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2:25 PM ET, October 6, 2010

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Howard Breuer / People.com:
Oksana Grigorieva: I Thought Mel Gibson Would Kill Me  —  You've heard the tapes.  Now Oksana Grigorieva, Mel Gibson's former girlfriend, is speaking out about their relationship - and her claims that Gibson was abusive to her.  —  In a wide-ranging interview with PEOPLE, Grigorieva, 40 …
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TMZ.com:
Oksana's Lawyer Pulls Plug on Oprah Interview  —  Oksana Grigorieva will not be doing Oprah Winfrey's show, but contrary to a CNN report, it's not because the judge gagged her ... it's because one of her lawyers said, “No way.”  —  There's a report out that Judge Scott Gordon ordered Oksana …
Maggie Coughlan / PopEater:
‘Burning Dan,’ Brother of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dies  —  Dan Gordon-Levitt, better known as “Burning Dan” and the proud brother of actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, died this week at age 36.  —  Joseph announced his brother's passing on Twitter on Tuesday evening, “My super hero brother @burningdan 1974-2010.
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Inception Star Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Brother Dies  —  Inception star Joseph Gordon-Levitt announced the death of his older brother, Dan Gordon-Levitt, on his Twitter page Tuesday.  —  Dan Gordon-Levitt, better known as “Burning Dan,” was a 36-year-old fire-spinning artist and flow arts teacher …
Discussion: X17 Online and Perez Hilton
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Chelsea Handler Enlists In ‘This Means War’  —  EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea Lately host Chelsea Handler has landed a juicy role opposite Reese Witherspoon, Tom Hardy and Chris Pine in This Means War, the McG-directed 20th Century Fox comedy.  Handler will play the best friend and confidante of a woman …
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Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Source: Chelsea Handler, 50 Cent Are Dating!  —  No joke: Chelsea Handler and 50 Cent are dating, a source confirms to UsMagazine.com.  —  The unexpected pair were photographed looking romantic at a New Orleans bar on Sunday.  —  “It's been going on awhile,” the source says of the comedienne and the rapper, both 35.
Daily Mail:
'Every actress out there is more beautiful than me': Jessica Alba bemoans her post-baby body (but doesn't hesitate to strip off!)  —  She's one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood, with a face and figure to die for.  —  But Jessica Alba is far from happy with the way she looks …
Discussion: Yeeeah!
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Dahvi Shira / People.com:
Jessica Simpson, Eva Mendes & Jessica Alba Say They Were Bullied, Too
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Teen Mom's Amber Opens Up About Attacking Baby's Dad  —  Teen Mom star Amber Portwood tells the new Us Weekly that she's facing her serious anger issues head on.  —  Fans of the MTV show were shocked by the Sept. 28 episode, in which an enraged Portwood, 20, punched …
Tim Nudd / People.com:
Christina Hendricks Turns Women On as Much as Men  —  It doesn't matter who you are - man, woman, straight, gay.  Chances are you find Christina Hendricks pretty sexy.  —  “Women hit on me.  My husband thinks it's so odd that so many women hit on me,” the ravishing Mad Men redhead tells Harper's Bazaar …
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PopEater:
Christina Hendricks Makes Curvy Women Feel Sexy
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Dlisted
GInfante / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Secret Emails In David Beckham ‘Affair’ Slur Divorce Case  —  The ‘delusional’ husband of a Beverly Hills mother-of-two who denied having a steamy affair with David Beckham submitted a series of emails as evidence in the couple's bitter court battle, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.
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Us Weekly:
Victoria Beckham: My Husband David Is Damn Near “Perfect”
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Just Jared
David Carr / New York Times:
At Flagging Tribune, Tales of a Bankrupt Culture  —  In January 2008, soon after the venerable Tribune Company was sold for $8.2 billion, Randy Michaels, a new top executive, ran into several other senior colleagues at the InterContinental Hotel next to the Tribune Tower in Chicago.
ComingSoon.net:
Transformers Title Rumor and Florida Set Photos  —  Transformers 3 books have started hitting Amazon and they include the title “Transformers: The Dark of the Moon.”  While that's not the movie's confirmed title yet, it makes sense considering some of the story rumors going around.
Discussion: I Watch Stuff and Movieline
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Mach / Transformers News:
Transformers 3 Title Revealed - “The Dark Of The Moon”
