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2:40 AM ET, July 24, 2009

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Jon Gosselin's Girlfriend Shocked He's Out with Another Woman  —  No one was more surprised to hear that Jon Gosselin is dating a new Kate than his girlfriend Hailey Glassman.  —  “That's news to me,” Glassman told PEOPLE when she learned that Kate Major, 26, a reporter for Star magazine …
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Tabloid Reporter Resigns Over Jon Gosselin
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Extra:
Hilton: Jackson Named Paris After Me  —  “Extra” caught up with Paris Hilton at the screening of her documentary “Paris, Not France” in Los Angeles, where the heiress opened up to “Extra” about her family's relationship with Michael Jackson — and revealed that Michael's only daughter was named after her!
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Paris Hilton Watches Documentary About Paris Hilton, Finally Realizes …
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Jill Serjeant / Fan Fare:
Jacko named daughter after me, Paris Hilton says
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TMZ.com:
Michael Jackson's Kids to be Raised By Aunt  —  Multiple sources in the Jackson family tell us even if Katherine Jackson gets custody of Michael Jackson's kids, Michael's big sister Rebbie Jackson will raise the children.  —  The 59-year-old singer, who shares a home in Las Vegas with her hubby …
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Katherine and Kids Need Money — STAT!
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Jackson estate lawyers seek allowance for children
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Jackson Family Will Sue For Wrongful Death
Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
This week's cover: 'Grey's Anatomy' star T.R. Knight reveals why he left the hit show  —  In the spirit of Comic-Con, I'm going to geek out here for a moment: Holy frak, it's my very first Entertainment Weekly cover story!!!  Now that I got that out of my system, I present you with this exclusive excerpt...
Perez Hilton:
R-Patz & Kristen Face The Relationship QuestionAt Comic Con  —  On Thursday morning, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, and Robert Pattinson attended a press conference in San Diego as a prelude to the huge New Moon panel happening this afternoon at Comic Con. Though the press was told not to ask …
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Esther Zuckerman / People.com:
Robert Pattinson: Fame Isn't the ‘Worst Thing’  —  Life isn't a drag since he's become the object of affection for women obsessed with the sexy vampire Edward Cullen, says New Moon star Robert Pattinson.  —  “I never do anything normal anyway,” he joked at the New Moon panel Thursday at Comic-Con in San Diego.
Discussion: coverawards.com and PopEater
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David Caplan / People.com:
Rep: Megan Fox Didn't Snub James Bond  —  Did Transformers hottie Megan Fox turn up her nose at playing a Bond Girl in the next 007 film?  —  Reports circulating online say Fox, 23, had signed on to play one of Bond's sexy conquests, but passed on the role because “she'd rather be a more central part of the movie.”
Discussion: Showbiz Spy and Movieline
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James Bond / NY Daily News:
Megan Fox, Bond girl? No thanks, she says
Steve Bird / Times of London:
Amy Winehouse: I'm too short to have punched anyone  —  Amy Winehouse, the pop star, pirouetted in front of a judge today and showed him her pink ballet shoes in an attempt to prove she was a mere 5ft 2½in tall and could not have punched a fan.  —  In one of her most bizarre public performances …
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Daily Mail:
Amy Winehouse 'hit dancer in the eye with deliberate and unjustifiable …
Coco Burns / DailyFill.com:
Scare Amy Winehouse, Get Punched In The Face
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New York Post:
ESPN OUTED ERIN VIDEO  —  NO one would have known that a sick voyeur had secretly videotaped ESPN reporter Erin Andrews nude in her hotel room, if the Mickey Mouse sports network hadn't sent a letter to an obscure Web site demanding that it take down its link to a fuzzy video of an unidentified blonde.
New York Post:
MISCHA WHO?  —  WHAT'S a girl have to do these days to get attention?  A high-level magazine editor tells us Mischa Barton's publicist was pushing hard for his recently hospitalized client to land the cover on one of the celebrity weeklies.  She didn't.  “As sad as Mischa's recent problems are …
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Michelle Obama Never Cut Her Hair  —  Hair ye, hair ye: Michelle Obama didn't cut her hair.  —  Her hairstylist Johnny Wright reveals that he gave her an “tuck up,” which she debuted at a country music event at the White House Tuesday.  —  “No, I didn't cut her hair,” he tells UrbanBeautyCollective.com.
The Sun:
Strong arm of the Law … The actor, who was partying with Hollywood pal LEONARDO DICAPRIO, allegedly struck the snapper after leaving the Automat bar in London at 12.30am.  —  The photographer claimed Jude lashed out at her after she tried to take his picture.
Donna McConnell / Daily Mail:
Beyonce's Solange Knowles does a Britney... as she shaves off her locks  —  PICTURE EXCLUSIVE!  —  Add to My Stories  —  The long-suffering sister of singer Beyonce has long resented the comparisons to the famous diva.  —  She once playfully said she would ‘go crazy like Britney’ if people kept comparing her to her sister.
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Donna McConnell / Daily Mail:
Solange does a Britney... singer shaves off her locks and lays …
Discussion: Seriously? OMG! and FabSugar UK
 
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Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

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The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

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