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11:30 AM ET, August 5, 2009

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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.”
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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PEOPLE TV Watch:
Paula Abdul Leaving American Idol  —  Abdul — out!  —  Ending speculation about her future on one of the most popular shows on television, Paula Abdul confirmed Tuesday she will no longer be at the judge's table on American Idol.  —  “With sadness in my heart, I've decided not to return to Idol …
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 …
Discussion: Philly.com and Gabby Babble
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Jon Gosselin Shows Off Stomach
Discussion: Popeater
Mary Beth / INF Daily:
NEW LOVE INTERST FOR JON GOSSELIN!
Discussion: Popeater and Cele|bitchy
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Bachelorette Winner Cheated With Two Different Women  —  eight days after he popped the question to Jillian Harris on The Bachelorette finale - Ed Swiderski slept with former girlfriend Lindsey Johnson, according to the new issue of Us Weekly (on newsstands now).
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Extra:
Jillian Defends Ed Against Accusations
Discussion: RADAR and Lifeline Live
Michael K / Dlisted:
Gerard Butler Is Giving All Of This Up  —  Kelly Bensimon is here (*lifts up hand above head*) and Gerard Butler is across the f**king room, because he's trying to avoid her at all costs!  Gatecrasher says Gerard, who was probably mixing his booze types that night, flirted with The Real Housewives …
Discussion: #gay
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NY Daily News:
Gerard Butler shrugs off ‘Real Housewives’ star Kelly Bensimon for Rose Byrne
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.
Discussion: Digital Spy, TMZ.com and Starpulse
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Ken Lee / People.com:
Rihanna: Chris Brown May Come Closer to Me
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
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 …
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.
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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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Kelly Rutherford Settles Custody Case
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Popeater:
Sienna Miller: People Think I'm ‘Sexually Manipulative’  —  Looking back on her time with Balthazar Getty, actress Sienna Miller admits her rebellion tainted her public perception and “probably looked awful,” she told UK's Daily Mail.  During their time together, Miller was photographed vacationing topless …
Discussion: Daily Mail and Crabbie's Hollywood
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 …
Discussion: L.A. Rag Mag and !! omg blog !!
Hollywoodtuna:
Sophie Monk With A Lucky Douche  —  Here's the super hot and underrated Sophie Monk out with some lucky douche in Beverly Hills.  What does this guy have that I don't?  And why won't Sophie date me?  Is it because I'm not old enough to be her dad or because I don't wear cheesy Ed Hardy clothing?!
 
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TMZ.com:
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