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11:40 AM ET, October 13, 2009

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Sarah Michaud / People.com:
Heidi Klum & Seal Welcome a Daughter  —  Heidi Klum & Seal  —  Auf wiedersehen, maternity clothes!  —  Heidi Klum has given birth to a girl.  The Project Runway host delivered daughter Lou Samuel on Oct. 9 in Los Angeles, her rep confirms to PEOPLE.  —  Lou joins siblings Johan, 2 ½, Henry, 4, and Leni, 5.
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Cindy Crawford / Us Weekly:
Heidi Klum Gives Birth to Baby Girl!
Discussion: Celebritology
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TMZ.com:
Judge to Jon & Kate — Settle this Mess!  —  The judge in the Jon and Kate Gosselin divorce clearly has had it up to here ... he didn't rule on any of the epic conflicts but ordered Jon and Kate to settle up and work it out with the arbitrator.  The judge said he'll be down with anything …
Discussion: OK! Magazine
TMZ.com:
Jon & Kate Plus a Court Date
Discussion: Us Weekly and Buzz
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BBC:
Gately ‘died of natural causes’  —  The Boyzone singer Stephen Gately died of natural causes, a post-mortem examination in Spain has established.  —  An official said he suffered pulmonary oedema, which is an accumulation of fluid on the lungs.  —  The 33-year-old star was found dead at his holiday home in Majorca on Saturday.
Discussion: ArtsBeat and PopSugar UK
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Daniel Kilkelly / Digital Spy:
Stephen Gately ‘died of natural causes’
Discussion: Reuters
DailyFill.com:
Vince Vaughn Is An A#*hole  —  Since bursting onto the scene with Swingers back in 1996, Vince Vaughn has become a force to be reckoned with at the box office.  Although he's had his fair share of flops, Vaughn has appeared in some of the most popular comedic films of the past decade such as Old School and Wedding Crashers.
Discussion: Pop Crunch
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Carrie Underwood Is Coming to Your TV Screen  —  Christmas is coming a little early for Carrie Underwood: FOX is giving the American Idol fourth-season winner her own two-hour variety special.  —  The singer, 26, will host Brad Paisley, Dolly Parton and fellow Idol alum David Cook on her Dec. 7 show …
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com
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Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
Carrie Underwood headlines Fox variety show
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip and TV Tattle
David Letterman / New York Post:
$1M suit hits Madge trainer  —  Tracy Anderson, claims she swindled him out of $1 million and drove him into bankruptcy.  —  Anderson — who, as we revealed Saturday, has been ditched by the Queen of Pop — is being sued by creditors of  —  Glynn Barber, who was persuaded to invest in her company.
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Crackheads are clever: Lindsay Lohan's ingenious Parisian jewel heist  —  Yesterday, I noted several things about Lindsay Lohan's three-week Paris jaunt.  First, I think she would only be able to stay in Paris for three solid weeks if she found a really good dealer.
Discussion: RADAR, Hint Magazine and CelebNewsWire
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Amina Akhtar / New York Magazine:
Lindsay Lohan Goes Borrowing
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Robert Pattinson: I Can't Find a Date  —  Women take note: It may not be as hard to find your way into Robert Pattinson's heart as you might think.  Just remember his name.  —  “Girls scream out for Edward, not Robert,” the Twilight star tells the Sydney Morning Herald.  “I still can't get a date.”
Stephanie Barish / WPIX:
Scrubs Star Zach Braff Not Dead, Despite “Report”  —  wpix.com  —  NEW YORK (WPIX) - Actor Zach Braff seems to be the latest celebrity killed on the internet.  —  Braff, 34, is alive and well despite a rumor that popped up on Twitter, complete with a fake CNN article that stated Braff had died of an apparent suicide.
Discussion: Popeater and Oh No They Didn't!
TMZ.com:
College to Letterman: Don't Touch Our Interns!  —  A Connecticut college has initiated a new program to keep David Letterman interns at arms length from the host.  —  A rep from Quinnipiac University tells TMZ: … David might be happy to know the college has no plans to end the program.
