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3:35 PM ET, August 28, 2009

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TMZ.com:
Jenner/Francis in Knock Down Bar Fight, Tased  —  Brody Jenner was in an epic fight outside of Guys and Dolls this morning, with Girls Gone Wild honcho Joe Francis.  —  Jenner just spoke with us by phone.  According to Jenner, he and his girlfriend, Jayde Nicole, were at the club celebrating his birthday …
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BREAKING NEWS: Joe Francis Wanted For Questioning In Assault Of Brody Jenner's Girlfriend  —  Los Angeles Police are looking Friday morning for controversial Girls Gone Wild Founder Joe Francis in connection with an alleged assault on Jayde Nicole, girlfriend of reality TV star Brody Jenner …
TMZ.com:
Michael Jackson Coroner Report — HOMICIDE  —  The L.A. County Coroner has just officially announced the cause of Michael Jackson's death — Acute Propofol intoxication.  —  The report says “other conditions contributing to death: Benzodiazepine effect.”  Benzodiazepines are a group of drugs …
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Howard Breuer / People.com:
Marijuana Found at Michael Jackson's Home  —  Marijuana and numerous empty drug bottles were found by police officers at Michael Jackson's home shortly after he died, according to search warrants unsealed on Thursday.  —  Two bags of marijuana, a bottle of temazepam (used to treat sleeplessness) …
Michelle Tauber / People.com:
EXCLUSIVE: First Look at New Moon's Evil Volturi  —  Dakota Fanning as Jane and (left) Robert Pattinson, in New Moon  —  Prepare to be scared.  —  In New Moon, the second installment in Stephenie Meyer's wildly popular Twilight saga, readers are first introduced to the ancient ruling class of vampires known as the Volturi.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
NEW PICS! Dakota Fanning Goes Goth for New Moon Poster
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X17 Online:
Jon & Kate: Doin' It For Their Plus 8  —  Have Jon & Kate finally made nice?  Maybe, but just for the sake of their kids!  For the second time in recent history, the Gosselins set their issues aside to take their kids to the school bus for their first day of school.
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People.com:
PHOTO: Gosselin Sextuplets Start School  —  Collin, Hannah, Leah, Joel, Aaden and Alexis Gosselin  —  On Wednesday, the Gosselin twins, Cara and Mady, 9, boarded the school bus and started their first day of third grade.  —  On Friday, there was a similar scene as Jon and Kate Gosselin took …
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip and The Insider
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Kate Gosselin Brings Bodyguard to Send Sextuplets Off to Kindergarten
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed and X17 Online
Los Angeles Times:
Woman kidnapped as an 11-year-old in '91 found  —  The alleged abductor and his wife are held.  Officials believe that he fathered two girls with the victim.  —  The alleged kidnappers of Jaycee Dugard: Phillip Garrido and his wife, Nancy.  (AFP/Getty Images / August 28)
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Emily Blunt, John Krasinski Are Engaged!  —  Emily Blunt and The Office's John Krasinski are engaged, Usmagazine.com has confirmed.  —  “We can confirm that John and Emily are engaged,” a rep for both stars tells Us.  —  The Devil Wears Prada star, 26, and Krasinski, 29 …
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Rob Zombie to remake ‘The Blob’  —  Director sets a sci-fi redo of the 1958 horror film  —  After reviving the “Halloween” franchise, Rob Zombie will next reinvent “The Blob.”  —  Zombie will write, direct and produce a remake of the 1958 horror classic that launched the career of Steve McQueen.
Jake Gyllenhaal / Interview Magazine:
Natalie PORTMAN  —  Photography VINOODH MATADIN, INEZ VAN LAMSWEERDE  —  She's grown up before our eyes, that Natalie Portman.  A stone-cold 12-year-old in The Professional (1994).  Making hay with Pacino in Heat (1995).  Playing underage over-smart in Beautiful Girls (1996).  Star Wars.
RADAR:
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 …
Eunice Oh / People.com:
AJ Langer's Son Becomes Heir to Royal Title  —  AJ Langer  —  He's only a week old but actress AJ Langer's son, Jack Haydon Langer Courtenay, already has some big shoes to fill.  —  Jack, born Aug. 16 in Los Angeles, becomes second in line to the English title “Lord Devon” …
Discussion: Popeater and Celebrity Baby Scoop
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Jon Gosselin Gets Stitches After Hitting His Head  —  Forget Ed Hardy!  Jon Gosselin's latest fashion statement is stitches.  —  During a quiet afternoon outside the family's $1.1 million Pennsylvania home, the reality star dad was spotted with several stitches along his left eyebrow.
New York Post:
DUFF DIVA DISTRACTION  —  THERE was some unscripted drama on the “Gossip Girl” set Tuesday.  A source told Page Six, “One of the girls refused to get out of her trailer” while the cast was filming near Gramercy Park.  A second source confirmed the diva starlet was Hilary Duff (above) …
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Chris Brown's Mom Speaks Out: I Am Not “Ashamed” of My Son  —  Days after her son was formally sentenced for beating Rihanna, Chris Brown's mother Joyce Hawkins has addressed fans, thanking them for standing by her troubled 20-year-old son.  —  “I just want to say from the bottom of my heart thank you for your continued support.
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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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Megan Fox Feels “More Comfortable” Kissing Girls
Julie Naughton / The latest WWD:
Kim Kardashian Inks Deal With Lighthouse Beauty  —  Reality TV star Kim Kardashian is about to add one more title to her résumé: fragrance creator.  —  Kardashian, best known for her role on the E! Entertainment channel reality series “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” …
Michael Jackson / TMZ.com:
Michael Jackson Flunked His Credit Report  —  Here's a shocker — Michael Jackson had an abysmally low credit score.  —  TMZ has learned that in 2007, Jacko's average credit score was 563.67 (Equifax 592, Transunion: 524, Experian: 575) which most experts consider very low.
Alexis Chiu / People.com:
Eddie Cibrian: 'I'm Committed to Being a Devoted Father'  —  After filing for divorce from his wife, actor Eddie Cibrian - who is now romancing country star LeAnn Rimes - is asking for privacy and saying he remains committed to his young sons.  —  “From the outset I have made a conscious decision …
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Adam Lambert ‘Halfway Done’ with ‘Eclectic’ Debut Album  —  He's in the midst of the hectic Idols Live tour, dodging “provocative items” tossed on stage by hysterical fans, but Adam Lambert has been hard at work on his debut album, which he says is well underway.  —  “We did a lot of work on it right before the tour started.
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip and EW.com
 
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