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Doug / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Courteney Cox ‘In Love’ With Cougar Town Co-Star  —  Even before her sudden split from David Arquette, a smitten Courteney Cox was “in love” with a Cougar Town co-star, and the pair kept it a secret from everyone, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.
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TMZ.com:
Jasmine Waltz: ‘Two Times, My Ass!’
Marianne Garvey / E! Online:
Howard Stern Defends David Arquette: “He's an Honorable Man”
Discussion: Perez Hilton
TMZ.com:
T.I. — Rapper Talks Suicidal Jumper Off the Ledge  —  T.I. played a key role in talking a suicidal man off the ledge of a 22-story building in Atlanta today ... TMZ has learned.  —  It all went down earlier this afternoon — when cops responded to a 911 call about a man who was threatening …
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Rapper T.I. Talks Man Out of Jumping Off 22-Story Atlanta Skyscraper
Discussion: TMZ.com
Alan Duke / CNN:
Rapper T.I. talks man down from roof in Atlanta
Discussion: Hip-Hop Wired and Gawker
People.com:
True Blood's Joe Manganiello Is Engaged  —  Sorry ladies, Joe Manganiello is off the market.  —  While on vacation in Italy the True Blood heartthrob, 33, popped the question to his girlfriend, actress/model Audra Marie, his rep tells PEOPLE.  —  Manganiello, who plays werewolf Alcide Herveaux …
PopEater:
After Complaints By Victim's Group, Official Bars Jolie Film From Bosnia  —  A Bosnian minister has thrown a wrench in Angelina Jolie's directorial debut by revoking a permit for the actress to shoot in Sarajevo after a paperwork error and heated complaints from women's groups that alleged the film provides a …
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Us Weekly:
Angelina Jolie Banned From Filming in Bosnia  —  Angelina Jolie has been banned from filming her directorial debut in Bosnia.  —  The filming permit has been rejected because no screenplay was attached to the application, as required by law.  —  Several female victims from the Bosnian war …
Discussion: PopSugar, Daily Mail and Cele|bitchy
Doug / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Kanye West Nude Photos For Sale  —  Kanye West has been embarrassingly caught with his pants down in a nude photo scandal, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.  —  The self-snapped pictures of the music icon, showing his private parts, were reportedly sent to a number of women …
Zach Dionne / PopEater:
Inside Entertainment Weekly's Reunion Extravaganza: First Stop, ‘Back to the Future’  —  In a special double issue on newsstands Friday, Entertainment Weekly pulled off the tremendous task of reuniting some of the most iconic ensembles in film and television history.
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PopWatch:   This week's cover: The Reunions Issue
Tim Nudd / People.com:
Dane Cook's Half Brother Jailed for Embezzling Millions from Actor  —  The half brother of Dane Cook was sentenced to five to six years in prison Wednesday for embezzling millions of dollars from the actor and comedian while working as his business manager.  —  Darryl McCauley, 45 …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and I'm Not Obsessed!
Willow Smith / People.com:
PHOTOS: First Look at Willow Smith's ‘Whip My Hair’ Music Video  —  She whips it - and whips it good!  —  PEOPLE has your first look at scenes from 9-year-old Willow Smith's music video for her infectious first single, “Whip My Hair.”  The daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith filmed …
Discussion: Sandra Rose
Tim Nudd / People.com:
Gwyneth Paltrow Belts It Out in ‘Country Strong’ Music Video  —  Look out, Chris Martin.  Someone else in the house can really sing.  —  Gwyneth Paltrow spent months immersing herself in the Nashville scene for her role as an alcoholic country star in Country Strong.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Bitten and Bound
Letters of Note:
Madonna: “I hate actresses”  —  Judging by the following letter, Madonna wasn't exactly thrilled when filming A League of Their Own back in 1991.  Writing to friend and photographer Steven Meisel - the man with whom Madonna later worked on Sex, the highly controversial book also mentioned in closing …
Discussion: Dlisted
Claude Brodesser-Akner / New York Magazine:
Top Gun 2 Is Heading to the Runway  —  Re-inflate your beach volleyballs, don your aviators and apply some Coppertone to your shaven chests, lads - for the sequel to Top Gun is nigh!  Vulture has learned that Paramount Pictures has made offers to both producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott …
Lindsay Lohan / TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan — Escape Story Is BS  —  Lindsay Lohan's lawyer says the story that Lindsay somehow tried to “escape” rehab to get a soda is “absurd and untrue.”  —  Shawn Chapman Holley tells TMZ, she spoke with Lindsay's counselors yesterday and there was absolutely no mention made of any attempt by Lindsay to cross the line.
