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TMZ.com:
Ex-Warrant Singer Jani Lane — Dead at 47 — Jani Lane — former lead singer of the rock band Warrant — was found dead at a hotel in L.A. Thursday evening ... TMZ has learned. — Lane's body was discovered at the Comfort Inn hotel in Woodland Hills, CA. So far, no official cause of death has been released.
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Us Weekly:
Warrant Singer Jani Lane Dies at 47 — The music has stopped for Warrant's Jani Lane. — On Thursday, the heavy metal singer was found dead in his room at a Comfort Inn in Woodland Hills, Calif., the Associated Press confirms. Police officers told the AP that the cause and circumstances of the rocker's death are not yet known.
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Lynn Hirschberg / Wmagazine.com:
Woman on the Verge — TWILIGHT'S KRISTEN STEWART ON GROWING UP, GETTING MARRIED, AND GIVING BIRTH—AS MILLIONS LOOK ON. — Lynn Hirschberg: Everyone knows you as Bella Swan, the heroine of the Twilight series, whose penultimate installment, Breaking Dawn Part 1, premieres on November 18.
Ann Oldenburg / USA Today:
‘So You Think You Can Dance’ crowns a winner — And it's Melanie Moore. — The Marietta, Ga. college student beat out runner-up Sasha Mallory, 23, and third-place finisher Marko Germar, 22, to pick up the title of “America's Favorite Dancer” and a $250,000 cash prize.
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People.com:
So You Think You Can Dance Has a Winner! — From left: Marko Germar, Sasha Mallory, Melanie Moore and Tadd Gadduang — Despite strong performances by all four finalists, head judge Nigel Lythgoe predicted that the winner of So You Think You Can Dance on Thursday night …
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The Superficial:
Lindsay Lohan Forgot Her Bra, Also Something About Drugs — Yesterday, Lindsay Lohan basically confirmed she was caught on video buying drugs by trying to claim it was “a meteor and sea jasper” she was simply purchasing from a guy in sunglasses who carries plastic bags full of minerals in his pockets for barter.
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Sesame Workshop / Facebook:
Sesame Workshop Statement on Bert and Ernie Petitions — Bert and Ernie are best friends. They were created to teach preschoolers that people can be good friends with those who are very different from themselves. — Even though they are identified as male characters and possess …
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Alex Campbell / Indianapolis Star:
Email rendezvous entangles state Rep. Phillip Hinkle — Lawmaker calls encounter set up with young man on Craigslist a ‘shakedown’ — Emails shared with The Indianapolis Star suggest that state Rep. Phillip Hinkle — responding to a local posting on Craigslist — offered a young man $80 plus tip …
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Dahvi Shira / People.com:
Miranda Cosgrove's Mom Also Hurt in ‘Life-Threatening’ Bus Crash — Miranda Cosgrove escaped her tour bus crash Thursday morning with a broken ankle, but she wasn't the only one injured in the “life-threatening” accident. — “Miranda's mom was on the bus with her and got really beaten up by the crash …
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TMZ.com:
Dougherty Gang Member — XXX Photo Shoot — Just days before the Dougherty Gang allegedly robbed a Georgia bank last week — the lady of the bunch stripped down to her birthday suit for a hardcore XXX photo shoot. — 29-year-old Lee Grace Dougherty — a sometime professional exotic dancer …
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PopWatch:
This Week's Cover: Fall Movie Preview! — In this week's issue of Entertainment Weekly, the stars of November's The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1 discuss how they approached key scenes in the film, from the tense walk down the aisle to the pillow-shredding honeymoon, to the bloody, ghastly climax.
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Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Paula Abdul Demands Staffers Call Her “Warrior,” “Gift” — Straight up: Anyone interested in getting hired as Paula Abdul's assistant should get ready to tend to a kooky list of daily demands. — Among the 49-year-old X Factor judge's requests, according to an insider?
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Alison Schwartz / People.com:
Ricki Lake Is Engaged — Ricki Lake has plenty to sing about - the original Hairspray star is engaged! — “Thrilled to share some happy news with you,” Lake, 42, Tweeted, along with a picture of her and her now-fiancé, Christian Evans. — Earlier this summer …
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Lynette Rice / Inside Movies:
Third ‘Bridget Jones’ movie is finally a go — EXCLUSIVE — It's finally time to re-open the diary: Bridget Jones is returning to the big screen. — EW has confirmed exclusively that Working Title Films, the production company responsible for the first movie released in 2001 and the second …
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TMZ.com:
Sharon Stone — Deranged Man Detained Outside Her L.A. Home — An apparently deranged man was just handcuffed and taken away by cops outside Sharon Stone's Hollywood Hills mansion, after he was banging at her gate, claiming he killed Osama bin Laden. — Law enforcement sources tell us the man …
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Ted Casablanca / E! Online:
Source: Jennifer Lopez “Would Never” Go Back to Marc Anthony — Uh-oh, do we already smell a reconciliation between exes Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, who were photographed yesterday in the Hamptons? — Even though reps say the get-together was only a chance for the split couple …
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Hamish Bowles / Vogue.com:
Kate Moss: Kiss Me, Kate — Ikram Goldman: On Timeless Style and Her New Flagship Store — I have a confession to make. In the beginning, I did not understand the Kate Moss phenomenon. Call me old-fashioned, but after a decade of Amazonian supermodels pulsing with glamorous, bosomy life …
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Johnny Depp is terrified that Kate Moss will tell-all in her alleged memoir — I'm doing this story just because I wanted to spend ten minutes looking up old photos of Johnny Depp and Kate Moss. Sigh... the 1990s. So much fun. I wish there were more couples like that these days.
Stuart Levine / Variety:
USA renews final season of ‘In Plain Sight’ — Cabler decides to end McCormack drama series — EXCLUSIVE: USA Network is giving one last hurrah to “In Plain Sight” before saying goodbye. — Cabler is renewing the Mary McCormack starrer for a fifth and final eight-episode season, which will air in spring 2012.
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Matt Webb Mitovich / TVLine:
Exclusive: Smallville's Erica Durance Strikes a Spark With One of Charlie's Angels — Charlie's Angels executive producer Al Gough wasn't kidding when he said the other day, “We'd obviously love to have any [Smallville alumni] come on the show.” In fact, it now seems he may have been holding out when he said that.
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