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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
The King of Pop Is Finally Laid to Rest — They came for an intimate ceremony for a superstar: Lisa Marie Presley, Elizabeth Taylor, Macaulay Culkin, Chris Tucker and Mila Kunis arrived at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Calif., on Thursday for the funeral for Michael Jackson.
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Randal C. Archibold / New York Times:
In a Private Service, Last Goodbyes for Jackson — GLENDALE, Calif. — More than two months after he died, and following a steady trickle of gossip over how and where he would be laid to rest, Michael Jackson was entombed Thursday night at a highly guarded mausoleum in a Los Angeles suburb.
Cele|bitchy:
Chris Brown pisses off the almighty Oprah — Chris Brown told Larry King in an interview that aired on Wednesday that he didn't think his career was over at all after his brutal attack on Rihanna and that “I just need to prove to people I can be a role model.” Chris didn't offer us much indication that he was up to the task.
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Jessica Wedemeyer / People.com:
Nicole Richie & Lindsay Lohan Attend DJ AM Memorial — A day after DJ AM was laid to rest, the celebrity deejay was remembered Thursday by former fiancée Nicole Richie and pals Lindsay Lohan, Samantha Ronson, Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart. — They were among hundreds of invited guests …
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Annette Sharp / DailyTelegraph:
Movie star vs Gossip Girl - Now looks who's Rusty — IT IS an accepted view that if one lives by the sword, so might one expect to die by it. — This week this columnist tasted the tip of her own sword - as thrust by the Gladiator himself, Russell Crowe - after an item in Sydney Confidential raised the actor's ire.
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Alexis Chiu / People.com:
PHOTO: Kathy Griffin Channels Kate Gosselin — With a borrowed hairstyle and bikini-ready body, comedienne Kathy Griffin was a dead ringer for the famous mom of multiples at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood while taping an upcoming skit for Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Eunice Oh / People.com:
Who Is Shia LaBeouf's New Gal Pal Carey Mulligan? — Carey Mulligan and Shia LaBeouf — Meet Shia LaBeouf's new leading lady - both on and off screen. — Carey Mulligan, 24, who hails from England, has been spotted cuddling and kissing the Transformers star in N.Y.C. …
DailyFill.com:
Lady GaGa: I Don't Have A Penis! — She says the rumor that she's a hermaphrodite is “ridiculous.” In fact, it's been bothering her so much she's having trouble getting erections. — Lady Gaga has branded claims she is a hermaphrodite “ridiculous.” The “Poker Face” singer furiously denied rumors …
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Monique Jessen / People.com:
Susan Boyle Tops Amazon.com Chart with Debut Album — At last Susan Boyle has achieved her own personal dream. — The Scottish star's debut album, I Dreamed A Dream, has sensationally topped the online-retail charts, quite a feat considering her record is not even being released until Nov. 24.
Sean L. McCarthy / the comic's comic:
Addition through subtraction: SNL fires Michaela Watkins and Casey Wilson!? — Sources outside the show, and backed up by anonymous sources from within 30 Rock, have informed me that Michaela Watkins and Casey Wilson appear to have been let go from Saturday Night Live and won't be returning this season …
Us Weekly:
Jessica Simpson Hits the Runway! — Ooh la la! — Jessica Simpson hit the runway in Paris. — Wearing a ruffled black halter dress, the singer, 29, served as a special guest model at an Ozlem Suer show Friday. — “Jessica's doing good,” her sister Ashlee Simpson-Wentz said on Thursday's Today show.
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Just Jared:
Jennifer Garner: ‘The Invention Of Lying’ Movie Poster! — Jennifer Garner takes her daughters Violet Anne, 3, and Seraphina Rose, 7 months, for a morning stroll on Friday (September 4) in Boston, Mass. — Below is the movie poster for Jen's new romantic comedy, The Invention Of Lying, out October 2.
Elizabeth Leonard / People.com:
Chris Brown: I'm Ready for Counseling — While Chris Brown vows he'll abide by all the conditions of his recent sentencing for assaulting Rihanna - including six months of community labor and five years' probation - he's eager to get the most out of the court-ordered counseling and anger-management classes.
Sky News:
Jack Tweed has been arrested after a teenager claimed she had been sexually assaulted, the Met Police said. — The widower of reality TV star Jade Goody was detained along with another man in his 20s. — A spokesman for the Met Police said: “A female in her late teens has made an allegation of sexual assault.”
TMZ.com:
Fiore Kissed Ex-Husband Days Before Murder — Just four days before she was brutally murdered, Jasmine Fiore shared a romantic moment on a Southern California beach with a man who wasn't her husband, Ryan Jenkins. — The man in the photos is Michael Cardosi —Jasmine's ex-husband …
Catriona Wightman / Digital Spy:
Parlour fined after Rihanna inks staff — A New York tattoo parlour has reportedly been fined after Rihanna was spotted inking members of its staff. — The singer allegedly tattooed three people with her initials and an umbrella design when she visited the shop in July.
