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2:40 PM ET, October 8, 2008

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TMZ.com:
Jamie Lynn NOT Pregnant  —  Three-month-old Maddie Briann Aldridge is gonna have to wait to have a lil' baby brother or sister, because Jamie Lynn Spears is not pregnant, y'all!  —  While several reports are claiming Jamie Lynn is preggers again, an unimpeachable source tells TMZ Britney's baby sis does …
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OK! Magazine:
OK!  Exclusive: Jamie Lynn & Casey Fight the Rumors  —  A recent series of scurrilous tabloid stories have alleged that not only has 19-year-old Casey been unfaithful to Jamie Lynn, but that he's also gotten another woman pregnant.  The stories insist that the couple's relationship is a sham and that he is still seeing other girls!
Liz / Perez Hilton:
Jamie Lynn: Pregnant Again????!!!!  WTF????  —  This can't be true!  Can it??????  —  JAMIE LYNN IS PREGNANT Y'ALL!!!  —  According to The National Enquirer, the 17-year-old former star of Zoey 101 is 8 weeks along, a mere 3 months after giving birth to her first baby, Maddie Briann.  —  Oops!
PopEater:
Enquirer Says Jamie Lynn Spears Pregnant, Being Urged By Pals to Get an Abortion
Discussion: Celebrity Smack!
PopEater:
Jamie Lynn, Babydaddy Doing Just Fine
Discussion: X17 Online
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Travis Barker: “I'm Just Thankful to Be Alive”  —  In the new issue of Us Weekly (on newsstands now), Travis Barker opens up for the first time since his tragic September 19 Learjet crash that killed four.  He and DJ AM - the only survivors of the crash - suffered second and third degree burns on their hands and lower body.
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People.com:
DJ AM Benefit Concert Announced  —  DJ AM  —  As DJ AM continues to recover from the tragic South Carolina plane crash which killed four others and seriously injured Travis Barker, his pals are preparing to welcome him home with a special benefit concert.  —  The 35-year-old DJ …
Ulrica Wihlborg / People.com:
FIRST LOOK: Howard Stern & Beth Ostrosky Exchange Rings  —  Howard Stern and Beth Ostrosky exchange rings  —  Howard Stern and Beth Ostrosky's wedding last Friday at Le Cirque restaurant in Manhattan had guests both in tears and laughter, PEOPLE reports in its latest issue, on sale Friday.
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
FIRST PEEK: Howard Stern's Wedding Photo  —  When Howard Stern and Beth Ostrosky tied the knot last Friday at NYC's Le Cirque restaurant, they “walked into a room full of friends excited to celebrate with them,” Stern's cohost Robin Quivers tells Us Weekly in its latest issue, on newsstands now.
Discussion: Just Jared
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Joe Jonas, Taylor Swift Call It Quits  —  Joe Jonas and Taylor Swift have called it quits, Us Weekly reports in its new issue, on newsstands now.  —  A source tells Us the two - who dated for several months - split in early October.  He broke up with her over the phone.  —  Says the insider: “He broke her heart.”
Park Si-soo / The Korea Times:
Gay Actor Found Dead in Apparent Suicide  —  Actor Kim Ji-who was found dead in his house in an apparent suicide, police said Wednesday, the fourth suicide by an entertainer in just one month.  —  Songpa Police Station confirmed the 23-year-old hung himself at his home in Jamsil, southern Seoul, Monday.
Discussion: Queerty
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Madonna Heckles Palin at NYC Concert  —  Madonna isn't “hung up” on Sarah Palin.  —  The singer, 50, made repeated swipes at the Republican vice presidential candidate while performing her Sticky & Sweet Tour Tuesday at NYC's Madison Square Garden.  —  During her tune “I Love New York,” …
Associated Press:
Blonde sues over brown dye; judge brushes off suit  —  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut judge has given the brush-off to a blonde woman's lawsuit claiming L'Oreal Inc. ruined her social life when she accidentally dyed her hair brunette with one of its products.
Discussion: Dlisted
Esquire:
The Making of the Halle Berry Cover  —  In November 2008, Esquire's Sexiest Woman Alive, Halle Berry, recreated a classic Esquire cover from December 2000, featuring Bill Clinton.  An inside breakdown of how this image came together.  —  So here it is, our final re-creation of a classic Esquire cover …
Discussion: iVillage and AceShowBiz.com
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Halle Berry / Esquire:
Halle Berry Is the Sexiest Woman Alive, 2008
Eileen Finan / People.com:
Billy Ray Cyrus Calls Miley's Boyfriend ‘A Good Kid’  —  Miley Cyrus and Justin Gaston  —  Billy Ray Cyrus tells PEOPLE that his daughter Miley's relationship with 20-year-old Justin Gaston is “a good thing.”  —  “Justin's a good friend.  A good friend of the family,” he says.
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
A Dancing Twist!  Feel Like Shouting?  —  Oh, those reality-TV producers, always trying to throw us for a loop.  —  Get the latest elimination proceedings after the jump—and find out how Dancing With the Stars is dealing with Misty May-Treanor's premature demise.
Discussion: The Superficial
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Real Housewives of Atlanta: NeNe & Sheree Get the Drama Started  —  Those Desperate Housewives of Wisteria Lane thought they'd finally met their match when the even more desperate housewives of Orange County and New York made their TV debuts.  But the five Georgia peaches of Bravo's …
Discussion: OH NO!!
MissInfo.tv BLOG:
Nas stands by his woman, Kelis: “I'm her biggest fan”  —  I'm gonna add some more video of N.E.R.D. and Nas from tonite's Smirnoff party....but let's deal with this first.  —  There's a lot of talk on the internets about Mrs. Kelis Jones, speculating that she stars in a previously unreleased …
Stuart Elliott / New York Times:
A Push to Curb the Casual Use of Ugly Phrases  —  FOR the first time since the Advertising Council was founded in 1942, the organization — which directs and coordinates public service campaigns on behalf of Madison Avenue and the media industry — is introducing ads meant to tackle a social issue of concern to gays and lesbians.
Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Whitaker to direct, star in ‘World’  —  Legende film based on Louis Armstrong  —  Forest Whitaker will direct and star in Louis Armstrong biopic “What a Wonderful World” for Paris-based Legende, the company behind “La Vie en rose.”  —  Legende's Alain Goldman is producing alongside Edward R. Pressman.
New York Post:
TINA SNARES SPIKED J.LO PIECE  —  ELLE magazine killed a touchy profile on Jennifer Lopez, but reporter Kevin Sessums got his piece posted on Tina Brown's new Web site, The Daily Beast.  —  Sessums, originally hired to write this month's J.Lo cover story for Elle, was pulled from the assignment …
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed, Jossip and Gawker
TMZ.com:
Nolte's House Burns  —  Nick Nolte's house caught fire today and he suffered injuries.  —  The call to L.A. County Fire came in today at 11:34 AM.  When firefighters arrived, the Malibu house was burning and Nolte was trying to put the blaze out himself.  We're told the fire started in his office …
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Associated Press:   Nick Nolte escapes his burning home in Malibu
 
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