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British Actress On Roman Polanski: I Was Sexually Abused — A 42-year-old British actress is alleging that “she was victimized” by controversial director Roman Polanski when she was 16 years old, RadarOnline.com has confirmed. — Roman Polanski Ordered To Return To The United States For Sentencing
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Ken Lee / People.com:
New Accuser Alleges Sexual Abuse by Roman Polanski — Four years after he fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sex with a minor, Roman Polanski “forced himself” on another woman, then 16, in his Paris apartment, the woman alleged Friday.
Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS:
New Victim Accuses Roman Polanski of ‘Sexual Abuse’ — Actress Says Director Abused Her When She Was 16, He Was on The Lam — A British actress who starred in a Roman Polanski film charged today that the director “sexually abused” her when she was 16 years old in his Paris apartment.
Linda Deutsch / Associated Press:
LA DA meets actress who claims Polanski sex abuse
LA DA meets actress who claims Polanski sex abuse
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Oh No They Didn't!
The Live Feed | THR:
Official: NBC cancels ‘Heroes’ — It's official. NBC has cancelled “Heroes.” — The network seriously mulled bringing back “Heroes” for a shortened final season to wrap up the serialized show, possibly as a two- or four-hour movie. — In the end, given the fairly high cost of the drama …
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Lynette Rice / Hollywood Insider:
‘Heroes’ canceled by NBC — It seemed inevitable but the news is nonetheless shocking: NBC's drama Heroes won't be back for a fifth season. The beleaguered drama only averaged 6.5 million viewers this year. It last aired on Feb. 8, when it only brought in a mere 4.4 million.
PopEater:
Tom Cruise Returns to Oprah's Couch, Doesn't Jump — After Tom Cruise's 2005 couch jumping incident on Oprah (yes, it's infamous enough for its own subheading on Cruise's Wikipedia page), it was a surprise (relief?) to see the actor keeping his feet on the floor and his hands off the host today.
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Eunice Oh / People.com:
Bret Michaels Plans to Attend Celebrity Apprentice Finale — Bret Michaels's road to recovery includes more than just returning to the stage. — He's sitting down to talk with Oprah Winfrey and hoping to attend the live Celebrity Apprentice finale on May 23, his rep said Friday.
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PopEater, Hollywood Life, TV Squad, Fancast News, The Hollywood Gossip, CNN, Hot Momma Celebrity … and Bumpshack.com
Andy Swift / Hollywood Life:
HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVE! ‘Vampire Diaries’ Star Paul Wesley Got Secretly MARRIED to ‘One Tree Hill’ Actress Torrey DeVitto! — Did Paul Wesley slip and tell us that he and fellow CW star Torrey have gone and gotten married? — Hm... We can think of one more reason why Nina Dobrev …
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Gossip Cop, Socialite Life, Hollywood Crush, Perez Hilton, PopSugar, The Bosh and PopSugar UK
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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Rhys Myers Banned From United Airlines Flights After Drunken Display, Says Source — Tudors star Jonathan Rhys Myers has had his fair share of run-ins at airports and a chronicled battle with alcohol. Now, a source has exclusively confirmed to RadarOnline.com that the actor …
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
CANNES: Bruce Willis Plays Mature Joseph Gordon-Levitt In Time Travel Pic ‘Looper’ — EXCLUSIVE: Bruce Willis is joining the cast of Looper, a science fiction time travel tale that reunites the Brick team of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and writer/director Rian Johnson. The Terminator-esque action film has a clever premise.
Us Weekly:
Spencer Pratt Calls Brody Jenner a “Drunk Idiot” — Spencer Pratt isn't about to let ex-BFF Brody Jenner get the last word. — After Jenner quipped on Wednesday that his old friend has “lost it,” Pratt came roaring back Thursday with an exclusive retort to UsMagazine.com.
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Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
In Touch: Angelina Jolie & Johnny Depp kind of hate each other — In Touch Weekly has another bitchy story about Angelina Jolie this week, although I have to applaud them for finding a new angle. Instead of another Angelina-will-seduce-Johnny-Depp-with- her-vadge-of-doom story …
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TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan — Cannes Do — Lindsay Lohan is rolling the dice in her DUI probation case in a big way — because we've learned she's headed to Cannes ... not her alcohol ed class. — TMZ broke the story that the judge has ordered LiLo to show proof next Thursday that she had completed …
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omg!, Celebslam, What Would Tyler Durden Do, X17 Online, The Superficial and Perez Hilton
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Courtney loveless on a plane — SOMEBODY, anybody, please help save Courtney Love. — The woman is not together. — At Heathrow, heading for here, a total meltdown. Sprawled on the floor, packing and repacking her luggage — bras and panties under people's feet.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Courtney Love's Chonies Freakout At Heathrow
Us Weekly:
Kate Gosselin on Raising Out-of-Control Kids: “Help Me!!!!!!!!” — Time out! — Kate Gosselin blogs that she's more like a referee than a mom because her eight kids can get so out of control. — After describing fights over the bathroom, who's staring at whom and the kids smacking each other, she writes, “Help!
Jon Pareles / New York Times:
Music Review: Rainforest Fund Benefit, With Sting — The Rainforest Fund presented its annual benefit at Carnegie Hall on Thursday night. From left, Sting, Debbie Harry, Lady Gaga, Elton John and Bruce Springsteen. More Photos » — Camping in the rain forest got a new meaning on Thursday night at Carnegie Hall.
Media Decoder:
NBC Cancels ‘Law & Order’ — NBC confirmed Friday that it had canceled the original “Law & Order,” bringing an end to a 20-year-old television drama that jump-started an era of television production in New York City. — “Law & Order” was on the verge of becoming the longest-running drama …
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Dano Books ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ — Last time we saw Paul Dano on the rough frontier, his whiny preacher character was being clubbed to death with a bowling pin in There Will Be Blood. Dano is back in period mode, this time armed, playing a cowboy who takes on extraterrestrials in Cowboys & Aliens …
Stacy Jenel Smith / PopEater:
Jonas Brothers Are Bringing Their Women on Tour — The Jonas Brothers used to be three single dudes traversing the globe with thousands of girls chasing after them. But when the Jonas Brothers head out on their three-continent summer tour, beginning July 27, it will be a different scene …