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TMZ.com:
Patrick Swayze Dies — Patrick Swayze died today after a long battle with cancer. He was 57. — Swayze was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in January 2008. His publicist says he died with his family at his side. — He was the star of such movies as “Ghost,” “Dirty Dancing,” and “Road House.”
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Associated Press:
Patrick Swayze dies at 57, his publicist reports — Patrick Swayze, the hunky actor who danced his way into viewers' hearts with “Dirty Dancing” and then broke them with “Ghost,” died today after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57. — “Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today …
Michelle Tauber / People.com:
Patrick Swayze Dies at 57 — Patrick Swayze lost his battle with pancreatic cancer Monday. He was 57. — “Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months,” his rep tells PEOPLE in a statement.
CNN:
Patrick Swayze dies of cancer at 57 — LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Patrick Swayze, whose good looks and sympathetic performances in films such as “Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost” made him a romantic idol to millions, died Monday. He was 57. — Swayze died of pancreatic cancer, his publicist, Annett Wolf, told CNN.
Michael Calderone / Michael Calderone's Blog:
ABC's Moran removes tweet with Obama swipe at Kanye — ABC News reporter Terry Moran caused quite a commotion tonight on Twitter after writing the following: “Pres. Obama just called Kanye West a “jackass” for his outburst at VMAs when Taylor Swift won. Now THAT'S presidential.”
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Us Weekly:
Taylor Swift Speaks Out on Kanye Incident — After Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards - during which Kanye West brazenly interrupted Taylor Swift's Best Female Video acceptance speech to say that Beyonce deserved to win - the 19-year-old singer spoke to reporters about the incident.
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Michael Y. Park / People.com:
Russell Brand Comes to Kanye's Defense — If anyone can sympathize with Kanye West's predicament, it's foul-mouthed comedian Russell Brand, who hosted the MTV Video Music Awards during which West infamously slighted Taylor Swift. — “Because in the past I've made mistakes and done things a little bit daft …
Amy Wilkinson / MTV:Kelly Clarkson, Kellie Pickler Take Aim At Kanye West's VMA Outburst
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MTV:
Exclusive: Lil Mama Apologizes For Crashing Jay-Z's VMA Performance — ‘I did not mean any disrespect towards Jay-Z or Alicia Keys,’ 'America's Best Dance Crew' judge says in statement. … If it wasn't for a guy named Kanye West, Lil Mama might have dominated Monday's headlines with her …
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Mark Dagostino / People.com:
Desperate Housewives' Kathryn Joosten Has Lung Cancer — Kathryn Joosten, a two-time Emmy winner for her role as feisty neighbor Mrs. McCluskey on Desperate Housewives, has lung cancer - and she plans to do everything she can to fight it. — “I've got a little hang-up here,” …
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Kate Gosselin Admits She Had a Meltdown This Weekend — It took Serena Williams's meltdown at the U.S. Open over the weekend to bring the Hot Topic around to Kate Gosselin - discussing a meltdown of her on own on The View, where she served as a guest co-host Monday.
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Popeater:
Whitney Says Bobby Brown Spit On Her — As the world waits to see Oprah Winfrey's two-part interview with Whitney Houston, the first details of it are coming out ... and boy are they disturbing. During the interview, Houston says that during her drug-filled marriage to Bobby Brown, he was emotionally abusive and spit on her once.
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Mark Dagostino / People.com:
Ethan Zohn: ‘My Cancer Is Back’ — Just last month, for the first time since being diagnosed with a rare form of Hodgkin's disease in April - followed by three months of intense chemotherapy - Ethan Zohn was finally feeling good. — “I was off chemo,” he says.
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Is Sylvester Stallone's face melting? — Sylvester Stallone was in attendance for the closing ceremony of the Venice Film Festival over the weekend, and his appearance is “raising some eyebrows”. I say it this way to be snarky, because it seems Stallone has gotten himself some kind of epic facelift, and his eyebrows are ridiculous.
Oh No They Didn't!:
Westwick Gets Fugly New Tattoos — Ed Westwick of Gossip Girl apparently gets baked out of his mind and gets two fugly new tattoos on his arms. One is NSFW under the cut.
The Cheese / Hollywoodtuna:
Mariah Carey's Fat Cleavage — Here's Mariah Carey and her big fat cleavage at a Toronto International Film Festival cocktail party before the screening of some movie called ‘Precious’. I don't really give a s**t about the movie but I'm glad that Mariah managed to stuff those big things …
