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Jennifer Garcia / People.com:
Kim Kardashian: ‘It Was Like We Were in Heaven’  —  It was the most lavish celebrity wedding of the year, but Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries are happy to report that all their expectations were met - and more!  —  “It was like we were in heaven,” Kardashian tells this week's PEOPLE …
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Us Weekly:
COVER STORY: Kris Humphries' Family “Looked Appalled” at Kim Kardashian Wedding  —  Fairy tale or fake?  —  Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries' Aug. 20 wedding could yield $17 million for the bride and groom, her family and E! show producers — and the festivities were accordingly bedazzled.
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Just call him Kate  —  The new Mr. Kim Kardashian, Kris Humphries, has been tagged with a new nickname by his mates, who are now calling the NBA star “Kate Middleton.”  Humphries' pals, sources say, settled on the moniker in honor of Britain's new Duchess of Cambridge to razz him for getting “married into royalty.”
Taryn Ryder / Celebuzz:
EXCLUSIVE: Brenda Song & Trace Cyrus Expecting First Child!  —  Big congrats to Brenda Song and Trace Cyrus!  The couple is expecting their first child together, Celebuzz can exclusively report.  —  The Social Network star and Miley Cyrus' brother have been quietly seeing each other for several months …
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Bruna Nessif / E! Online:
Brenda Song Expecting a Child With...Miley Cyrus' Brother?!  —  Brenda's got a baby!  And no, we're not singing a Tupac Shakur song...  The Suite Life of Zack and Cody actress is about to enter the sweet life of motherhood.  A source confirmed to E! News that Brenda Song is pregnant with her first child …
Nadria Tucker / omg!:
Who is Trace Cyrus?  —  Contribute content like this.  Start here.  —  Though he's mostly known for being pop star Miley Cyrus's older brother, Trace Cyrus is making his own headlines these days.  TV Guide reports that Cyrus, 22, announced that he and his girlfriend, Disney star Brenda Song …
Stephanie / X17 Online:
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS - LIAM HEMSWORTH DELIVERS FRESH FLOWERS, AND CHANEL
Discussion: omg!
In Touch Weekly Magazine:
EXCLUSIVE: How Marc Anthony Came Between Will And Jada  —  Although Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are still publicly pretending that their “marriage is intact,” In Touch has the shocking behind-the-scenes story of their major marriage trouble.  For months, an insider says …
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TMZ.com:
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith — Marriage Trouble  —  Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are having significant problems in their marriage, but they have NOT made a decision to separate ... at least not yet — this according to sources connected with the couple.  —  Reports have been swirling that the couple has separated.
Amber Goodhand / RADAR:
Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Get Legal Team Involved After Split Report
Dalton Ross / Inside TV:
‘Survivor: South Pacific’: Ozzy and Coach to return for new season.  They talk about it here!  — EXCLUSIVE  —  CBS withheld the names of the two returning players to join the 16 new contestants announced on Monday for Survivor: South Pacific, but EW.com can now exclusively reveal …
Access Hollywood:
Are Kids & Marriage In Simon Cowell's Future?  —  Simon Cowell,'The X Factor',American Idol,Reality TV,Animals,Weddings,TV  —  Simon Cowell has amassed a massive fortune as a judge on “American Idol,” and now as a creator of “The X Factor,” but he won't be leaving money to any future “little Simons.”
Discussion: PerezHilton
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Sara Hammel / People.com:
X Factor: Mariah Carey Will Appear - But Not as a Judge
Discussion: That Grape Juice
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
Fox To Bring Back ‘Breaking In’ With 13-Ep.  Order, Buy New Adam Goldberg Comedy  —  It looks like comedy Breaking In has done the impossible, beating cancellation for a second time.  I hear Fox is about to give the single-camera comedy starring Christian Slater and Bret Harrison …
Discussion: TVbytheNumbers, TVLine and Inside TV
USA Today:
Rod Stewart hits the Strip  —  LAS VEGAS — Here's how Mr. Hot Legs himself keeps his shows alive and kicking.  Ice.  And lots of it.  —  “I keep fit, and after anything I do, like cycling, swimming, football, I hop in a bath of ice water up to about my (privates),” says Rod Stewart, 66, suddenly mentioning his unmentionables.
Discussion: Dlisted, Us Weekly, Celebuzz and Just Jared
Billboard.Biz:
No Host At 2011 MTV Video Music Awards; Two L.A. Concerts Added  —  Concerts featuring Cobra Starship, Joe Jonas, Miguel, Swizz Beatz, Chiddy Bang and Wallpaper have been booked as part MTV's VMA-themed weekend in Los Angeles.  —  Swizz Beatz, Chiddy Bang and Wallpaper will perform Friday …
Quora:
What's it like to have your film flop at the box office?  —  Answer (1 of 3): When you work “above the line” on a movie (writer, director, actor, producer, etc.) watching it flop at the box office is devastating.  I had such an experience during the opening weekend of Conan the Barbarian 3D.
Michael Ausiello / TVLine:
Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on Gossip Girl, 90210, Glee, Sons of Anarchy, Housewives and More!  —  Got a scoop request?  An anonymous tip you're dying to share?  Just want to say hi?  Send any/all of the above to askausiello@tvline.com  —  Question: Any scoop on Desperate Housewives' central mystery this season?
Discussion: TV Fanatic
Claude Brodesser-Akner / New York Magazine:
Universal Drops Its Ouija Movie  —  The titular board.  —  Just three weeks after Universal Pictures ditched plans to turn the Hasbro board game Clue into a film (again) with Gore Verbinski, things are not looking good for another Hasbro property at the studio: Insiders tell Vulture that Ouija …
Chloe Melas / Hollywood Life:
Are Sandra Bullock & Ryan Reynolds Engaged?  Friends Say They're In Love & Tying The Knot!  —  For years there have been rumbles of a romance between these Hollywood A-listers and sources say they're finally giving love a shot!  —  Sandra Bullock might have finally found Mr. Right in her long-time friend Ryan Reynolds.
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Carrie Fisher, 50 Lbs.  Lighter, Ready for Her Princess Leia Bikini  —  Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy  —  For Carrie Fisher, less is more.  —  She's lost 50 lbs. in the past nine months - and is ready for her bikini, or, in her case …
TMZ.com:
CLARK GABLE'S GRANDSON  —  Charged w/ Lasering Cop Chopper  —  Clark Gable's grandson Clark Gable Jr. has been charged with three felony counts of pointing a laser at an aircraft, TMZ has learned — after allegedly flashing a laser pointer at an LAPD chopper.
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't! and Reuters
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Nick's far-outfield honeymoon  —  Yankee outfielder Nick Swisher is finally taking his new wife, Joanna Garcia, on a honeymoon — to Afghanistan.  —  Nick and actress Joanna, a star of ABC's “Better Without You,” plan to visit US troops in November, their first trip since they married last December.
Discussion: Us Weekly and Gossip Cop
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
NBC Buys Dwayne Johnson-Bruckheimer Wrestling Drama Set In 1980s  —  NBC is getting in the ring with a put pilot commitment to a drama about the 1980s professional wrestling boom that is executive produced by one of the biggest '90s wrestling stars, Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock.
 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

The New York Times Company:
The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
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