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11:35 AM ET, October 9, 2008

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Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Hugh Hefner on Holly: “It's Over!”  —  It's really over.  —  Hugh Hefner confirms he and Holly Madison are no longer.  —  “If she says it's over, it's over,” Hefner tells me.  “But like I've said before, she is the love of my life, and I expected to spend the rest of my life with her.”
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Cristina Gibson / E! Online:
Kendra Talks Cybersex With Her New Man  —  When Girls Next Door star Kendra Wilkinson stopped by Chelsea Lately Tuesday night without constant companions Holly or Bridget, the blond bombshell couldn't resist talking about Hef, her new footballer boyfriend and “random ass hoes” running around the Mansion.
Discussion: The Bastardly and Yeeeah!
Derrik J. Lang / Associated Press:
Hugh Hefner opens up about Holly Madison breakup  —  LOS ANGELES - Hugh Hefner is down a girlfriend.  —  Hefner and Holly Madison, one of E!'s “The Girls Next Door,” are no longer dating.  Hefner said he's been “down in the dumps” about the split.  —  The 28-year-old model-actress stars …
Perez Hilton:
Kendra Confirms Hef Break Up Too!  —  We mentioned earlier in the week that Holly Madison confirmed her break up with Hugh Hefner.  —  Well, Kendra Wilkinson has also revealed that she and Hef are officially broken up as well.  —  No surprise, but we like the confirmation!
Michelle Tauber / People.com:
Nikki Blonsky: Airport Brawl Left Me ‘Destroyed’  —  Nikki Blonsky says she lives “every day in pain” since the July 30 fight involving the family of Bianca Golden, a former contestant on America's Next Top Model.  —  Speaking for the first time about the brawl, the Hairspray actress, 19 …
Daily Mail:
The moment a ‘deranged fan’ attacked High School Musical star Zac Efron … The star of the High School Musical films is today recovering from an unprovoked attack that took place as he left a West End theatre with girlfriend and fellow film star Vanessa Hudgens.
Discussion: Extra, Perez Hilton, MomLogic and Yeeeah!
Bauer-Griffin:
Brad-y Bunch: Brangelina Family in France  —  After briefly staying in New Orleans, all eight Brangelina family members headed to France.  —  (Cue Brady Bunch theme song.)  —  They were spotted just after landing in Nice on Wednesday as parents Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie scurried …
Discussion: The Bosh
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Simon Rothstein / The Sun:
Mischa: Posh isn't stylish  —  IN what has to be one of the most baffling celebrity feuds, MISCHA BARTON has slammed VICTORIA BECKHAM'S dress sense.  —  Yes, that's the same Mischa Barton who is usually pictured in disgusting get-ups falling out of clubs and her tops.
El Mayimbe / LatinoReview.com:
Exclusive: Green Lantern MAY Have A Notebook!!  —  El Mayimbe here...  So yes the word on the Green Lantern is that it is moving along and that rehearsals should start in February for a Spring 2009 shoot.  —  Earlier, I had received word from someone that the Green Lantern choices …
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Courteney Cox: I've Had Botox - and “I Hated It!”  —  Courteney Cox has a confession: She's had Botox, and she didn't like it!  —  “Botox?  I think it's fantastic and also horrible,” she tells November's Marie Claire.  “I mean, they've come up with this stuff that can make you not look angry.
Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
Beyoncé Finally Opens Up About Secret Wedding  —  Six months after marrying Jay-Z, Beyonce is at last revealing details about their top-secret wedding.  —  “What Jay and I have is real.  It's not about interviews or getting the right photo op.  It's real,” the singer, 27, tells Essence magazine in its November issue.
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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Ryan O'Neal's Boy Ordered to Rehab  —  What Redmond O'Neal called a “major misunderstanding” is starting to make a little more sense.  —  The 23-year-old son of Ryan O'Neal and Farrah Fawcett, who was arrested along with his dad last month on suspicion of methamphetamine possession …
Discussion: Dlisted and Cele|bitchy
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People.com:
Ryan O'Neal's Son Admits to Relapse, Heads for Rehab
Discussion: CelebWarship
MSNBC:
Lauren Bacall: ‘Tom Cruise is a maniac’  —  Hollywood legend lashes out at actor in Elle magazine interview  —  Lauren Bacall is many things — an award-winning actress, a political activist and one of Hollywood's most legendary leading ladies.  But one thing she is not is quiet.
People.com:
Ricky Schroder Recalls Son's Devastating Crash  —  Rick and Andrea Schroeder with their children: Faith, 7; Cambry, 11; Luke, 15; and Holden, 16  —  The usually golden life of former Silver Spoons actor Ricky Schroder took a dramatic turn in the summer of 2007 - when Schroder …
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
$20 Mil Lawsuit Against Charlize Theron to Proceed  —  Charlize Theron  —  Despite her legal team's request to have the case dismissed, Charlize Theron is heading to Federal Court for the Southern District of New York later this month for a breach-of-contract lawsuit against her by Swiss watchmaker Raymond Weil.
Discussion: dailystab.com
NY Daily News:
‘Girlfight’ meets toy story for Michelle Rodriguez  —  After Michelle Rodriguez's weekend visit, the folks at the Mayfair Hotel and Spa in Coconut Grove, Fla., may be rethinking those heavy brass knockers they have on every guest-room door.  —  Fellow guests at the recherché retreat …
New York Post:
ANNA'S CRUSH  —  MOVE over, Roger Federer, Anna Wintour has a new crush.  Inside sources say the Vogue ed itrix's newest obsession is hunky British actor and star of “RocknRolla” Ge rard Butler.  “She thinks he's amazing,” a source said.  “She talks about him all the time.”
Discussion: Mollygood
TMZ.com:
Witnesses Say Gerard Was Provoked  —  So we just told you the LAPD is investigating whether Gerard Butler kicked a paparazzi's ass yesterday.  Well, there's more to this story.  —  Sources tell us witnesses have now come forward with a very different account.  They are saying the papper was tailing Gerard for hours.
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