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Sincerely, John Hughes — I was babysitting for my mom's friend Kathleen's daughter the night I wrote that first fan letter to John Hughes. I can literally remember the yellow grid paper, the blue ball point pen and sitting alone in the dim light in the living room, the baby having gone to bed.
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John Hughes Dies
John Hughes Dies
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Stars, Collaborators Remember John Hughes
Stars, Collaborators Remember John Hughes
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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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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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EXCLUSIVE: American Idol May Take Kirstie Alley After All
EXCLUSIVE: American Idol May Take Kirstie Alley After All
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Kara DioGuardi Speaks Out on Paula Abdul: “I Never Was Here to Replace Her”
Kara DioGuardi Speaks Out on Paula Abdul: “I Never Was Here to Replace Her”
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Kate 2.0 Loses Job And Gosselin — 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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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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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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Michelle Tan / People.com:
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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Alexis Chiu / People.com:
Daniel Baldwin Welcomes a Baby Girl — Daniel Baldwin and his wife Joanne welcomed a baby girl Friday morning, the couple tell PEOPLE exclusively. — Finley Rae Martineau Baldwin was born at 9:35 a.m. at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. She weighed 7 lbs., 10 oz. and measured 20½".
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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.
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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.
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Jackson Toxicology Report — Propofol Plus ... Multiple law enforcement sources tell us the toxicology report in the Michael Jackson case shows Jackson had a lethal amount of the anesthetic Propofol in his system — but that wasn't the only drug. — We're told the toxicology findings show …
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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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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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Jonah Weiner / Slate:
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.