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3:10 PM ET, October 11, 2009

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Dan Wootton / News of the World:
Boyzone star Stephen Gately dies  —  BOYZONE star Stephen Gately died suddenly yesterday at the age of just 33, the News of the World can reveal.  —  Last night the cause of his death was unclear.  —  A close friend said it appeared Stephen died after going out in Majorca, where he was on holiday.
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Jamie McGinnes / Times of London:
Boyzone star Stephen Gately found dead  —  Boyzone singer Stephen Gately has been found dead at the age of 33, it was reported today.  —  Gately was believed to have been holidaying in Majorca when he died yesterday, according to a newspaper.  —  Boyzone manager Louis Walsh told the News of the World …
Discussion: Queerty, AfterElton.com and boy culture
Catriona Wightman / Digital Spy:
Walsh ‘will not appear on X Factor’  —  Louis Walsh will not appear on The X Factor tonight.  —  The judge has reportedly decided not to join the results show following the death of his friend Stephen Gately.  —  Sara Lee, head of TV publicity at Hackford Jones PR which represents Louis Walsh …
Lisa Ingrassia / People.com:
Move Over, Ben Affleck!  Jimmy Kimmel's Got a New Squeeze  —  Bad news for Ben Affleck!  —  After parting ways with Sarah Silverman, his girlfriend of five years, in March, Jimmy Kimmel, 41, has found love again.  —  A source close to the Jimmy Kimmel Live! host confirms to PEOPLE …
Katie Nicholl / Daily Mail:
Katie Holmes wins battle with Scientologist husband Tom Cruise to enrol daughter Suri in CATHOLIC school  —  Katie Holmes has won a battle with her Scientologist husband Tom Cruise to enrol their daughter Suri in a Catholic pre-school.  —  The Church of Scientology has always been a bone …
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Adam / Showbiz Spy:
KATIE HOLMES ‘PUTS TOM CRUISE ON SEX DIET’
The Sun:
Back to stacked  —  AMY Winehouse has secretly had a boob job in readiness for her planned TV comeback on Strictly Come Dancing tonight.  —  The 26-year-old singer paid £35,000 to a clinic in London's Harley Street to restore the voluptuous curves she boasted when she first hit the charts.
Gwyneth Paltrowand / New York Post:
Madge tosses trainer Tracy  —  Tracy Anderson.  The celebrity trainer, who has worked with  —  Molly Simms, has been dropped by  —  Madonna, her most notable client, a source close to the singer tells Page Six.  —  Madonna herself confirmed she was no longer training with Anderson during an interview on
Alyssa Shelasky / People.com:
Emmy Rossum: I Get Why Chicks Dig Adam Duritz  —  Emmy Rossum “really can't say” whether Adam Duritz is officially her boyfriend, but she will happily dish on why women love him.  —  “I get why chicks dig him,” Rossum tells PEOPLE at the grand launch of the W Hotel in Washington, D.C. …
Discussion: Just Jared
Marci / TechBanyan:
Rika Urban wins Miss Plastic Hungary 2009 (photos)  —  Last night Hungary held its first annual beauty pageant for surgically enhanced contestants.  Many of the young contestants had breast implants, nose jobs, and face lifts.  —  A Hungarian plastic surgeon said that even the economy is unstable …
Discussion: Dlisted and Jezebel
TMZ.com:
New Michael Jackson Song Leaks Early  —  A short, 43-second snippet of the highly-anticipated new Michael Jackson song “This Is It” has made its way onto the Internet.  —  This should hold you over until midnight ET — when the full song debuts on MichaelJackson.com.
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Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:
HUH?  Recent Emmy-Winning Young Female Writer Loses Her Job On ‘Mad Men’  —  EXCLUSIVE: Well, this is a big surprise.  As recently as September 20th, Kater Gordon won the drama-writing Emmy with Matthew Weiner for the Mad Men episode “Meditations In An Emergency”.  Now Gordon is off the Lionsgate show that airs on AMC.
Discussion: Jezebel and New York Magazine
DailyFill.com:
Kate Gosselin Files For Child Support, Asks Specifically For “The Amount This Douche Spends On Ed Hardy”  —  Suddenly canceling the show's probably not looking so good to Jon, he doesn't want to lose his t-shirt/dirt bike money.  —  Kate Gosselin has filed for alimony from her estranged husband Jon.
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In Touch Weekly Magazine:
In Touch Exclusive:Tara Reid strips for Playboy!  —  Tara Reid strips for Playboy!  —  In Touch can exclusively reveal that Tara Reid has stripped down to pose for the cover of an upcoming issue of Playboy magazine.  The American Pie star, who underwent a botched liposuction procedure in 2004 …
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Access Hollywood:
‘Hawaii Five-O’ Hulas Back To TV  —  “Hawaii Five-O” is reportedly heading back to TV - thanks to the writers behind “Star Trek” and “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.”  —  Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, the screenwriters of the two summer hits, will be rebooting the classic cop drama for CBS along with …
 
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