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Paramount sets sights on ‘Money’ men  —  Studio in negotiations with Chris Pine, D.J. Caruso  —  Paramount Pictures is in negotiations with thesp Chris Pine and director D.J. Caruso to put fact-based drama “The Art of Making Money” on a fast track to begin production early next year.
TMZ.com:
Anna Nicole Drug Prelim: The Birkhead Dilemma  —  The preliminary hearing for the people accused of fueling Anna Nicole Smith with drugs kicks off today... and Larry Birkhead faces an almost impossible situation.  —  We're told Birkhead will testify either Thursday or Friday.
TMZ.com:
‘Glee’ Cast Dumped from Macy's Parade  —  The hit FOX show “Glee” is chorus non grata at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade ... and we've learned NBC is behind it all.  —  The network that can't produce a hit to save its life — at least this year — has banned the cast of “Glee” from appearing at the Parade that airs on NBC.
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Spoiler Chat: OMG, Look Who's Hooking Up Next!  —  Hooray for the sexual Petri dish of prime time!  Not only is Gossip Girl's much-buzzed-about threesome on the way (and yes, we have scoop on that, too), but sources are buzzing about a new core coupling on the way that many of you fans have been speculating about...
Discussion: Gossip Girl Insider
Emma Barrow / News of the World:
Kandy Rain: Cheryl's a bit hypocritical  —  Ex strippers hit back at judge after being axed from the show  —  SEXY X Factor girl group Kandy Rain have hit back at judge Cheryl Cole - after she branded them too provocative on Saturday's live show.  —  The former strippers …
PEOPLE Pets Top 5 Treats:
Brooke Burns Is Reunited with Her Missing Maltipoo  —  Melrose Place actress Brooke Burns and her 9-year-old daughter Madison are overjoyed at the return of their missing maltipoo, Max, who disappeared last week when painters left a door open at their Toluca Lake, Calif., home.
Discussion: Lifeline Live and TMZ.com
Popeater:
Courtney Love Ditches Twitter, Too  —  Not long after pop star Miley Cyrus fell off the Twitter-verse, rock ranter Courtney Love has disappeared from the social blog, too.  Allegedly Love's site was shut down after she posted a series of inflammatory tweets calling fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir a “nasty lying hosebag thief.”
Cindy Crawford / Us Weekly:
Audrina: Heidi Montag Wants to Be “Next Octomom!”  —  Forget being the next Britney Spears!  The Hills' Heidi Montag has a new celebrity aspiration.  —  “She said she wanted to be the next Octomom!”  Hills star Audrina Patridge told Usmagazine.com at the Surfrider's 25th Anniversary Gala on Friday in L.A. …
Courtney Hazlett / msnbc.com:
Scoop: Kanye West seeks refuge in India  —  Plus: No happy Thanksgiving for ‘Glee’; ‘Sexy Fingers’ Cannon turns 29  —  Kanye West, still infamous for interrupting Taylor Swift at the MTV VMAs, is reportedly taking a break — in India.  —  The Scoop  —  The BET Hip-Hop awards went …
Mike Fleming / BFDealmemo:
Cruise Pic Gets a Title  —  Months after landing Tom Cruise over several other studios that courted him, 20th Century Fox has finally found a title for the film he is currently shooting.  —  Studio has firmed “Knight & Day” as the new title for a film that had previously been known around town as “Wichita” and “Trouble Man.”
E! Online:
Source: Angie “Couldn't Care Less” About Jen  —  AP Photo/Chris Pizzello; Eric Charbonneau/Le Studio/Getty Images  —  Is it time the public (OK, mostly media) to stop dragging out this whole Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie-Jennifer Aniston faux love triangle?  Jen got dumped for another girl …
Discussion: msnbc.com and OK! Magazine
 
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Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
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‘Glee’ tour in planning stages for 2010
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People.com:
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Tim Nixon / The Sun:
Rourke: I meant what I said  —  MICKEY ROURKE is standing …
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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

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A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

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