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12:45 PM ET, May 12, 2009

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TMZ.com:
Miss California Topless — Oops, She Did It Again  —  Carrie Prejean must have a really, really bad memory — because TMZ uncovered a brand new set of topless photos “biblically correct” Miss California took before she applied for the crown.  —  These pics were taken just last year — meaning Carrie was the ripe ol' LEGAL age of 20.
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Kate Coyne / People.com:
Kate Gosselin ‘Horrified’ by Claims She Cheated with Bodyguard  —  Kate Gosselin, whose adventures raising twins and sextuplets are chronicled on the hit TLC reality show Jon & Kate Plus Eight, is fighting back at reports that she has been having a more-than-platonic relationship with Steve Neild …
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Joe Flint / Company Town:
‘Jon & Kate’ is running late  —  With just two weeks to go before its season premiere, the first episode of cable channel TLC's reality hit “Jon & Kate Plus Eight” still isn't in the can.  It's not a salary dispute with stars Jon and Kate Gosselin and their eight kids, that would be an easy one to solve.
Discussion: Us Weekly and Lifeline Live
E! Online:
Spoiler Chat: Who Dies on Your Fave TV Shows?  —  It's finale time on TV, and that means a veritable bonanza of births, deaths, weddings, love declarations, illicit assignations, consummations, character reveals and devastating departures.  —  Plus, which bubble shows are going to get pickups?
Discussion: Gossip Girl Insider, TV Fanatic and io9
The Sun:
Jordan and Peter Andre split  —  JORDAN and hubby Peter Andre have sensationally split - after nearly five years of marriage, The Sun can reveal.  —  The former Page 3 girl, 30, and the singer, 36, who found love in the Australian jungle on ITV1 hit I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! made the shock announcement this afternoon.
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PEOPLE TV Watch:
Real Housewives' Kelly Bensimon Wants People to See ‘the Real Kelly’  —  She battled with Bethenny Frankel and got beat up in the blogs, but Kelly Bensimon, the season's new girl on The Real Housewives of New York City, says she'd do it again — and hopes to come back for another season.
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Denise Warner / PopEater:
‘Real Housewife’ Bethenny Frankel Would Love to Try ‘Dancing With the Stars’
Discussion: Lemondrop
Ken Lee / People.com:
Sam Lutfi May Have to Foot Britney's Legal Bill  —  Sam Lutfi faced off against Britney Spears's legal team - and lost, slapped with a three-year restraining order last month.  —  His wallet may be taking a hit next.  —  Lawyers for the singer asked a Los Angeles court last Friday to order Lutfi …
Discussion: Extra and Hollyscoop
Steven Zeitchik / Hollywood Reporter:
Hedy days for Rachel Weisz  —  Actress eyes role as icon Lamarr in ‘Face Value’  —  CANNES — Rachel Weisz may be going Old Hollywood.  —  The British actress is loosely attached to play MGM icon Hedy Lamarr in Amy Redford's indie tale “Face Value.”  —  “Value” centers on Lamarr's eccentric life …
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Simon Cowell Predicts Adam Lambert Will Win Idol  —  Adam Lambert shakes it right, according to no less a judge than Simon Cowell.  —  “He's got that ‘it,’” the American Idol decider told Oprah Winfrey on her show Monday.  “He's got swagger.”  —  Cowell even went so far as to say that Lambert …
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Kim Kardashian official web site:
It's Bruce!!  —  Ever since I revealed in recent interviews that one of my family members would be going under the plastic surgeon's knife on the show, I've been inundated with emails and calls asking who it is!!  I can reveal that it was my stepdad Bruce!  Twenty five years aho …
NY Daily News:
Brooke Shields to Kiefer Sutherland's defense over “butt” head move  —  Brooke Shields must think a head-butt spells “chivalry.”  —  The former “Lipstick Jungle” star is coming to pal Kiefer Sutherland's defense after he was charged with assaulting designer Jack McCollough in her honor on May 4 …
Discussion: Dlisted and Just Jared
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Gosling, Williams get ‘Blue’  —  Cast set for indie drama  —  Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams are set for the indie drama “Blue Valentine.”  Filming is under way in New York and Pennsylvania.  —  Gosling and Williams play a couple whose marriage is failing.  As their relationship hits the rocks, they recall better days.
Victor / The Blemish:
Speaking of singers who've let themselves go  —  Here's Kelly Clarkson performing at KISS FM's Wango Tango.  Want to see a magic trick?  I'll make that microphone in Kelly's hand disappear.  The trick is to tell her it's a hot dog.
Discussion: News America Now
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Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
‘Gladiators’ leaps to bigscreen  —  Film to be based on ‘American’ TV show  —  Johnny Ferraro, creator of the “American Gladiators” TV franchise, is bringing a live-action adaptation of the property to the bigscreen.  —  The film will be based on the TV show that first aired in 1988 …
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Ryan O'Neal Recalls Moment Farrah's Health Turned  —  For a good part of her 2½-year cancer battle, Farrah Fawcett showed few signs of what the disease was doing to her.  “She was very athletic and healthy and hungry and beautiful,” her companion of 27 years, Ryan O'Neal, recalls.
Discussion: iVillage
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Heidi Montag Becomes Heidi Pratt  —  To honor her husband Spencer Pratt, Heidi Montag has legally changed her name to Heidi Pratt.  —  “When we filled out the marriage license, I checked the box to change my name to Heidi Pratt,” she tells Usmagazine.com exclusively.  “It's on my new license, credit cards and everything.”
Discussion: Pop Crunch
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Extra:
Heidi Montag's ‘Blackout’ Video
Discussion: Socialite Life and popbytes
 
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James Hibberd / Hollywood Reporter:
Kevin Costner back in saddle with A&E
Discussion: EW.com
Betsy Taylor / Associated Press:
Woman finds ‘Twilight’ sequel script in trash
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Access Hollywood:
Report: Michael Jackson's London Concerts In Jeopardy
Discussion: TMZ.com, Bossip.com and Rolling Stone
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