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1:30 PM 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.
TMZ.com:
Jon & Kate Plus a Court Date  —  UPDATE: The brief hearing is over — Jon and Kate are due back in court on October 26.  —  Jon & Kate Gosselin walked into Montgomery Courthouse in Pennsylvania just moments ago — separately — ready to battle over the $230,000 Jon allegedly withdrew from the bank account he shares with Kate.
Discussion: omg!, Us Weekly and Buzz
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TMZ.com:
Judge to Jon & Kate — Settle this Mess!
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com and OK! Magazine
Mark Kirby / GQ Magazine: GQ:
Oh, Betty!  —  January Jones spent years in Hollywood smiling through role after role as Babe #4 before landing a part as Betty Draper on ‘Mad Men’—the most complex, mysterious woman on television today.  And if you want to understand where America's sexiest housewife comes from?
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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.
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X17 Online:
Carrie Underwood To Return To Fox For A Holiday Special  —  Carrie Underwood will return to the network that launched her career, as she has signed on to do a two-hour variety special on Fox tentatively titled Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special.  Carrie will perform her previous hits …
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Carrie Underwood Is Coming to Your TV Screen
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com
Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
Carrie Underwood headlines Fox variety show
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, CelebNewsWire and Lohan Groupie
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Dominique Hines / Daily Mail:
‘I feel great with no clothes on,’ says supermodel Tyra Banks after dropping four dress sizes  —  Being a model can be something of a poisoned chalice.  If the model figure alters, everybody takes notice.  —  Which may explain why Tyra Banks, 35, hit the headlines two years ago after gaining 30lb, ballooning to a size 14-16.
Sadao / Ryan Seacrest What's Happening:
EXCLUSIVE: Listen to Leighton Meester's First Single “Somebody To Love”  —  Check out the debut single from Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester, “Somebody To Love” featuring R&B crooner Robin Thicke!  —  LISTEN |  Leighton Meester ft. Robin Thicke - “Somebody To Love”
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
Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
Matthew Perry develops single-camera project  —  To play the lead in comedy he'll co-write, exec produce  —  Matthew Perry is returning to broadcast television with a single-camera comedy.  —  The “Friends” alum is set to star in, co-write and executive produce the untitled project produced by Sony Pictures TV.
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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.”
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.
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
Empire News:
Ian McKellen Talks The Hobbit/Magneto  —  Exclusive: Sir Ian on his geek projects  —  Empire had the good fortune recently to catch up with one of our favourite knights, Sir Ian McKellen, at the San Sebastian Film Festival.  Naturally, we decided to pump him vigorously for the latest …
Cindy Crawford / Us Weekly:
T.R. Knight: “I Want a Baby”  —  “I want a baby,” the former Grey's Anatomy star reveals on Tuesday's Ellen DeGeneres Show.  —  He goes on, “I don't know if it's going to end up working out, but that would be something I would like.”  —  The actor, 36 — who is currently starring …
Marc Graser / Variety:
O'Keefe, Staples to adapt ‘Apaches’  —  Project has been in development since 1997  —  Jerry Bruckheimer Films isn't giving up on “Apaches.”  The company has tapped Sean O'Keefe and Will Staples to take a stab at adapting Lorenzo Carcaterra's novel about a group of renegade cops.
Nick Levine / Digital Spy:
Janet Jackson to release ‘Hits’ album  —  Janet Jackson is to release a career-spanning ‘Greatest Hits’ album, her label has announced.  —  The Best will collect 34 of the singer's most popular songs from 1986's breakthrough album Control to last year's Discipline set.
Discussion: X17 Online
Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
Thomas Lennon brings comedy to NBC  —  To write, star in project with Robert Ben Garant  —  Two months after he broke the news of his Comedy Central show “Reno 911!” coming to an end, series star/co-creator Thomas Lennon is headlining a new comedy project at NBC.
Discussion: Videogum and Collider
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.
 
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