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Eileen Finan / People.com:
Kellie Pickler Engaged to Kyle Jacobs — For Kellie Pickler, June 15 has long been “sad and hard for me,” as it is the birthday of her late grandmother, Faye Pickler. — But the traditional sadness of the day turned to happiness last week, when Pickler's boyfriend, songwriter Kyle Jacobs, proposed on a Florida beach at sunset.
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People.com:
Monaco's Prince Albert to Marry — One of the world's most eligible bachelors is off the market. Prince Albert II of Monaco will marry South African former swimmer Charlene Wittstock, the Mediterranean principality's royal palace confirmed to PEOPLE on Wednesday.
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National Enquirer:
EXCLUSIVE: GORE SEX SCANDAL — ENQUIRER WORLD EXCLUSIVE: AL GORE has been accused of sexually attacking a masseuse in Portland, Oregon - and is named in the official police report about the alleged assault, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively! — The bombshell story will appear …
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Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Enquirer: Al Gore sexually attacked a masseuse in 2006 — The National Enquirer and Star Magazine seem hellbent on giving Al Gore some kind of sexy scandal in the wake of his split from Tipper. First, the Enquirer ran a blow-by-blow (ha) account of all of the women Al might have been boning throughout …
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The Frisky
Dahvi Shira / People.com:
Ryan Seacrest & Julianne Hough Getting ‘More Serious’ — Are Ryan Seacrest and Julianne Hough a match made in reality TV heaven? — “Things have gotten more serious over the last month,” a source tells PEOPLE. “They're perfect for each other.” — The American Idol host and the former Dancing …
Star:
World Exclusive: Vienna Tells Star She Dumped Jake! Get the Reason Behind the Split — The Bachelor's Vienna Girardi has ended her engagement with Jake Pavelka, but only Star has the reason behind the split — straight from Vienna herself! — In the July 15 issue of Star — on sale tomorrow …
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TMZ.com:
Lady Gaga Falls Hard — Looking like the illegitimate love child of Axl Rose, Madonna and Marilyn Manson, attention whore Lady Gaga bit it big time while unsuccessfully maneuvering through Heathrow airport in a pair of sensible leather chaps and comfy transatlantic travel platform boots on Wednesday.
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Andrew Hough / Telegraph:
Glee producers ‘ban sex on set after young cast broke strict rules’ — The creators of Glee, the hugely successful cult television show, have been forced to issue a “no sex” on set order amid claims some cast members flouted rules banning romantic contact during production.
New York Post:
‘Jersey’ boys' ‘Queer’ shock — Talk about a situation. The guys of MTV's “Jersey Shore” were more than pumped when the Village Voice asked them to pose in all their muscled glory for the cover, but it didn't tell them it was for the annual “Queer Issue.”
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Tony Phillips / Village Voice:
The Guido Ideal Goes On The Down-Low in Jersey — Craig Austin calls his 18-man hot tub “a big bowl of cute boy soup.” The Tom's River resident hosts some of the Jersey Shore's hottest homos in a summertime series of bacchanals. Nearly all of the ingredients in his man-stew are Italian-American …
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Pop Crunch
Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:
EXCLUSIVE OSCAR SHOCKER! Academy Board Of Governors Discusses Moving Awards To January; Moguls See Plusses — BREAKING NEWS!... EXCLUSIVE... UPDATED I've just learned that, at tonight's Board of Governors meeting of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, members discussed moving up the 2011 Oscars to sometime in January.
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TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan — Extremely Late, Very Irate — Lindsay Lohan is declaring war on a reality TV show — claiming she's being unfairly portrayed as an irresponsible slacker who almost sabotaged a photo shoot for her own line of leggings ... problem is, it's all true.
Eileen Finan / People.com:
Sandra Bullock Gives Surprise Country Serenade — First an Oscar, now a Grammy in the cards for Sandra Bullock? — Well, possibly not, given her tongue-in-cheek guitar plucking during Tuesday night's star-studded Nashville Rising: A Benefit Concert for Flood Recovery, where Bullock was a surprise - and very popular - guest.
Belinda Goldsmith / Reuters:
Nurse in V-J Day kiss photo dies — Woman waited decades to claim fame in Times Square image — Edith Shain in April displays a photo of her famous V-J Day kiss with a sailor at the end of World War II in Tiems Square, New York. Shain, who claimed to be the nurse photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt, died Sunday in Los Angeles.
PopEater:
Katy Perry Gets 17 Stitches After Dancing Injury — Partying after performing at Sunday's MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto, Katy Perry injured herself dancing and landed in the hospital for 17 stitches. — The UK's Daily Mail writes that Perry, 26, “cut her leg open after falling over during …
Jennifer Fermino / New York Post:
Cowboy: ‘Naked’ rip-off! — Times Square isn't big enough for the two of them. — The Naked Cowboy claims a bawdy, bikini-clad female busker who calls herself “The Naked Cowgirl” is ripping off his shtick, and he's threatening to lasso her into court for as much as $150,000.
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The Superficial:
‘So A Lot of You Have Seen My Vagina Recently. Pretty Cool, Right?’ — “Thank you, LA House of Blues. You're too beautiful tonight. As y'all might know my new album comes out tomorrow which is why you've seen a lot of my ‘Downtown Miley Brown’ area latey.
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Josef Adalian / New York Magazine:
Fox's Plans for a Glee Reality Show Have Been Quietly Shelved — This year will see a little less Glee, and that's probably a good thing, not only for your Journey-bludgeoned ears, but also for the show. Vulture has learned that Fox is scrapping its previously announced plans to air …
Gary Susman / PopEater:
Why It Doesn't Matter That Megan Fox Is Not a Box Office Draw — Pop-Ed: Conventional wisdom has it that Megan Fox's career is toast. — Her latest movie, the comic-book western ‘Jonah Hex’ (in which she co-stars with Josh Brolin), opened last week and underperformed even the already-low …
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Cele|bitchy
Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
‘Weeds’ scoop: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Alanis Morissette to return — Two familiar faces will sprout up on the new season of Weeds. — Jennifer Jason Leigh is set to reprise her role as Nancy's older sister Jill in one episode, while Alanis Morissette is returning for two episodes as Nancy's baby doc (and girlfriend to Andy).
Stuart Oldham / Boffo:
Radcliffe to star in ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ — Bombs away “Harry Potter” fans. — Daniel Radcliffe will play the lead role in an updated version of the Oscar-winning Best Picture “All Quiet on the Western Front.” — The WWI drama tells the story of Paul Baumer (Radcliffe) …
Hollywoodreporter / Heat Vision:
Lithgow and Pinto join ‘Rise of the Apes’ — John Lithgow and Freida Pinto are coming on board “Rise of the Apes,” Fox's prequel to its “Planet of the Apes” franchise starring James Franco. — Rupert Wyatt will direct the feature, which focuses on a scientist (Franco) …