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2:30 PM ET, October 4, 2011

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Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Blake Lively, Leonardo DiCaprio Split  —  It was fun while it lasted!  —  After five months together, Blake Lively and Leonardo DiCaprio have parted ways, reps for both stars confirm exclusively to Us Weekly.. The pair “remain friends,” Lively and DiCaprio's reps added.
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AceShowBiz.com:
Reps: Blake Lively and Leonardo DiCaprio Split  —  Although they were seen quite affectionate towards each other, the couple could not stay in the relationship more than five months.  —  The romance between Blake Lively and Leonardo DiCaprio is apparently short-lived.
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Warner Bros Acquires Post-WWII Don Winslow Novel ‘Satori’ For Leonardo DiCaprio
Vanity Fair:
Johnny Depp: “If They're Going to Pay Me The Stupid Money Right Now, I'm Going to Take It”  —  He's Hollywood's best-paid actor, but he doesn't have to like it: “Basically, if they're going to pay me the stupid money right now, I'm going to take it,” he says in Vanity Fair's November issue.  “I have to.
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Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Photo phobia  —  Despite being one of the world's most handsome men, Johnny Depp hates photo shoots so much, he compares them to violent sexual assault.  He tells Nick Tosches in Vanity Fair, “Well, you just feel like you're being raped somehow.  Raped ... It feels like a kind of weird — just weird, man.”
Amanda Knox / The Daily Beast:
Money Dispute May End ‘Simpsons’  —  A money dispute between Fox and the actors who voice the characters on The Simpsons may force the long-running hit series to shut down next spring.  Lloyd Grove reports exclusively.  —  As Homer Simpson would put it, “D'oh!”
Rachel Uchitel / TMZ.com:
Secretly Marries Boyfriend  —  Rachel Uchitel is off the market ... TMZ has learned she got hitched over the weekend.  —  We've obtained documents from Clark County, Nevada, showing Rachel and Matt Hahn got a marriage license Sunday night and filed it with the court the next day at 8:58 AM.
Sarah Bull / Daily Mail:
Sweet pie of mine!  Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose is unrecognisable after piling on the pounds  —  He was once a pin-up for millions of rock and roll fans throughout the world.  —  But it seems Axl Rose's poster boy days are over, judging by photographs of the 49-year-old singer performing with the band in Brazil last night.
Discussion: Extra and Yeeeah!
Hollywood Reporter:
NBC Cancels ‘The Playboy Club’  —  UPDATED: Brian Williams' “Rock Center” will air in its place beginning Oct. 31 following three weeks of “Prime Suspect” repeats.  —  NBC has canceled freshman drama The Playboy Club.  —  Brian Williams' newsmagazine show, Rock Center, will take its place beginning Oct. 31.
Photo Boy / The Superficial:
Thomas Jane Used to Dabble in Gay Prostitution  —  Photo Boy here with a slight hiccup in your normally programmed dick jokes as I'll be filling in for Fish today.  Like any good substitute that I can remember from grade school, I'd like to start the day out with a little gay experimentation.
Discussion: Queerty
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Irene Lacher / Los Angeles Times:
Sunday Conversation: Thomas Jane
The Huffington Post:
Caroline Manzo, Jacqueline Laurita Leaving ‘Real Housewives Of New Jersey’ … Video , Jacqueline Laurita , Real Housewives Of New Jersey , Bravo , Caroline Manzo , Caroline Manzo Fired , Fired Housewives , Jacqueline Laurita Fired , Real Housewives Of New Jersey Fired , Celebrity News
Marco / X17 Online:
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS - KIM KARDASHIAN SPLURGES ON BRAND NEW FERRARI  —  Out with the old and in with the new!  —  Kim Kardashian has spent a chunk of her reality show money on a brand new white Ferrari 458 Italia worth over $300,000.  Yep ... that's how the 30-year-old babe rolls!
Discussion: Extra
Emily / X17 Online:
KAT VON D SET TO MAKE HER MARK IN MUSIC WITH FIRST ALBUM  —  Well, at least she's not yet another actress-turned-musician.  —  Kat Von D is putting her tattoo gun aside to begin recording her first album.  Didn't think she was into music?  Think again.  The LA Ink star told E! News:
Discussion: E! Online and PerezHilton
Ben Todd / Daily Mail:
'It's fine... we're grown-ups at the end of the day': Kate Winslet opens up on her divorce from Sam Mendes in new photoshoot  —  After more than a year of silence on the subject, Kate Winslet has spoken of her torment following her break-up from director Sam Mendes.
