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2:10 PM ET, October 19, 2010

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Taylor Swift / PopEater:
Taylor Swift Pens Song About John Mayer  —  Taylor Swift's latest album is an open book about her love life.  First she penned a song about ‘Twilight’ hunk Taylor Lautner.  Now she's reportedly taking aim at John Mayer, which confirms rumors that the two were romantically involved in 2009 …
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Us Weekly:
Does Taylor Swift Call Out John Mayer in New Song?  —  Blogs are abuzz that Taylor Swift is targeting serial dater John Mayer on a new song, “Dear John,” from her forthcoming album, Speak Now.  —  Swift, 20 — who was romantically linked to Mayer, 33, last year while collaborating on his song …
AceShowBiz.com:
Taylor Swift Slams Haters in ‘Mean’, Disses John Mayer and Camilla Belle in Others
Discussion: The Stir
Perez Hilton:
Taylor Swift Reveals In Song That She Was Burned By...John Mayer!
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
TMZ.com:
Tom Bosley Is Dead  —  Tom Bosley — who famously played Mr. Cunningham on “Happy Days” — has died at his home in Palm Springs ... TMZ has learned.  —  Family members tell us Bosley had been battling a staph infection.  —  He was 83 years old.  —  See also  — Mr. C from “Happy Days”: 'Memba Him?!
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TMZ.com:
‘Happy Days’ Stars Pay Tribute to Tom Bosley  —  Henry Winkler and Scott Baio — who both co-starred with Tom Bosley on “Happy Days” — tell TMZ they are both shocked by his death ... but remember their former castmate as a “great man.”  —  Winkler tells us, “I saw him before I ever got to Hollywood on Broadway, and he was great.
Discussion: Famecrawler and Seriously? OMG!
New York Post:
Christina Aguilera blames hubby split on album response: pals  —  Tweet  —  Christina Aguilera split with husband Jordan Bratman after her recent career comeback fell flat, her friends say.  The superstar told pals she was “upset and frustrated” by the lukewarm response to her album, “Bionic.”
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Doug / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Christina Aguilera Turned To Sam Ronson During Crumbling Marriage  —  Christina Aguilera is divorcing Jordan Bratman, and RadarOnline.com has learned the superstar turned to gal pal Samantha Ronson for emotional support.  —  PHOTOS: Celebs Who Have Broken Up In 2010
The Superficial:
Christina Aguilera Looks Like This Now
Discussion: DrunkenStepfather
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Extra:
Jodie Foster Confirms Mel's ‘Hangover’ Cameo
Kyle Buchanan / New York Magazine:
Is Zach Galifianakis Already Fed Up With The Hangover 2?
Discussion: The Superficial and Perez Hilton
Us Weekly:
Paltrow a “Nightmare Hormonal Mess” Working With Gyllenhaal  —  At ELLE's 17th Annual Women In Hollywood Tribute, Jake Gyllenhal honored Gwyneth Paltrow, his costar in the 2005 drama Proof.  —  “Bottom line, she is not a mere mortal like the rest of us,” the actor, 29, said in his introduction.
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Us Weekly:
Goldie Hawn Opens Up About Giving Birth to Kate Hudson  —  At ELLE's 17th Annual Women In Hollywood Tribute Monday in Beverly Hills, Goldie Hawn honored daughter Kate Hudson.  —  During her introduction, she recalled Hudson's raucous birth in 1979.  —  “I was on the 405, and she was inside me …
Allie Merriam / PopSugar:
Jake Adds His Manly Touch to Elle's Women in Hollywood Event …
Alex Pappademas / GQ:
‘Glee’ Gone Wild  —  How the hell did a show about high school theater geeks come to be the biggest TV show in America?  Well, T&A helps.  (That's talent and ambition, you pervs.)  But so does a generous helping of pot-laced brownies, girl-on-girl subtext, and choreographed dry-humping.
Michael Starr / New York Post:
Baby Mama 2  —  Tweet  —  'Teen Mom" is giving birth to a spinoff.  —  MTV's mega-popular show, which follows the lives of young, unmarried mothers, has chosen a cast for a spinoff series, sources say.  —  The network has already cast its new “Teen Mom” series and has done some location shooting, sources say.
Discussion: Fancast News and Hollywood Life
