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11:40 AM ET, September 17, 2009

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Patrick Swayze / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley Split!  —  After three years of marriage, Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley have split, Us Weekly reports in its latest issue (on newsstands now).  —  “She dumped him and told him she was leaving him.  She wants to move on,” a source tells the new Us Weekly …
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Michael Y. Park / People.com:
Kate Major ‘Despises’ Jon Gosselin  —  For a house once full of love and children, there sure seems to be a lot of hate going on with the Gosselins.  —  This time, it's former Star reporter Kate Major, who says she and Jon Gosselin had a fling shortly after his breakup with wife Kate Gosselin - an allegation he's strenuously denied.
Perez Hilton:
Kate 2.0 Is Calling You Out & We're Right Behind Her  —  Jon Gosselin should be actually pretty grateful to his soon to be ex-wife Kate Gosselin.  She seems to be the only woman he's screwed that is taking the high road and not calling him all kinds of names.
Discussion: omg! and OK! Magazine
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Jon Gosselin Gives Up Family Dogs
E! Online:
Jon & Hailey Blast “Katezilla,” Insist Hailey's Never Met the 8
Discussion: Perez Hilton and OK! Magazine
TMZ.com:
Jessica Calls in Experts to Aid in Dog Search  —  A massive search effort is underway to find Jessica Simpson's missing dog Daisy — last seen in the clutches of a wild coyote.  —  TMZ has learned Jessica has been in touch with a lost dog-finding service called FindToto.com …
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Patrick Swayze / Us Weekly:
Martha Stewart: Jessica Should've Watched Dog “More Closely”  —  Dog lover Martha Stewart — whose beloved chow puppy Ghenghis Khan died in an explosion in March — feels for Jessica Simpson, whose maltipoo Daisy was snatched by a coyote in L.A. earlier this week.
William Grimes / New York Times:
Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary Dies at 72  —  Mary Travers, whose ringing, earnest vocals with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary made songs like “Blowin' in the Wind,” “If I Had a Hammer” and “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” enduring anthems of the 1960s protest movement, died on Wednesday at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut.
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Popeater:
Folk Legend Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary Dies at 62
Discussion: Reuters
Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Dancing Curse Roars Back, Strikes Kathy Ireland  —  Safety measures be damned.  The new season of Dancing With the Stars hasn't started yet, but already the injury count is one two and holding.  —  Kathy Ireland received seven stitches in her leg when a day at the beach turned into a day at the emergency room.
Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
‘True Blood’ exclusive: The bombshell secret that would destroy Bill and Sookie  —  In what would be a boon to Sookie-Eric fans, True Blood boss Alan Ball isn't ruling out incorporating a major (and controversial) plot point from the books that, up to now, has only been hinted at in the series …
Discussion: SCI FI Wire
Patrick Swayze / Us Weekly:
Megan Fox: I Used to Cut Myself  —  More shocking revelations from Megan Fox.  —  In her new Rolling Stone interview, the Jennifer's Body star, 23, admits she used to cut herself.  —  “Yeah,” she replied when asked if she's ever cut herself.  “But I don't want to elaborate.  I would never call myself a cutter.
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Rolling Stone / Rock and Roll Daily:
Megan Fox, America's Sexiest Bad Girl: New Cover of Rolling Stone
New York Post:
Lindsay in seating snit  —  Lindsay Lohanis largely unemployed these days, but she still behaves like a movie star.  For the G-Star runway show Tuesday night at Hammerstein Ballroom, “She arrived with her sister,  —  Ali, and two other guests,” said our insider. "
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Pop Crunch
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Hef's New Girls: Yes to Stripper Poles, but No to Peacocks  —  Crystal Harris, 23, may share a room with Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion, but that doesn't mean his two other girlfriends, 19-year-old twins Kristina and Karissa Shannon, are even a wee bit jealous.  —  “Our room is pimp,” Karissa tells me.
People.com:
Burt Reynolds Enters Rehab  —  Veteran actor Burt Reynolds, 73, has checked into a rehab clinic for treatment of addiction to prescription medication, his manager confirms to PEOPLE.  —  “After a recent back surgery, Mr. Reynolds felt like he was going through hell and after a while …
Paul Chi / People.com:
What Did Nick Jonas Get for His 17th Birthday?  —  For Nick Jonas, what a difference a day makes.  —  “It's exciting,” Jonas told PEOPLE on the set of Camp Rock 2 The Final Jam about turning 17 on Wednesday.  “I feel 24 hours different than when I was 16.”
Discussion: Lifeline Live
DailyFill.com:
Chris Brown Embarks On Glorious New Career As Highway Cleaner  —  I WILL BITE YOUR FINGERS!"  —  Chris Brown has started his 180-day community labor sentence.  —  Wearing a bright orange vest, the 20-year-old singer — who was also sentenced to five years of probation and a year …
Jessica Herndon / People.com:
Pink Is Black-and-Blue with Shoulder Injury  —  Pink  —  She's not sure exactly when it happened - probably during a rehearsal - but pop star Pink knows this much for sure: “It hurts.”  —  Pink, 30, has suffered a separated shoulder, her rep tells PEOPLE, and was unable to do the aerial parts …
Discussion: E! Online (CA) and Popeater
Popeater:
‘Laugh-In,’ Film Actor Henry Gibson Dies  —  Henry Gibson, the quintessential character actor who played Nazis, priests, drunks and nosy neighbors during a 45-year career that included a stint as an original cast member on ‘Laugh-In,’ died Monday at his home in Malibu.
Discussion: Gone Hollywood and Bumpshack.com
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Mike Barnes / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Laugh-In’ original Henry Gibson dies
Discussion: TV Squad
E! Online:
Madonna's Brother Expresses Himself: Sis Doesn't Look So Hot  —  Kevin Mazur/Getty Images; Jean Baptiste Lacroix/Getty Images  —  Madonna's papa don't preach, but her brother sure does.  —  The pop icon's estranged sibling Christopher Ciccone, whom she hasn't been on voguing terms with since …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Bitten and Bound
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Record Labels Develop a Taste for Vampires  —  “Twilight,” the vampire romance film released last year, was by any measure a hit: $191 million in gross ticket sales, three million sales of the DVD the day it arrived in stores, countless magazine covers graced by its brooding heartthrob, Robert Pattinson.
Discussion: New York Magazine
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Kevin Skinner Wins America's Got Talent!  —  No more chicken catching for Kentucky's Kevin Skinner!  —  The unemployed farmhand — and longtime musician — was named the winner of NBC's America's Got Talent Wednessday when he beat out golden-voiced opera singer Barbara Padilla …
Discussion: Best Week Ever
Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
Spike Lee, Robert De Niro develop drama series  —  John Ridley to pen ‘Alphaville’ for Showtime  —  Quintessential New York filmmakers Spike Lee and Robert De Niro have teamed with Showtime to develop a drama series about Manhattan's Alphabet City.  —  The project, titled “Alphaville,” …
 
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Nancy Dillon / NY Daily News:
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