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5:30 PM ET, October 7, 2009

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Katie Holmes / ELLE.com:
Women in Hollywood  —  From Katie Holmes to Renee Zellweger, a first look at five of ELLE's leading ladies  —  On family life: “In my own life, my whole world really revolves around family.  I do what I need to do, but it's like, ‘How is everybody else doing?’
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Cindy Crawford / Us Weekly:
Katie Holmes: Tom Cruise Critiques the Way I Dress  —  Katie Holmes doesn't need to worry about the Fashion Police.  —  She has husband Tom Cruise.  —  In the November issue of Elle, the actress, 30, says Cruise, 47, often critiques her clothes.  —  “He usually likes everything …
Emily Blunt / ELLE.com:
Women in Hollywood  —  From Katie Holmes to Renee Zellweger …
X17 Online:
Katie Holmes: “My Whole World Really Revolves Around Family”
Discussion: omg!
TMZ.com:
K-Fed Accused of Being a Dirty Home-Wrecker  —  Kevin Federline is accused of being a dirty, filthy, chain-smoking, home-wrecker — and now his allegedly trashy lifestyle could cost him more than $100,000.  —  It's all over the Tarzana, California home where K-Fed lived until this past May …
Cindy Crawford / Us Weekly:
Jon Gosselin: Cara Upset Over Divorce, the Others Didn't Care  —  Jon Gosselin says he knows his eight children weren't “wailing and sobbing” when they were told their TLC reality show was ending, as his estranged wife Kate claims.  —  “You know why?  Because when we told …
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Tom Chiarella / Esquire:
Please Be Seated.  Guy Ritchie's Life Will Begin Shortly.  —  His marriage to Madonna behind him, and the potential blockbuster Sherlock Holmes coming in December, the director has a lot on his mind.  But he can explain it all with three simple truths.  —  Noon on a Friday.
Daily Mail:
'I think I'm in love,' confesses smitten Russell Brand as he follows Katy Perry to Paris  —  His romances rarely last beyond 24 hours, but it seems Russell Brand's womanising ways have finally been tamed by one Miss Katy Perry.  —  The smitten comedian followed the brunette singer to Paris …
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Rachael Wheeler / Mirror.co.uk:
Lily Allen refuses to be in same room as Katy Perry at Paris Fashion Week
Discussion: PopSugar, Perez Hilton and PopSugar UK
Matt Sedensky / Associated Press:
AP: Anna Nicole Smith investigated in murder plot  —  MIAMI — The FBI investigated whether Anna Nicole Smith was part of a plot to kill her tycoon husband's son, whom she was battling for his late dad's fortune, but prosecutors ultimately decided there wasn't enough evidence to charge …
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Daily Mail:
Thugs attack two transvestites... who turn out to be cage fighters wearing fancy dress  —  Two thugs who attacked what they thought were a pair of transvestites picked on the wrong men - when their intended victims turned out to be cage fighters on a night out in fancy dress.
Discussion: Dlisted, Blog of Hilarity, #gay and Queerty
Hollywoodreporter / The Hollywood Reporter:
‘Vacation’ sequel booked at New Line  —  New Line is going on a “Vacation.”  —  The Warner Bros. division is developing a sequel of sorts to the 1983 comedy classic, with David Dobkin attached to produce and possibly direct.  —  New Line is meeting with writers to write the script …
Michael Starr / New York Post:
‘L&O’ Plus 8  —  ‘Jon & Kate’ ends in murder  —  JON & Kate Gosselin — and even “Octomom” Nadya Su leman — get the “  —  Law & Order” treatment in an upcoming episode tweaking reality TV stars.  —  In “Reality Bites,” airing Oct. 16, both the Gosselins and Suleman are mentioned by name …
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Cindy Crawford / Us Weekly:
Jon and Kate Gosselin Inspire Episode of Law & Order
Discussion: RADAR and Digital Spy
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Exclusive: Gretchen Rossi Reveals Why She Won't Get Breast Implants  —  LOS ANGELES — Exclusive: Gretchen Rossi Reveals Why She Won't Get Breast Implants |  Courtney Love (Finally) Takes a Good Look in the Mirror |  Hollywood Attorney Gloria Allred Turns Up at Premiere to Diss David Letterman |
Discussion: Popeater, Pop Crunch and Bumpshack.com
Michael K / Dlisted:
Girl Fight: Frances Bean's Advice To Ali Lohan  —  It seems that 17-year-old Frances Bean (daughter of Courtney Love & Kurt Cobain) has inherited her mother's skills for writing confusing rants about totally random subjects.  For some reason, Frances went on her Twitter (her account has since been deleted) …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Hollywood Dame
People.com:
Caught in the Act!  —  • Another day, another dinner out!  Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, enjoying a late night dinner with friends (including the actor's pal Sam Bradley) and their managers at Pinky's Steakhouse and Cocktail Lounge in Vancouver.  The group arrived around 10 p.m. and stayed for about three hours.
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Mickey Rourke Opens Up About Abusive Father & the Priest Who Stopped Him From ‘Blowing His Brains Out’  —  LOS ANGELES — Despite all his successes as a screen fixture in the 1980's, Oscar-nominated actor Mickey Rourke isn't afraid to admit he was ‘a has-been’ who hit rock bottom in the dark world of addiction and abuse.
TMZ.com:
Nick Nolte's Son Popped for DUI  —  TMZ has learned Nick Nolte's son was arrested for suspicion of DUI and possession of a controlled substance yesterday in Santa Monica.  —  Law enforcement sources tell us Brawley King Nolte — who starred as the kidnapped kid in “Ransom” back in the day …
NY Daily News:
John Travolta's lawyer channels Jack Nicholson, shouts 'You can't handle the truth' in court  —  The John Travolta blackmail case took a page from a Hollywood script Tuesday when his lawyer used the famous movie line “You can't handle the truth!”  —  The replay of Jack Nicholson's zinger from …
Discussion: Popeater and Movieline
Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
‘Parenthood’ exclusive: Helen Hunt out!  Lauren Graham in?  —  This just in: Helen Hunt is apparently no longer in the running to replace Maura Tierney in Parenthood.  According to an insider, talks between the actress and NBC fell apart and the role of single mom Sarah has now been offered to (wait for it) Lauren Graham!
Hollywoodreporter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Adrien Brody to star in ‘Predators’; Topher Grace in negotiations to join him  —  Hollywood's lining up to be hunted!  —  Adrien Brody is boarding to star in “Robert Rodriguez's Predators,” Fox's reboot of the sci-fi franchise being directed by Nimrod Antal.  Rodriguez is producing with Elizabeth Avellan.
TMZ.com:
Justice Delayed for Kate — Judge's Wife Dies  —  TMZ has learned the judge in the Jon and Kate Gosselin war has canceled today's hearing because of a “family emergency.”  Court officials tell us Judge Arthur Tilson's wife died of cancer early this morning.  —  The hearing will be put off until at least next week.
Discussion: Extra and Perez Hilton
 
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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

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