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12:50 PM ET, June 19, 2009

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TMZ.com:
Leighton Meester Sex Tape — XOXO  —  Spotted ... “Gossip Girl” star Leighton Meester having sex with her BF... on video.  —  We've learned a Meester tape is being shopped around town.  It was shot a few years back, and shows Leighton in mostly innocuous though nude scenes …
RADAR:
RADARONLINE.COM WORLD EXCLUSIVE!  Jon & Kate To Announce Divorce  —  It's official.  Jon and Kate Gosselin will announce on Monday that they are divorcing, a source close to the situation tells RadarOnline.com exclusively.  —  EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW: Kate's Brother Says “Their Marriage Is Over!”
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The Cajun Boy / Gawker:
Jon Gosselin Shopping For an Apartment In Trump Towers  —  Today we received a tip that Jon Gosselin was roaming our city.  Then we learned of a “major” Jon and Kate announcement being made on Monday.  Now we've received a tip that he's shopping for an apartment in Trump Towers.  —  A reader writes:
Daily Mail:
Susan Boyle axed from Britain's Got Talent tour after balcony cat rant  —  Susan Boyle was dropped from a second Britain's Got Talent concert last night after launching into a bizarre rant over her beloved cat Pebbles.  —  The distressed singer was seen shouting on the balcony …
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Simon Perry / People.com:
Susan Boyle Cancels Another Concert
Discussion: Perez Hilton and EW.com
Mirror.co.uk:
Tired Susan Boyle misses Britain's Got Talent tour show
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, Us Weekly and Showbiz Spy
WHDH-TV:
Local woman helps rescue Tom Brady from Charles River … BROOKLINE, Mass. — A local woman made an all-star rescue out on the Charles River.  —  A couple weeks ago Tom Brady and his wife Gisele Bundchen left behind their glitz and glamour lifestyle and hit the Charles in kayaks.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Tom Brady Falls Out of Kayak, Teacher “Saves” Him  —  Maybe Tom Brady should stick with football.  —  The quarterback fell out of a kayak a few weeks ago in Brookline, Massachusetts' Charles River — and had to be fished out by a local teacher, 7 News Boston reports.
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Robert Pattinson Hit By Cab!  —  Rob Pattinson is quickly learning the hazards of filming a movie in New York City - he was hit by a taxi cab on Thursday while running away from hysterical fans!  —  RadarOnline.com witnessed the Twilight star get clipped by a cab around noon …
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Spencer and Heidi Pratt to Return to I'm a Celebrity ... Again  —  After several attempts to quit before officially leaving I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! on June 8, the Hills stars are returning to the show again, Usmagazine.com confirms.  —  The newlyweds will join the entire cast …
PopEater:
Curry and Jolie: The New Cosell-Ali?  —  During the thick and thin of his triumphant career, Muhammad Ali always turned to Howard Cosell when he wanted to give a good, honest interview.  He knew Howard wouldn't hold back at all, and also knew he could let loose in that glorious Muhammad way.
Discussion: msnbc.com
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Mary Green / People.com:
Angelina Jolie Celebrates World Refugee Day
Discussion: EW.com
Access Hollywood:
Angelina Jolie Says She's Giving Her Children ‘An Education Of The World’
Discussion: iVillage
Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
Katherine Heigl back at 'Grey's Anatomy'  —  Actress' option on ABC drama was picked up, sources say  —  It has been a real-life cliffhanger bigger than the one faced by her character Izzie in the season finale of “Grey's Anatomy”: Will series co-star Katherine Heigl return to “Grey's” next season?
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Annie Burris / Orange County Register:
Pixar grants girl's dying wish to see ‘Up’  —  Company sent DVD so Huntington Beach girl, 10, could watch it.  —  Recommend  —  HUNTINGTON BEACH - Colby Curtin, a 10-year-old with a rare form of cancer, was staying alive for one thing - a movie.  —  From the minute Colby saw the previews …
Hollywoodreporter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Meet the new Conan, same as the old Conan  —  By Steven Zeitchik and Nellie Andreeva  —  Kickinger, left, and Schwarzenegger as Conan  —  Lionsgate and Nu Image/Millennium, the two companies behind the Conan reboot, might have found their new Conan — and he bears striking similarities to the old Conan.
Cynthia Wang / People.com:
Josie Bissett Returns to New Melrose Place  —  Looks like Melrose Place is getting more tenants - Josie Bissett is returning to her old haunt as a guest star, PEOPLE confirms.  —  Bissett reprises her role as Jane Andrews Mancini, sister to Laura Leighton's Sydney Andrews …
New York Post:
BEYONCE BACKOUT STUNS CLUB  —  A PULLOUT by Beyoncé Knowles has a Manhattan clubowner threatening a million-dollar lawsuit.  —  The pop princess was slated to perform tomorrow at M2 — the West 27th Street nightclub that used to be Crobar and Mansion — as part of the launch of her “I Am . . . Sasha Fierce” North American tour.
Lesley Messer / People.com:
INSIDE STORY: What Lady Gaga Is Really Like  —  Kerry Rhodes escorts Lady Gaga in the “Paparazzi” video  —  In her latest music video for the single “Paparazzi,” Lady Gaga plays, well, Lady Gaga: a star who shutterbugs love to follow.  —  So what's life like behind the cameras?
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Lisa Ingrassia / People.com:
Jennifer Love Hewitt Writing a Relationship Advice Book  —  Jennifer Love Hewitt  —  She's been romanced by the likes of John Mayer and Carson Daly, engaged to actor Ross McCall, and is currently hot and heavy with her Ghost Whisperer costar Jamie Kennedy.  Love is, after all, her middle name.
Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Idol Castoff Carly Smithson Hooks Up With Evanescence  —  Adam Lambert's not the only American Idol finalist to field offers about fronting an established rock band.  —  Season seven's sixth-place finisher, Carly Smithson, is eschewing a solo career and taking a stab at becoming a frontwoman …
Dave McNary / Variety:
Brody, Whitaker, Wood to ‘Experiment’  —  Scheuring to direct remake of German thriller  —  Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, Elijah Wood and Cam Gigandet will star in “The Experiment,” a remake of the German psychological thriller “Das Experiment” for Inferno Entertainment and Magnet Media Group.
X17 Online:
LINDSAY SPENDS THE NIGHT WITH RYAN SEACREST!  —  Geez Linds, way to keep us on our toes!  Last night Lindsay Lohan went to the Chateau Marmont with Ryan Seacrest around 8:30pm, and after two hours the duo headed to H-Wood.  Lindsay then left the club around 12:10am with Ryan …
Discussion: The Daily Fix
 
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