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Us Weekly:
Teen Mom's Maci, Kyle “Flirting, Holding Hands” at Pumpkin Patch
Discussion: Hollywood Life and Famecrawler
Dahvi Shira / People.com:
Shannen Doherty: I Was Never as Bad as Today's Troubled Party Girls  —  Shannen Doherty is considered an iconic Hollywood “bad girl” of the nineties.  But compared to party girls of today, like Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton, the Beverly Hills, 90210 actress considers herself and her former antics relatively tame.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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PARADE Magazine:
Shannen Doherty: 'I've Learned From My Mistakes'
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and The Marquee Blog
PopEater:
Paulina Porizkova Rants Against Plastic Surgery, Says Gisele Is ‘a Goner’  —  If there's one thing Paulina Porizkova learned from her experience as a model, it's that being beautiful can get awfully ugly.  —  So says the '80s cover girl in a scathing new interview in which she groans about growing older …
Discussion: CityRag
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
‘Glee’ Creator Ryan Murphy Eyes Redo Of ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ For Fox 2000  —  EXCLUSIVE: Glee creator Ryan Murphy just finished an episode of his hit show that is devoted to the camp classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show.  By the time it airs October 26, Murphy might be in a deal to direct the feature film remake.
Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
‘Desperate Housewives’ Exclusive: Cynthia Watros cast as [spoiler alert]!  —  Cynthia Watros is going back to her nutcase roots.  The House and Lost actress — who picked up an Emmy in 1998 for portraying psycho stalker Annie Dutton on Guiding Light — is headed to Desperate Housewives to play Bree's …
PopEater:
Kanye West to Audience: ‘I Contemplated Suicide’  —  Kanye West told an audience at a screening of his film/extended music video, ‘Runaway,’ that he thought about killing himself, but now feels a responsibility to make a meaningful contribution to pop culture and art.
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
EXCLUSIVE: Judy Blume Adapting ‘Tiger Eyes’ for Big Screen … Tiger Eyes, the beloved Judy Blume young adult novel, is heading to the big screen, and the author has a hand in the adaptation.  Blume wrote the screenplay with her son Lawrence Blume, who also is directing.
Discussion: Celebritology 2.0 and Jezebel
Kelly / I Need My Fix:
Christina Hendricks Dieting OFF Her Sexy Curves  —  Mad Men star, Christina Hendricks must have gone mad and lost her mind.  She no longer wants her 39D-30-39 figure.  No, she wants to slim down and look like everyone else in Hollywood.  Can you hear the hearts breaking across the globe?
Discussion: Hollywood Life and TheFABlife
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Daily Mail:
Blooming Mad!  Christina Hendricks wraps her famous curves …
Discussion: Socialite Life and Crushable
 
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Julie Makinen / 24 Frames:
Farts and darts: A new ‘Jackass’ coming to theaters soon?
Doug / RADAR:
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Us Weekly:
Elton John Wants Gay Joke Out of Vince Vaughn Movie
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Perez Hilton:
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Michael K / Dlisted:
DWTS: Bristol Palin In A Monkey Suit
Discussion: Best Week Ever and Videogum
TMZ.com:
‘Housewives’ Table-Flipper — Under the Gun
Discussion: Fancast News and Famecrawler
Amber James / PopEater:
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Discussion: Famecrawler
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
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Discussion: TV Squad and Pajiba
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Michael S. Rosenwald / New York Times:
Mike Shatzkin, a publishing consultant who was among the first in the industry to shake publishers into confronting the digital disruption, died on Nov. 7 at 77

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

 
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