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1:05 PM ET, September 19, 2009

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People.com:
Khloe Kardashian To Marry L.A. Lakers Player  —  Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom  —  Wow, talk about a whirlwind romance!  —  It's been about a month since Khloe Kardashian and L.A. Lakers forward Lamar Odom began dating, but the couple plan to marry, and are currently planning their wedding, two sources confirm to PEOPLE.
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Patrick Swayze / Us Weekly:
Khloe Kardashian to Wed Within the Next Two Weeks!  —  Khloe Kardashian plans to wed beau Lamar Odom, a forward on the Los Angeles Lakers, after about a month of dating, Usmagazine.com has confirmed.  —  “Khloe and Lamar want to get married before Lamar has to go away for training, and the …
People.com:
John Travolta to Testify at Extortion Trial  —  John Travolta and son Jett in 2005  —  Since the death of his 16-year-old son, Jett, last January, John Travolta has rarely been seen in public, choosing instead to grieve in private.  —  But now, with an extortion trial related …
Discussion: Extra
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TMZ.com:
Travolta Will Testify in Extortion Case  —  TMZ has confirmed John Travolta will testify next week at the extortion trial involving the death of his son, Jett.  —  Travolta will travel to the Bahamas to testify on behalf of the prosecution.  Paramedic Tarino Lightbourne …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Bitten and Bound
Patrick Swayze / Us Weekly:
Jay-Z Defends Kanye West's VMA Ambush  —  Jay-Z doesn't think his protege, Kanye West, deserved to be vilified for ambushing Taylor Swift at Sunday night's MTV VMAs.  —  “Of course it was rude because it was her moment, but that's the way he really felt,” Jay-Z, 39, tells BBC Radio 1.
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X17 Online:
Jay-Z Defends Kanye's VMA Outburst!  —  Uhhh, somehow we have a feeling that if someone had interrupted Beyonce's acceptance speech, her hubby Jay-Z would be [singing] rapping a different tune!  BBC Radio 1 interviewed Beyonce's main man today, and the music mogul totally defended Kanye West …
BBC:
Jay-Z defends ‘passionate’ Kanye
Discussion: MTV
Patrick Swayze / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Yoko Ono: Britney Spears Is a Survivor  —  “I think that the world was not fair to her, and they're just using her and not dignifying her,” she told Usmagazine.com at the ThreeAsFour Homage to Yoko Ono on Thursday in NYC.  —  Up until last year, headlines bearing Spears' name reported …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Bridget Daly / Hollyscoop Entertainment News:
Lindsay Lohan Removed By Police from Bowery Hotel  —  HOLLYSCOOP EXCLUSIVE  —  by:  —  Lindsay Lohan is back to her old tricks!  We suspected Lindsay wasn't 100% “sober” like she's been claiming, but this story pretty much confirms our speculation.  —  Inside sources tell Hollyscoop …
Claudia Eller / Company Town:
Johnny Depp says he's ‘shocked and very sad’ about Dick Cook's departure  —  Johnny Depp, star of Walt Disney Co.'s hugely successful “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, said he was “shocked and very sad” to hear about the abrupt departure of studio chief Dick Cook, whom he called “the sweetest man on the planet and such a gent.”
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Kate Gosselin's First Guest For New TV Show  —  RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively that Mel B is scheduled to be one of the first guests for the show that tapes this weekend.  —  The working title of the show is Mom Logic, after the Web site of the same name.
Hilary Shenfeld / People.com:
Mariah Carey Brushes on Moustache for New Movie  —  There's nothing diva-like about Mariah Carey in the new movie Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire.  —  Playing a case worker in a welfare office, Carey's makeup consists of dark circles under her eyes and a slight mustache, all lit by glaring overhead fluorescent tubes.
Discussion: Socialite Life
PopSugar:
VH1 Divas: Miley Calls Kanye Disrespectful, True Blood's Sam Takes on Twilight's Jacob, and Paula Channels Ellen!  —  The star-studded VH1 Divas kicked off last night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and new diva-inductees like Jennifer Hudson, Jordin Sparks, Miley Cyrus …
Discussion: BellaSugar, FabSugar and TresSugar
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Patrick Swayze / Us Weekly:
VIDEO: Paula Abdul Mocks Ellen DeGeneres on Diva Live
Discussion: Anything Hollywood and Cele|bitchy
Popeater:
Radio Jock Pushes Taylor Swift's Buttons  —  Five days after the madness went down at the VMAs, people are still talking about Kanyegate ... except for Taylor Swift.  The country-pop star was making the rounds today doing radio interviews when she encountered a persistent inquisitor on the MJ Morning Show out of Tampa Bay.
Discussion: omg!
DailyFill.com:
Kate Gosselin NOT Posing For Playboy, Thank You Jeebus!  —  Of course not, they still have to recoup after deciding it was a good idea to stick Heidi Montag on the cover, it's going to be a while before they stick another busted reality star on the front of their magazine.
Discussion: Popeater
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Sarah Jessica Parker hasn't had time to bond with her twins  —  As many predicted, it seems like Sarah Jessica Parker has left her 3-month-old twins in the care of Matthew Broderick and assorted nannies.  Before Tabitha and Marion were even born, several sources had SJP and Broderick fighting …
Kristen Mascia / People.com:
Kelly Osbourne Was Ashamed of Her Drug Use  —  Kelly Osbourne (center) and her DWTS partner Louis van Amstel, with Ellen DeGeneres  —  Years of seeing her father, rocker Ozzy Osbourne, battle drug and alcohol addiction made it all the more difficult for Kelly Osbourne to face up to her own demons.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Richard Johnson / New York Post:
Holistic hoo-ha  —  Suzanne Somers, a cancer survivor herself, thinks Patrick Swayze was killed by chemotherapy.  “They took a beautiful man” and “put poison in his body,” the “Three's Company” star told columnist  —  Shinan Govaniat the party for  —  Tom Ford's movie, “A Single Man,” at the Toronto Film Festival.
NY Daily News:
Jennifer Garner's on-set pranks rival George Clooney, tweak Ricky Gervais  —  Actress Jennifer Garner and Writer/Director/Actor/Producer Ricky Gervais (with Rob Lowe, l.) had a comic confronation during the shooting of ‘The Invention of Lying’  —  Just call Jennifer Garner the female George Clooney.
Discussion: Dlisted, Showbiz Spy and Gawker
 
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