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7:00 AM ET, May 28, 2009

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Rolling Stone / Rock and Roll Daily:
The New Issue of Rolling Stone: The Rise of Lady Gaga  —  Watch out, Katy Perry: there's a new princess of pop who kisses girls (for real), claims Marilyn Manson and Madonna as fans and is on the verge of becoming the defining pop star of the year.  Lady Gaga struts the streets pants-less …
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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 …
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.
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
AT&T May Have Swayed ‘Idol’ Results  —  LOS ANGELES — AT&T, one of the biggest corporate sponsors of “American Idol,” might have influenced the outcome of this year's competition by providing phones for free text-messaging services and lessons in casting blocks of votes at parties organized …
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PEOPLE TV Watch:
5 Things You Didn't Know About Idol Winner Kris Allen
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler
New York Post:
KATHERINE HEIGL IS OVERPRICED  —  KATHERINE Heigl has hit another stumbling block on her way to movie stardom.  Sources say the actress, whose just-concluded season on ABC's “Grey's Anatomy” might have been her last, was dropped from a top-tier ensemble cast in the upcoming romantic comedy …
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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 …
Discussion: CoverAwards and Seriously? OMG!
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 …
Discussion: X17 Online and Associated Press
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Ken Lee / People.com:
Man Alleges Assault by Chris Brown's Bodyguard  —  Chris Brown is facing more legal trouble - this time from a man who claims he was beaten up by the singer's bodyguard.  —  Robert Rosen is suing Brown, 20, for personal injury, alleging he was roughed up after taking a snapshot of Brown …
Discussion: EW.com
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.)
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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  —  NEW YORK (AP) - Will he, will he rock you?  —  Adam Lambert won't rule out a stint as the new frontman of Queen, but don't let that fool you into thinking the “American Idol” runner-up will make his living on the classic rock station.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
People.com:
It's a Boy for Parminder Nagra!  —  Parminder Nagra  —  ER star Parminder Nagra and her husband, photographer James Stenson, have welcomed son Kai David Singh Stenson, a rep for the actress confirms to PEOPLE.  —  “Mother, daddy, and baby are all doing great,” says the rep. The child was born on May 19.
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler
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Michael Riedel / New York Post:
JACKMAN, CRAIG TO TAKE B'WAY BY STORM  —  Here come the hunks!  —  Daniel Craig, a k a James Bond, and Hugh Jackman, aka Wolverine, will team up in a new play this fall on Broadway, The Post has learned.  —  The drama, “A Steady Rain” by Keith Huff, is about two Chicago cops whose lifelong friendship …
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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
The Cheese / Hollywoodtuna:
Cameron Diaz Bikini Pictures  —  It's not that often we get any pictures of Cameron Diaz in her bikini so today must be your lucky day.  Here she is flashing some ass crack in her little green bikini while playing in the surf.  It's been so long that I almost forgot how hot she is, her body is as tight as my pants are right now.
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Phil / Egotastic!:
Cameron Diaz Bikini Body is Better from Behind
Discussion: popbytes
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Jessica Simpson Working on New Reality Show  —  Try this on for size!  —  The new issue of Us Weekly reports that Jessica Simpson — who endured much body bullying in ­January for performing in a pair of unflattering high-waisted jeans — recently visited some TV networks to pitch …
New York Post:
LOHAN DAD BUSTED  —  LINDSAY Lohan's sleazebag dad, Michael Lohan, is in trouble again — this time for allegedly threatening to kill his fiancée and himself when she tried to dump him.  Michael was quietly arrested on April 6 for a phone threat cops said he placed to off-again, on-again gal pal Erin Muller, 34, on March 18.
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Missy Ritti / People.com:
Tori Spelling: I Make My Own Baby Food  —  Tori Spelling may have grown up in a famed 123-room mansion with servants at the ready, but she's not afraid to get her hands dirty in the kitchen.  The 36-year-old actress and author delights in preparing homemade baby food for daughter Stella Doreen, 11 months.
Discussion: Perez Hilton and I'm Not Obsessed
 
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Just Jared:
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Elaine Aradillas / People.com:
Taylor Swift: I Don't Look for Boyfriends
TMZ.com:
Mackenzie Phillips — Student Becomes the Master
Discussion: TV Envy and Perez Hilton
Vicki Hyman / New Jersey Online:
‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’: Danielle Staub's alleged mugshot
Discussion: Dlisted and Gawker
Gina Carbone / Portsmouth Herald:
'TV's 50 Funniest Phrases': ‘Yada, yada, yada’ is No. 1
Discussion: TV Squad and Lifeline Live
Extra:
Jackman's Son's Priceless Pick-Up Line
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
Simon Perry / People.com:
Winona Ryder Recalls Teenage Heartbreak
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
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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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