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10:25 AM ET, June 17, 2011

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TMZ.com:
Rebecca Black YANKS ‘Friday’ Off YouTube  —  The FUN, FUN, FUN is over ... Rebecca Black has officially pulled her “Friday” video off of YouTube ... and TMZ has learned it's all over a fight over Rebecca's image.  —  TMZ spoke with a rep for Black who tells us, “We can confirm that we submitted …
Lpons / Life and Style:
Jesse James and Kat Von D: wedding on hold  —  Almost five months after announcing their engagement, Jesse James and Kat Von D have decided to put a pause on their relationship.  Life & Style can exclusively reveal that Jesse has confirmed the split to friends.  “That's what he's telling pals,” an insider tells Life & Style.
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Elizabeth Leonard / People.com:
Jesse James and Kat Von D Planning a Summer Wedding  —  Have Jesse James and Kat Von D called off their wedding?  Not a chance, they both tell PEOPLE.  —  “That is absolutely not true,” says James, 42, bristling at Internet reports that he's split from the LA Ink star.  “We're still going strong.
TMZ.com:
Crystal Harris — Consoled by Dr. Phil's Son  —  Crystal Harris has been hunkered down with Jordan McGraw ever since she jilted Hugh Hefner — but the relationship is all about making music ... TMZ has learned.  —  Sources close to Crystal and Jordan tell us Dr. Phil's son gave her a shoulder …
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Oprah Winfrey Determined to Land O.J. Simpson Confession … You might think Oprah Winfrey - who recently wrapped an historic 25 years atop the daytime talk show ladder - would have snagged everyone she wanted for her couch tête-à-tê tes.  But no. There are two people Winfrey …
Discussion: Bossip, Jezebel, Perez Hilton, omg! and Pop2it
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Marc Schneider / PopEater:
Oprah's Dream Interview: A Confessing O.J. Simpson
Discussion: Reuters
Merle Ginsberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Anthony Weiner Approached for Cameo on ‘Entourage’ … Entourage executive producer Doug Ellin has reached out Anthony Weiner to play himself on the show.  —  Though the request went out before Weiner resigned from office Tuesday, don't count on seeing him on the eighth and final season this summer.
New York Post:
Aguilera antics split judges  —  Tensions are bubbling backstage on NBC's hit “The Voice” between Christina Aguilera and rival judge Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine.  —  Sources tell Page Six fellow judges Levine and Blake Shelton have formed an alliance against Aguilera, whose much bigger paycheck …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Bossip
PopWatch:
This Week's Cover: 'Why I'm Obsessed with Ryan Reynolds, by Ryan Reynolds'  —  We looked high and low to find just the right writer to pen our cover story on Ryan Reynolds.  We needed someone who could match the actor's sparkling wit, winning charisma, and staggering intelligence …
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TMZ.com:
‘Jersey Shore’ Cast — Squeezing MTV For More $$$  —  The “Jersey Shore” cast has put the screws to MTV for a FIFTH TIME — negotiating new contracts for an upcoming season back in New Jersey ... and we're told, they locked down their biggest salaries yet.  —  Plans are already in motion …
Cristina Gibson / E! Online:
Exclusive!  Paris Hilton and Cy Waits “Reevaluating” Their Relationship  —  Being in the spotlight and on a reality show has taken a toll on Paris Hilton and Cy Waits' relationship.  —  The couple, who have been dating for a year, are currently going through a rough patch and are “reevaluating” things, sources tell me.
Mike Collett-White / Reuters:
Susan Boyle story to be turned into musical  —  LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish singer Susan Boyle, who shot to stardom in 2009 when her performance on a television singing contest became an internet hit, will see her life portrayed on stage in a new musical.  —  “I Dreamed a Dream,” …
Discussion: Digital Spy
Kiki Von Glinow / PopEater:
Kendall Jenner: ‘Kim Is Living Vicariously Through Me’  —  Hold off on your assumptions — it's not Kendall Jenner who wants to be just like big sister, Kim Kardashian, according to the second youngest of the Kardashian-Jenner empire, Kim is living vicariously through her.
