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Jennifer Garcia / People.com:
Jaime Pressly Is Engaged!  —  Jaime Pressly and entertainment lawyer Simran Singh are engaged, her rep confirms to PEOPLE.  No wedding date has been set.  —  The pair checked into San Diego's Hard Rock Hotel on Thursday for a celebration toasting the actresses 32nd birthday Friday night, a day after her actual birthday.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Jaime Pressly Is Engaged  —  My Name Is Earl actress Jaime Pressly is getting married, her rep confirms to Usmagazine.com.  —  The star is engaged to entertainment lawyer Simran Singh, her rep tells Us, adding that a wedding date is still to be determined.  —  Pressly and Singh checked into the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego Thursday.
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Paris Hilton and Doug Reinhardt: Back On!  —  Less than two months after splitting, Paris Hilton and Doug Reinhardt are back together, Usmagazine.com has confirmed.  —  “They are definitely happy again,” a source close to the couple — who called it quits in June after four months of dating — tells Us.
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Source: Kevin Federline Filming Reality Show Pilot  —  Kevin Federline has been living a relatively low-key life since splitting from Britney Spears — but the onetime rapper and backup dancer may be stepping back into the spotlight with a new reality show, a source tells PEOPLE.
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Cristina Gibson / E! Online:
K-Fed Stiffs Servers as Cameras Roll in Vegas
Serena Kappes / People.com:
Jude Law's Baby-to-Be's Name Revealed  —  After Jude Law announced that he was going to become a father for the fourth time on Wednesday, now lawyers for mom-to-be Samantha Burke reveals in an exclusive statement to PEOPLE that they'll be having a little girl named Sophia.
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EXCLUSIVE: Samantha Burke Had To Go Through Publicist To Tell Jude Law …
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People.com:
From PEOPLE Magazine  —  TRACEY GOLD'S MOTHER, BONNIE, VIVIDLY remembers the moment she realized the gravity of her daughter's illness.  That was last Nov. 10, Bonnie's 45th birthday, when she visited the set of the ABC sitcom Growing Pains, on which Tracey has played wholesome Carol Seaver since 1985.
Discussion: L.A. Rag Mag
Jeff Truesdell / People.com:
The Second Bachelor Getting Married  —  Aaron Buerge and fiancée  —  At the end of the second season of The Bachelor in 2002, Aaron Buerge presented a final rose - and a ring - to elementary school psychologist Helene Eksterowicz.  But as the year came to an end, so did their romance.
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip and EW.com
Perez Hilton:
Reggie's Other Woman  —  While both Reggie Bush and Kim Kardashian said that their breakup was amicable, we keep hearing reports to the contrary.  —  On Kim's end, there are rumors about Kanye.  As for Reggie, as previously mentioned, there's this!  —  Meet bootylicious Carmen Ortega, the woman who Reggie supposedly cheated with.
Miss Info / MissInfo.tv:
Breaking News: Drake twists injured knee and collapses onstage in Camden, NJ  —  My girl Marisa is backstage tonite at the “America's Most Wanted” show in Camden, New Jersey and just filled me in on the worst-case scenario that just happened onstage : (  —  According to her and other witnesses …
Jennifer Godwin / E! Online:
Tyra Banks Eats Gossip Girl  —  Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images, Jordan Strauss/Getty Images  —  Tyra Banks gets into everything.  —  According to CW reps, Top Model boss Tyra Banks is set to guest star on the Oct. 5 episode of Gossip Girl's third season.  —  But does she play herself, or is she taking on a little acting work?
Discussion: coverawards.com
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Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
Scoop: Tyra Banks invades ‘Gossip Girl’
Discussion: Perez Hilton, BuzzSugar and Pop Crunch
Ken Lee / People.com:
Doctor Warned Michael Jackson about Propofol in April  —  Michael Jackson was recently warned against the dangers of the powerful anesthetic propofol by one of his former doctors, according to a lawyer for the physician.  —  Dr. Allan Metzger, an L.A.-based rheumatologist who also specializes …
In Touch Weekly Magazine:
In Touch Exclusive:Mark Wahlberg to wed this weekend!  —  Mark Wahlberg to wed this weekend!  —  Mark Wahlberg and his girlfriend, Rhea Durham, have been dating since 2001, have three children together and they're now ready to tie the knot!  In Touch can exclusively reveal that the actor …
PEOPLE TV Watch:
How Leighton Meester's Boyfriend Handles Her Kissing Scenes  —  Leighton Meester and her boyfriend Sebastian Stan may not be friendly on Gossip Girl, but in real life he feels fortunate to be in a relationship with the star.  —  “I'm a really lucky guy,” Stan, 25, told reporters at the premiere …
Daily Mail:
Pussycat Dolls reach breaking point as Ashley tells fans 'we're over'  —  The Pussycat Dolls spokesman was forced to deny they were splitting this morning after a bandmember broke down in front of fans.  —  Fans waiting outside the Dolls' London hotel claimed a tearful Ashley Roberts had confided …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't! and Moejackson
Hollywoodreporter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Does Universal believe in ‘Jesus’?  —  Universal sang from the mountaintops after the $600 million global success of the Abba musical “Mamma Mia!” last year.  Now the studio could be belting them out about a very different figure: Jesus.  —  The studio and producer Marc Platt …
Diane Herbst / People.com:
Mourners Say Goodbye to Idol's Alexis Cohen  —  About 100 mourners attended the traditional graveside funeral Friday in Allentown, Pa., of former American Idol contestant Alexis Cohen, who was killed by a hit-and-run driver last weekend in Seaside Heights, NJ.
Discussion: Morning Call and EW.com
Mike Fleming / BFDealmemo:
MARSHALL STEERING DISNEY'S PIRATE SHIP?  —  Disney is on the verge of putting Rob Marshall in as director of a fourth installment of “Pirates of the Caribbean,” a move that puts the film on track for a 2010 production start, with Johnny Depp back as Captain Jack Sparrow.
Brooke Tarnoff / PopEater:
Ashley Tisdale: Kissing Zac Efron is ‘Weird and Awkward’... But Not Disgusting  —  With her kids' movie “Aliens in the Attic' in wide release this weekend and a brand-new, edgier-than-ever album in stores now, actress/singer Ashley Tisdale is straddling two worlds - and she's perfectly comfortable doing it.
Discussion: Cinematical and DailyFill.com
Stuart Pink / The Sun:
Second to nun  —  The Hollywood hunk's latest squeeze once bared her boobs playing a nun in saucy film Virgin Territory.  —  The Ocean's Eleven star met Elisabetta on a recent visit to Rome and promptly whisked her away on a romantic trip to Lake Como.  —  She started getting into movies …
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Heather Mills Gets Kate Gosselin's Haircut  —  Kate Gosselin once said “everybody wants” her famous 'do — and it turns out that at least one woman does.  —  Paul McCartney's ex wife Heather Mills stepped out in New York City Thursday with a blonder, less spiky version of the reverse mullet.
Barry Koltnow / Orange County Register:
Newport Beach actress is one of the “Funny People”  —  Leslie Mann has her meatiest role yet opposite Adam Sandler  —  Recommend  —  Leslie Mann laughs a lot now, but she didn't always think her life was so amusing.  —  In fact, she winces whenever she is forced to talk about her high school years in Corona del Mar.
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog and Movieline
 
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