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12:25 PM ET, May 28, 2009

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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 …
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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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 …
TMZ.com:
Jon and Kate Plus a Lot of Space  —  On Top: Jon Gosselin knockin' back a beer with two ladies at Front Street bar and grill in Newburgh, New York on Memorial Day.  —  On Bottom: Kate plus most of the eight getting off a ferry on Bald Head Island, North Carolina yesterday morning.
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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.
Josh Grossberg / E! Online:
TLC Has No Problem Milking Jon, Kate and Their 8
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.
RADAR:
Chris Brown Sued for Assault and Battery  —  As if Chris Brown didn't have enough legal woes.  In a new lawsuit filed Wednesday, May 27th In Los Angeles superior court and obtained by RadarOnline.com, the singer (and health club LA Fitness where the incident occurred) is getting sued …
Discussion: Dlisted and The Blemish
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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: Cele|bitchy, RADAR 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
Discussion: omg!
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 …
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 …
omg!:
Chace Crawford Talks ‘Footloose’: ‘I Need To Start Stretching Now’  —  LOS ANGELES, Calif. — “Gossip Girl” star Chace Crawford says he was happy to step into the lead role in the “Footloose” remake after Zac Efron stepped down to pursue movies with a little less song and dance.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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People.com:
Meet Hollywood's Hottest Cyborg: Sam Worthington  —  He may be new to moviegoers in this country, but the 32-year-old Australian hunk who plays opposite Christian Bale's in Terminator Salvation has been a mainstay in movies and TV in his home country for the last decade.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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.
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 …
Tim Nudd / People.com:
Chris Pine, Kiefer Sutherland Teaming Up  —  Chris Pine (left) and Kiefer Sutherland  —  Photo by: Jen Lowery / Startraks; Jean-Paul Aussenard / WireImage  —  MTV, in the home stretch of planning for Sunday's 2009 Movie Awards, has announced another group of presenters for the show …
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.
People.com:
My Chemical Romance Singer & His Wife Have a Baby!  —  The rocker couple Gerard Way and Lyn-Z welcomed a baby girl, Bandit Lee Way, on Wednesday, his rep confirms to PEOPLE.  —  “Gerard and Lindsey Way welcomed their first child on May 27,” the rep said.  “Their daughter, Bandit Lee Way …
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
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
TMZ.com:
Must Be Thursday... Tom Sizemore Arrested  —  Tom Sizemore is desperately trying to beat DMX's impressive arrest record — dude just got popped again, and this time it's for having an outstanding warrant.  —  Law enforcement sources tell TMZ there was a call for a possible domestic violence disturbance …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
 
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Amazon joins the Motion Picture Association, after a long courtship; the lobbying group's other members are Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Universal, and WBD

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