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2:20 AM ET, September 2, 2010

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 Top News: 
Doug / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Lindsay Lohan Sends Cease & Desist Letter To Dad: Stop Selling My Stuff!  —  Lindsay Lohan's war of words with her estranged father Michael is moving into the legal arena.  —  The troubled starlet has fired off a scathing and threatening cease and desist letter to her dad …
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Laura Kalnicky / Life and Style:
Ashley Horn: I am Lindsay Lohan's sister  —  Just a week after Lindsay Lohan was released from jail, an unexpected family member is reaching out to help, claiming she is the stars long-last half sister!  Life & Style has exclusively obtained the birth certificate of 15-yr-old Ashley Horn …
Star:
Exclusive: Ashton Kutcher Caught Cheating on Demi Moore!  —  Their 15-year age gap always made Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore seem like an unlikely match.  And now, just five years after getting married, the couple's relationship is in danger of falling apart as Star breaks the bombshell news …
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PopEater:
Photos: Demi Moore Makes Sure That Her Bikini is On Full Display
Mark Gray / People.com:
Paris Hilton Banned from Wynn Las Vegas Properties  —  In light of her arrest Friday for possession of cocaine, socialite Paris Hilton has been banned from the Las Vegas resorts Wynn and Encore, a spokesman for the properties confirmed to PEOPLE.  —  The ban comes after several Las Vegas insiders claimed …
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Us Weekly:
Kim Kardashian: Why I Won't End Up Like Paris Hilton
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, omg! and Perez Hilton
Eunice Oh / People.com:
Paris Hilton: I'm Ignoring ‘Ridiculous, Cruel’ Rumors
The Superficial:
Paris Hilton Banned From Vegas Clubs
Discussion: People.com
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Corky Siemaszko / NY Daily News:
Standoff with Discovery Channel gunman over, James Jay Lee shot …
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Jon Gosselin Fires Back Over Extortion Claim But Ex Says 'The Documents Don't Lie'  —  Jon Gosselin fired back at Hailey Glassman's claims that he threatened to report Kate to Child Protective Services unless she gave him money - but his ex girlfriend isn't backing down and points to his own hand-written notes as proof.
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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Jon Gosselin Threatened To Report Kate To Child Protective Services Unless She Gave Him Money, Says Ex  —  Jon Gosselin threatened to report his then-wife Kate to Child Protective Services unless she gave him a large sum of money, RadarOnline.com is reporting exclusively.
TMZ.com:
‘New Jersey Housewife’ — Double My Pay or I'll Quit!  —  TMZ has learned “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Teresa Giudice is “ready to walk away” from the show unless producers cough up “Jersey Shore money” ... and fast!!!  —  Sources connected to the show tell us “several of the women …
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Jim Farber / NY Daily News:
Gunn's blazing: TV's favorite fashion guru Tim unleashes some serious dish  —  Tim Gunn built his reputation on being sweet, supportive and scrupulously polite.  So why, in his latest book, does he spend key pages flinging mud and gorging on gossip?  —  In the deceptively titled …
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Brian Moylan / Gawker:
Project Runway's Mild-Mannered Tim Gunn Lets Loose on the Fashion Elite
Discussion: TVgasm and Oh No They Didn't!
Knordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
Who turned down ‘Dancing With the Stars’  —  Exclu: We've seen who will cut a rug on the next “Dancing With the Stars.”  But do you know who turned ABC down?  —  According to a source involved with casting, the network approached Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg to join the dance card …
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PopEater:
Which Major Celebs Turned Down ‘Dancing With the Stars’?
Discussion: E! Online (UK)
Josef Adalian / New York Magazine:
Conan O'Brien Announces the Name of His New TV Show on Vulture!  —  Ladies and gentleman, summer 2010's greatest pop-culture mystery is about to be solved: No, not the identity of the new American Idol judges, the other greatest mystery.  Today, Conan O'Brien officially announces the exact name …
