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10:40 AM ET, October 12, 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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Boyzone star Stephen Gately dies
Catriona Wightman / Digital Spy:   Walsh ‘will not appear on X Factor’
Daniel Kilkelly / Digital Spy:
New Michael Jackson song released  —  A previously unreleased Michael Jackson song titled ‘This Is It’ has hit the airwaves for the first time.  —  The track, believed to have been originally recorded for the pop legend's 1991 Dangerous album, was released on Jackson's official website …
Discussion: Popeater, Fan Fare and omg!
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Elaine Aradillas / People.com:
Christina Hendricks Marries in New York  —  Christina Hendricks married fiancé Geoffrey Arend at Il Buco restaurant in New York on Sunday, PEOPLE has confirmed.  —  The redheaded Hendricks, 34, and actor Arend, 31, were engaged earlier this year after being introduced through her Mad Men costar Vincent Kartheiser.
Cindy Crawford / Us Weekly:
Oprah Winfrey Sued by Flight Attendant  —  A flight attendant on Oprah Winfrey's private jet filed a lawsuit Friday denying allegations that she had sex on board.  —  In the suit, Corrine Gehrls, 39, claims that fellow flight attendants Myron Gooch and Kirby Bumpus — who is the daughter …
Discussion: iVillage
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: Cele|bitchy and Popeater
Mike Fleming / BFDealmemo:
Holy Moses!  Chernin Makes First Big Pic Buy  —  For his first significant film project acquisition, Peter Chernin is taking on a project of Biblical proportions.  —  20th Century Fox has made a preemptive acquisition of a pitch to tell the story of Moses in “300” style.
Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:
Emmy-Winning Young Female Writer Loses Her Job On ‘Mad Men’  —  UPDATE: A prominent female writer (she asked not to be identified) knows both Kater Gordon and Matthew Weiner and sets the record straight for me: “As a female writer who has worked with many strong showrunners …
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 …
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
Jeffrey Slonim / People.com:
Penélope Cruz Shows Off a Dazzling Ring  —  Penélope Cruz  —  A dazzling movie star deserves a dazzling ring - and Penélope Cruz didn't disappoint Sunday night.  But was it an engagement ring?  Or simply a conversation piece?  —  Whichever, all eyes were on the Spanish star …
Reagan Alexander / People.com:
Anna Paquin & Stephen Moyer's Romance Not True Secret at Work  —  They purposely played down their romance on set - even fooling their costars - but True Blood creator Alan Ball says he was on to Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer from the start.  —  “I know that they think that nobody knew …
Discussion: Extra
 
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Sharon Churcher / Daily Mail:
Jude's the daddy: DNA test proves actor Law IS the father …
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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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