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What Went Down with Paula and ‘A.I.’ — Our sources at “American Idol” say the show made Paula Abdul two offers ... and then she just went and quit by tweet. — As we already reported, we're told Paula was pulling in somewhere between $2 and $3 million a year and she wanted more.
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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 …
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Paula Abdul Demanded $20 Million to Stay on Idol — Before announcing she was leaving American Idol Tuesday, Paula Abdul — who was believed to have earned about $2 million in salary last season — had demanded “a substantial raise,” according to The New York Times.
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Hollywoodreporter / The Live Feed:
Paula Abdul leaving ‘American Idol’; makes announcement on Twitter
Paula Abdul leaving ‘American Idol’; makes announcement on Twitter
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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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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.”
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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 …
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.
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Ken Lee / People.com:
Rihanna: Chris Brown May Come Closer to Me — Chris Brown and Rihanna — Rihannna has said it before and she'll say it again: There's no need to keep Chris Brown half a football field away from her, no matter what he admitted to doing. — As it stands, Brown, who will be sentenced Wednesday …
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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 …
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.”
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.
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.
Lara Martin / Digital Spy:
CW: ‘No issues with Mischa Barton health’ — The CW has insisted that Mischa Barton's recent health issues have not had an impact on her new drama The Beautiful Life. — The actress began production on the Manhattan-based show last week, just days after being released from a Los Angeles hospital …
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TMZ.com:
53-Year-Old Busted for Attempting to Stalk Miley — The creepiest thing about the 53-year-old guy in this photo isn't the hair — it's that he's been arrested a second time for allegedly targeting 16-year-old Miley Cyrus. — Mark McLeod — the same guy who once claimed Miley had been sending him …
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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 …
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. “The situation [with Getty] was not ideal …
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 …
Popeater:
Kelly's Cool With Being, Um, Small — With all of the busty actresses and musicians that Kelly Ripa winds up interviewing on ‘Regis & Kelly,’ you'd think the thin-framed hostess might develop a complex about her cup size. Not so much, says Kelly, in an exclusive interview given to PopEater by Life & Style magazine.
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