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12:30 PM ET, November 19, 2009

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Marla Lehner / People.com:
Robert Pattinson: A Fan Took Her Clothes Off for Me  —  Robert Pattinson didn't realize the power of his own words - until a fan starting stripping after he made an off-hand suggestion.  —  It happened “after a period of signing 500 signatures,” the New Moon heartthrob tells Ellen DeGeneres on her show airing Friday.
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Us Weekly:
Robert Pattinson: I Told a Female Fan to Strip for Me — and She Did!
Discussion: TEN Gossip, iVillage and DailyFill.com
Us Weekly:   Robert Pattinson Won't Bite Fans Because of Swine Flu!
Daniel Jacobson / Gossip Cop:
David Letterman to Robert Pattinson: “Oh, Bite Me”
Lindsay Robertson / omg! on Yahoo!:
Demi Moore's W Cover: Worst Photoshop Ever?  —  Everyone knows by now that magazines extensively airbrush the stars on their covers, and usually the celebs appreciate a little touchup and wouldn't want it any other way.  But imagine Demi Moore, 47, getting her first look at the latest …
Us Weekly:
BREAKING NEWS: Nicole Richie Hospitalized for Pneumonia  —  Nicole Richie has checked herself into a Los Angeles hospital.  —  A rep for the star tells Usmagazine.com, “Nicole has checked into Ceders Sinai where she is being treated for pneumonia.  She is doing well.”
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Us Weekly:
PHOTO: See Heidi Klum's Post-Baby Body!  —  Project Runway's Heidi Klum has said “auf wiedersehen” to her baby weight.  —  On Wednesday, she revealed her post-baby body as she joined Victoria's Secret supermodels Wednesday as they promoted the upcoming Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in NYC.
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Us Weekly:
Audrina Patridge and Glee's Mark Salling Get Close at Party  —  The Hills are alive with the sound of Glee?  —  At Thursday's Us Weekly Hot Hollywood party at L.A. hotspot Voyeur, Audrina Patridge only had eyes for a brand-new bad boy: Mark Salling, the mohawk-sporting hunk from FOX's new hit show Glee.
Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:
Anne Hathaway Wanted For ‘Spider-Man 4’  —  EXCLUSIVE: You know I'm insecure about my geek bonafides which I've been trying to improve in recent years.  (Heck, I grew up never reading a single comic book.)  But I'm aware that the Internet has been afloat with Spider-Man 4 casting rumors in recent days.
Dorothy Pomerantz / Forbes:
Hollywood's Most Overpaid Stars  —  Will Ferrell tops our list of actors who cost more than their box office worth.  —  LOS ANGELES — This summer's Land of the Lost was one of those epic Hollywood disasters that makes outsiders question why anyone is in the movie business.
TMZ.com:
John Kerry's Daughter — Busted  —  Senator John Kerry's daughter, Alexandra Forbes Kerry, was arrested early this morning on suspicion of DUI ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ.  —  It went down in Hollywood at 12:40 AM in Hollywood.  Alexandra, a 36-year-old film producer and director …
Discussion: Perez Hilton, omg! and Right Celebrity
Us Weekly:
Martha Stewart Slams Rachael Ray  —  Martha Stewart says Rachael Ray can't hold a candle to her in the kitchen.  —  In her first television interview since serving five months in prison in 2004 for lying to investigators about a well-timed stock trade, Stewart, 68, talks to ABC News' Nightline …
Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on ‘House,’ ‘Criminal Minds,’ ‘Glee,’ ‘Smallville,’ 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: House writer Tommy Moran tweeted that episode 14 is a big one for Cuddy.
Discussion: TV Fanatic
Michael Y. Park / People.com:
Robert Pattinson Admits All the Tabloid Rumors Are True  —  It's all true, Twilight fans: Robert Pattinson is dating a costar, is engaged, has had a drug overdose, and has had an injury involving his derriere.  All of it.  —  “I actually come up with these rumors myself,” the British actor …
Discussion: Socialite Life
3am.co.uk:
Thanks Dad!  Mitch Winehouse tells the world Amy's boobs have burst  —  Specials  —  Mitch Winehouse has rubbished claims that his daughter Amy went to hospital the other day for a cold - revealing it was due to her new boobs going pop.  —  Telegraphing the news on his Living TV show, Mitch said: “It wasn't because she had a cold.
Nick Levine / Digital Spy:
They've only gone and done it again!  —  Crikey!  Have you seen the new Attitude cover yet?  —  And just take a look at what's waiting for your perving peepers inside.  —  The December issue of Attitude - which, you'll be glad to know, features even more shirtless shots of Sean Maguire - is on sale now.
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
David Caplan / People.com:
Ex-BFF: Lindsay Lohan Shows ‘What Not to Do’  —  Young Hollywood, take note: Lindsay Lohan is no role model - even for those living in the fastest of lanes.  —  So says her former BFF, socialite Courtenay Semel, in a candid interview in the upcoming December issue of Curve, http …
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Alexander Skarsgard Denies Romancing Kate Bosworth; Says Expect More Nudity & Sex On True Blood  —  Relax ladies, Alexander Skarsgard is still on the market.  At Wednesday night's GQ Men of the Year party at the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Hollywood, the True Blood star …
Daily Mail:
A diva demand too far, Mariah Carey: Call for 20 white kittens blocked by elf ‘n’ safety  —  As one of the world's biggest stars, Mariah Carey doesn't know the meaning of the word No.  —  But it appears Britain's health and safety officials are about to teach her.
Discussion: Dlisted, Yeeeah! and L.A. Rag Mag
TMZ.com:
Paris Hilton — It Wasn't Me!  —  Paris Hilton says her neighbor and cops are mistaken — she wasn't in the epic driveway fight this morning that sent squad cars rollin' to her house.  —  Here's Hilton's story: “Doug and I were in bed, sound asleep, when Doug's houseguests from hell got into an argument.
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Kate Major Retains Lawyer to Sue Jon Gosselin  —  Jon Gosselin's embarrassingly public blunders are hitting him right where it counts - the wallet.  —  RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively that the reality dad's former fling, Kate Major, has retained an attorney …
ABCNEWS:
Janet: Family ‘Not Naive’ About MJ's Addiction  —  Exclusive: Jackson Tells Robin Roberts Family Staged Drug Interventions, But 'You Can't Make ‘Em Drink the Water’  —  In an exclusive interview, Janet Jackson told ABC's Robin Roberts that her family was not naive about Michael Jackson's drug problem …
Jason Gay / GQ Magazine: GQ:
Obsession of the Year  —  Hint: All the girls are gossiping about her  —  RIGHT, WE KNOW, we hear you: the girl from Gossip Girl?  There isn't a single self-respecting male who watches the CW's lusciously bitchy comic soap about juvenile stylistas navigating the social spiderweb of New York's Upper East Side.
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Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Hilary Duff Is Gone From Gossip Girl; Find Out Who's Hooking Up Next!
Discussion: Gossip Girl Insider
 
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