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4:15 AM ET, September 12, 2011

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Associated Press:
‘Spartacus’ star Andy Whitfield dies  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) - Andy Whitfield, the 39-year-old star of the cable series Spartacus: Blood and Sand, has died.  —  Manager Sam Maydew says Whitfield died Sunday of non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in Sydney, Australia.  —  Whitfield's wife Vashti …
Discussion: Just Jared
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Andrew Dalton / Associated Press:
‘Spartacus’ star Whitfield dies of lymphoma at 39  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andy Whitfield, who played the title role in the hit cable series “Spartacus: Blood and Sand,” has died at age 39, according to representatives and family.  —  Whitfield died Sunday in Sydney, Australia …
Yvonne Villarreal / Show Tracker:
‘Spartacus’ star Andy Whitfield has died [Updated]  —  Andy Whitfield, who appeared in the Starz period drama “Spartacus: Blood and Sand,” has died, the network confirmed.  —  Whitfield died Sunday of non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in Sydney, Australia.  He was 39.
Discussion: New York Magazine and Gawker
TMZ.com:
Go on a Dinner Date  —  Jennifer Lopez might be moving on from hubby Marc Anthony in a big way — because last night she went out on a date with Bradley Cooper ... TMZ has learned.  —  We're told the two hit up Per Se, a restaurant located at Columbus Circle in New York City.
Discussion: PopBytes and Hollywood Life
Rebecca Macatee / Us Weekly:
George Clooney, Stacy Keibler Go Public in Toronto  —  Stacy Keibler isn't just George Clooney's arm candy.  —  The former wrestler, 31, attended two parties Saturday night in Toronto, Ontario with her new 50-year-old beau.  First the duo hit up Fox Searchlight and Vanity Fair's Toronto Film Festival bash …
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Rebecca Macatee / Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Amy Smart Marries Carter Oosterhouse!  —  Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Oosterhouse!  —  Amy Smart said “I do” to HGTV's Carter Oosterhouse on Saturday, Us Weekly exclusively confirms.  —  PHOTOS: Gorgeous celebrity wedding pictures  —  “We feel so excited and blessed to celebrate …
Andrew Stewart / Variety:
‘Contagion’ tops weekend B.O.  —  Viral thriller bows with $23.1 mil to dethrone ‘Help’  —  In its domestic debut frame, Warner Bros.' epidemic ensembler “Contagion” won top B.O. honors with an estimated $23.1 million from 3,222 locations, including 254 in Imax.
Discussion: PerezHilton
YumSugar:
Food Network Chefs Name Their Top Fall Food Trends  —  What culinary fad has jumped the shark - and what's here to stay?  At The Taste in Los Angeles, we interviewed a star-studded lineup of Food Network chefs, from Giada De Laurentiis to Duff Goldman, to see what they think will be the next food trend.
TMZ.com:
Cliff Robertson, Uncle Ben in ‘Spider-Man’ Movies, Dead at 88  —  Cliff Robertson, who won an Oscar in 1968 and became known to modern audiences for his roll as Uncle Ben in the “Spider-Man” movies, died yesterday.  He was 88.  —  Robertson famously portrayed John F. Kennedy in the movie …
Discussion: omg! and PerezHilton
Danny Valentine / St. Petersburg Times:
St. Petersburg police accuse woman, 22, of ‘vampire’ attack on man  —  ST. PETERSBURG — The vampire attacked just before midnight on the porch of a vacant Hooters.  —  Milton Ellis, 69, was sleeping in his motorized wheelchair when he awoke to find Josephine Rebecca Smith, 22 …
Discussion: Digital Spy and Jezebel
Bennett Marcus / New York Magazine:
Cutting Loose at Carine Roitfeld's Karaoke Party in a Strip Club  —  Anna Della Russo and Carine Roitfeld belt out a duet.  —  “This place looks like it could be in a Cassavetes film, no?”  Carine Roitfeld said on Saturday evening, gesturing around the room at Westway …
Perez Hilton:
Charlie Sheen Is Roasted!  —  Personally, we wouldn't want to celebrate someone's deplorable behavior as a drug-addicted abuser of women, but apparently, that's exactly what went down at Comedy Central's Roast of Charlie Sheen!  —  Roast-master Seth McFarlane hosted the event …
Discussion: E! Online and X17 Online
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Amy Winehouse May Have Died of Detox Seizure, Says Dad  —  Did Amy Winehouse die from trying to save her life?  —  Her father Mitch Winehouse says the troubled singer may have suffered an overdose from a powerful anti-anxiety drug and suffered a seizure during detox.
Discussion: PerezHilton
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