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6:20 PM ET, October 20, 2009

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Liz McNeil / People.com:
Housewives' Bethenny Frankel Is Pregnant  —  Bethenny Frankel and Jason Hoppy  —  Bethenny Frankel, who got engaged to her boyfriend Jason Hoppy earlier this month, is pregnant with her first child she tells PEOPLE exclusively.  —  Although The Real Housewives of New York City star had hoped …
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Listen to Rihanna's Long-Awaited Comeback Single “Russian Roulette”  —  The wait is ova - for the long awaited return of multi-platinum, award-winning singer Rihanna to the music scene.  —  Her fourth original studio album, Rated R, is scheduled to arrive in the physical and digital marketplace on Monday, November 23rd.
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Michael K / Dlisted:   Balthazar Getty Is Not Getting With This
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Lindsay Lohan denies Balthazar Getty hookup: “I love Samantha”
Discussion: CelebNewsWire and People.com
Cindy Crawford / Us Weekly:
Katie Holmes: Suri Picks Out My Clothes!  —  Katie Holmes has the ultimate celebrity stylist: Suri!  —  At Elle magazine's Women in Hollywood Tribute Monday night in Beverly Hills, Holmes, 30, confirmed to Usmagazine.com that her fashion-forward daughter, 3 (with husband Tom Cruise, 47) …
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Jess / INF Daily:
KATIE HOLMES' CELEBRITY STYLIST REVEALED...
Discussion: omg!
Details Magazine:
FOR THE LOVE OF ADAM LAMBERT  —  WHY DOES EVERY WOMAN IN AMERICA WANT TO SLEEP WITH THE AMERICAN IDOL?  —  They started throwing the bras in Tacoma.  That was the second night of the American Idols Live Tour.  More flew in San Diego, Kansas City, and D.C. There were lacy, flowery bras and perky …
People.com:
Mischa Barton Says TV's Not for Her  —  Mischa Barton  —  Her show The Beautiful Life was cancelled almost before it began, but that didn't stop Mischa Barton from resuming her own beautiful life on Monday night at a party in New York City.  —  Demonstrating that she'd regained her model figure …
Mike Beaudet / MyFox Boston:
Big Brother winner Adam Jasinski charged with dealing drugs  —  Charged With Dealing Oxycodone  —  A reality television show star is in trouble with the law in Massachusetts, charged with flying to the Bay State to sell oxycodone pills.  —  Adam Jasinski, last year's winner of the CBS show …
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E! Online:
Ouch!  Rogue Shoe Buckle Sends Kelly Osbourne to Hospital After Dancing  —  You wouldn't know it to look at her, but Kelly Osbourne ended her paso doble in pain.  —  The unexplained injury that resulted in her gingerly dancing the group hustle in bare feet also led to a visit …
Jeffrey Slonim / People.com:
Meryl Streep's Next Great Role: Mother-in-Law!  —  Get ready for an acting dynasty: Actress Mamie Gummer, Meryl Streep's daughter, is engaged to stage actor Ben Walker, she told PEOPLE at the annual Whitney Gala Monday night, sponsored by Versace.  —  And he did on the old-fashioned way - on one knee.
Discussion: Extra and Lifeline Live
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Nathan Rabin / A.V. Club:
Bronson Pinchot  —  Bronson Pinchot will forever be best known as the zany, loveable goofball immigrant from the hit '80s sitcom Perfect Strangers, but he's racked up an impressive résumé of character roles in film, stage, and television.  A Yale graduate, Pinchot made his film debut …
Kathy Heintzelman / MORE Magazine:
Diane Keaton Doesn't Miss Men  —  A man is “a huge part of life that's missing, yeah, but I don't miss it,” Diane Keaton says in a frank, funny and fearless cover story in the November 2009 issue of MORE.  She calls her independence “wonderful.  I'm free to do what I want to try to do.
Popeater:
Elisabetta Canalis' Maxim Spread Makes Clooney's Choice Perfectly Clear  —  We don't know much about George Clooney's girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis, but a new photo spread in Maxim proves one thing beyond a shadow of a doubt: the model/actress is smoking hot.
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Adam Shankman gets ready to ‘Rock’  —  ‘Hairspray’ director takes on New Line film  —  “Hairspray” helmer Adam Shankman is signing on to direct and choreograph the screen version of the Broadway musical “Rock of Ages” for New Line Cinema.  —  The film will begin production by next summer and be released by Warner Bros. in 2011.
Michael Y. Park / People.com:
Kristen Bell Has a ‘Safe Zone’ with Dax Shepard  —  Let the other celebrities have their parties, clubs, and run-ins with the paparazzi.  For Kristen Bell, nothing beats a night at home with boyfriend Dax Shepard over a good board game.  —  “There is almost nothing, barring a natural disaster …
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com and Moejackson
Cindy Crawford / Us Weekly:
Angelina and Brad Comfort Orphaned Children in Jordan  —  Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's do-gooding continues.  —  During their recent trip to the Middle East - during which they met with refugees in Syria - the two also popped by the SOS Children's Village orphanage in Amman, Jordan …
Discussion: Crabbie's Hollywood
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Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Heidi Montag Wanted Cash To Attend Sister's Birthday Party  —  LOS ANGELES — Heidi Montag Refused to Attend Her Sister's Birthday Party Without Being Paid  —  Whatever happened to the good old days when family was more important than finances?  —  Holly Montag celebrated her 26th Birthday …
 
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Khloe and Lamar — Prenup Is a Done Deal!
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Heene Family Disturbance — The 911 Call
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New York Post:
Salman ‘hung-up on Padma’
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Britney Spears / New York Post:
Britney Spears done with junk food
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Michael Fleming / Variety:
Mia Hamm gets producing kicks
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Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Spoiler Chat: Who's Crossing Over Next on Grey's And Private Practice?
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
TMZ.com:
Richard Heene — Check Out My Theme Songs!
Discussion: Videogum and TV Tattle
 

 
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David Gilmour / Mediaite:
Elon Musk appears to confirm that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X, saying it is to stop “lazy linking”

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Trade body data: copyrighted music revenue was $45.5B in 2023, above cinema box office spending of $33.2B in 2023 and $41.9B in 2019; record labels made $28.5B

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: CVC Capital Partners and a major European broadcaster, thought to be France's Groupe TF1, are among those considering a takeover of the UK's ITV

 
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