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Just Jared:
Penelope Cruz is Pregnant! — Penelope Cruz is expecting her first child with longtime love Javier Bardem, sources confirm exclusively to JustJared.com. — “Penelope is about four months pregnant,” a source tells Just Jared. “She's really healthy now and will be a great mother.”
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Jon Gosselin's New Sleepover Pal - His Kids' Babysitter! — While Kate Gosselin has been taking the kids camping, Jon Gosselin has been having his own version of sleepovers. — Jon's new nighttime pal is a woman he hired to babysit his kids, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively!
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Jon & Kate Plus 8 Ratings Drop 61 Percent After Hiatus — Jon and Kate Gosselin returned to TLC Monday night, but many of their fans didn't. — After a month-long hiatus, last night's back-to-back episodes of Jon & Kate Plus 8 brought in less than half the audience of the show's previous episode …
Perez Hilton:
Paula Abdul Leaving American Idol!!! — They've been unable to work out a new deal, PerezHilton.com has learned! — This is definitely a surprising development! — While Kara DioGuardi will unfortunately be returning to American Idol this coming season, Paula Abdul …
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Hollywoodreporter / The Live Feed:
Paula Abdul leaving ‘American Idol’; makes announcement on Twitter — UPDATE: Paula Abdul has left “American Idol.” — The “Idol” judge made the announcement on her Twitter feed: — “With sadness in my heart, I've decided not to return to #IDOL ...I'll miss nurturing all the new talent …
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Paula Abdul: “I've Decided Not to Return to Idol” — Paula Abdul's American Idol journey has ended. — Less than a week after E! News confirmed that Kara DioGuardi will be returning to the judges' table, Abdul wrote on Twitter Tuesday that she will not be back for the show's ninth season.
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ELLE.com:
JENNIFER ANISTON — The resilient actress on humor, honesty, and her other ambition — On being labeled a “lonely girl”: “I'm not going to ignore the pink elephant in the living room. It's fine. I can take it. If I'm the emblem for ‘this is what it looks like to be the lonely girl getting on with her life,’ so be it.”
Associated Press:
Chris Brown to be sentenced for assault — LOS ANGELES - Chris Brown has pleaded guilty and publicly apologized for beating Rihanna, but after Wednesday afternoon, plenty more hard work lies ahead. — The 20-year-old R&B singer is scheduled to be sentenced to five years of probation and six months of community labor.
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People.com:
It's a Boy for Tommy Hilfiger! — Tommy Hilfiger and wife Dee welcomed a baby boy on Tuesday: Sebastian Thomas Hilfiger, weighing in at 9 lbs., 8 oz., PEOPLE confirms. — Hilfiger, 57, and his wife of eight months announced the pregnancy earlier this year.
Dave McNary / Variety:
‘Riding Hood’ gets Gothic twist — ‘Orphan’ writer partners with Appian for new take — Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way banner is developing a Gothic reimagining of “Little Red Riding Hood” with screenwriter David Leslie Johnson. — The Warner Bros.-based banner partnered with Johnson on horror pic …
TMZ.com:
‘Gossip Girl’ Mom Settles Custody Dispute — Kelly Rutherford just settled her custody dispute with ex Daniel Giersch. — The “Gossip Girl” matriarch filed for divorce in December 2008. The couple has two children together — one of whom was born less than two months ago.
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Vanity Fair:
The 2009 International Best-Dressed List — Talk about the power of style! (Or is it the style of power?) Either way, potus joined his First Lady on the 2009 roster, while Michael Bloomberg and Diana Taylor did New York City proud. Hollywood scored with the panache of Brad Pitt and Anne Hathaway …
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Michael Fleming / Variety:
Jennifer Aniston to star in ‘Girls’ — Michael Sucsy makes his feature directorial debut — “Grey Gardens” helmer Michael Sucsy will make his feature directorial debut on “Goree Girls,” with Jennifer Aniston headlining the true story of an all-female country band in a Texas prison in the 1940s.
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Ashlee Simpson-Wentz on Jessica: I've Never Met Anyone “Stronger” — Ashlee Simpson-Wentz is in awe of sister Jessica, who was dumped by beau Tony Romo the night before her 29th birthday in July. — “I don't think I've ever known anybody stronger than her,” Ashlee told Usmagazine.com Monday at the CBS …
People.com:
Ashton Calls Demi Moore's Beauty ‘A Magic Thing’ — Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher — He's boyish, and she's beautiful - and to Ashton Kutcher, wife Demi Moore just keeps getting better every day. — “Doesn't she? I don't know - I'm trying to figure it out.
Michael Jensen / AfterElton.com:
Meet “Melrose Place"'s new smokin' hot gay male character — After Monday's panel for Melrose Place at the Television Critics Association panel in Los Angeles, I cornered MP's executive producer Todd Slavkin to ask about Caleb, the show's gay character. While we'd already learned that Caleb …
NY Daily News:
Gerard Butler shrugs off ‘Real Housewives’ star Kelly Bensimon for Rose Byrne — Kelly Bensimon was in for a taste of the ugly truth when she was apparently dissed by Gerard Butler, with whom she swapped numbers after a night of heavy flirting at the SoHo Grand in June.
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Lauren Conrad & Kim Kardashian to Join Judges on Top Model — America's Next Top Model is getting a helping hand from some of Hollywood's hottest fashionistas. — Lauren Conrad and Kim Kardashian will appear separately on new episodes during the show's 13th cycle.
Jennifer Godwin / E! Online:
The Beautiful Life Producer Ashton Kutcher Defends Star Mischa Barton — Takashi Seida/The CW, Angela Weiss/Getty Images — To hear Ashton Kutcher tell it, everything is copacetic with The Beautiful Life star Mischa Barton. Sure, she was recently hospitalized, and she wasn't at the …
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Simon Rothstein / The Sun:
Brooke: I'd kick ass in WWE — BROOKE HOGAN says she has been approached a number of times by Vince McMahon to follow in her dad's footsteps and join the WWE. — The singer and reality TV star is the daughter of wrestling legend and 12-time world heavyweight champion Hulk Hogan.
Simon Rothstein / The Sun:
‘Katy Perry is a f***ing thieving slut’ — AN American singer/songwriter has gone on a foul-mouthed rant about KATY PERRY, accusing the saucy star of stealing I Kissed A Girl. — JILL SOBULE released a track with the same name, but totally different music and lyrics, in 1995.
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CNN:
Griffin O'Neal: Dad cheated on Farrah, did drugs with Redmond — (CNN) — Griffin O'Neal, the son of Ryan O'Neal, paints a vivid picture of violence, drugs and sexual infidelity surrounding the actor. — In an emotionally explosive interview with CNN's Larry King that aired Monday night, Griffin O'Neal claimed that: