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8:20 PM ET, September 4, 2009

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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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Michael Jackson's Kids Say Final Farewell at Funeral
Discussion: Socialite Life
Cele|bitchy:
Michael Jackson laid to rest in private ceremony, his grave will not be public
Alan Duke / CNN:
Michael Jackson reaches his ‘final resting place’
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.
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Us Weekly:
Kate Gosselin Fired 40 Staffers in 3 Months  —  Look back at photos of Jon and Kate through the years.  Baby nurse Angela Krall, who watched the sextuplets as infants for more than a year, tells Us that the short-fused Kate fired 40 nurses and nurse's aides in the three months before she was hired.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Socialite Life
Cele|bitchy:
Kate Gosselin turns down $400k offer from Playboy
Discussion: Anything Hollywood and Fox News
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.
Discussion: Showbiz Spy
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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 …
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. …
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.
Us Weekly:
Khloe Kardashian Dating Lakers Player  —  New couple alert!  —  E! reality star Khloe Kardashian is dating Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom, Usmagazine.com has confirmed.  —  “They are a couple now!” a source tells Us.  “So cute!”  —  Adds Khloe's sister Kim, “He's a great guy!”
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Socialite Life
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.
TMZ.com:
Rabbi: Jane Fonda Supports Destruction of Israel  —  An Oscar-winning rabbi is condemning the actions of Jane Fonda, Danny Glover and Eve Ensler — claiming their decision to boycott the Toronto International Film Festival is “an attack on the heart and soul of Israel.”
Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
‘Gossip’ guy Neal Bledsoe kisses (Ed Westwick) and tells: Was it good for him?  —  In a matter of minutes last week, Neal Bledsoe went from being a mostly unknown actor to the guy who made out with Ed Westwick on Gossip Girl.  The headline-making kiss doesn't air until Oct. 19, but Bledsoe …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Just Jared
Michael K / Dlisted:
King Henry VIII Was Not That Big Of A Slut  —  Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who plays King Henry VIII on The Tudors, says that Henry was not really the mega manwhore everyone thinks he was.  According to JRM, you can get f**ky with at least 20 people before you're considered a ho fo sho.
Discussion: Showbiz Spy
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Joe Francis Slams Brody Jenner and Jayde Nicole After Club Brawl  —  Joe Francis Slams Brody Jenner After Club Brawl |  It's Official: Khloe Kardashian Dating L.A. Laker Lamar Odom |  Nicole Richie, Lindsay Lohan and Robert Downey Jr. Farewell DJ Am  —  Joe Francis Slams Brody Jenner and Jayde Nicole
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Gone Hollywood
NY Daily News:
Rihanna stepping out with Travis London in L.A.  —  Attention, Rihanna suitors: Get in line!  —  The songbird is being wooed by yet another man, scenester Travis London, who has previously been linked to Mary-Kate Olsen.  The two have been spotted together in L.A. frequently since last Saturday …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and X17 Online
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 …
Jeff Leins / News in Film:
Cast Set for David Fincher's Social Network?  —  Rumor has it David Fincher has found his cast for The Social Network, a story focusing on the early days of Facebook written by Aaron Sorkin.  The screenplay was based on the novel “The Accidental Billionaires” by Ben Mezrich (21).
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.
Discussion: omg! and Perez Hilton
Extra:
Cowell: ‘Idol’ Chemistry ‘Different’ without Paula  —  Simon Cowell has broken his silence about Paula Abdul's decision to leave “American Idol,” telling “Extra” that this season of the show is “different,” and “I miss her, of course.”  —  The tough judge doesn't want to “get in the middle” …
TMZ.com:
Zolciak — I'm a Victim of Cell Phone Sabotage!  —  Kim Zolciak claims she was cell-phone bombed with more than 1,100 calls last night — and “a ton” of nude pics — when someone posted her personal number on a rival reality star's Twitter page.  —  TMZ spoke with Kim, who told us Neffe Pugh …
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler and OK! Magazine
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 …
Discussion: Perez Hilton, X17 Online and ninemsn
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.
Discussion: Socialite Life
 
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
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