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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Holly Madison: “Hef and I Aren't Together”  —  So much for that transition.  —  Girls Next Door star Holly Madison has confirmed that she and Hugh Hefner are officially over.  —  When a TMZ cameraman recently asked her if she can get him into an upcoming Halloween bash at the Playboy mansion, she replied: “I have no pull anymore.
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TMZ.com:
Holly to Hugh: Hef Off  —  Holly Madison dropped some big news on us Monday night — she and Hef are no longer together.  —  If a love affair between a 28-year-old woman and an 82-year-old man can't work, what hope is there for the rest of us?
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Halle Berry's Beau: “We Are Working” on Having More Kids!  —  Newborn Nahla Ariela Aubry may have a little sib soon.  —  Halle Berry's beau Gabriel Aubry tells Usmagazine.com that he and the 41-year-old actress are trying to have another baby.  —  “Yeah, we are working on that!” …
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Fox to redo ‘Absolutely Fabulous’  —  Network taps Zander to adapt Saunders series  —  Fox is planning a remake of the Britcom ‘Absolutely Fabulous.’  —  Edina and Patsy are ready to take on L.A.  —  Fox is developing a redo of Jennifer Saunders' enduring Britcom “Absolutely Fabulous …
Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman Are Back On!  —  Silverman and Kimmel on Oct. 3  —  Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman are back together.  —  “They're taking it slow,” says a source.  “They're on the road back to being together again.”  —  The comedians, who ended their five-year relationship in July …
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Sarah Silverman: “We're Very Bruce and Demi”
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Kevin Sessums / The Daily Beast:
Behind the Glow  —  Welcome to The Daily Beast: A Q&A with Tina Brown  —  Jennifer Lopez opens up about motherhood, Scientology, and a “nervous breakdown” that she's never publicly discussed  —  “Don't blow the horn,” I tell my driver as we approach the gates.  “I'm sure we're being watched.
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New York Post:
SCREECHING FIT  —  MADONNA better not take her act to Alaska.  At one point during the US kickoff of her “Sticky and Sweet” tour at the Meadowlands Saturday night, the Material Mom indulged her Republican-hating ways, shouting, “Sarah Palin can't come to my party.  Sarah Palin can't come to my show.
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Anne Hathaway books ‘Alice’  —  Helena Bonham Carter also cast in Tim Burton's film  —  Anne Hathaway, who is generating buzz for her performance in “Rachel Getting Married,” has signed for a role in “Alice in Wonderland,” which Tim Burton is directing for Disney.  —  Helena Bonham Carter also has joined the film.
Andrei Harmsworth / Metro.co.uk:
Jolie: My sex life has been ruined  —  Their first public outing in more than two months  —  Angelina Jolie has said the birth of her fifth and sixth children has all but put the stoppers on her sex life with Brad Pitt.  —  Talking for the first time in months since the birth of her twins …
Discussion: Gabby Babble
Chris Johnson / Daily Mail:
Victoria and David Beckham's secret to perfect glowing skin: Bird poo … Nobody likes falling victim to birds' mess dropping on them from above - even though it is supposed to bring good luck.  —  But for Victoria and David Beckham it is more a case of bird poo bringing them a good look, rather than good luck.
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Billy Ray Cyrus: Miley's Older Beau “Reminds Me a Lot of Myself”  —  Billy Ray Cyrus doesn't have a beef with his 15-year-old daughter Mile dating 20-year-old aspiring musician Justin Gaston.  —  “He actually reminds me a lot of myself when I was 20-years-old and I was living and searching for the dream …
Chris Johnson / Daily Mail:
‘I was born with six fingers on each hand’ reveals Bond Girl Gemma Arterton in startling interview … New Bond girl Gemma Arterton may be many men's idea of the classic English rose, but her path to the beautiful actress she is today wasn't so easy.  —  The 22-year-old starlet …
Blender:
Girl on Girl: Katy Perry  —  Katy Perry—The Breakthrough star of '08—explains how a childhood full of God and booze created a pop provocateur who loves hot pants and pornographic origami.  —  By Rob Sheffield, Photographs by Ben Watts  —  Even in the parking lot of a Six Flags in New Jersey, glamour never sleeps.
Discussion: Just Jared and Perez Hilton
Daily Mail:
I'm with the band: Rock widow Courtney Love's dramatic weight loss ‘is down to gastric op’ … She said it was down to strict dieting and being inspired by Oprah Winfrey.  —  But Courtney Love's dramatic weight loss over the last two years is actually down to a gastric band operation she had two years ago, it has been claimed.
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Queen Latifah: “I Don't Care If People Think I'm Gay”  —  Get it straight: Queen Latifah is not answering your questions about her sexuality.  —  “I don't have a problem discussing the topic of somebody being gay, but I do have a problem discussing my personal life,” Latifah, 38, told Sunday's New York Times magazine.
Kate Stroup / People.com:
Kanye Tells Ellen, 'You've Got Great Style'  —  Kanye West and Ellen DeGeneres  —  Kanye West is no stranger to best-dressed lists.  But the rapper takes inspiration from has his own - rather unexpected - fashion icon.  —  “You have really great style,” the rapper told Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show Tuesday.
Discussion: Stereohyped and Allie Is Wired
Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Nicole Kidman: Daughter Sunday “Is Reading the Encyclopedia”  —  Call her super baby!  —  “She is smiling.  She is reading the encyclopedia!”  Nicole Kidman joked to Usmagazine.com about three-month-old daughter Sunday Rose, at Elle magazine's 15th Annual Women in Hollywood event in Beverly Hills on Monday.
Discussion: Extra
Bill Zwecker / Chicago Sun Times:
Reese, Jake going strong  —  Scandal sheets report the usual ups and downs, but friends think it'll last — and they're house hunting  —  The romance between Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal is taking the usual roller coaster ride in the celebrity press.  First it was all hush-hush.
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Hollywoodtuna:
Just In!  Jodie Marsh Wears Panties!?  —  Everyone's favorite circus freak Jodie Marsh was out the other night and as usual she decided to bring out the funbags.  She also decided to give us a little extra by showing off her pink panties.  This is a real shocker for me - who would have thought Jodie wears panties in the first place?
TMZ.com:
Lil Wayne — Shawty Wanna Smoke Up the Joint  —  Not all music artists party at Disneyland for their birthdays.  Lil Wayne celebrated his belated 26th with rolling papers and smokin' sumthin at Mansion nightclub in Miami last night.  —  We dare Miley to top this!  —  See Also
Discussion: OH NO!!
Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
Inside Gwen Stefani's Birthday Bash  —  New mom Gwen Stefani rang in her 39th birthday with an A-list dance party at her Hollywood Hills home on Friday.  —  Stefani spent most of the night on an outdoor dancefloor at the bash hosted by husband Gavin Rossdale and attended by about 100 guests …
Discussion: OH NO!! and poponthepop.com
 
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