omg!:
J.R. Martinez Gets Standing Ovation on DWTS for Emotional War Tribute  —  Monday was an emotional night on Dancing with the Stars — with celeb contestants basing their routines on the most meaningful year of their lives.  —  Chaz Bono danced to his late father Sonny Bono's own “Son of a Gun …
Discussion: X17 Online and PerezHilton
Marco / X17 Online:
KHLOE KARDASHIAN SHARES HER PREGNANCY STRUGGLES WITH TODAY'S HODA KOTB  —  Khloe Kardashian's younger sis Khloe is still struggling to get pregnant with huby Lamar Odom, and she's telling Today Show's Hoda Kotb all about it.  —  During the early morning interview, the 27-year-old reality star admitted:
Daily Mail:
Just married!  Seth Rogen and long-term girlfriend exchange vows in spectacular hilltop ceremony  —  Seth Rogen and his girlfriend of seven years, Lauren Miller, have married in a ceremony in California.  —  The Knocked Up actor, who currently co-stars in the film 50/50, wed long-time girlfriend …
Discussion: Yeeeah!
Cindy Pearlman / Chicago Sun Times:
Ryan Gosling an ‘outsider’ no more, says 'he's weird-looking'  —  Ryan Gosling (left) plays an aide to a presidential candidate (George Clooney, on poster) in “The Ides of March,” opening Friday.  —  He used to be a character actor.  Now, he's a Clooney.  —  Ryan Gosling is known …
Discussion: World Of Wonder and Just Jared
UNHCR:
UNHCR ceremony honours Yemeni aid group and Angelina Jolie  —  The UN refugee agency paid lavish tribute on Monday night to award-winning American actress Angelina Jolie and Yemeni humanitarian aid group Society for Humanitarian Solidarity (SHS) for their outstanding work for refugees over many years.
Eileen Finan / People.com:
Kellie Pickler Brings Country Charm to 90210  —  From left: AnnaLynne McCord, Justin Deeley and Kellie Pickler on the set of 90210  —  Fellow country stars Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood have both tested their acting chops - now it's Kellie Pickler's turn!
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Bruna Nessif / E! Online:
LeAnn Rimes' Home Crashed Into by Suspected Drunk Driver  —  That poor fence.  —  Lost Hills Police Dept. confirmed to E! News that around six this morning, a 20-year-old motorist, who was driving with a suspended license, took out a stop sign and crashed into a light pole and fence …
Discussion: Us Weekly and Celebrity Baby Scoop
TMZ.com:
Tupac Sex Tape — 6-Figure Bidding War Erupts  —  Two porn companies are going head-to-head in a ferocious battle to buy the rights to the Tupac Shakur sex tape ... and TMZ has learned the first bid is well into 6-figures.  —  Sources close to the person in possession of the tape tell us …
Aly Semigran / PopWatch:
Pink to star alongside Gwyneth Paltrow.  Will she be the next big crossover?  —  While we've all definitely heard Pink's voice in the movies before — be it on the Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle soundtrack or any number of romcom trailers that feature her hit, “Raise Your Glass” — get ready to see her on the screen soon, too.
Simon Perry / People.com:
Kate's Wedding Dress Draws Record Numbers  —  The Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress, with the Duchess (inset)  —  That dress had fans.  —  A record number of visitors showed up to view Kate Middelton's wedding dress while it was on display at Buckingham Palace this summer, it was confirmed Tuesday.
Discussion: Fashionista
The Superficial:
Courtney Stodden in a Bikini 2: Child Bride Harder  —  As promised, here's Part 2 of our two-part series “Courtney Stodden: Straight Out Da Joy Book.”  Or “Exhibit B” as it'll later be known when she steals all this guy's money, and her body is discovered to be a man's after it's pulled out of a suitcase.
Discussion: Amy Grindhouse
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The Superficial:
Courtney Stodden in a Bikini: Episode 1 The Airbrushed Menace
Discussion: DrunkenStepfather
 
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TMZ.com:
PLEASE Don't Drag Me Into Nightclub Brawl
Discussion: Queerty
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Access Hollywood:
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Raunchy Rihanna: I'm really a very good girl but saying c*** is funny
Molly Goodson / PopSugar:
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Discussion: Us Weekly
TMZ.com:
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From Mediagazer:

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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