared
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Pop Tarts: Hugh Hefner Says Girlfriends Aren't Leaving Him  —  LOS ANGELES — Hugh Hefner says the hearsay that his girlfriends Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson are ready to move on is all made up.  —  “It's all rumors without question.
Discussion: Celebrity Scandals
Nicole Weisensee Egan / People.com:
Former Headmistress: Oprah Refuses to Apologize  —  Oprah Winfrey and Nomvuyo Mzamane  —  What prompted Nomvuyo Mzamane - the former headmistress of Oprah Winfrey's South African Leadership Academy for Girls - to sue the TV mogul for defamation?  —  “We were forced to file this lawsuit …
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Stereohyped
Los Angeles:
Blogger Hilton Collects $87K From Lohan Pal Ronson  —  Attorney: ‘For Fear Of Having To Appear In Court, She Paid Off The Judgment’  —  LOS ANGELES — Perez Hilton received nearly $87,000 Friday from Lindsay Lohan gal pal Samantha Ronson to pay his attorneys' fees for a defamation case she filed and lost against the celebrity blogger.
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
Michael Thornton / Digital Spy:
Scientologists reach out to Winehouse  —  Members of the celebrity wing of the Church Of Scientology have been in touch with Amy Winehouse, it has been claimed.  —  The Church urged the singer to try its Narconon drugs programme, which it claims has helped hundreds of people kick their addiction, according to the Sunday Mirror.
Daily Mail:
Go girl: Britney Spears goes karting (with a balaclava and helmet that helpfully cover up those greasy locks) … Her driving record isn't exactly squeaky clean, but that didn't stop her getting behind the wheel for a spin around a California go-kart track yesterday.
Discussion: AceShowBiz.com
 
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Emmet Sullivan / People.com:
Clint Eastwood: Angelina Has ‘Most Gorgeous Face on Planet’
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New York Post:
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Billboard:
T.I.'s ‘Trail’ On Track For No. 1 Debut
Discussion: OH NO!!
Beth Perry / People.com:
Idol's LaKisha Jones Ties the Knot
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Isobel Smith / Now Magazine:
Rihanna: I grew up with a dad on crack
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Richard L. Eldredge / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Tyler Perry Studios marks historic opening with a party
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
New York Magazine says Olivia Nuzzi is on leave after admitting a personal relationship with a campaign figure; sources: the person is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
A US FTC report on the data practices of Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and six other companies finds “vast surveillance” of consumers to monetize their information

Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Amazon joins the Motion Picture Association, after a long courtship; the lobbying group's other members are Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Universal, and WBD

 
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