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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Elizabeth Taylor: Jackson Wouldn't Have Wanted Me at Memorial — Pouring out her grief on her Twitter page, Elizabeth Taylor says she's going to skip Michael Jackson's memorial - and she feels the pop star would have approved of her decision. — “I just don't believe that Michael …
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Family Gathers To Say Goodbye to Michael Jackson — Jackson's mother, Katherine, and his siblings were among the intimate group. — At around 7 p.m., Jackson's body was driven to the Hall of Liberty building for what sources tell Usmagazine.com was a viewing.
TMZ.com:
Michael Jackson's Grand Farewell — Michael Jackson will create even more pandemonium in death than he did in life — his body will take center stage at Tuesday's public memorial at the Staples Center in downtown L.A. — The family will hold a private memorial early in the morning at Forest Lawn — where the body is now.
TMZ.com:
SWAT Team to Escort Jackson Body — We've just learned law enforcement has launched a plan to escort Michael Jackson's body from Forest Lawn to the Staples Center. — The plan calls for a “heavy motorcade” with the LAPD's SWAT team as part of the escort.
TMZ.com:
The Stage Is Set for Michael's Memorial — The front row of the Staples Center is decked out with flowers for Michael Jackson's memorial today.
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Leslie Gornstein / E! Online:Will the Michael Jackson Memorial Cost Taxpayers?
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Kevin Graham / St. Petersburg Times:
St. Petersburg chemist sues actress Lindsay Lohan over self-tanning formula — TAMPA — Not everyone is glowing about a new fake tan spray that actress Lindsay Lohan claims to have invented. — A lawsuit filed in Tampa federal court says Lohan and a Nevada woman stole the formula …
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Joyce to the World: Check Out My Mug Shot — Here is Joyce DeWitt's mug shot — taken on Saturday after the 60-year-old “Three's Company” star was arrested in El Segundo, Cal. for suspicion of DUI. — See Also — Three Too Many? Joyce DeWitt Busted for DUI
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Rep: Bethenny Frankel “Getting Married” to Boyfriend — Bethenny Frankel might become a real housewife soon enough! — After The Real Housewives of New York City star — who has been dating beau Jason Hoppy for eight months — was spotted wearing a diamond ring in Miami on Saturday …
New York Post:
MICHAEL BAY MADE MEGAN FOX WASH FERRARI FOR ‘TRANSFORMERS’ AUDITION — THERE'S a video of Megan Fox we want to see. When the sizzling star of “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” went to director Michael Bay's house to audition for the part, “He made her wash his Ferrari while he filmed her …
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Michael Fleming / Variety:
Garelick adding laughs to ‘Baywatch’ — Paramount sets new writer/director for film — Hoping to add some giggle to the jiggle, Paramount Pictures has set Jeremy Garelick to rewrite and direct “Baywatch,” a bigscreen comedy based on the syndicated series about buff lifeguards who patrol a beach in California.
Cynthia Wang / People.com:
The Office Star Jenna Fischer Is Engaged! — While Pam Beesly may be headed down the aisle with Jim Halpert on NBC's The Office, her real-life alter ego is altar-bound, too - Jenna Fischer is engaged, PEOPLE confirms. — The actress, 35, got engaged to writer Lee Kirk, 37, on June 30 while both were vacationing in Europe.
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Hollywood Reporter:
DreamWorks eyes View-Master pic — In negotiations with Mattel to buy movie rights to the toy — Remember View-Master, the Fisher-Price toy with those little 3D picture discs of mountains, rivers and caverns that you could rotate through a viewfinder? Well, DreamWorks is in negotiations …
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BretMichaels.com:
BRET MICHAELS TOUR BUS INVOLVED IN MULTI-VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN TORONTO — BMBNewsWire — July 5, 2009 — As Bret Michaels traveled to St. Paul, — MN following Poison's July 4th performance at Molson Amphitheater in — Toronto, Ontario his bus was involved in a multi-vehicle accident on the Canadian side of the border.
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Steve Helling / People.com:
Blake Lively Doesn't Have the Willpower to Diet — Although Blake Lively is known for wearing skimpy outfits on the set of Gossip Girl, the 21-year-old star confesses that she doesn't do anything to make her body look good. — “I do panic before I have to wear a really skimpy outfit …
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The Huffington Post:
Brooke Shields Remembers ‘Asexual’ Jackson Friendship — LOS ANGELES — Brooke Shields was 13 when she first met Michael Jackson and the two “instantly became friends” _ mainly because sexual tension was off the table. — “Nothing was jaded about him,” the 44-year-old actress told Rolling Stone magazine …
Olivia Smith / NY Daily News:
Believe it, or not? Kristen Stewart pregnant with Robert Pattinson's child, claims Aussie tabloid — Spawn of the vampire?! — An Australian tabloid is claiming that “Twilight” heartthrob Robert Pattinson has knocked up his onscreen and rumored real-life girlfriend, Kristen Stewart.
Benoit Denizet-Lewis / Advocate:
The Real Perez Hilton — Perez Hilton was heralded when he embarrassed Miss California and derided when he did the same to Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black. So what's a guy to do when he's the most loved and most hated gay guy in America? — A shorter version of this story appeared in The Advocate August 2009
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