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3:35 PM ET, May 16, 2009

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Hollywoodreporter / The Live Feed:
Surprise: Fox RENEWS ‘Dollhouse’  —  UPDATED: In a stunning move, sources say Fox has renewed Joss Whedon's “Dollhouse” for next fall.  —  The official announcement will not be made until Monday at the network's upfront presentation, but sources confirm a deal has been struck for another 13 episodes.
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People.com:
Brooke Shields: Tabloid Checked My Mother Out of Nursing Home  —  Brooke Shields's mother, who suffers from dementia, was checked out of a New Jersey nursing home Thursday by a journalist seeking a “tabloid story,” the outraged actress tells PEOPLE.  —  Teri Shields, 75, was later found unharmed …
TMZ.com:
Michael Jackson Will Be Sued Over Jackson 5  —  We've learned there was a secret meeting yesterday at the Beverly Hills Hotel, where Michael Jackson made it clear — he will not perform with Janet and the Jackson 5; and the dude who organized the concert tour tells us he will sue them.
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Zinie Chen Sampson / Associated Press:
Students break ‘Thriller’ dance record
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
People.com:
Watch Joss Stone as The Tudors's New Queen  —  Joss Stone is trading in her soulful singing voice for a German accent.  —  Starting Sunday, the British musician plays Anne of Cleves - the fourth wife of England's King Henry VIII - in the season's last two episodes of The Tudors.
Discussion: Just Jared
TMZ.com:
Paris Hilton Doesn't Come or Go Cheap  —  One of Paris Hilton's neighbors hates her so much, he's willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars a month ... to get her out of his hood.  —  We've learned the neighbor (who we have been asked not to ID) has written a letter to the landlord …
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Bachelorette Jen Schefft Gets Married!  —  After searching for love on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, Jen Schefft has found it!  —  She married fellow Chicagoan Joe Waterman Friday evening in a “traditional yet modern” Windy City ceremony.  —  Schefft, 32, met Waterman, 35, four years after giving up on reality TV romance
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DailyFill.com:
Reality Star Manages To Find Love In Actual Reality
Discussion: omg!
Mark Gray / People.com:
Bradley Cooper Denies Romance With Jennifer Aniston  —  Bradley Cooper has the approval of his family for his rumored romance with Jennifer Aniston.  The only problem: he and Jennifer Aniston aren't dating.  —  Despite reports this week linking him to the Friends star, the rumors are far from true, says Cooper, 34.
Discussion: CoverAwards
POPWRAP:
Shia LaBeouf: “I'm Not Extremely Well-Endowed”  —  Man, you'd think oversharing had mutated and gone airborne on the set of “Transformers 2” because Shia LaBeouf has caught whatever Megan Fox has.  —  In the new issue of Playboy, Shia talks — among other things — about the time he lost his virginity.
Hollywoodreporter / The Live Feed:
ABC renews ‘Castle,’ orders two ‘Towns’  —  ABC on Friday picked up three more series, sources said.  —  The network gave nods to new drama “Happy Town” and the Courteney Cox-starring comedy “Cougar Town,” both from ABC Studios.  —  Additionally, midseason drama “Castle,” also from ABC Studios, was renewed for a second season.
Discussion: TV Squad and TVbytheNumbers
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Natalie Portman Slams Sean Penn Romance Rumors as “Completely Untrue”  —  Natalie Portman says she isn't cozying up to Sean Penn.  —  “Sean Penn is a friend and colleague,” the actress, 27, tells Usmagazine.com.  “The reports that we are romantically involved are completely untrue.”
Discussion: Anything Hollywood
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Mark Gray / People.com:
Holly Madison to Go Topless in Vegas Show  —  She has posed topless for millions of readers in Playboy, but now Holly Madison will bare herself again - this time in front of a live audience.  —  After consideration, the former Girls Next Door star, 30, has decided to go topless in her new Las Vegas show, her rep confirms.
Discussion: Busy Bee Blogger
Ken Baker / E! Online:
Montag?  Pratt?  Nope, Just Call Her Heidi  —  That's Heidi with an H.  —  The artist formerly known as Heidi Montag and who is now—legally at least, Heidi Pratt—tells E! News exclusively that she wants to join the nomenclature ranks of other female celeb superstars.
Discussion: CoverAwards
Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna / Yahoo! News:
American Idol's Danny Gokey Sets His Sights on Eyewear  —  Los Angeles (E! Online) - Danny Gokey hasn't just set his sights on landing a recording contract once the American Idol summer tour is over.  He wants an eyewear deal as well.  —  “I want to come out with a line of glasses,” …
AceShowBiz.com:
Ashlee Simpson Reportedly Few Weeks Pregnant With Second Baby  —  A source tells Star Magazine Ashlee Simpson is few weeks pregnant with her second child with husband Pete Wentz and is thrilled with the upcoming baby.  —  Ashlee Simpson is pregnant with another baby, Star Magazine reports …
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New York Magazine says Olivia Nuzzi is on leave after admitting a personal relationship with a campaign figure; sources: the person is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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