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9:25 AM ET, May 20, 2013

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Dahvi Shira / People.com:
Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart Break Up - for Now: Source  —  Twilight fans may want to sit down for this one.  —  As rumors of relationship trouble continue to swirl, a source tells PEOPLE that Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have called it quits after more than three years of dating.
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Justin Ravitz / Us Weekly:
Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson Break Up - For Now  —  Brace yourselves, Twihards: After four very eventful years together, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are taking a much-needed break, a source close to Pattinson, 27, tells Us Weekly.  Additional Pattinson insiders add …
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity and Bossip
Mark Gray / People.com:
Taylor Swift Cleans Up at Billboard Awards  —  Taylor Swift is feeling 22 and she's feeling like a winner.  A big winner!  —  The country cutie was the big winner of Sunday's Billboard Music Awards, taking home eight awards, including Top Artist.  She even managed to poke a little fun …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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Discussion: CONCRETELOOP.COM
TMZ.com:
Kelly Rowland & Paulina Rubio Signing on for ‘The X Factor’  —  KELLY ROWLAND & PAULINA RUBIO  —  Signing on For  —  ‘THE X FACTOR’  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  “The X Factor” is upping the sexy factor — TMZ has learned Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio are signing on to be judges for next season.
Discussion: Just Jared
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TMZ.com:
Chris Brown — Death Threats Made Against Singer, LAPD Investigating  —  DEATH THREATS  —  Made Against Singer  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  The Los Angeles Police Department is currently investigating death threats made against Chris Brown ... TMZ has learned.  —  According to our sources …
Tim Nudd / People.com:
Katrina Bowden of 30 Rock Gets Married  —  Katrina Bowden, who made her name as a character of NBC's 30 Rock set in the heart of Manhattan, got married one borough away on a rainy Sunday at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.  —  The actress tied the knot with musician Ben Jorgensen, her fiancé of a year and a half.
Discussion: Gossip Cop and Just Jared
Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Denise Richards on Caring for Charlie Sheen, Brooke Mueller's Kids: “I Want to Be There for Them”  —  Credit: Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage (left); Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic  —  When the going gets tough, the tough get going — Denise Richards is proof of that.  Between filming the ABC Family series Twisted …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
TMZ.com:
Tanning Mom Music Video — Quite Possibly the Worst Video Ever  —  TANNING MOM MUSIC VIDEO  —  Quite Possibly  —  THE WORST VIDEO EVER  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  If you've never seen the Verne Troyer sex tape, then you are about to watch the worst thing ever recorded ... Tanning Mom's music video.
Discussion: Dlisted
TMZ.com:
Mary J. Blige — Money Problems Worsen ... $3.4 MILLION Tax Lien  —  MARY J. BLIGE  —  Money Problems Worsen  —  $3.4 MILLION TAX LIEN  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Mary J. Blige's financial woes have QUADRUPLED — on top of the $900k she allegedly owes the Garden State, TMZ has learned MJB …
Discussion: Bossip
Rap-Up.com:
Kanye West to Release New Album ‘Yeezus’ on June 18  —  Yeezus is coming.  After much anticipation, Kanye West will release his sixth solo album next month.  —  Rap-Up.com can confirm that the follow-up to 2010's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy will be titled Yeezus and arrive on June 18.
 
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Amy Hawkins / The Guardian:
China sentences journalist Dong Yuyu, an ex-Nieman Fellow whose work has appeared in Chinese editions of the NYT and FT, to seven years in prison for espionage

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