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Gary Levin / USA Today:
‘Twist of Kate’: Gosselin's new TLC series — Kate Gosselin is struggling as a hoofer on Dancing With the Stars, but she already has found her new calling: using her role as an “example mom” to help and learn from others. — TLC announces plans today for the Jon & Kate Plus 8 star to get her own series …
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Kate Gosselin Returns to TV with Her Kids — Not since the heyday of Lucille Ball has one woman been so visible on TV - and now it's Kate Gosselin's turn. — From her launching pad to fame, Jon & Kate Plus 8, to her current stint on Dancing with the Stars, the mother-dancer-divorcée …
Daily Mail:
Demi Moore, 47: 'After years of trying to dominate it, I've finally got the body I've always wanted' — For years interest in her figure, and how she kept it in shape, overshadowed her acting career. — And Demi Moore did little to discourage the scrutiny - now admitting that she had an ‘extreme obsession’ with her body.
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Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
Oprah: Give Me the Night — The Queen of Daytime Is Becoming Nocturnal; A Big Bet for Her Network — Ms. Winfrey at a ‘Precious: Based On The Novel ‘Push’ By Sapphire’ press conference in 2009. — America's daytime talk-show queen is heading out at night.
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Blane Bachelor / People.com:
Oprah Winfrey's Next Chapter? A Nighttime Talk Show
Oprah Winfrey's Next Chapter? A Nighttime Talk Show
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New York Post:
Gossip breaks up Ed Westwick & Jessica Szohr — “Gossip Girl” star Ed Westwick has dumped co-star and girlfriend Jessica Szohr after hearing rumors she was cozying up with one of his best friends. — Heartbroken Westwick split with Szohr in an emotional phone call last week after learning …
Tom Peck / The Independent:
Malcolm McLaren dies aged 64 — Malcolm McLaren, the former manager of the Sex Pistols and impresario, has died. He was 64. — McLaren had had cancer for some time. His condition recently deteriorated rapidly and he died this morning in New York. His body is expected to be brought home …
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Eric Ditzian / MTV:
‘Jersey Shore’ Is Heading Back To New Jersey! — Season two premieres Thursday, July 29, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on MTV. — MTV's “Jersey Shore” kids were dropped into Seaside Heights as a bunch of dance-crazed, sun-craving unknowns, and before you could shout “GTL,” they were reality superstars.
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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Jesse James Spent Several Hundred Thousand Dollars On Mistresses — Jesse James spent several hundred thousand dollars on his various mistresses while cheating on Sandra Bullock for the past several years, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively. — PHOTOS: Hollywood's Dirtiest Divorces
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Associated Press:
‘Survivor’ producer named suspect in wife's death in Cancun — MEXICO CITY — “Survivor” and “Pimp My Ride” producer Bruce Beresford-Redman is a suspect in his wife's death days after reporting her missing in the resort city of Cancun, a Mexican official said Thursday.
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Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Christina Milian Debuts Daughter Violet! — Meet Christina Milian's daughter, Violet. — The singer, 28, and husband of six months, producer The-Dream, 32, welcomed the girl, their first child, Feb. 26 — and they debut her adorable first photo in the new Us Weekly (on newsstands now).
Eunice Oh / People.com:
Fergie: ‘I Used to Be the Cheater’ — She has a hit song about not “phunk"ing with someone's heart, but Fergie confesses she was once guilty of doing just that. — “When I was younger, I used to be the cheater,” the Black Eyed Peas singer, 35, tells Elle in its May issue, on newsstands April 14.
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Mary Beth Quirk / OK! Magazine:
OK! EXCLUSIVE: Leighton Meester & Sebastian Stan Split — It seems that one of Gossip Girl's many real-life romances is over: Leighton Meester and her boyfriend (and sometime co-star) Sebastian Stan have split, a friend of the actress-musician tells OK!. — So why the split now, when things seemed to be going so well?
Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on ‘Lost,’ ‘Glee,’ ‘Sons of Anarchy,’ ‘Supernatural,’ ‘House,’ 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: After the “Happily Ever After” …
Hollywoodreporter / Heat Vision:
Taylor Kitsch to star in ‘Battleship’ film (exclusive) — Taylor Kitsch, who is starring in “John Carter of Mars,” is moving to another sci-fi tentpole, coming on board to star in “Battleship,” Universal's adaptation of the Hasbro board game. — Pete Berg is directing the action adventure movie …
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Hugh Hefner on Kate Gosselin in Playboy: “No!” — Michael Caulfield/Getty Images; James Devaney/Getty Images — Who wants to see Kate Gosselin strip down for Playboy? — Not Hugh Hefner, that's for sure. — “No! No!” Hef said when I asked him about the possibility …
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PopWatch:
This week's cover: ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ 30th anniversary — A long time ago (30 years, actually) in a galaxy not so far, far away (right here, in fact) we were treated to the release of what many consider the best sequel ever made: The Empire Strikes Back.
PopEater:
Tiger Woods' Nike Commercial: Tiger and Late Father Team Up — The unexpected co-stars of a new Nike commercial: Tiger Woods and his deceased dad Earl. In the spot, a silent Tiger gazes at the camera while the voice of his late father does the talking. Eerily, the recording seems to scold the golfer — from beyond the grave.