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12:55 PM 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.
Alissa R / Us Weekly:   Ryan Seacrest to Be the Richest Reality TV Host
Lara Martin / Digital Spy:
Ryan Seacrest ‘signs new $45m deal’
Discussion: omg!
David K. L I / New York Post:
CUSTODY SNUB FOR ‘BAD’ DAD  —  JACKO'S MOM & EX IN SECRET DEAL  —  Cruel stage dad Joe Jackson won't be getting his hands on his son's children any time soon, under a secret custody deal struck by Michael Jackson's mom, Katherine, and baby incubator Debbie Rowe, sources said yesterday.
Discussion: Perez Hilton, Salon and CoverAwards
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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 …
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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Melissa / Style News:
Jon Gosselin: New Girlfriend, New Design Gig  —  INF  —  Just weeks after splitting from his wife of 10 years, Jon Gosselin is back in the spotlight with a new career and a new girlfriend.  Gosselin, 32, turned up in St. Tropez hand-in-hand with Hailey Glassman, the daughter of the plastic surgeon …
Discussion: The Superficial and Best Week Ever
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!
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.
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Breanne L. Heldman / E! Online:
Vanessa Hudgens Can't Wait to Get Naked...Again
PopEater:
Mel Gibson Directs Girlfriend's ‘Heartache’  —  Mel Gibson isn't wasting anytime with his girlfriend's singing career.  Less than a month after Oksana Grigorieva released a video for her first song ‘Say My Name,’ she is back with another one.  ‘Beautiful Heartache’ was directed by Gibson during …
Discussion: Dlisted
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People.com:   FIRST LOOK: Mel Gibson's Girlfriend Oksana Has New Video
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.
NY Daily News:
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie looking for New York digs, including Apthorp  —  Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie may be looking to buy in Manhattan.  —  We hear the star couple has been quietly checking out the Apthorp, the century-old upper West Side landmark that's undergoing a condo conversion.
Nick Levine / Digital Spy:
Well hello Freddie!  —  Exhibit B: A video Freddie made for Acne Underwear last year.  —  Exhibit C is probably best left to all our imaginations to be honest.
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.
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.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
 
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NY Daily News:
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People.com:
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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

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

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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