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3:00 PM ET, November 4, 2008

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Pete Norman / People.com:
Kate Winslet ‘Furious’ Over Body Airbrush Claims  —  Just a day after Kate Winslet revealed in a Vanity Fair interview that she still feels like the “fat kid,” critics in her home country are lining up to claim she still is.  —  But the svelte Oscar-winner isn't having it …
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Richard Simpson / Daily Mail:
Barely recognisable, a vampish Kate Winslet strips off for Vanity Fair … When she was first digitally enhanced to make her appear slimmer on a magazine shoot, Kate Winslet spoke of her disgust at what airbrushing had done to her womanly curves.  —  Six years on and another child down the line …
X17 Online:
Kate Takes It All Off For Vanity Fair
Lynn Elber / Associated Press:
“Grey's Anatomy” Halts Lesbian Relationship, Fires Actress  —  LOS ANGELES — Callie and Erica's burgeoning romance on “Grey's Anatomy” is coming to an abrupt end, and so is Brooke Smith's role as Dr. Erica Hahn.  —  Smith's final appearance as Dr. Callie Torres' flame comes in this Thursday's episode …
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Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Grey's Degayed: Brooke Smith Axed; Melissa George No Longer a Bisexual  —  It's true.  Sources confirm that Brooke Smith, who plays Dr. Erica Hahn (a doctor who recently realized she is gay), has been axed from Grey's Anatomy.  —  Even more, I'm told by those who work on the ABC series …
Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
Exclusive: 'Grey's Anatomy' Discharges Dr. Hahn  —  Brace yourselves, Grey's Anatomy fans: The show has parted ways with a female doc who is blond, beautiful, outspoken - and not Katherine Heigl.  It's Brooke Smith.  As in Dr. Erica Hahn.  As in one half of Callica, Grey's first-ever significant gay couple.
New York Post:
H'WEEN TREAT  —  JUSTIN Long is in a downward spiral when it comes to women.  After Drew Barrymore broke up with him, Long took up with Kirsten Dunst, maintaining an on-again, off-again relationship for months with the “Marie Antoinette” star.  But on Halloween, the “Mac Guy” hooked up with trampy bisexual Tila Tequila in Las Vegas.
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Michael K / Dlisted:   What The Hell Kind Of GD Couple Is This?
Just Jared:
Carrie Underwood: No Respect for Celebs who Endorse Candidates  —  Country music superstar Carrie Underwood has lost all respect for Oprah, Jennifer Aniston, George Clooney and other celebrities who have backed candidates for office.  —  While talking about the presidential race with TV Guide …
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E! Online:
Carrie Underwood: Don't Tell Me How You're Voting  —  Carrie Underwood doesn't believe in celebs who share their political affiliations.  —  “There is someone I do support, but I don't support publicly,” she says in next week's TV Guide magazine.  “I lose all respect for celebrities when they back a candidate.”
Kay West / People.com:
Keith: Nicole Looks Good In My Shirt - And Out of It!  —  Keith Urban walked into a party for his most recent No. 1 song, “You Look Good in My Shirt,” clutching the hand of his wife, Nicole Kidman.  —  “It's been eight years since I was first here accepting an award for my first No. 1 song …
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
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FemaleFirst:
Nicole Kidman's ‘easy’ labour
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MSat / Cele|bitchy:
Lindsay Lohan loses yet another job as host of World Music Awards  —  The countdown is on: within the next three months, I predict that Lindsay Lohan will either wind up back in rehab or she will file for unemployment.  In Hollywood, that's way worse than rehab stint #4.
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The Superficial:   Lindsay Lohan just cost Barack Obama some more votes
Alissa R / Us Weekly:   Lindsay Lohan Makes Final Plea: “Vote!”
Shayla Byrd / People.com:
50 Cent Collaborates with Bette Midler  —  50 Cent and Bette Midler  —  Odd couple alert!  —  What could 50 Cent and Bette Midler possibly have in common?  Plenty, it turns out.  —  The two joined forces Monday to celebrate the opening of “The Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson Community Garden” in Queens, New York.
Stacy St. Clair / Chicago Tribune:
Fantasia provides emotional moment as Jennifer Hudson says goodbye to mother  —  As the two-hour wake for her mother, brother and nephew came to an end, Jennifer Hudson approached their coffins and spent a few moments with each.  —  She paused at the casket of her 7-year-old nephew Julian …
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Donna Freydkin / USA Today:
‘Twilight’ fans show some blood lust for star Robert Pattinson  —  NEW YORK — You'd think Brad Pitt had shown up.  —  Instead, it was Twilight's brooding vampire Robert Pattinson, accompanied by director Catherine Hardwicke, who drew a packed and very loud crowd at the Soho Apple store Monday night …
Variety:
Farrellys to direct ‘Three Stooges’  —  MGM to release comedy Nov. 20, 2009  —  MGM has revived the long-gestating Peter and Bobby Farrelly Three Stooges project.  —  The siblings will renew their quest to channel the comic mayhem of the Three Stooges into a contemporary comedy for the studio.
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Angelina Jolie: I Am Still Just a “Punk Kid With Tattoos”  —  Knives, bisexual romances, tattoos.  —  Despite being a mother of six, Angelina Jolie says her rebellious past still remains a part of who she is.  —  “I don't walk around feeling I need to apologize or explain myself,” …
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
FemaleFirst:
Ashlee Simpson's Pooh shower  —  Ashlee Simpson hosted a Winnie the Pooh-themed baby shower on Saturday (01.11.08).  —  The ‘Outta My Head’ singer - who is due to give birth to her first child later this month - celebrated with 35 guests, including singer-and-actress sister Jessica Simpson …
Discussion: CelebNewsWire and Lepaparazzi
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Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Spoiler Chat: Pregnancy Rocks 90210 and Tree Hill  —  Look who's got babies on the brain!  —  Apparently, the producers of many of our favorite shows are crazy with the baby making this month, because I'm told that One Tree Hill, Friday Night Lights, Eli Stone, Brothers & Sisters and 90210 are all popping out pregnancies.
Discussion: Seriously? OMG! and TV Envy
 
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Dennis McLellan / Los Angeles Times:
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Fred Topel / E! Online:
Paris Hilton Takes Credit for Huge Vote Turnout?
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