New York Post:
Linda Evangelista & Peter Morton split  —  Tweet  —  Supermodel Linda Evangelista has split with billionaire Hard Rock founder Peter Morton, sources tell Page Six.  —  The Canadian beauty, 45 — who famously once declared that she and other supermodels “don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day” …
Michael K / Dlisted:
And Just Like That, I Now Have A Furry Fetish  —  You know that old timey fable about the woof (it's so much better without the “l") who viciously murders a sheep and then pulls a Buffalo Bill by making a body suit out of the sheep's dead body so that he can easily slip into the “sheep world” to feast on all of their organs?
Discussion: Crushable and Gawker
National Enquirer:
FREEMAN DIVORCE SECRETS  —  MORGAN FREEMAN is on the wrong end of one of the worst divorce deals in Hollywood history!  And, man, is he gonna PAY!  —  Not only was the 73-year-old star ordered to fork over some $400 million in cash and real estate to his angry ex-wife Myrna …
Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
Celine Dion's Husband: She Has Not Scheduled Our Twins' Birth  —  Céline Dion and René Angélil  —  Contrary to reports, Celine Dion has not scheduled a C-section to deliver her twin boys on Oct. 22 - and has not made outrageous demands of a Florida hospital, the entertainer's husband and her rep tell PEOPLE.
Discussion: Hollybaby
Jeff Sneider / The Wrap:
Rhys Ifans will play Dr. Curt Connors, better known as The Lizard, in Marc Webb's “Spider-Man,” TheWrap has learned.  —  There had been rumors across the blogosphere that Sony was thinking of bringing back Venom for the franchise reboot, but that character will not be featured in the movie …
Dave Karger / EW.com:
Weinstein Co. appealing ‘Blue Valentine’ NC-17 rating  —  A week after the MPAA branded its domestic drama Blue Valentine with an NC-17 rating, the Weinstein Company has decided to appeal the decision and hope for an R without any trims to the film.  “We respect the work of the MPAA,” …
Johnny Dodd / People.com:
Sister Wives Star Hopes He Won't Be Jailed for ‘Loving Four Women’  —  Kody Brown with his wives: Janelle, Meri, Robyn and Christine  —  Sister Wives star Kody Brown is used to chaos.  After all, he has four wives and 16 kids.  But now that Utah authorities are pondering charging him with felony bigamy …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Maggie Coughlan / PopEater:
Taylor Momsen Talks Sex, Tommy Lee in ‘Revolver’  —  Posing on the cover of Revolver magazine's “Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock” issue in black thigh-highs and towering heels, it looks like Taylor Momsen is doing everything in her power to prove she's all grown up and tear down whatever's left …
Stacy Jenel Smith / PopEater:
Louis van Amstel on Margaret Cho's Rainbow Statement: ‘I Had a Breakdown’  —  It's taking a while for ‘Dancing With the Stars’ pro Louis van Amstel to get over the anguish of his and celeb partner Margaret Cho's early dismissal from the top-rated ABC competition show — which was no ordinary axing, as far as he is concerned.
Doug / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Reggie Bush Not Invited To Kim Kardashian's 30th Birthday Party  —  Kim Kardashian has not invited ex-lover Reggie Bush to her 30th birthday bash, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.  —  The Keeping Up With The Kardashian star, who will mark the milestone Friday at TAO in Las Vegas …
Discussion: Examiner
TMZ.com:
Gloria Allred To Throw the Book at ‘Conviction’  —  Gloria Allred has the movie “Conviction” in her crosshairs, and will go after the star/Executive Producer Hilary Swank for not bothering to speak with the children of the murder victim before shooting the flick ... TMZ has learned.
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
Doug / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Demi Lovato Says Robert Kardashian Is Not My Lover  —  After being spotted out and about together in September, Demi Lovato and Rob Kardashian quickly became Hollywood's most buzzed-about couple.  —  But the Here We Go Again singer has told RadarOnline.com that the two are “just friends.”
Discussion: Celebrity Gossip … and Examiner
Kirstin Benson / Hollywood Life:
EXCLUSIVE!  ‘Glee’ Insider: How Mark Salling's Music Career Caused His Sudden Disappearance from Show!  —  Mark Salling was conspicuously missing from Glee Oct. 12 — they shipped him off to ‘juvenile hall’ — and HollywoodLife.com has learned why he's gone, and when he's coming back!
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Tom Hardy Reunited With ‘Inception’ Helmer Chris Nolan On ‘Batman’  —  EXCLUSIVE: While Tom Hardy's plan to play Mad Max in the George Miller-directed Mad Max: Fury Road has hit another delay, the fast-rising Hardy's in the mix for another big film at Warner Bros. I'm told that Hardy has been set …
Karla / AllThings-Fresh.net:
Cosmopolitan: Drake is Smart, Sensitive and Superhot  —  Click on the image above to enlarge.  —  In the latest issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine, Drake gets honest & sexy to give us fans his breakdown on love and dating.  Ladies, what do you think about what Aubrey has to say?
Discussion: CONCRETELOOP.COM and Sandra Rose
 
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