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Paula Patton Joins ‘Mission:Impossible’  —  EXCLUSIVE: Paula Patton has landed that female lead role that Deadline told you she was testing for, alongside actresses Lauren German and Kristen Kreuk.  I'm told that Patton will play a young operative who works with Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt character.
Josef Adalian / New York Magazine:
Your First Look at Glee's Second Season, Set to the Tune of ‘Empire State of Mind’  —  Let's hear it for New York: Vulture can confirm that the first big musical number of Glee's season-two premiere (airing September 21) will be built around the Jay-Z/Alicia Keys duet “Empire State of Mind.”
Tim Nudd / People.com:
Stabbing Details Emerge at Trial of 40-Year-Old Virgin Actor  —  Shelley Malil in The 40-Year-Old Virgin  —  Shelley Malil, an actor best known for playing an electronics-store clerk in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, calmly walked up to his ex-girlfriend Kendra Beebe in her backyard two years ago …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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Dana Littlefield / SignOnSanDiego.com:
Woman testifies about being stabbed
Discussion: Crazy Days and Nights
Megan Masters / E! Online:
Steve Carell's Replacement on The Office to Be...Harvey Keitel?!  —  You'll never guess what Office executive producer Paul Lieberstein just told us about who he now wants to replace Steve Carell:  —  “He's probably the only guy who can do it, and he's doing TV now,” Paul tells us of the Oscar nominee …
Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
Celine Dion Is ‘Healthy’ in Pregnancy Homestretch  —  Céline Dion and René Angélil  —  Celine Dion - and the twin boys she is expecting in November - are just fine, thank you very much.  —  Recent reports in a French tabloid claiming that the singer was rushed …
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop
Rennie Dyball / People.com:
Jodie Sweetin Has a Baby Girl  —  Jodie Sweetin has a full house of her own.  —  The actress, 28, welcomed her second child, a baby girl named Beatrix, on Tuesday with her boyfriend Morty Coyle.  —  “Jodie was amazing and is doing great,” Coyle tells PEOPLE.
TMZ.com:
Ex-Bad Boy Exec: Diddy Fired Me Because I'm Old!  —  A woman who claims she launched Puff Daddy's career is suing the hip-hop mogul for $12 million — claiming he fired her from his Bad Boy record label because she was old and disabled.  —  Francesca Spero just filed a lawsuit in federal court in NY …
Discussion: omg! and Perez Hilton
Michael Douglas / People.com:
Radiation, Chemo ‘Really Knocks You Out’  —  Michael Douglas knows he has a tough road ahead - but he's ready to face it.  —  “It's a fight,” says the 65-year-old Oscar winner, who is undergoing a grueling course of radiation and chemotherapy to treat a tumor at the base of his tongue …
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Angelina Jolie Pass Puts ‘Gravity’ In Shaky Orbit For Warner Bros  —  EXCLUSIVE: Gravity, the 3D film that Warner Bros is mobilizing with director Alfonso Cuaron and Robert Downey Jr., is suddenly in danger of falling back to earth after Angellina Jolie said no to a full court press and a big money offer to star in the film.
Ann Oldenburg / USA Today:
Jessica Alba: Why 'I've shied away from Latin characters'  —  Jessica Alba and director Robert Rodriguez are in Venice today to promote gritty new movie Machete.  —  It's the first Latina role for half-Mexican Alba.  And Alba tells USA TODAY's Arienne Thompson that her immigration …
Daily Mail:
Diana lingerie outrage: Princess of Wales depicted in bra and knickers by Chinese company on anniversary of her death  —  As adverts go, it is certainly eye-catching.  But whether it is tasteful to use a lingerie-clad Princess Diana lookalike to sell underwear is another matter entirely.
Discussion: Jezebel, AceShowBiz.com and Gawker
 
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TMZ.com:
Nic Cage Settles Financial Ruin Lawsuit
Discussion: Associated Press and Perez Hilton
Us Weekly:
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From Mediagazer:

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: NBC's new deal with Macy's to keep the Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC and Peacock has an average annual fee of $60M+, up from ~$20M in the current deal

Brian Stelter / CNN:
As Elon Musk posts memes about buying MSNBC, sources say one liberal billionaire expressed interest in buying the channel; Comcast is not looking to sell MSNBC

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: CVC Capital Partners and a major European broadcaster, thought to be France's Groupe TF1, are among those considering a takeover of the UK's ITV

 
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