Us Weekly:
Katherine Heigl: Why I Adopted Before Having “Biological Children”  —  One of Katherine Heigl's many surprises of parenthood?  Watching her husband Josh Kelley become a hands-on dad to adopted daughter Naleigh, 22 months.  —  “He's a great dad.  I didn't expect it,” Heigl, 31 …
Star:
Michael Douglas & Catherine Zeta-Jones: Inside Their Brave Struggle  —  Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones' May-December romance beat the odds and blossomed into a beautiful marriage that has lasted nearly 10 years.  But now they face the hardest test of all as he bravely battles Stage IV throat cancer.
Ramin Setoodeh / People.com:
Was Rutgers' Student Tyler Clementi Bullied to Death?  —  On the last day of his life, Tyler Clementi left his room at Rutgers University wearing brown slacks and orange flip-flops.  —  “He just had a really blank stare on his face,” says Lauren Garcia, who lived in his dorm.
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Daily Targum:
Media exploits University tragedy
Discussion: Queerty
Claude Brodesser-Akner / New York Magazine:
Fox Offers Wolverine 2 to Darren Aronofsky  —  The choice of Zack Snyder by Warner Bros. to direct Christopher Nolan and David Goyer's Superman: Man of Steel appears to have wide-spread repercussions for Hollywood's other superheroes.  Vulture has just learned that 20th Century Fox today entered …
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Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Biggest Loser Couple Get Engaged After Dropping a Total of 241 Lbs  —  From ranch to ring!  —  While shooting a special for The Biggest Loser, season 9 contestant Sam Poueu, 23, proposed to castmate Stephanie Anderson, 30, at the NBC show's ranch in in Calabasas, Calif., Oct. 4.
Discussion: Bumpshack.com and Fancast News
The Huffington Post:
James Franco In Drag For Candy Magazine (PHOTOS)  —  What's Your Reaction: … James Franco is barely recognizable on the cover of Candy Magazine.  Terry Richardson shot the actor, with his hair slicked back, wearing blue eyeshadow and thick red lipstick.
The Huffington Post:
Tim Gunn Talks About His Teen Suicide Attempt (VIDEO)  —  What's Your Reaction: … Tim Gunn talks about his suicide attempt when he was a teenager in a video for The Trevor Project, “the leading national organization focused on crisis and suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay …
PopEater:
Man Wants to Pay Weezer $10 Million to Break Up  —  If someone doesn't like a band or artist, they would usually just ignore their music, but James Burns hates Weezer so much he's willing to raise millions to get them to hang it up for good.  Seattle native Burns launched an online fundraiser …
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Disney's Oz Pic Gets Sam Raimi To Commit, ‘Rabbit Hole’ Scribe To Rewrite  —  While Disney topper Rich Ross and production president Sean Bailey have been beating the drum on both coasts for Tron: Legacy and Tangled, they have just solidified their next 3D event-sized family film followup to Alice in Wonderland.
TMZ.com:
‘Dexter’ Star Sues — Medical Prop Almost Killed Me  —  Brando Eaton — who recently starred on “Dexter” — claims he needed counseling for some terrifying flashbacks ... but not because he played the son of a killer — it's because he was on “Miami Medical.”
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Us Weekly:
Why Was Gisele Kissing Another Man?  —  Last Thursday, Gisele Bundchen was photographed kissing a man — not her husband, Tom Brady — at the Vogue 90th Anniversary party in Paris.  —  Bundchen's mystery party companion: NYC art dealer Helly Nahmad, who explained the controversial pics …
Julie Miller / Movieline:
EXCLUSIVE: Movieline Premieres the Poster For Kristen Stewart's Welcome to the Rileys  —  The good folks at Samuel Goldwyn Films have sent over the first poster for Welcome to the Rileys, director Jake Scott's feature debut starring James Gandolfini, Melissa Leo and, in a racy, much-buzzed-about role, Kristen Stewart.
Discussion: HeyUGuys and In Contention
Eileen Finan / People.com:
Carrie Underwood Calls Hubby the ‘Missing Piece to My Puzzle’  —  With two careers that keep them on the road, Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher haven't had much together time since their July 10 wedding, but the singer says for her, marriage is a perfect fit.
 
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Lohan sis ID hacked
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Reuters:
Memorials, merchandise for Lennon 70th anniversary
Discussion: PopEater
Helene Stapinski / New York Times:
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Gabe / Videogum:
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Trade body data: copyrighted music revenue was $45.5B in 2023, above cinema box office spending of $33.2B in 2023 and $41.9B in 2019; record labels made $28.5B

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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