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5:45 AM ET, August 5, 2009

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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: Gabby Babble
Mary Beth / INF Daily:
NEW LOVE INTERST FOR JON GOSSELIN!  —  Top Images:  —  Body:  —  Looks like Jon Gosselin found another 23-year old female to spend his time with when Kate is out of town.. the nanny!?  —  Stephanie Santoros - a cocktail waitress at Jon's favorite sports bar, aspiring model and single mother …
Discussion: Popeater and omg!
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:   Jon Gosselin Shows Off Stomach
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Britney Gets Nailed With Seven MTV Nominations  —  Britney Spears has done it again.  —  I can exclusively reveal that our favorite comeback kid has been nominated for not one, not two, not three...well, seven MTV Video Music Awards.  —  Last year, the pop princess made a brilliant return …
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X17 Online:
Complete List Of MTV Video Music Award Nominees Announced
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.”
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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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 …
Discussion: omg! and TMZ.com
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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.
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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.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Kelly Rutherford Settles Custody Case
New York Post:
‘GAY’ SHERLOCK HOLMES COULD BACKFIRE FOR GUY RITCHIE  —  GUY Ritchie's plan to put a gay spin on the relationship of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in his new movie about the detective and his sidekick could backfire.  —  Robert Downey Jr., who plays Holmes, has revealed the crimebuster …
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.
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.
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
Extra:
Jillian Defends Ed Against Accusations  —  Explosive allegations surfaced today that paint Ed Swiderski, “Bachelorette” Jillian Harris' love, as a three-timing cheater — and Jillian talked with “Extra” today to set the record straight!  Two of Ed's former flames, Bethany Steffen and Lindsey Johnson …
Discussion: RADAR and Lifeline Live
Arienne Thompson / USA Today:
Candy Spelling sweetens her words to spell it out for Tori  —  Candy Spelling won't be making an appearance on Tuesday night's season finale of daughter Tori's reality show, Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood, but on Thursday she said she has just one thing to say to Tori: “I love you, and I always will.”
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 …
Discussion: Just Jared
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.
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:
Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna / E! Online:
Adam Lambert's Fans Throwing Sex Toys Onstage!  —  Fans have taken it up a notch from throwing bras and panties at Adam Lambert during the American Idol summer tour.  Now they're tossing up sex toys.  —  “It's going further, and somebody threw onstage a red-leather tasseled whip,” he tells us.
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.
Discussion: The Blemish and The Superficial
 
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