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9:50 AM ET, October 22, 2009

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Tim Stack / EW.com:
‘Glee’ Exclusive: Madonna is on board!  Is Adam Lambert next?  —  Are you sitting down, Gleeks?  Well you might want to, because we have some exclusive Glee news that's positively Madge-ical.  EW has learned that Madonna has given Glee the rights to her catalog and that an all-Madonna-music episode …
Simon Perry / People.com:
Amy Winehouse's Dad: She and Her New Boobs Are ‘Fantastic’  —  Amy Winehouse is a completely different person from who she was this time last year, her father says.  The singer, 26, is doing well both inside and out - and that includes her recent breast enhancement.
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ITV:
Mitch Winehouse on drug issues
Discussion: OK! Magazine, iVillage and Dlisted
Alison Maxwell / Lifeline Live:
Rosie O'Donnell, partner may be heading toward split  —  Rosie O'Donnell has confirmed to Lifeline Live that she and partner Kelli Carpenter, 42, are on the rocks.  —  In an interview at her Nyack, N.Y., compound Tuesday, USA TODAY's Ann Oldenburg asked if the two had split …
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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE DETAILS: Rosie O'Donnell's Wife Moves Out  —  Rosie O'Donnell's wife has moved out and is spending most nights away from her, RadarOnline.com has exclusively confirmed.  —  Rosie O'Donnell's Marriage Crumbling  —  Kelli Carpenter took their youngest child and moved into the couple's Manhattan condo several months ago.
Miss Info / MissInfo.tv:
Chris Brown talks to Angie Martinez: “I'm human, I hurt, cry, I feel pain, I feel shame...it's not easy to let my friend go.”  —  Angie Martinez got the chance to sit down face-to-face with Chris Brown (who also shot the cover of the new Vibe Magazine in Brooklyn apparently) …
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Perez Hilton:
Chris Brown Speaks Out - Again!
Discussion: omg!
Ken Lee / People.com:
Paparazzo Rear-Ends Car Jackson Family Car  —  Blanket, Paris and Prince Jackson  —  A photographer following Michael Jackson's children got into an accident Wednesday with one of the family's vehicles in Los Angeles, according to police.  —  “The damage was minor and there were no injuries,” says Sgt. Ann Pickering.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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TMZ.com:
Jackson Kids Involved in Car Accident  —  UPDATE 6:00 PM PT: Sources close to the Jackson family tell us Grace Rwaramba — the kids' nanny — was driving the car with the kids inside.  We're told the Jackson caravan was on the way to karate class, but the paparazzi gave chase …
Discussion: Popeater and OK! Magazine
Siobhan Morrissey / People.com:
Mistrial Declared in John Travolta Extortion Case  —  After nearly four weeks in a courtroom, a Bahamian judge declared a surprise mistrial late Wednesday in the John Travolta extortion trial, leaving the actor and his attorneys mystified and upset.  —  Senior Supreme Court Judge Anita Allen declared …
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Associated Press:
Judge orders retrial in Travolta extortion case
Discussion: Dlisted, TMZ.com and Evil Beet Gossip
Sonka / Good Charlotte:
Married??  —  I keep getting emails from old friends and family asking about a wedding.  NO we didn't get married. … Comment by acmgc6 1 hour ago … Comment by Sassy Tilla! 1 hour ago
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Lisa Ingrassia / People.com:
FIRST PHOTOS: Nicole Richie and Joel Madden Introduce Baby Sparrow!
Fox News:
Fox411 Exclusive: Lindsay Lohan jealous of Sam Ronson and Nicole Richie
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Michael Schneider / Variety:
CW orders more ‘Vampire Diaries’  —  ‘Melrose’ scores additional five episodes  —  The CW has given a full-season order to frosh hit “The Vampire Diaries,” while also giving a vote of confidence to its struggling “Melrose Place” redux.  —  While not giving “Melrose” a full back nine …
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Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
Scoop: ‘Vampire Diaries,’ ‘Melrose Place’ picked up!
Discussion: Radio & TV Talk
TMZ.com:
Jackson's Will — Randy Says Not MJ's Signature  —  Randy Jackson claims Michael Jackson could not have signed his 2002 will, because he was 2,475 air miles away from the place the document was supposedly inked.  —  According to the will, it was signed on July 7, 2002 at 5:00 PM in Los Angeles.
Corinne Bailey Rae / People.com:
Corinne Bailey Rae Sets New Album Release Date  —  Corinne Bailey Rae is set to sail on a new journey in her career with the release of her new album The Sea on Feb. 2, it was announced Thursday.  —  The singer, 30, whose husband Jason was found dead in March 2008, has spoken of how she has channeled …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