Celebslam:
Ha Ha, you suck Aniston  —  Jennifer Aniston is too old  —  Shocking news from Hollywood today where it's been revealed that a 42-year-old actress is too old for roles normally played by actresses in their 20s.  From the National Enquirer: … Is Jen really surprised that she was passed over for a role because of her age?
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Us Weekly:
Justin Theroux Moves Into Jen Aniston's Place
Dsiegel / National Enquirer:
WEINER RESIGNS AFTER ENQUIRER'S CROSS-DRESSING PHOTO!  —  Photography by: (C) The NATIONAL ENQUIRER  —  Scandal-plagued New York Congressman ANTHONY WEINER announced his intention to resign today after The NATIONAL ENQUIRER published a shocking cover photo of him wearing women's lingerie!
Discussion: Bossip, Allie is Wired, Dlisted and Gawker
E! Online:
Kim Kardashian Wedding Scoop: The Dress, the Bachelorette Party and More!  —  Attention, Kim Kardashian!  —  Little sister Khloé Kardashian Odom says you may not be too happy with your upcoming bachelorette party.  —  Why?  Read on to find out what she just told us about the prewedding festivities...
Celebslam:
Jada Pinkett Smith is a weirdo  —  Jada Pinkett Smith leaving her hotel in Manchester, UK (3/19)  —  It's the worst kept secret in Hollywood that Jada Pinkett Smith (and her husband Will) are Scientologists, so I guess it makes sense that she's also into something equally weird: crystals.
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Benedict Cumberbatch To Voice Smaug in ‘The Hobbit’  —  EXCLUSIVE: After reporting today that Luke Evans will play Bard in the Peter Jackson-directed The Hobbit and wondering who'll voice the dragon Smaug, Deadline can now tell you that it will be Benedict Cumberbatch.  He'll portray Smaug via motion capture.
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Nicki Gostin / PopEater:
Emma Roberts: Talk of Nepotism Is ‘So Ridiculous’  —  In ‘The Art of Getting By,’ Emma Roberts plays a popular high school teen who begins a relationship with a lonely misfit played by an all-grown-up Freddie Highmore.  The 20-year-old daughter of Eric (and niece of Julia) …
TMZ.com:
Karissa Shannon DUMPS ‘Smallville’ Star BF  —  Their chart-topper hasn't even been released yet — but TMZ has learned Playmate Karissa Shannon and “Smallville” star Sam Jones have just called it quits.  —  According to sources connected with the ex-couple, Karissa pulled a cruel bait-and-switch before she dumped the actor.
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
TMZ.com:
Buzz Aldrin Jettisons 3rd Wife — Files for Divorce  —  Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin has filed for divorce from wife #3 ... TMZ has learned.  —  Buzz — the second man to walk on the moon — married Lois Driggs Cannon on Valentine's Day, 1988.  —  In Buzz's divorce petition …
Discussion: omg!, Dlisted, Perez Hilton and Us Weekly
Associated Press:
Mexican police arrest alleged drug boss known as ‘El Brad Pitt’  —  MEXICO CITY — Federal authorities detained a former police officer accused of leading the armed wing of the violent Juarez Cartel in northern Mexico, the government said Thursday.  —  Marco Antonio Guzman …
Discussion: Bossip and Gawker
AceShowBiz.com:
Video Premiere: Lady GaGa's ‘Edge of Glory’ Ft. Clarence Clemons  —  The E Street Band's saxophonist just sits on a stoop, giving all the spotlight to the Monster ringleader who takes it all by dancing for all it's worth in the name of love.  —  Lady GaGa's much-anticipated music video for her single …
Discussion: Jezebel
Marianne Garvey / E! Online:
Toddlers & Tiaras Star Eden Retiring From Pageant Life...at 6 Years Old!  —  Toddlers & Tiaras' self-proclaimed “real famous” kiddie pageant star Eden Wood is calling it quits in the pageant world—at the ripe old age of 6.  —  “She's past beauty pageants right now,” Annette Hill …
Discussion: TVgasm, OK! Magazine and The Clicker
 
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