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3:45 PM ET, November 14, 2010

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Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Jessica Simpson, Eric Johnson Are Engaged!  —  Jessica Simpson is off the market!  —  Sources confirm to UsMagazine.com that the singer, 30, became engaged to beau Eric Johnson on Thursday, just days after Us broke the news that her ex-husband, Nick Lachey, popped the question …
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Jessica Simpson Engaged to Eric Johnson  —  Touchdown!  Jessica Simpson and free agent NFL player Eric Johnson are getting married, a rep confirms to PEOPLE.  —  “Yes, we are excited to confirm that they are engaged!” says the rep.  —  The couple began dating in May, after being introduced by friends.
Christine Fenno / PopEater:
Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson: Engaged!  —  Jessica Simpson is heading down the aisle again.  In a new report from Us, a source says that, as of Thursday, the singer and reality TV star is now engaged to her new love Eric Johnson.  It will be the second marriage for both.
Chrisa / RADAR:
REPORT: John Travolta Flies Home From Australia As Wife Kelly Preston Goes Into Labor  —  John Travolta has rushed home from a promotional trip in Australia after receiving word that pregnant wife Kelly Preston has gone into labor.  —  The 56-year-old Grease star was due in Perth …
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TMZ.com:
Report: John Travolta Returns ... Kelly's in Labor  —  John Travolta has prematurely ended his Australian trip and is flying back home because wife Kelly Preston is in labor ... this according to a report.  —  Travolta was in Australia for the 90th anniversary of Qantas airlines, and vowed to return if Kelly went into labor.
HeraldSun:
Dad-to-be Travolta jets out early  —  HOLLYWOOD favourite John Travolta has cut short his Australian visit and has rushed back to the US after receiving word his wife, Kelly Preston, has gone into labour earlier than expected with the couple's third child.  —  Travolta, who has been in the …
Discussion: Dlisted
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Daniel Radcliffe & Robert Pattinson's Feud: True or False?  —  Team Potter or Team Cullen?  —  A feud is brewing between Daniel Radcliffe and Robert Pattinson - who play Harry Potter and Twilight's Edward Cullen, repectively - though the fight is likely nothing more than a figment of some fans' imaginations.
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Access Hollywood:   Daniel Radcliffe Talks Tattoos, Going Shirtless & Rumored R-Pattz Rivalry
TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan Tells Daddy Michael to Beat It  —  Lindsay Lohan just demanded security officers at her apartment building remove her father, Michael Lohan ... TMZ has learned.  —  Sources close to Lindsay tell us Michael showed up — unannounced — in the lobby of Lindsay's apartment building moments ago.
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: LeAnn Rimes' Ex Dean Sheremet Is Engaged!  —  Dean Sheremet is ready to make an honest woman out of Sarah Silver!  —  A source tells UsMagazine.com exclusively that Sheremet, 29, proposed to his live-in love Friday morning in their NYC apartment.
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Ne-Yo Is a New Father  —  R&B singer-songwriter Ne-Yo is a father - for the first time - now that his girlfriend, Monyetta Shaw, went into early labor Friday night and had a baby girl, a rep for the singer confirms to PEOPLE.  —  The baby's name is Madilyn Grace Smith.
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X17 Online:
Britney Spears Takes Son Sean Preston Out For Frozen Yogurt  —  And it looks like it made his day!  Aw, how adorbs is young SP?  The superstar singer - along with her small entourage of staff - took Sean Preston to get some fro-yo at Menchies in Calabasas on Saturday.
Discussion: PoorBritney.com and PopSugar
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X17 Online:
X17 EXCLUSIVE - Does Britney Spears Have A New Boyfriend?
Discussion: PoorBritney.com
Stephanie Rosenbloom / New York Times:
Who Will Be Oprah's Last Star?  —  EVERY time Stacy Igel concludes a meeting with her staff, she ends it roughly the same way: “O.K., I'll see you on Oprah!”  —  There's just one hitch: Ms. Igel, the founder and creative director of Boy Meets Girl, a clothing company in Manhattan …
Discussion: Gawker, The Dish Rag and Jezebel
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Demi Lovato's Disney TV Show Gets a Readjustment  —  While Demi Lovato rides the road to recovery in treatment for what her rep called “emotional and physical issues,” the star's TV vehicle is being realigned.  —  The Disney Channel and producers of her 'tween series Sonny with a Chance …
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Christine Fenno / PopEater:
Julien Hug's Funeral: Suicide Note Revealed  —  The troubled ‘Bachelorette’ contestant who committed suicide last week, Julien Hug, was remembered on Friday by approximately 500 guests at a memorial in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., where his family is in the restaurant business.
Discussion: Bumpshack.com and RADAR
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Jimmy / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Bachelorette Julien Hug's Heartbreaking Suicide Note …
 
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