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10:20 AM ET, September 24, 2011

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Sheila Marikar / ABCNEWS:
Kim Delaney Booted Off Stage at Liberty Medal Award Ceremony  —  Kim Delaney looked disoriented and disheveled at the Liberty Medal Award ceremony.  —  What's wrong with Kim Delaney?  —  The star of Lifetime's “Army Wives” was kicked off stage at Philadelphia's National Constitution Center Thursday night …
TMZ.com:
TMZ Live — Bristol Palin's Heckler: I'm Ashamed of Myself  —  (4:15) A heckler rips Bristol Palin — calling her mom a “whore” ... so she goes after him for being gay.  —  (7:45) The heckler — Stephen Hanks — is on the phone ... and he's ashamed for acting out.
Discussion: PerezHilton
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Justin Ravitz / Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins Split 1 Week Before Abduction Premiere  —  Maybe Lily Collins' dad Phil Collins can console her with one of his classic ballads?  —  The actress, 22, has split with her Abduction costar Taylor Lautner, a source confirms to Us Weekly.
Justin Ravitz / Us Weekly:
PIC: Jennifer Aniston Spends $450,000 on Painting  —  He bids, she buys!  —  Jennifer Aniston was the winning buyer at Christie's glitzy “Artists for Haiti” auction in NYC on Thursday — where beau Justin Theroux did the bidding on her behalf.  —  PHOTOS: How Jen's edgy new beau is just like Angelina
Discussion: Hollywood Life and ARTINFO
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Cindy Adams / New York Post:
LiLo causes bad Dream scene  —  Lindsay Lohan got her claws out in a confrontation with the Indian model wife of millionaire hotelier Vikram Chatwal, just days after the troubled starlet and Chatwal were spotted kissing at his home in New York.  —  Lohan rudely confronted stunning Priya Sachdev …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Lindsay Lohan Adds “Gold Digging Wife Attacker” To Her Illustrious Resume
Discussion: The Superficial and Hollywood Rag
Daily Mail:
‘We had a beautiful relationship’: Naomi Watts opens up about her romance with tragic Heath Ledger  —  Naomi Watts has opened up about her ex Heath Ledger saying the late actor was a ‘very special soul’ who ‘made a great impact on my life.’  —  The 43-year-old actress …
Discussion: Socialite Life and PerezHilton
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Allison Corneau / Us Weekly:   Naomi Watts Opens Up About “Beautiful” Romance With Heath Ledger
TMZ.com:
“X Factor” Dong Dancer: I Wasn't Naked!  —  The Parents Television Council may be off base — because the contestant who dropped trou on “The X Factor” last night tells TMZ, he wasn't naked ... he was wearing a g-string.  —  The singer — Geo Godley — tells us, his outfit was nothing worse …
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James Hibberd / Inside TV:
‘X Factor’ hit with FCC complaint over nude contestant
Discussion: The Daily What
Megan Masters / TVLine:
One Tree Hill Exclusive: Three More Familiar Faces Return In Season 9!  —  The upcoming ninth and final season of One Tree Hill is bubbling over with returning fan faves like Tyler Hilton, Paul Johansson and Chad Michael Murray, and TVLine has learned exclusively that three more are on the way — though this trio may not be so welcome.
TMZ.com:
Vesta Williams — Prescription Pills Found at Death Scene  —  Multiple bottles of prescription pills were found in the El Segundo, CA hotel room where R&B singer Vesta Williams died ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ.  —  We're told “several bottles” were discovered — some empty.
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J. Dakar / CONCRETELOOP.COM:
R&B SINGER VESTA WILLIAMS HAS DIED AT 53
Discussion: L.A. NOW and TMZ.com
Michael K / Dlisted:
Fight!  Fight!:  Jonah Hill vs. Matthew Morrison  —  Everybody who is making an #itgetsbetter video for bullied gay teens need to immediately rewrite their script and speak directly to recently de-chunked Jonah Hill, because he needs our sympathies and support during this very difficult time.
Discussion: Holy Moly!, The Blemish and Splitsider
Curtis Sittenfeld / New York Times:
A Long Day at ‘The Office’ With Mindy Kaling  —  In the last few months, Twitter followers of the writer and actress Mindy Kaling have been treated to these observations:  —  “re: kombucha, at its best, it tastes like drinking delicious wine coolers with phlegm in it.  At its worst, phlegm.”
Discussion: Splitsider and New York Magazine
Claude Brodesser-Akner / New York Magazine:
Warner Brothers Wants Brad Pitt for Doug Liman Film After His Luna Craters  —  Paramount Pictures is over the moon — and while that's so-so news for Doug Liman, it's great news for Warner Bros. Pictures.  Insiders tell Vulture that Paramount has given up on making Liman's planned space heist movie …
Discussion: /Film and The Moviefone Blog
Mark Harris / New York Magazine:
Jonah Hill on Moneyball, Idolizing Joe Pesci, and Being All Grown Up  —  Jonah Hill.  —  In this weekend's Moneyball, Jonah Hill stars alongside Brad Pitt as a baseball numbers nerd.  The film is based on Michael Lewis's 2003 book about Billy Beane (Pitt), the general manager …
Discussion: Digital Spy
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Wanda Sykes: I Had a Double Mastectomy  —  Wanda Sykes being outrageous - that's expected.  But for the actress-comedian to be serious?  That's rare.  Even when the issue is personal.  —  In this case, it was also health-related, when she admitted for the first time …
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omg!:
Wanda Sykes Reveals Breast Cancer Battle; Underwent Double Mastectomy
Discussion: X17 Online and Digital Spy
 
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Tareq Salahi ‘Betrayed’ By Michaele & Neal Schon; Would He Take Her Back?
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The Vampire Diaries: The Hybrid Errs and Heirs
Discussion: PerezHilton
Marco / X17 Online:
REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS CAST PARTY IN HOLLYWOOD
Michael K / Dlisted:
When Your Wax Figure Is Less Waxy Than You Are
 Earlier Picks: 
Peter Sciretta / /Film:
Page 2: Dexter, Jonah Hill, Willy Wonka, Serenity, Alec Baldwin, Ghostbusters, Tron: Legacy …
Discussion: New York Magazine
Robert Seidman / TVbytheNumbers:
Fox won the night with adults 18-49 — its first fall Thursday …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't! and Splitsider
Cinya Burton / Us Weekly:
Angelina Jolie Takes Maddox, 10, on a Flying Lesson
Elizabeth Leonard / People.com:
Kirstie Alley Is Looking for Love, Not Sex
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
 

 
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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

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
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