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12:40 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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Catriona Wightman / Digital Spy:   Walsh ‘will not appear on X Factor’
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’
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: Gawker, Jezebel and New York Magazine
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
Aaron Parsley / People.com:
VIDEO: DJ AM's Heartbreaking Final TV Series  —  The legacy of DJ AM will not only be about music.  The celebrity deejay, whose real name was Adam Goldstein, will also be remembered as someone who struggled with addiction - and helped young people fighting the same fight.
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
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.
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler and EW.com
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Gil Kaufman / MTV:
New Michael Jackson Song, ‘This Is It,’ To Debut Online Monday
Discussion: Right Celebrity and Perez Hilton
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
Steven Zeitchik / The Hollywood Reporter:
Charlize steps out of ‘Tourist’ role, and Angelina could be making the trip instead  —  Charlize Theron has opted out of the Spyglass-produced thriller “The Tourist,” to which she has long been attached, and in talks to replace her is one Angelina Jolie, sources say.
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
Brandi Fowler / E! Online:
Kanye West a No-Show At BET Hip-Hop Awards, T.I. Wins From Prison  —  Perhaps Kanye West is finally taking that much-needed “time off” from his stage-hijacking shenanigans.  —  After infamously stealing Taylor Swift's spotlight at the MTV Video Music Awards, the rapper bailed …
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