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12:55 PM ET, October 27, 2009

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Michael Y. Park / People.com:
Kate Gosselin Wants to Be in the Movies  —  Answering what she described as “any and all reasonable questions” on the Monday episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8, Kate Gosselin refuted allegations she and her now-estranged husband Jon staged their renewal of vows in Hawaii, she insisted her kids …
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Lara Martin / Digital Spy:
‘Jon & Kate’: ‘You Ask, Kate Answers’  —  This week's instalment of Jon & Kate Plus 8 saw Kate answering what she deemed “reasonable” questions submitted by viewers.  —  Among the topics she touched on were renewing her vows to estranged husband Jon, the kids' attitude to being famous and how the tabloids affect her life.
Discussion: TMZ.com
People.com:
Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom's Romantic New Tattoos  —  Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian's new tattoos  —  They may not have escaped on a honeymoon yet, but Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom are definitely celebrating their recent nuptials.  On Saturday, the duo got new tattoos of each other's initials …
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Khloe Kardashian:
Lamar & I Got Tattoos for Each Other!!!  —  Hi dolls!  Hope you all had a fabulous weekend...I definitely did!  Saturday night Lamar and I were eating at Sunset Plaza and I just said, “Let's go to Tattoo Mania!  I want a tattoo!”  I think the best tattoo experiences are the spontaneous ones …
Jennifer Garcia / People.com:
Jennifer Esposito and Mark Philippoussis Are Engaged  —  Tennis player Mark Philippoussis has scored love with actress Jennifer Esposito: The couple are engaged, PEOPLE has learned.  —  “They are happily engaged and enjoying their time together,” his rep says.
Simon Cable / Daily Mail:
Amy Winehouse up to her old tricks as she causes chaos at the Q Awards  —  He's certainly got a few tales of rock and roll debauchery of his own.  —  But in case Robert Plant had forgotten how it's done Amy Winehouse gave him the perfect demonstration.  —  The 26-year-old singer managed …
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Just Jared:
Ke$ha Hits Q Awards, Performs First UK Gig
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Popeater:
Polanski Victim Wants Charges Dropped  —  The woman who was raped by Roman Polanski when she was 13 years old has asked a Los Angeles court to dismiss the charges against the director, who is fighting extradition to the U.S. following his arrest in Zurich last month.
Discussion: omg!
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Daniel Nasaw / Guardian:
Roman Polanski's victim asks court to drop charges against director
Discussion: The Wrap
Cindy Crawford / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Levi Johnston Tells Us: “I Just Get Naked.  That's What I Do.”  —  Get ready for more — a lot more — of Levi Johnston.  —  The hockey-playing dad to Sarah Palin's grandson, Johnston, 19, is ready for his Playgirl close-up.  And while a date has yet to be set for his nude photo shoot …
Popeater:
Rihanna's ‘Rated R’ Album Cover Debut  —  You've probably seen Rihanna's racy single cover, and now PopEater is proud to exclusively premiere the cover for her impending album, ‘Rated R.’ The grainy black-and-white cover shows the R&B queen draped in hand jewelry and covering one eye.
Michael Schneider / Variety:
MacFarlane special loses Microsoft  —  Company yanks sponsorship of Fox show  —  Microsoft has yanked its sponsorship from Fox's upcoming Seth MacFarlane comedy/variety special over content concerns.  —  Fox still plans to air “Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show” …
Discussion: Company Town, Gawker and TV Squad
Michael Y. Park / People.com:
Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner Go on a Hockey Date  —  It was Taylor times two on Sunday when Taylor Lautner and Taylor Swift were spotted together attending a hockey game in L.A.  —  Both in chic black, Lautner, 17, and Swift, 19 - who are costarring in the movie Valentine's Day together …
Richard Johnson / New York Post:
Scientology flack strikes out  —  LESS than an hour before a damaging piece on the Church of Scientology was set to air on ABC's “Nightline,” the controversial faith's spokesman,  —  Tommy Davis, showed up unannounced at the studio and tried to get the segment spiked.
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Carr to drive ‘Short Circuit’ remake  —  ‘Mall Cop’ director takes on Dimension comedy  —  Dimension Films has signed Steve Carr to direct “Short Circuit,” the remake of the 1986 sci-fi pic.  —  Carr is coming off the Kevin James hit “Paul Blart: Mall Cop.”
