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4:15 PM ET, August 7, 2009

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Abf / We'll Know When We Get There:
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
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
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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NY Daily News:
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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Popeater:
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.
Discussion: RADAR and Examiner
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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 …
Discussion: The Superficial and iVillage
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Ladydrama / Bossip.com:
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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Evil Beet Gossip:
Lady GaGa Has a Tiny Penis  —  Apparently GaGa copped to this a long time ago, but somehow it didn't make a splash in the news until there was video of her penis hanging out during a concert.  The peen in question makes its big debut just after the 1:00 mark.
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.
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".
Discussion: Popeater and Celebrity Baby Blog
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
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.
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.
TMZ.com:
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 …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
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.
Discussion: Queerty and New York Magazine
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.
Discussion: iVillage
 
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