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2:50 PM ET, August 5, 2009

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TMZ.com:
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.
Discussion: Fatback Media, ArtsBeat and Dlisted
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Paula Abdul Is Leaving Idol
Discussion: TMZ.com, Perez Hilton and omg!
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).
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.”
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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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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Michael K / Dlisted:
Gerard Butler Is Giving All Of This Up
Discussion: #gay
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 …
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.
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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.  “The situation [with Getty] was not ideal …
Discussion: Crabbie's Hollywood
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Jo Clements / Daily Mail:
Sienna Miller: I probably don't seem very nice, says actress …
Discussion: Pink is the New Blog
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 …
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.
Discussion: Lifeline Live
Perez Hilton:
Vanessa Hudgens Naked AGAIN????  —  Is she that foolish????  —  Is she that big of a slut???  —  Or, more importantly, are these pictures real or Photoshopped???  —  New alleged nude images of Zacquisha's trashy girlfriend, VaneXXXa Hudgens surfaces on Wednesday.  —  Do U think the photos are legit????
Discussion: The Superficial
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.
Liz Thomas / Daily Mail:
Ryan O'Neal gave me cocaine at the age of 11, claims his son Griffin  —  Ryan O'Neal's eldest son Griffin claims his father destroyed his life by giving him cocaine when he was just 11.  —  The actor said O'Neal's party lifestyle encouraged him to take drugs, which left him and his siblings battling lifelong addictions.
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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.”
 
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Leighton Meester: There Was No Sex Tape
Anthony Breznican / USA Today:
‘(500) Days’ stars Zooey and Joe make a bankable music video
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Melissa / Style News:
EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK: Nicole Richie's Maternity Line for A Pea in the Pod
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
Lara Martin / Digital Spy:
CW: ‘No issues with Mischa Barton health’
Discussion: omg!
Thomas DiChiara / Inside Movies:
Charlyne Yi Talks (Not) Dating Michael Cera and Looking for Love in ‘Paper Heart’
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
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From Mediagazer:

Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Amazon joins the Motion Picture Association, after a long courtship; the lobbying group's other members are Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Universal, and WBD

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon's new competition TV show, debuting October 30, will have entrepreneurs pitch judges, including Amazon execs; finalists' product will be sold on Amazon

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Ted Sarandos calls on streaming rivals to release their viewership numbers, says Netflix can double its viewership with live events and Christmas Day NFL games

 
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