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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 …
Pat Saperstein / Variety:
Director John Hughes dies at 59 — ‘Breakfast Club’ helmer died of a heart attack — John Hughes, who captured the zeitgeist of 1980s teen life as writer-director of “The Breakfast Club” and “Sixteen Candles” and produced and scripted family hits such as “Home Alone,” died Thursday of a heart attack in Manhattan while taking a walk.
TMZ.com:
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.
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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 …
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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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Sherri Shepherd Makes Big Bathing Suit Debut — Hot topic: Sherri Shepherd's slim new body! — After months of dieting and exercising, she fulfilled her promise to walk out on stage in a bathing suit on Thursday's The View. — Walking on stage to “I'm Every Woman,” Shepherd, 42, proclaimed, “I feel really great.
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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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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‘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.
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.
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
First Peek! Dustin Diamond's Tell-All Book Cover — Screech is back! — Nearly a decade after he last played Samuel “Screech” Powers in Saved by the Bell, Dustin Diamond is writing a tell-all memoir about his days at Bayside. — The book, titled Behind the Bell, hits shelves Sept. 29.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Kelly Clarkson on Weight: “I've Never Felt Uncomfortable” — Kelly Clarkson admits her size fluctuates in the September issue of Self mag. — “My happy weight changes,” the American Idol champ says. “Sometimes I eat more; sometimes I play more. I'll be different sizes all the time.”
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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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Sharon Swart / Variety:
Jason Reitman has Right of Way — ‘Juno’ director starts production company in L.A. — “Juno” helmer Jason Reitman is hanging a new shingle: Right of Way Films. — The West Hollywood-based outfit has a development partnership with Indian Paintbrush, the financing and production company headed by billionaire Steven Rales.
Reuters:
Wrigley drops Chris Brown after conviction — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Chewing gum maker Wrigley said on Thursday it had ended a commercial deal with R&B star Chris Brown, following his guilty plea on charges of assaulting former girlfriend and pop star Rihanna.
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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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Katherine / Style News:
EXCLUSIVE: Justin Timberlake Talks Scents and Sex Appeal — Courtesy of Givenchy — Do you want to know what Justin Timberlake smells like? Well, chances are these days, it's Givenchy's men's scents Play and Play Intense, which the singer signed on to be the face of last year.
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