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Michael Freidson / Time Out New York:
Mischa Barton talks — The Beautiful Life star reveals all in a Time Out New York exclusive. — A lot of people are watching you now, speculating you were in rehab back in July. — Here's what happened: Before the show started, I was traveling abroad for contract stuff and I went through …
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Eunice Oh / People.com:
Mischa Barton Explains Why She Was Hospitalized — Mischa Barton — A month after being placed under psychiatric hold, Mischa Barton is speaking out for the first time about her hospitalization. — “I went through a tough spot where everything compounded on me, and it was like a perfect storm …
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Anne Heche's Ex “Disturbed” by Her Letterman Remarks — Anne Heche's ex Coley Laffoon is firing back after she called him a “lazy ass” on Wednesday's Late Show With David Letterman. — “After coming home from showing two different clients two different condominiums, I was disturbed …
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TMZ.com:
John Mayer's $25,000 Mug Shot — UPDATE: So The Smoking Gun put the mug up around 5 minutes before us. Before we had it in our hands, we put up a post saying we found the mug and the arrest in Atlanta ... which we posted before they got the mug up. Bottom line — here's what John said on Twitter …
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PopWatch:
This week's cover: ‘Seinfeld’ reunion exclusive — Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer together again? Get out! It's true—and this week's issue of Entertainment Weekly goes on the set with Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Michael Richards, who joined old pal Larry David …
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Marla Lehner / People.com:
How Did George Clooney Break His Hand? — Good thing he wears a helmet! Now George Clooney just needs some sporty gloves to match as the handsome actor has broken his hand in a car accident of sorts, his rep confirms to PEOPLE. — According to European media reports …
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Lawyer: Arnold Klein “Well Aware” He's Father of Michael Jackson's Children — Dermatologist Arnold Klein knows he's the father of Michael Jackson's two oldest kids, Prince, 12 and Paris, 11, his lawyer admits to Usmagazine.com. — “There was a possibility that the two older kids could be biologically linked to Dr. Klein.
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Fiona Govan / Telegraph:
American Pie actor Jason Biggs attacked by Gibraltar ape — The American Pie actor Jason Biggs has cut short his holiday in Europe after being attacked by one of Gibraltar's famous monkeys. — In a scene that could have come from the comedy films that have made him famous …
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New York Post:
DEREK JETER AND MINKA KELLY ENGAGED? — ARE Derek Jeter and Minka Kelly (above) ready to take the next step? “Derek and Minka are secretly engaged,” an insider told Page Six. The Yankee captain and the actress are telling close pals to “save the date” for nuptials in the fall.
NY Daily News:
Gatecrasher: Avril Lavigne and husband Deryck Whibley headed for divorce, sources say — Things are about to get “Complicated” for Avril Lavigne and hubby Deryck Whibley. Sources close to the couple, who have been married since 2006, say they're headed for Splitsville.
X17 Online:
Jon & Kate Reunite On The Twins' First Day Of School — Jon and Kate Gosselin (sorta) played nice this morning when they sent their 9-year-old twin girls Cara and Mady off for their first day of school. Though the estranged spouses did not interact with one another, they tried …
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Marla Lehner / People.com:
Parker Posey Diagnosed with Lyme Disease — Parker Posey is known for her feisty screen roles, but she has recently been knocked down by an illness. — A statement released Wednesday by Playwrights Horizons said that Posey would not be able to perform in the new stage production of This “due to developing a case of Lyme disease.”
New York Post:
BRITNEY SPEARS' ‘TOO SEXY’ FANS — THERE seems to be a double standard at Britney Spears'concerts. During Tuesday's packed show at Madison Square Garden, a spy tells Page Six that some fans were escorted from the aisles and taken into the hallway by security guards after being told they were dancing …
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Mary Beth Quirk / OK! Magazine:
Britney Spears & Jason Trawick Cool Things Off
Britney Spears & Jason Trawick Cool Things Off
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E! Online:
Chris Brown Talks it Out With Larry King — Chris Brown has apologized to Rihanna (several times, he says) and 'fessed up on video for the world to see. — But apparently the disgraced R&B star still had something to say, because he sat down with Larry King on Wednesday at CNN's Hollywood headquarters …
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Anthony Breznican / USA Today:
Steven Spielberg to complete Michael Crichton's mission — The men who brought dinosaurs back to life in Jurassic Park are teaming up again, though it's a bittersweet reunion since one of them is no longer here. — Steven Spielberg is developing a film out of a posthumously published novel …
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
Fox, Sony TV look to revive ‘Heathers’ — Mark Rizzo, Jenny Bicks to adapt 1989 film — Dear Diary: Fox is developing a contemporary take on the 1989 Christian Slater/Winona Ryder feature “Heathers.” — Dark comedy will be adapted for TV by scribe Mark Rizzo, with an assist from “Sex and the City” alum Jenny Bicks.
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Cathy Horyn / New York Times:
Good Things Do Come in Pairs — “THERE is a certain amount of face time that you need when you have a brand,” Ashley Olsen said. “We just wanted to function more behind the scenes.” — It was a sultry afternoon in August, and Ms. Olsen and her sister Mary-Kate were visiting the production office …
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EXCLUSIVE: Jewelry Store Wants Lindsay Lohan to return $2 million Jewels — Lindsay Lohan is in hot water yet again after being accused by a jewelry store of ‘losing’ over $2 million worth of jewels. — Lindsay had the jewels on loan from swanky Beverly Hills store, XIV Karats …
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Melissa Rycroft: Jillian and Ed “Are Happy” — Despite her fiance's cheating, Jillian Harris and Ed Swiderski are doing fine, says pal Melissa Rycroft. — “She is doing really well,” Rycroft told Usmagazine.com Wednesday at a Kenneth Cole charity event in L.A. “Her and Ed are happy, and I know she is going to become a U.S. citizen.
The Cheese / Hollywoodtuna:
Aubrey O'Day's Puppies Are A Crime — Here's nobody Aubrey O'Day outside the studios of ‘The Wendy Williams Show’ the other day showing off her sweet puppies, and I don't mean that stupid looking dog. Shouldn't PETA be after her for dying that thing all sorts of retarded colors?