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8:15 AM ET, June 24, 2009

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TMZ.com:
Jon & Kate Divorce Papers are Deceiving  —  There's a report floating out there that Kate Gosselin has been separated from Jon for two years.  That's not true, and we have the lowdown.  —  We now know what Kate checked on the divorce papers, which are confidential.
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RADAR:
WORLD EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Kate Gosselin's Brother Outraged Over Jon & Kate's Televised Split  —  Moments after Jon and Kate Gosselin officially announced on their reality show that they were separating, RadarOnline.com sat down with Kate's brother Kevin Kreider and his wife Jodi at their home in Elizabethtown, PA.
NY Daily News:
New ‘Jon & Kate Plus 8’ episodes will include Jon Gosselin's new girlfriend
Discussion: Pop Crunch
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Kate Gosselin Still Wearing Wedding Ring
Discussion: Perez Hilton
People.com:
Spoiler Alert: Jon and Kate Gosselin Face off over Divorce
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick Reveal Twins' Names  —  Call it bliss & the city!  —  Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick said Tuesday they were “delighted to announce the healthy arrival of their two daughters” - twins born Monday afternoon in Ohio via a surrogate.
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Dave Elias / WTRF-TV:
Sarah Jessica Parker's Twin Girls Born In the Ohio Valley  —  Marion Loretta Elwell Broderick 5' 11oz and Tabatha Hodge Broderick 6 pounds.  —  Bio |  Other Stories by Dave Elias  —  MARTINS FERRY, OHIO — Sources close to East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry confirm for 7 News …
Mark Cina / Us Weekly:
Nick Lachey, Vanessa Minnillo Call It Quits  —  Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo have split, Usmagazine.com has learned.  —  A source close to the couple tells Us: “It was an amicable break-up.  They walk away from it still friends.”  —  Adds another source, “They still care about each other very much.
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David Caplan / People.com:
Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo Split  —  Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo have called it quits, reps for each confirm to PEOPLE.  —  “They have amicably split but remain good friends who still greatly care for one another,” Minnillo's rep tells PEOPLE of the couple, who began dating in 2006.
Discussion: iVillage and Busy Bee Blogger
TMZ.com:
Mayer Burns Perez on Twitter  —  Right before going to bed last night, Perez Hilton and John Mayer shared a heated exchange on, well, Twitter of course.  —  “From the heart,” Mayer writes to Perez, “what you experienced these last 24 hrs is a profound lack of control.  You can't blog the world, my friend.”
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Perez Hilton:
A New Statement from Perez Hilton
Discussion: Gawker and Popsquire
TMZ.com:
Hasselbeck Accused of No Original Thoughts  —  Elisabeth Hasselbeck ripped off a woman by plagiarizing her disease material — so claims Susan Hassett, who fired off a letter to “The View” host just before suing her.  —  We obtained the letter — in which Susan claims she sent Elisabeth a book called …
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Associated Press:
‘View’ co-host Hasselbeck accused of plagiarism
Discussion: Gabby Babble
Michael K / Dlisted:   Bitch Got Sued: Elisabeth Hasselcrack Edition
The Smoking Gun:
“Jersey” Girl's Sordid Past  —  Now that Bravo is milking additional episodes out of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey,” the cable network's hit series about a quintet of Garden State lovelies, we've decided to join the examination of the tawdry history of the show's true star.
TMZ.com:
Miley — Too Young For this Much Fun?  —  These pictures of Miley Cyrus [allegedy mocking Asians] goofing around in the makeup room on the set of her latest film, “The Last Song,” has the Internet buzzing the poses are too provocative for a 16-year-old.  —  Director Adam Shankman …
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Cristina Gibson / E! Online:
Lindsay Lohan: Pool Party Plans for 23rd Birthday  —  Lindsay Lohan doesn't turn 23 until July 2, but she's getting the party started early this weekend in Sin City.  —  The actress is hosting a Vegas poolside soiree at Wet Republic on Saturday to celebrate her birthday and her Sevin Nyne sunless tanner.
Discussion: Pop Crunch and I'm Not Obsessed
Kate Ward / EW.com:
‘New Moon’ movie tie-in book cover revealed: An EW Exclusive  —  Attention Team Jacob: Little, Brown has revealed their cover for the movie tie-in edition of New Moon, which features an exclusive image from the Twilight franchise's second film.  Taylor Lautner fans should certainly pick up more than a few copies (Those arms!
OK! Magazine:
No Kids for Ellen & Portia  —  While most of Hollywood seems to be racing towards having babies and adopting children and denying pregnancy rumors, Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi haven't caught the baby bug, and might never.  —  “No, I don't think we're going to have kids,” …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and I'm Not Obsessed
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Katy Kroll / Inside TV Blog:
Ellen DeGeneres Interview for 'Ellen's Bigger, Longer and Wider Show'
Ian Sparks / Daily Mail:
‘I lied about tattoo blunder because my father was furious’: Teenage girl with 56 stars on her face finally comes clean  —  A teenage girl who claimed 56 stars were tattooed on her face as she slept when she'd only asked for three has admitted she was awake the whole time - and lied because her father was ‘furious’.
Paul Chi / People.com:
Robert Pattinson Films by Day, Prowls by Night  —  By day, Robert Pattinson is making the hearts of New York City women flutter at locations around the city where he's filming his latest movie, the romantic drama Remember Me.  And after dark?  The Twilight heartthrob is heating …
Discussion: Showbiz Spy and The Shallow End
Tim Nixon / The Sun:
Courtney Love is wasting away  —  Gaunt ... frail Courtney exits cab in New York  —  FEARS have been raised for rocker COURTNEY LOVE after a shocking new picture showed she's a shadow of her once voluptuous self.  —  The hellraiser appeared pale and gaunt, with painfully thin arms, while running errands in New York City yesterday.
Roger Ebert / Chicago Sun Times:
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen  —  “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” is a horrible experience of unbearable length, briefly punctuated by three or four amusing moments.  One of these involves a dog-like robot humping the leg of the heroine.  Such are the meager joys.
 
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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
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Discussion: Perez Hilton
TMZ.com:
Head Over Heels for Kristen Stewart
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
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