TMZ.com:
Joe Francis Suing — Jayde Threatened to Kill Me!  —  Joe Francis claims Brody Jenner's 115-pound girlfriend threatened to kill him during a bar fight back in August — and now the Girls Gone Wild kingpin is suing, claiming he feared for his life.  —  According to the lawsuit …
Examiner:
Carmen Electra, Megan Fox top ‘Strippers Most Wanted Pole Partners’ list  —  For New York strippers and entertainers, Carmen Electra and Megan Fox top the list for “Strippers Most Wanted Pole Partners”.  —  According to a survey conducted on girls of Scores NYC, the pole-dancing ladies …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Renee Zellweger / NY Daily News:
Renee Zellweger to spend holidays in Philadelphia with boyfriend Bradley Cooper's family - source  —  Renee Zellweger is getting ready to “meet the parents” - Bradley Cooper's parents, that is.  —  A source close to the Oscar winner reveals that she's headed to Philadelphia for the holidays …
TMZ.com:
Beyonce & Jay-Z Get Real Tipsy  —  Beyonce and Jay-Z dropped $1200 on lunch at Nello's in NYC yesterday and left a $500 tip ... because they can.  —  Accompanied by an entourage of about ten bodyguards, we're told the music super tippers ordered white truffles, lobster salad and a bottle of Dom.
Discussion: CONCRETELOOP.COM
Cindy Crawford / Us Weekly:
Elisabeth Moss and Fred Armisen Get Married!  —  Mad Men actress Elisabeth Moss and Saturday Night Live funnyman Fred Armisen are now husband and wife!  —  The couple wed on Sunday at The Foundry in Long Island City, New York, the actress' rep confirms to Usmagazine.com.
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TMZ.com:
Springsteen Cancels Show After Family Death  —  Bruce Springsteen canceled a concert in Kansas City tonight after his cousin, Lenny Sullivan, was found dead in his hotel room — a source close to the band tells TMZ.  —  Springsteen announced the death on his official website, saying it was a “death in the family.”
TMZ.com:
Metallica Fears Timberlake Suspect  —  Sad but true ... the woman accused of stalking Justin Timberlake has already been banned from getting anywhere close to the boys from Metallica — the rockers got a restraining order against her back in March.  —  The docs were filed in L …
Guardian:
Robert Pattinson cross-stitch pattern  —  This Halloween, show your allegiance to the vampire world by crafting a cross-stitch sampler of Robert Pattinson, the star of the Twilight films  —  Download a pdf version of the pattern here, which allows you to zoom for a detailed view
Discussion: Gawker
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Twelfth knight: It's Cosby's time to claim the Twain prize  —  Well, this doesn't happen very often.  Wynton Marsalis, sax legend Jimmy Heath and . . . Willie Nelson played a boogie number together on the Kennedy Center Concert Hall stage Monday night in tribute to Bill Cosby, a would-be blues drummer himself.
Discussion: Gold Derby, BBC and PopWatch
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Details from inside Ivanka & Jared's wedding  —  THE wedding.  —  Ivanka Trumpto  —  Jared Kushner.  The prince and princess of local real estate.  The ceremony could've gone: “Do you take this building . . . ”  —  The Trumps are Catholic.  The Kush-ners, Orthodox Jewish.  The groom's father,
Discussion: New York Magazine and Gawker
Perez Hilton:
Rosie O' Donnell Talks Split And Angelina Romance?!  —  Don't worry!  It never went far!!  —  After reports of her split, Rosie O' Donnell opened up to Howard Stern today about her recent breakup with longtime partner Kelli Carpenter!  —  And don't count them out just yet!
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, Popeater and ETonline
Marc Graser / Variety:
More perfect ‘Union’ for Mouse, scribe  —  Bruckheimer taps Straczynski to adapt vidgame  —  Jerry Bruckheimer is plotting a civil war at Disney, tapping J. Michael Straczynski to adapt 2K Games' “Shattered Union.”  —  In the game, states secede from the U.S. and form their own governments …
Daily Mail:
'I took Simon Cowell's advice and had the lines on my chin filled in,' admits chef Gordon Ramsay  —  Gordon Ramsay has told how he underwent a painful beauty treatment to have the deep grooves on his chin filled in, on the advice of Simon Cowell.  —  The tough-talking F Word host …
Discussion: Dlisted
Michael Cieply / New York Times:
Following ‘Paranormal,’ What Price Scary Glory?  —  LOS ANGELES — While box office gurus speculate about the ultimate potential of Paramount's underground horror hit “Paranormal Activity,” Hollywood is puzzling over a trickier part of the equation: Based on its success, what is the next film from its director, Oren Peli, really worth?
Discussion: Movieline and New York Magazine
 
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