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2:15 PM ET, September 19, 2009

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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 …
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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
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 …
Emily Strohm / People.com:
Katherine Heigl's Husband Calls New Baby ‘Awesome!’  —  Katherine Heigl, Josh Kelley and daughter Naleigh  —  Josh Kelley is one proud papa.  —  “We adopted a baby from Korea, me and my girl, and she's awesome, dude!  This girl is the bomb!” the singer, who's married to Katherine Heigl …
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!
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!
BBC:
Jay-Z defends ‘passionate’ Kanye
Discussion: MTV
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.”
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 …
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
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
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!
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
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Dan Snierson / Hollywood Insider:
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Kristen Mascia / People.com:
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Carlos Greer / People.com:
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Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
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From Mediagazer:

Michael S. Rosenwald / New York Times:
Mike Shatzkin, a publishing consultant who was among the first in the industry to shake publishers into confronting the digital disruption, died on Nov. 7 at 77

Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

 
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