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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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Kara DioGuardi Speaks Out on Paula Abdul: “I Never Was Here to Replace Her” — Kara DioGuardi is still shocked that Paula Abdul has quit American Idol after eight seasons. — “I can't get over it. I'm completely shocked,” she said on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show Friday.
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Victoria Beckham Is Ready To Take On Simon Cowell! — While Victoria Beckham says she'd like to fill Paula Abdul's shoes as the nice judge on American Idol, it looks like she has a little bit of beef with fellow panel member Simon Cowell! In an interview with Ryan Seacrest this morning …
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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Stars, Collaborators Remember John Hughes
Stars, Collaborators Remember John Hughes
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John Hughes Dies
John Hughes Dies
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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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Heidi Pratt Reveals Secrets Behind Her Playboy Body - Calls Racy Cover ‘Art’ — Heidi Montag,Playboy,Red Carpet,TV,Spencer Pratt,Reality TV,The Hills,G.I. Joe — Heidi Pratt revealed her Playboy cover Thursday at the Los Angeles premiere of “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra,” …
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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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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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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".
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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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.
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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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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.
Cristina Gibson / E! Online:
Paris & Doug Reunite for Romantic Vacay — Doug Reinhardt is proving his love to Paris Hilton by whisking her away on a romantic getaway. — He's rented a private island in Fiji for the two of them, where they are currently spending their time deep-sea diving, Jet Skiing and even sky diving.
Breanne L. Heldman / E! Online:
Ashley Judd Must Be Wicked Smaht — Apparently, Harvard is where the heart is. — First, Natalie Portman earned her bachelor's degree from the Ivy League university, and now her Where the Heart Is costar, Ashley Judd, is headed to Cambridge, Mass., for a master's.
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