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12:50 PM ET, August 31, 2009

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TMZ.com:
DJ AM's Death — Not a Suicide  —  Law enforcement sources directly connected with the death of DJ AM tell us that his death was the result of an accidental overdose and not a suicide — and there is a tragic, ironic twist of fate.  —  Our sources say DJ AM, a recovering addict …
Dave McNary / Variety:
Stallone readies for fifth ‘Rambo’  —  Nu Image/Millennium Films greenlights pic  —  John Rambo's officially readying for a fifth mission.  —  Nu Image/Millennium Films has greenlit the franchise's fifth installment, with Sylvester Stallone starring and directing, repeating his duties from 2008's “Rambo.”
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Borys Kit / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nicolas Cage gets ‘Angry’ in new 3D film  —  Nicolas Cage is getting the 3D treatment.  —  The actor has signed to star in “Drive Angry,” a revenge action movie that Patrick Lussier will direct for Nu Image/Millenium Films.  Michael De Luca is producing.  —  Written by Lussier and Todd Farmer …
Discussion: MarketSaw
Elizabeth McNeil / People.com:
Police Details of DJ AM's Last Day Alive  —  Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein  —  As the pieces are still being put together to identify the cause of Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein's death, a police source tells PEOPLE that on Friday, Aug. 28, the day he was later discovered dead in his Manhattan apartment …
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Dr. Drew Blames Pain Medications for DJ AM's Death  —  Addiction specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky suspects pain medications likely caused DJ AM, a former drug addict who who died at age 36 Friday, to relapse.  —  “It very slowly and subtly reawakens addiction,” he told the Associated Press over the weekend.
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Backseat Cuddler
TMZ.com:
DJ AM — Crack Was ‘My Drug of Choice’
Discussion: omg!, Dlisted and Celebrity Smack!
TMZ.com:
Chris Brown — I Don't Remember Beating Rihanna  —  Chris Brown says he can't remember anything from the night he brutally attacked Rihanna — telling Larry King he thinks “it's crazy” when he thinks about what he did that night.  —  CHRIS BROWN TALKS TO LARRY KING
Discussion: omg!, X17 Online and Socialite Life
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Amy Huggins / CNN:
Chris Brown: “Everything Comes With Consequences”  —  LOS ANGELES (CNN) — He looks so young.  And he is.  At 20, Chris Brown is not old enough to buy a beer without breaking the law.  But he got himself into a world of legal trouble when he assaulted his then-girlfriend Rihanna in February.
Peter Allen / Telegraph:
Demi Moore denies having plastic surgery  —  Actress Demi Moore has furiously denied that her remarkably youthful appearance is the result of plastic surgery.  —  The Hollywood star, 46, has managed to stay looking like a woman in her twenties for two decades, prompting speculation …
Discussion: Dlisted and Popeater
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Starpulse:
Demi Moore Lands Role On ‘The Beautiful Life’
Discussion: Bitten and Bound and L.A. Rag Mag
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Audrina Patridge: I'm Leaving The Hills  —  The Hills is losing another resident: Audrina Patridge.  —  “I'm almost done with The Hills.  We're in the middle of finishing these episodes, and I'll be leaving then,” she revealed at a junket for her new thriller Sorority Row Sunday in Los Angeles.
AceShowBiz.com:
Full Winners List of 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards  —  ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ finally gets its first Outstanding Drama Series title in years, the victory that unfortunately went off air from The CW.  —  The complete winners of 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards are revealed as the show wrapped …
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Brandi Fowler / E! Online:
Big Bird, The View & Tyra Banks Win Big at Daytime Emmys
Discussion: POPWRAP and iVillage
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Bad Boys 3’ in the works  —  Peter Craig will write the screenplay  —  Columbia Pictures is developing a third installment of the high-octane “Bad Boys” franchise, tapping Peter Craig to pen the screenplay.  —  The hope is to have a script that would reunite director Michael Bay …
William Keck / TV Guide Magazine:
Exclusive: Paula Abdul Breaks Her Silence  —  Paula Abdul hasn't spoken a word since she shocked the world in early August by announcing her decision to quit American Idol after failing to reach a contract agreement with the show's producers.  But on Sunday, Abdul turned up at the Hollywood Hills home …
Rebecca Mead / New Yorker:
ONLY IN NEW YORK  —  Cindy Adams.  Gossip columnist, dog-lover.  Doing a one-woman show to raise money for the A.S.P.C.A. Opening up her Park Avenue apartment for four nights.  Did I mention it's a penthouse?  That Doris Duke used to live there?  Now it's just Cindy and Jazzy and Juicy.
Discussion: Gawker
Jon Gosselin / TMZ.com:
Jon Gosselin — Minus Kate, Plus His Mother  —  Puppies and babies are chick magnets — moms are not.  —  But Jon Gosselin hasn't been single for awhile, so we'll forgive him the faux pas he pulled yesterday at Wet Republic at MGM Grand Hotel.  But there was still a bevy of beauties coming in and out of John's cabana.
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OK! Magazine:
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James Desborough / News of the World:
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
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