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8:45 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 …
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.
Lisa Ingrassia / People.com:
FIRST PHOTOS: Nicole Richie and Joel Madden Introduce Baby Sparrow!  —  Nicole Richie and Sparrow  —  Six weeks after welcoming their first son, Nicole Richie and Joel Madden - along with their 22-month-old daughter Harlow - are showing off the latest addition to their family, Sparrow James Midnight Madden.
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Fox News:
Fox411 Exclusive: Lindsay Lohan jealous of Sam Ronson and Nicole Richie
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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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Mitch Winehouse on drug issues
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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!
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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.
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!
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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).
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.
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
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Ninja Turtles snapped up by Nickelodeon  —  New CG-animated TV series, feature film for 2012  —  NEW YORK — Viacom's Nickelodeon has acquired the global rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from The Mirage Group and 4Kids Entertainment for approximately $60 million.
Discussion: Splash Page and Perez Hilton
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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: Perez Hilton
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
Associated Press:
Judge orders retrial in Travolta extortion case  —  NASSAU, Bahamas - The trial of two people accused of trying to extort John Travolta following the death of his son in the Bahamas has ended in a mistrial after a lawmaker suggested the still-deliberating jury had acquitted one of the defendants.
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.
Access Hollywood:
Access Sneak Peek: Katherine Jackson's Love For ‘Dancing’  —  Katherine Jackson,Dancing With the Stars,La Toya Jackson ,Reality TV,TV,ABC  —  Get a sneak peek of Access' exclusive interview with Katherine Jackson at “Dancing With The Stars.”  For more, watch Access Hollywood on October 21.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
 
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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

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