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10:40 AM ET, July 13, 2009

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Hollywood Reporter:
Ryan Seacrest closes deal worth $45 mil  —  Three-year pact said to be richest ever for a reality host  —  Ryan Seacrest is Fox's 45-Million-Dollar Man.  —  The “American Idol” host has closed a major new three-year deal with CKX, parent of “Idol” producer 19 Entertainment, worth $15 million per year.
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Report: Ryan Seacrest to Be Richest Host on Reality TV  —  Sought-after bachelor Ryan Seacrest has become an even bigger catch: The American Idol host has closed what is believed to be the biggest deal ever for a reality emcee and will triple his current salary, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Lara Martin / Digital Spy:
Ryan Seacrest ‘signs new $45m deal’
Discussion: omg!
E! Online:
Jon Gosselin, Kids' Clothing Designer Extraordinaire  —  All play, no work makes Jon Gosselin a dull boy.  —  The newly single 32-year-old Jon & Kate Plus 8 star may be in St.-Tropez with his 23-year-old gal-pal, Hailey Glassman, but that doesn't mean the trip is all fun and games.  —  Well, maybe it does.
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Jon Gosselin / TMZ.com:
Jon Gosselin's New Habit  —  Jon Gosselin and his new +1, Hailey Glassman, enjoy a smoke while aboard Christian Audigier's yacht in Saint-Tropez.
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
Sarandon, Goodman join Kevorkian biopic  —  Project loosely based on the book ‘Dying and the Dead’  —  Susan Sarandon and John Goodman are set to co-star opposite Al Pacino in “You Don't Know Jack,” HBO Films' biopic of Jack Kevorkian, which is being directed by Barry Levinson.
TMZ.com:
Debbie Rowe Injected Jackson with Drugs  —  Debbie Rowe frequently injected Michael Jackson with drugs while she worked for Jackson's dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein.  —  We've obtained law enforcement documents from the 2005 molestation trial.  Included in the records is an affidavit …
Metro.co.uk:
Disney's Hudgens to ‘strip as 1950s hooker’  —  High School Musical's Vanessa Hudgens says she will sex things up in new potty mouth film role  —  Controversial Disney actress Vanessa Hudgens has warned she is ready to shock again, revealing she is to strip off as a hooker in a new X-rated film role.
Discussion: Anything Hollywood
Ali Jaafar / Variety:
Jason Statham tracking ‘Blitz’  —  Actor in final talks to star in thriller  —  LONDON — Jason Statham is in final negotiations to star in “Blitz,” a London-set thriller about a serial killer targeting police officers.  —  Lionsgate U.K. is fully financing the project …
The Superficial:
Britney Spears really wants you to see her breasts  —  Here's the perpetually braless Britney Spears arriving in Copenhagen Saturday.  I'm no psychologist, but I'm pretty sure there's a direct correlation between the amount of breast Britney shows and how f**king crazy she currently is.
Marc Graser / Variety:
Paramount toys with ‘Max Steel’ pic  —  Studio teams with Roth for Mattel property  —  Just weeks before Paramount Pictures invades theaters with “G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra,” the studio is teaming with Joe Roth to pick up Mattel's “Max Steel” as another action figure it wants to play with on the bigscreen.
People.com:
LaToya Jackson: ‘Michael Was Murdered’  —  Speaking out for the first time since Michael Jackson's sudden death on June 25, the singer's sister LaToya Jackson, 53, is raising alarming allegations.  —  “Michael was murdered,” LaToya claims in an exclusive interview with London newspaper the News of the World.
 
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From Mediagazer:

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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