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11:55 AM ET, May 28, 2009

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Aaron Parsley / People.com:
Adam Lambert on His Sexuality: ‘Keep Speculating’  —  Adam Lambert says role models come in a variety of different forms - even in eye makeup, fingernail polish and tight pants.  —  “It's a really, really cool thing,” the American Idol runner-up says, “to be able to show people that you can be yourself …
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Erin Carlson / AP News:
Adam Lambert keen on Queen, but won't rock only
Discussion: Starpulse and Perez Hilton
New York Post:
SPEARS STILL A MESS  —  BRITNEY Spears has cleaned up her act — but she's still kind of a mess.  The pop tart took time off from her “Circus” tour to do an Elle magazine shoot, our spy says, and it was a disaster.  “They dressed her in all these beautiful couture clothes — and, well …
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
T.R. Knight: A Grey's Anatomy Goner  —  Dr. George O'Malley is dead.  —  Multiple sources tell me that T.R. Knight will not be returning to Grey's Anatomy next season.  —  Knight's departure shouldn't come as too much of a shock...  Not only was George flatlining at the end …
Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on ‘Dollhouse,’ ‘24,’ ‘Burn Notice,’ ‘True Blood,’ ‘Lost,’ ‘Eureka,’ ‘Bones,’ and more!  —  Question: With Sarah Connor Chronicles canceled, please tell me there is a possibility of Summer Glau making an appearance on Dollhouse!  —Jenn
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Paris Hilton: The Hills Is “Fake and Lame”  —  Paris Hilton says her beau Doug Reinhardt won't be appearing on MTV's The Hills again.  —  “The show is, like, so lame and fake.  He doesn't even want to be a part of it,” Hilton told Usmagazine.com Wednesday at the Fifi Awards in NYC.
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Kate Gosselin to Release Love Is in the Mix Cookbook  —  Kate Gosselin has plenty on her plate, but that isn't stopping her from publishing a new cookbook.  —  Her third book, Love Is in the Mix: Making Meals into Memories, is due to hit stores Oct. 13, 2009, according to Amazon.com.
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
TLC: No Plans to End Jon & Kate  —  Despite the current season's depressing undertone and concerns that the children are being exploited, TLC says it has no plans to end Jon & Kate Plus 8.  (Monday's fifth season premiere attracted 9.8 million viewers - more than double the audience for its fourth-season finale several weeks ago.)
Josh Grossberg / E! Online:
TLC Has No Problem Milking Jon, Kate and Their 8
New York Post:
OH, BABY!  WHAT'S KATIE THINKING?  —  KATIE Holmes, obviously loving cameras and spotlights, shlepped her 3-year-old to last week's “American Idol” finale.  The fans were shrieking.  The paparazzi were hyper.  The kid was shaking.  Watching this, Ivana Visnjic, artist wife of actor Goran Visnjic …
Discussion: RADAR, Cele|bitchy and Hollywood Dame
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Susan Boyle Involved in Two F-Bomb Outbursts  —  Is the pressure getting to Susan Boyle?  —  According to British reports, police intervened after the Britain's Got Talent finalist, 48, cussed out two strangers in front of guests in the lobby of the Wembley Plaza Hotel in North London on Wednesday.
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Hellomagazine.com:
Lessons in fame for Susan Boyle as she discovers its challenges  —  There were concerns this week that the pressure of sudden fame and being the favourite to win Britain's Got Talent were getting to Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle.  The 48-year-old reportedly lost her cool twice in one day during two separate incidents.
