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3:55 PM ET, September 24, 2011

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Justin Bieber / TMZ.com:
I Really Am... “KING of the World”  —  Justin Bieber will almost certainly get lucky tonight ... because TMZ has learned he just surprised girlfriend Selena Gomez with the most romantic surprise ever.20  —  He's corralled the entire Staples Center in L.A. for a screening of the movie, “Titanic” ... just for the two of them.
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
Dahvi Shira / People.com:
Jennifer Garner: ‘It Would Be So Weird to Have a Boy’  —  Raised with two sisters, Jennifer Garner would love for her two daughters to have the same experience.  —  “Three girls is a great way to grow up,” the pregnant actress, 39, says during an interview on the Ellen DeGeneres Show scheduled to air Tuesday.
Lynette Rice / Inside TV:
‘True Blood’ star to heat up ‘Two and a Half Men’ — EXCLUSIVE  —  Two and a Half Men may have found a way to build upon its stellar premiere week ratings: Alcide is coming to Malibu!  —  EW has learned exclusively that True Blood star Joe Manganiello will make an appearance in the Oct. 24 episode of the CBS comedy.
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:
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
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: Pop2it and Digital Spy
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
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 …
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 …
 
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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

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