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John Hughes Dies — John Hughes has died of a heart attack. — Hughes suffered the heart attack while taking a morning walk during a trip to NYC to visit family. — He directed such hits as “The Breakfast Club,” “Pretty in Pink,” “Sixteen Candles” and “Ferris Bueller's Day Off.” — He was 59.
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Molly Ringwald Pays Tribute to John Hughes — Molly Ringwald, John Hughes and Michael Schoeffling on the set of Sixteen Candles in 1984 — John Hughes made Molly Ringwald a teen star after casting her in his 1984 movie Sixteen Candles. After learning about the writer-director's death on Thursday …
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Heidi Pratt Reveals Playboy Cover at G.I. Joe Premiere — Heidi Pratt brought a new accessory to Thursday's G.I. Joe premiere in Los Angeles: Her September Playboy issue.
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Heidi Montag's Playboy Cover Revealed — Spencer Pratt hams it up for the cameras and shows off his wife Heidi Montag's latest magazine cover, the September 2009 issue of Playboy. — The Hills couple pimped out the latest Playboy issue on the red carpet at the special screening of G.I. Joe …
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EXCLUSIVE: American Idol May Take Kirstie Alley After All — We thought Kirstie Alley was kidding when she tweeted that she would be replacing Paula Abdul next season on American Idol but it looks like the Fat Actress may have her way! — When asked about his client's twittering …
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Devotion to Paula Abdul floors Constantine Maroulis in bar fight — Paula Abdul inspires men to fight over her, but not in the way you might think. — “American Idol” alum Constantine Maroulis, 33, got his butt kicked by an Abdul hater during Casio's G-Shock party Wednesday night at Cipriani Wall Street.
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What It Takes To Keep Paula on ‘Idol’ — Sources tell us Paula Abdul will make a deal with “American Idol” if the price is right — and we're told that price is $10 million a year. — We've already reported well-connected “Idol” sources say they haven't closed the door on bringing Paula back for season 9.
Mark Gray / People.com:
Ashton and Demi's Plane Makes Emergency Landing — Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore — Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore had a scare Thursday when their airplane was forced to make an emergency landing in Las Vegas after the engine apparently overheated. — The two were flying to New York following …
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Sherri Shepherd Refuses to Get a Breast Reduction — After starting a new workout regimen three months ago, The View's Sherri Shepherd made a splash on the daytime talk show by revealing her new bathing suit body. But there's one part of her figure she'd never wants to change.
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Hollywoodreporter / The Hollywood Reporter:
A different arrow in the Robin Hood quiver — Forget bows-and-arrows — there could soon be sleek guns in Nottingham. — “Robin Hood” will be getting a futuristic makeover courtesy of the producers of “The Dark Knight” and “300” as well as Warner Bros., where a new take on the classic tale has been set up.
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Kate 2.0 Regrets Gosselin Fling — Former tabloid reporter Kate Major opened up to E! News about her two-week whirlwind relationship with Jon Gosselin. Simply put: she regrets it. “I wake up some days and I think, ‘What was I thinking?’” she revealed. — “He's a great, great guy.
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Chicks with D*cks... Is Lady GaGa Packing? — Lady GaGa recently came out the closet and confirmed she is a hermaphrodite. — Lady GaGa allegedly said this about the subject: … The cat or should we say pork roll came out the bag at a performance when she hopped off a motorcycle without any undies on.
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Rihanna, Jay-Z, Kanye West to Guest Star on Jay Leno's Debut — Rihanna — The Sept. 14 launch of the new prime-time The Jay Leno Show will not only bring a leaner, meaner host - who recently dropped 12 lbs. - but a hip guest roster of Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West, NBC has announced.
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New ‘Barbarella’ in works — Joe Gazzam to pen script for new take on character — “Barbarella” is getting a new lease on life. — Joe Gazzam has been tapped to write the screenplay centering on the character that was immortalized by Jane Fonda in the 1968 original.
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
So You Think You Can Dance Champ Plans to “Chug” Tylenol PM — Now that she's won Fox's So You Think You Can Dance, what's next for Jeanine Mason? — “I was contemplating chugging Tylenol PM and sleeping for a full week,” the 18-year-old Florida native joked with Usmagazine.com after winning the title of …
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The rise of no homo and the changing face of hip-hop homophobia. — In August, 2005, three weeks before his nationally televised declaration that “George Bush doesn't care about black people,” Kanye West made a statement he'd later describe as braver and more difficult than his attack on the White House.
New York Post:
CAST CHOICE KILLS HIT-MAN FLICK — THE author of a best seller about vicious Mafia hit man Richard Kuklinski has pulled the plug on a deal with Hollywood producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who had optioned the rights, because he says he couldn't stomach the idea of Channing Tatum in the title role.
Xiomara Martinez-White / People.com:
Jada Pinkett Smith: Sneaking Sex with Will Is Fun — From left: Jada Pinkett Smith, Meredith Vieira and Trisha Yearwood — Having already revealed the racy secret to her 11-year-marriage to Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith is now admitting that it takes effort - or, at least, some clever thinking - to keep things sizzling hot.
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Michael Fleming / Variety:
‘Mission Impossible 4’ recruits scribes — Applebaum, Nemec to pen script for Paramount — Paramount Pictures and producers Tom Cruise and J.J. Abrams have officially lit the fuse on “Mission: Impossible IV,” setting Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec to write the screenplay.
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