TMZ.com:
‘Smallville’ Actor Arrested in Big-Time Drug Deal  —  One of the stars of “Smallville” was arrested this morning — after cops say he was part of a conspiracy to deal more than 10,000 pills of oxycodone.  —  TMZ has learned Sam Jones, who played Clark Kent's best friend on the show …
Cindy Crawford / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Mom: Britney's New Beau Would Make a “Dream” Husband  —  After a rocky romance with paparazzo Adnan Ghalib and a devastating marriage to Kevin Federline, Britney Spears has found love with agent Jason Trawick — and her mother, Lynne, thinks he is The One, Us Weekly reports in its latest issue (on newsstands now).
Lizzie Smith / Daily Mail:
Desperate Housewives: Wisteria Lane is destroyed in giant plane crash... but who's going to die?  —  Desperate Housewives wouldn't be entertaining if it didn't push the boundaries of believability.  —  But a giant plane crashing out of the sky?  The shocking scenes in the new series leave …
Discussion: Pop Crunch and Perez Hilton
Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on ‘Lost,’ 'House, 'Grey's,' ‘NCIS,’ ‘Glee,’ and more!  —  Got a scoop request?  An anonymous tip you're dying to share?  Just want to say hi?  You can send any/all of the above to ausielloscoop@ew.com  —  Question: Is Emilie de Ravin going to be back on Lost for the whole season or just a few episodes?
Discussion: Gossip Girl Insider
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
T.R. Knight: Anatomy of Breakup  —  Rosie O'Donnell isn't the only one this morning whose love is on the rocks.  —  Sources confirm that T.R. Knight and his boyfriend of about two years, Mark Cornelsen, have called it quits.  —  “It's amicable,” one source says of the breakup, which was first reported by In Touch.
Margalit Fox / New York Times:
Collin Wilcox, Actress in ‘Mockingbird’, Dies at 74  —  Collin Wilcox, a ubiquitous actress whose face was familiar to television viewers in the 1960s and afterward for her guest appearances on shows like “The Untouchables,” “The Twilight Zone,” “The Defenders” and “Gunsmoke,” died on Oct. 14 at her home in Highlands, N.C. She was 74.
Discussion: Popeater
Lynn Hirschberg / New York Times:
The Audacity of ‘Precious’  —  I.  —  At the Cannes International Film Festival in May, in the loud, chaotic bar at the Martinez Hotel, Lee Daniels seemed, as he often does, both ecstatic and nervous.  He jumped, he slumped, his mood changing from giddy to anxious.
Discussion: Movieline, kenneth in the and Jezebel
Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
ABC developing 'I'm With Stupid'  —  Multicamera comedy set to star Judy Greer  —  ABC is developing “I'm With Stupid,” a multicamera comedy series starring Judy Greer and executive produced by feature scribe Allan Loeb.  —  Based on Elaine Szewczyk's novel, “Stupid” …
Access Hollywood:
Rep: Heidi & Spencer Didn't Skip Sister's Birthday Due To Lack Of Cash  —  Heidi Montag,Spencer Pratt,The Hills,Reality TV,TV  —  Despite a report claiming that Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt skipped out on Holly Montag's birthday bash due to a lack of an appearance fee for “The Hills” …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Just Jared:
Shenae Grimes is Leopard Print Lovely  —  Shenae Grimes shows off her wild side in a pair of leopard print booties as she poses with fellow actresses Katie Cassidy and Jenna Dewan at the Elle Women in Hollywood Tribute in Beverly Hills on Monday (October 19).
Brian Hiatt / Rolling Stone:
Inside The Monster Ball: Lady Gaga Reveals Plans for Ambitious New Tour  —  Just two weeks after Lady Gaga's Fame Kills Tour with Kanye West was cancelled, the ambitious pop star announced plans for an unprecedented “multimedia artistic experience” called The Monster Ball.
 
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Erin Carlson / Popeater:
Is Miley Cyrus Too Young for ‘Sex’?
Jeanne Wolf / PARADE Magazine:
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Access Hollywood:
Access Sneak Peek: Katherine Jackson's Love For ‘Dancing’
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Ninja Turtles snapped up by Nickelodeon
Discussion: Splash Page and Perez Hilton
New York Post:
P.R. pals hang up on ‘spy’ Ali Wise
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Extra:
Shirtless Mario Gets Dunked on ‘Ellen’
TMZ.com:
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Daily Mail:
Gossip Girl's Blake Lively spoils a sexy outfit with her blotchy chest
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Socialite Life
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

Anja Karadeglija / The Canadian Press:
Meta clashes with Canada's CRTC over the Online News Act by declining to publicly release information about its measures to block news content on its platforms

 
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