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10:40 AM ET, November 3, 2010

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Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Sources: Miley Cyrus' Mom Had Affair With Bret Michaels  —  The reason Miley Cyrus' parents are splitting after 17 years of marriage: Mom Tish had an affair with rocker Bret Michaels, reports the new Us Weekly (on newsstands Wednesday).  —  When Billy Ray learned of it …
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Miley Cyrus' World Falls Apart: Mom Caught in Cheating Scandal with Bret Michaels  —  Turning 18 should be an exciting milestone for Miley Cyrus, but it's hard to celebrate with her family life in meltdown mode.  —  In the Nov. 15 issue of Star, on sale Wednesday, we reveal that Billy Ray Cyrus …
Ken Tucker / EW.com:
George Bush really does not ‘appreciate’ Kanye West's Katrina criticism: ‘The worst moment of my Presidency’  —  President George W. Bush says that when he heard Kanye West say, “George Bush doesn't care about black people,” “it was one of the most disgusting moments in my Presidency.”
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Demi Lovato's Dad: Pressure Of Hollywood Got To Her  —  Disney star Demi Lovato has checked into a medical center for help and her father Patrick Lovato told RadarOnline.com in an exclusive interview that he believes the pressure of Hollywood got to her.
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Justin Cote / Transworld Surf:
Andy Irons Passes Away At Age 32  —  It is with a heavy heart that we spread this news of Andy Irons untimely death.  Initial reports have him passing away after getting dengue fever in Puerto Rico where outbreaks have been reported.  On Sunday, Andy, 32, withdrew from the Rip Curl Pro Search Puerto Rico citing an illness.
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TMZ.com:
Surfing Legend Andy Irons — Dead at 32
Monica Rizzo / People.com:
Bethenny Frankel and Vince Neil Will Compete on Skating with the Stars  —  What does The Real Housewives of New York City star Bethenny Frankel have in common with rocker Vince Neil and former Olympic ski champ Jonny Moseley?  They, along with three other celebrities, make up the cast of ABC's …
Discussion: TheFABlife and I'm Not Obsessed
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Mikey O'Connell / From Inside the Box:
‘Skating With the Stars’ cast includes Bethenny Frankel, Sean Young, Vince Neil  —  When the current season of “Dancing With the Stars” comes to a close, ABC will test the (frozen) waters with its icy spin-off, “Skating With the Stars.”  —  And the network revealed, during the Nov 2.
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Brad Pitt Back With ‘Jesse James’ Director Andrew Dominik For 'Cogan's Trade'  —  EXCLUSIVE: Brad Pitt is negotiating to star in and produce Cogan's Trade, a comedic crime saga that re-teams Pitt with Andrew Dominik, who directed Pitt in the gunslinger role in the 2007 Western The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford.
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Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal Go On a Flirty Ice Cream Date  —  Coast-to-coast cuddlefests!  —  After flirty dates in and around NYC on Oct. 23 and 24, Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal shared a happy Halloween weekend in California.  —  First, they hit the pool at the Post Ranch in Big Sur.
Aaron McQuade / GLAADBlog.org:
MTV Apologizes for Transphobic Jersey Shore Reunion Segment  —  Last week, MTV aired its Jersey Shore Reunion Special, which featured one of the most blatantly transphobic scenes aired anywhere on television in the last few years.  As we described it after it aired:
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TMZ.com:
Brooke Mueller — Charlie Sheen Betrayed Me!  —  Brooke Mueller feels utterly betrayed by Charlie Sheen, according to her lawyer, Sorrell Trope.  —  Trope tells TMZ ... when Brooke and Charlie signed a property settlement agreement back in May ... they agreed to wait a full year before officially filing for divorce.
MisterHippity / Wordsmoker:
Project Runway's Tim Gunn: I Tried to Persuade ‘Crack Smoking’ Judges to Crown Mondo the Winner (Updated)  —  Here's a bit of news that's sure to interest Project Runway fans — especially those who are still angry that the much-disliked Gretchen Jones was crowned Season 8 champion over the much-loved Mondo Guerra.
Discussion: Show Tracker
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Associated Press:
Kiefer Sutherland, Chris Noth head to Broadway  —  NEW YORK - Jack Bauer and Mr. Big are headed to Broadway.  —  Producers announced that Kiefer Sutherland and Chris Noth will join Jason Patric, Brian Cox and Jim Gaffigan in a revival of Jason Miller's play “That Championship Season.”
TMZ.com:
Xtina — $cary HUGE Payday for Halloween Concert  —  Christina Aguilera had to work this Halloween weekend — performing a one hour show at a private party for a really rich guy — but TMZ has learned the singer raked in roughly $1,000,000 for the gig.  —  The guy behind the party …
Laura Kalnicky / Life and Style:
Heidi and Spencer bankrupt: How we blew 10 million  —  Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are finally getting a dose of reality.  Life & Style can exclusively reveal that after carelessly squandering $10 million — on renting a posh $35,000 per month Malibu pad, $3 million on Heidi's panned music …
Jimmy / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Teen Mom Amber And Gary Split “They Don't Belong Together Says Her Dad  —  Teen Mom's Amber Portwood and Gary Shirley have officially split, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.  —  That's what Amber's dad Shawn Portwood told us in an exclusive interview about his controversial daughter.
Ken Lee / People.com:
Randy and Evi Quaid Skip Court, May Lose $500,000 Bail  —  Randy and Evi Quaid's long, strange trip keeps getting stranger - and maybe very expensive.  —  The fugitive couple once again didn't appear at court, this time for their felony vandalism arraignment Tuesday in Santa Barbara, Calif.
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Anthony McCartney / Associated Press:
Randy Quaid and wife are no-shows, again, in court
Discussion: EW.com
Rob Shuter / PopEater:
Mama Grizzly Jr. Bristol Palin Bars ‘Teen Mom’ Stars From ‘Dancing’  —  They've been gracing the covers of the weekly glossies for months and are making over $60,000 a piece from their megahit MTV show, but one place you won't be finding Amber, Maci, Farrah and the other ‘Teen Mom’ ladies is on ‘Dancing With the Stars.’ Why?
Discussion: X17 Online and omg!
Melissa Castellanos / CBS News:
“Monster's Ball” Screenwriter Hit by NYC Subway Train and Survives  —  NEW YORK (CBS) Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Will Rokos has proven to be resilient both professionally and now physically as he fights for his life after getting hit by a New York City subway train.
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Pamela McClintock / Variety:
Al Pacino heads for ‘Arbitrage’  —  Thriller also stars Susan Sarandon, Eva Green  —  Al Pacino has set financial thriller “Arbitrage” as his next film.  He'll star opposite Eva Green and Susan Sarandon.  —  Writer-director Nicholas Jarecki is set to start principal photography in Gotham next spring.
Discussion: The Wrap, New York Magazine and EW.com
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Kelly Osbourne's barely-there dress: cute or trashy?  —  I was going to make fun of Kelly Osbourne for wearing this completely tragic mess of a dress, but I think she just wore it because the event was for Dancing With the Stars, and she wanted to look budget and ice-dancery to fit in.
PopEater:
Willow Smith Explains ‘Whip My Hair’ on TV, Performs Live  —  ‘Whip My Hair’ makes its television debut today along with Ellen DeGeneres' interview with Willow Smith.  While we wait with bated breath to see the performance, the conversation segment is already online.
 
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From Mediagazer:

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

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