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5:30 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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Liz McNeil / People.com:
Blake Lively, Leonardo DiCaprio Break Up
AceShowBiz.com:   Reps: Blake Lively and Leonardo DiCaprio Split
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.”
Photo Boy / The Superficial:   Johnny Depp Reminds Everyone Why He Doesn't Do a Lot of Interviews
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.
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James Hibberd / Inside TV:
NBC cancels controversial ‘Playboy Club’  —  NBC's biggest primetime gamble just got canceled: The Playboy Club has been pulled from the network's schedule.  —  The move is no surprise and, indeed, was expected months before the show premiered.  The industry had low expectations for the 1960s set drama …
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!”
Johnny Lopez / TMZ.com:
Home Kristin Cavallari & Jay Cutler — IT'S BACK ON!  —  IT'S BACK ON!  —  Holding Hands in Public  —  Less than three months after breaking off their engagement at the VERY last minute, Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler were seen holding hands in L.A. today.
Discussion: X17 Online
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Us Weekly:
Kristin Cavallari Holds Hands With Ex-Fiance Jay Cutler
E! Online:
Jesse James' Ex Kat Von D Recording Her First Album (Really!)  —  Kat Von D's rocky relationship with Jesse James should make for some pretty juicy songwriting material.  —  That's right, the recently single again LA Ink star is currently recording her first music album...
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip and TVgasm
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Emily / X17 Online:
KAT VON D SET TO MAKE HER MARK IN MUSIC WITH FIRST ALBUM
Discussion: omg! and PerezHilton
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!
TMZ.com:
Home People vs. Dr. Conrad Murray — Prosecution To Murray's Girlfriend: Gotcha!  —  GOTCHA!  —  Dr. Murray's Baby Mama Nicole Alvarez Missteps in Court  —  Nicole Alvarez — Murray's girlfriend and baby mama — is standing by her man.  —  In case you missed it, prosecution grilled Alvarez …
Discussion: X17 Online and omg!
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
‘Dexter’ Stalemate Between Michael C. Hall And Showtime Puts Show's Future In Limbo  —  EXCLUSIVE: Showtime's flagship drama Dexter opened its sixth season on Sunday with a stellar 2.2 million viewers, up 24% from last year to mark the hit series' highest-rated premiere ever …
Discussion: TVbytheNumbers and AOL TV
Lisa Hanawalt / The Hairpin:
Drive: An Illustrated Response  —  I like Ryan Gosling.  I liked him in The Notebook, Half Nelson, Lars and the Real Girl, and Google Image Search.  And driving around LA at night while listening to pop music is my favorite thing on Earth, so seeing Drive was a no-brainer.  —  WARNING: CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS.
Discussion: Best Week Ever and World Of Wonder
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:
Lauren / X17 Online:
ANGELINA JOLIE CELEBRATES TEN YEARS OF SERVICE AT THE UN  —  Angelina Jolie, 36, marked her 10th year as a UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) goodwill ambassador on Monday with a surprise appearance in Geneva, Switzerland.  —  During her tenure, she's made more than 40 visits to troubled spots around the world.
Discussion: Reuters and omg!
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Amy Kaufman / Show Tracker:
Lifetime to amend Amanda Knox movie in the wake of acquittal  —  A Lifetime movie about the Amanda Knox trial will be updated after the 24-year-old was cleared of murder charges in an Italian court Monday.  —  “Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy,” which first aired on the television network in February …
omg!:
Ratings: Terra Nova Stands on Terra Firma; House in Good Condition  —  Terra Nova, which didn't exactly debut with dinosaur-sized (or even Dinah Shore-sized) numbers, still stood on terra firma with 8.31 million viewers, down about 8 percent from its debut, Nielsen overnight data shows.
Discussion: PerezHilton
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
Celebslam:
In beautiful people news . . .  Kate Beckinsale shopping at The Grove in Hollywood (9/29)  —  *20 Kate Beckinsale pictures total in the gallery:
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: ABCNEWS, PopBytes and FishbowlLA
 
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Daily Mail:
Just married! Seth Rogen and long-term girlfriend exchange vows in spectacular hilltop ceremony
Discussion: Yeeeah!
Todd Brown / Twitch:
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS 6 And 7 May Shoot Back To Back. Jason Statham To Join Cast?
Cindy Pearlman / Chicago Sun Times:
Ryan Gosling an ‘outsider’ no more, says 'he's weird-looking'
Discussion: World Of Wonder and Just Jared
Simon Perry / People.com:
Kate's Wedding Dress Draws Record Numbers
Discussion: Fashionista
Eileen Finan / People.com:
Kellie Pickler Brings Country Charm to 90210
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
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J.R. Martinez Gets Standing Ovation on DWTS for Emotional War Tribute
Discussion: Us Weekly, X17 Online and PerezHilton
Bruna Nessif / E! Online:
LeAnn Rimes' Home Crashed Into by Suspected Drunk Driver
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop and Us Weekly
TMZ.com:
Tupac Sex Tape — 6-Figure Bidding War Erupts
Celia Walden / Telegraph:
Milla Jovovich: 'It's embarrassing for a man to model'
Molly Goodson / PopSugar:
Exclusive Pics: Brad, Angelina, and Maddox Play Paintball in Full Camo!
Discussion: Us Weekly
 

 
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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