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3:40 PM ET, June 17, 2009

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In Touch Exclusive:Kate Gosselin loses control  —  Kate Gosselin loses control  —  On camera, TLC's Jon & Kate Plus 8 star Kate Gosselin tries to portray herself as a supermom who can handle taking care of 8-year-old twins and 5-year-old sextuplets.  These exclusive new photographs show …
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Laura Kalnicky / Life and Style:
Life & Style exclusive: Kate Gosselin defends spanking her child  —  In response to the recent controversy centered around photographs of Kate Gosselin publicly spanking her daughter Leah, the Jon & Kate Plus 8 star tells Life & Style exclusively through her reps:  —  “Whether the paparazzi are there or not, I am a mother first.
Liza Hamm / People.com:
Jon Gosselin Spends Anniversary Weekend Away from Home  —  Jon Gosselin spent the weekend of his 10th wedding anniversary apart from wife Kate and their eight kids - another bad sign for the couple who have admitted their marriage is in trouble.  —  While Kate played with the kids on the lawn …
PopEater:
First Look: Kate Caught Spanking Kids?  —  The world of Jon and Kate Gosselin is about to get even more dramatic (if that's possible), as photos of Kate apparently spanking one of her children has been given to PopEater exclusively by In Touch Weekly.  —  Kate Gosselin Smacking Photos
Discussion: Perez Hilton
People.com:
Chace Crawford Tops PEOPLE's Hottest Bachelors List  —  Chace Crawford talks to his parents every day, vacations with his younger sister and - unlike his Gossip Girl character - says dating a married woman is “a definite no.” Without question, success (he'll star in the Footloose remake) couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
‘Maniac’ Behavior Leads to Final Lohan-Ronson Split  —  Lindsay Lohan (left) and Samantha Ronson  —  As her name again crops up in the news - this time over a Scotland Yard investigation into some $400,000 worth of missing Dior jewels after a British Elle photo shoot - Lindsay Lohan's terminally on-again …
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E! Online:
Lindsay & Sam Split Again  —  Flynetonline.com; Seth Browarnik/Startraksphoto.com  —  It's over.  —  After Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson reconnected last month following their split in April, the couple has once again broken up.  —  The duo broke things off again Monday night after a nasty argument.
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Hills Star Admits to Bulimia, Triggered by “Skinny” Costars  —  The 5-foot-7 23-year-old reveals she began bingeing and purging after watching a scene she shot with Lauren Conrad in 2007 after first joining the cast: “I was horrified.  I remember saying, 'I can't believe how huge I look walking over to Lauren.'”
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‘Hills’ Star Pratt Reveals Bulimia Battle
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Daily Mail:
Feeling a little deflated, Victoria?  ‘Mrs Beckham has breast reduction surgery’ to lose the WAG look  —  Victoria Beckham has gone under the knife to have a breast reduction after becoming sick of her busty WAG look, it was claimed today.  —  The former singer-turned-fashion designer …
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Katie Holmes' SYTYCD Dance: All the Details  —  Katie Holmes' will pay homage to Judy Garland for her So You Think You Can Dance performance.  —  For her routine, the actress, 30, sings Garland's “Get Happy,” from her 1950 musical, Summer Stock, a witness at the Monday rehearsal at FOX Studios tells Usmagazine.com.
Dave Elias / WTRF-TV:
Police Chiefs Investigated for Home Invasion of Surrogate Mother for Sarah Jessica Parker  —  It's alleged the two were working with a tabloid reporter.  —  Bio |  Other Stories by Dave Elias  —  Martins Ferry, Ohio — Clouds of controversy are surrounding both the Martins Ferry …
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TMZ.com:
Criminal Probe Over SJP-Related Break-In  —  This one qualifies as shocking ... two police chiefs in the area where Sarah Jessica Parker's surrogate mother lives are under investigation — for allegedly concocting a plan to break into the surrogate's home to get info for a tabloid.
Josh Grossberg / E! Online:
Sarah Jessica Parker Surrogate Plot Foiled?
E! Online:
Usher Seeks Joint Custody, Detective Reports in Divorce  —  Tameka Raymond very well may have been a loyal wife.  Just not since last summer.  —  According to divorce documents filed by Usher on Friday and obtained today by E! News, the couple has been separated since July 2008 …
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OK! Magazine:
Usher Seeking Joint Custody in Divorce
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Natasha / Young, Black, and Fabulous:
SPLITSVILLE GETS UGLY: Usher's Demands & Nas' Money Backlash
Discussion: MTV and Oh No They Didn't!
X17 Online:
Britney And Jason Getting Married!?  —  Seriously?  Star mag reports that while Britney Spears was on vacation in the Bahamas last month, her agent turned lover Jason Trawick asked the pop princess to marry him!  A source tells the mag, “He didn't exactly get down on one knee, but Brit didn't care.
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Source: Britney Spears “Not Engaged” to Agent Jason Trawick
Discussion: Pink is the New Blog
Maggie Murphy / People.com:
Taylor Swift and Brad Paisley Win Big at CMTs  —  From T-Pain to the B-52's, everyone went a little bit country at last night's CMT Music Awards in Nashville.  —  The rapper kicked off the show alongside Taylor Swift, winner of Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year for “Love Story.”
Discussion: Socialite Life
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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Taylor's a Princess, Paisley's King at CMT Awards
Discussion: iVillage and PopSugar
David Balls / Digital Spy:
Swift scoops two Country Music TV awards
Discussion: CONCRETELOOP.COM, X17 Online and omg!
John Turturro / BBC:
Shia LaBeouf talks Transformers and Indy 5  —  The robots-in-disguise are back on the big screen in one of the most eagerly awaited sequels this year.  —  Produced by Steven Spielberg, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is an action-packed adventure.  —  The BBC's Lizo Mzimba caught …
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Sean Penn backs out of two films  —  ‘Three Stooges,’ ‘Cartel’ lose Oscar winner  —  Sean Penn is taking his Oscar and going home.  —  The “Milk” star has dropped out of two high-profile films: MGM's “The Three Stooges” and Universal and Imagine's crime thriller “Cartel.”
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Hollywoodreporter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Bride of Frankenstein comes to life  —  Universal and Imagine are breathing new life into “Bride of Frankenstein.”  —  The companies are in talks with Neil Burger to write and direct their long-stirring remake of the 1935 monster movie.  Burger, who would pen the script …
Us Weekly:
LAUREN VS. AUDRINA  —  In October, Internet rumors surfaced that Lauren Conrad hooked up with Audrina Patridge's on-again, off-again boyfriend Justin.  Conrad denied all allegations: “I'm being accused of being a bad friend, a slut and a liar all at once,” she told Us at the time.
Discussion: DailyFill.com
 
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