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TMZ.com:
Chris Brown Sued Over Another Alleged Beatdown  —  Chris Brown is being sued by a photographer who claims the singer was involved in a violent incident on a Los Angeles basketball court back in March.  —  According to the lawsuit, filed just moments ago in L.A. County Superior Court …
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Ken Lee / People.com:
Man Alleges Assault by Chris Brown's Bodyguard
Discussion: The Superficial, iVillage and EW.com
Anthony McCartney / The Huffington Post:   Chris Brown Sued Over Another Alleged Assault
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Cruise joins Diaz in ‘Wichita’  —  Duo to star in 20th Century Fox action comedy  —  Tom Cruise is zeroing in on the 20th Century Fox action comedy “Wichita” as his next star vehicle.  —  He'll pair with Cameron Diaz in the James Mangold-directed film.  That ends a serious courtship …
Ulrica Wihlborg / People.com:
Melissa Joan Hart Reveals Her Bikini Body  —  Looking at Melissa Joan Hart's new 113-lb. bikini body, it's hard to believe it was only last summer she felt “horrified” by the unflattering bathing suits shots taken of her at a Southern California beach.  —  “I still read blogs about me discussing …
Vicki Hyman / New Jersey Online:
‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’: Danielle Staub's alleged mugshot … The ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ promo for next week revealed that secrets to Danielle Staub's past could be found in an out-of-print (but suddenly very much in demand) book called “Cop Without a Gun” by New Brunswick native Charles Kipps.
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Two join Kevin Smith's ‘Dicks’  —  Seann William Scott, Adam Brody cast in comedy  —  Seann William Scott and Adam Brody are joining Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan in Warner Bros.' “A Couple of Dicks,” a buddy action comedy being directed by Kevin Smith.  —  The script, by Robb and Mark Cullen …
Sam Thielman / Variety:
‘Doctor Who’ returns to BBC America  —  Tennant's final episodes to begin this summer  —  At BBC America, the Doctor is finally in.  The net has acquired the five “Doctor Who” specials that will finish showrunner Russell T. Davies' run on the venerable Brit sci-fi franchise that starred David Tennant as the Doctor.
Discussion: EW.com and TV Squad
NY Daily News:
Lindsay Lohan rubs Asher Roth the wrong way in Santa Barbara  —  Asher Roth just isn't that into Lindsay Lohan.  —  When Linds discovered the “I Love College” rapper would be performing at the University of California's Santa Barbara campus, she drove three hours from L.A. to see him.
Phil / Egotastic!:
Cameron Diaz Bikini Body is Better from Behind  —  Last night I was watching an old Cameron Diaz romantic comedy because I was bored, and I'm trying to clear stuff off my PVR.  Anyway, I couldn't help but be completely annoyed every time she came on screen.  Also, she's really not pretty.
Discussion: Celebslam and popbytes
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The Cheese / Hollywoodtuna:   Cameron Diaz Bikini Pictures
Just Jared:
Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern — Watch Now!  —  Nathan Fillion, best known for his work in the sci-fi projects Firefly and Serenity, was never considered for the role of superhero Green Lantern but thanks to YouTube wunderkind Jaron Pitts, the possibility seems all too real.
Tim Stack / EW.com:
‘Footloose’ exclusive: Chace Crawford and producers talk about the upcoming remake  —  Chace Crawford is ready to follow the fancy footwork of Kevin Bacon when he begins shooting Paramount's reboot of the 1984 dance classic Footloose next March.  The 23-year-old Gossip Girl star landed the lead after Zac Efron dropped out.
Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
Freddie Prinze Jr. joins ‘24’  —  Actor to play agent in Fox drama  —  Freddie Prinze Jr. as Jack Bauer Jr.?  —  Sources said Prinze is joining the cast of Fox's “24” as a regular, playing Davis Cole, a recently returned Marine who runs CTU Field Ops and wants to follow in Jack Bauer's (Kiefer Sutherland) footsteps.
Just Jared:
Robert Pattinson: ‘New Moon’ Shirtless!  —  Robert Pattinson shoots more shirtless scenes for the much-anticpated movie, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, in Montepulciano, Italy on Wednesday afternoon (May 27).  —  Looks like Rob's been working out!  But it also looks like he got some extra “sculpting” help from the make-up artists.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson Lock Lips
Discussion: INF Daily and Dlisted
 
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