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1:40 AM ET, September 2, 2009

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NY Daily News:
Whitney's sounded better live - and she says Oprah's to blame!  —  Whitney Houston wrote her own tough review of her first public singing performance in years, which took place this afternoon in Central Park.  —  “I'm sorry,” she told the capacity crowd at Rumsey Playfield …
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NY Daily News:
Whitney Houston loses voice, cracks through Central Park ‘GMA’ concert - then blames Oprah  —  It was one moment in time that she just wasn't ready for.  —  Whitney Houston struggled with her voice during her much-hyped comeback performance on “Good Morning America” Tuesday.
TMZ.com:
Whitney Houston — Voice Cracks Are Wack
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Girlfriend: I Love DJ AM “Very Much”  —  Two weeks before DJ AM (real name: Adam Goldstein) was found dead of an apparent overdose at age 36 on Aug. 28, he and Wood, 22, his girlfriend of nearly a year, split, according to multiple outlets.  Sources also tell Us the two had called it quits.
Larry Celona / New York Post:
HORRIBLE FINAL DAZE  —  DJ AM ADMITTED SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL: PALS  —  Celebrity spinner DJ AM confessed to falling off the wagon and pledged to check himself into rehab just hours before his death, friends told investigators.  —  MORE DJ AM  —  The sad revelation emerged yesterday …
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Maria Eftimiades / People.com:
Source: DJ AM Had Nine OxyContin Pills in His Body  —  DJ AM  —  Was it a suicide or an accident?  —  Authorities investigating the death of DJ AM have found that he had eight undigested OxyContin pills in his stomach and a ninth in his mouth, a law enforcement source tells PEOPLE.
Discussion: Extra, Pop Crunch and The Dish Rag
Sarah Michaud / People.com:
David Boreanaz and His Wife Welcome a Girl  —  David Boreanaz's little angel has arrived.  Wife Jaime Bergman delivered the couple's second child, daughter Bardot Vita Boreanaz, on Monday, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.  —  Baby Bardot weighed in at 7 lbs., 14 oz., and joins big brother Jaden Rayne, 7, at home.
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Spencer Pratt Is Legally Changing His Name to “King Spencer Pratt”  —  Spencer Pratt has found a new way to royally upset his haters.  —  The Hills star, 25, tells Usmagazine.com that he is changing his name ... to “King Spencer Pratt.”  —  “I've decided since there is a Queen of England …
Alicia Dennis / People.com:
Duggars Expecting Their 19th Child!  —  The Duggar Family, before the latest arrival  —  Make way for more Duggars!  —  Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar of Tonitown, Ark., who have 18 children and one grandchild on the way, are expecting a new addition to their household - baby No. 19 will arrive in the spring.
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Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Kardashian Pal: Baby Daddy Ready to Be a Father  —  Kourtney Kardashian's pregnancy didn't come as a surprise to everyone.  —  Dash employee and Kourtney & Khloé Take Miami costar Erica Mena says she could tell something was up by the way Kourt's beau, Scott Disick, handled her 2-year-old baby, King Conde.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Pal: Pregnant, Unwed Kourtney Kardashian Is a “Role Model”
Discussion: Gawker, I'm Not Obsessed and X17 Online
Michael K / Dlisted:
Halle Berry Might Be Knocked Up  —  Life & Style is saying that Halle Berry has got a case of the babies AGAIN.  Apparently, Halle went through a lot of s**t to conceive her first baby friend, Nahla, and the second time wasn't any different.  One of Halle's friends, who has a mouth bigger …
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Mike Fleming / BFDealmemo:
Fox Re-Boots Marvel's Fantastic Four  —  Some have questioned whether Disney overpaid when it bought Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion.  After all, its best known Marvel Comics superhero franchises are parked at other studios, and Universal's Islands of Adventure is as dominated by Marvel attractions as it is Dr. Seuss.
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TMZ.com:
Madge's New Video Makes Lourdes Flip Out  —  The best thing about Madonna's new “Celebration” video isn't the 51-year-old Material Marm writhing around holding on to her crotch or her hunky boy toy Jesus Luz appearing shirtless ... it's Madge's daughter Lourdes dancing and doing a backflip.
Discussion: iVillage
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Jon Gosselin Parties in Vegas With Mom  —  What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas?  Not if you're Jon Gosselin.  —  The day after throwing a pool party in Sin City, the dad of eight left the TLC reality cameras at home to hit up Las Vegas hotspots with his mom Monday night.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Jon Gosselin Plays Dress Up With Daughters
Discussion: iVillage
ComingSoon.net:
First Look at a CGI Smurf!  —  This first image of a CGI Smurf from Sony Pictures Animation's upcoming Smurfs movie was posted online last night, but we had to take a few more steps to make sure it was the real deal.  It turns out that the studio ran the promo image, of which you can find a scan below, in a magazine recently.
Jessica Herndon / People.com:
5 Things You Didn't Know About Juliette Lewis  —  Juliette Lewis has played a range of roles: From hometown girl in What's Eating Gilbert Grape opposite Johnny Depp to a brutal serial murderer in Natural Born Killers - but she also takes center stage in her own rock band.
Popeater:
Kim & Khloe Take It Off With QuickTrim  —  Kim Kardashian and her sister Khloe are showing off their fit bodies to promote a new weight loss product, QuickTrim.  Although the product is not FDA approved, The Kardashians are thanking all their weight loss to the brand and even suggesting their fans should try it out.
Hollywoodreporter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Jon Favreau, Robert Downey Jr. making ‘Cowboys & Aliens’  —  Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr. are bringing their iron-clad collaboration to another comic-book property: “Cowboys & Aliens.”  —  Downey has been attached to the DreamWorks project since last summer, when “Iron Man” …
Jon Weisman / Variety:
‘Mad Men’ renewed by AMC  —  Acclaimed drama to return for fourth season  —  AMC has renewed flagship series “Mad Men” for a fourth season on the heels of healthy numbers and wide media exposure for its third-season premiere in August.  —  “We always saw the potential for ‘Mad Men,’” …
 
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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

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

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

 
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