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12:15 PM ET, October 14, 2008

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Gina Serpe / Yahoo! News:
A Very Brady Druggie?  Maureen McCormick Spills  —  Los Angeles (E! Online) - Growing up Brady wasn't all it was cracked up to be.  —  Erstwhile Marcia Brady Maureen McCormick is telling all—and we mean all—about her formative years both on and off TV, revealing new details about her depression …
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Emily Sheridan / Daily Mail:
WEB EXCLUSIVE - At home with the Jolie-Pitts: An intimate look inside the couple's family album … Shunning her high-glamour red carpet looks, with her unbrushed hair flowing over her shoulders, Angelina Jolie gazes into the eyes of her two-year-old daughter Shiloh.
Discussion: CelebWarship and Hollywood Rag
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TMZ.com:
The Butler Moves In on Travis Barker's Ex  —  Shanna Moakler has traded Travis Barker's bedside .... for Gerard Butler's!  —  In the latest Hollywood bizarro pairing, Barker's ex and the alleged photog basher got cozy at a L.A. club last night.  —  After Barker dissed Shanna on his blog saying …
Discussion: OH NO!!
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Just Jared:
Gerard Butler & Shanna Moakler = New Couple?  —  300 hunk Gerard Butler and model/actress Shanna Moakler create quite the kissing scene at his new restaurant ‘Shin’ in Hollywood on Monday night.  —  Gerard, 38, and Shanna, 33, is one bizarre pairing!  Shanna is the ex-wife …
Discussion: Allie Is Wired and Jezebel
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Don Cheadle joins ‘Iron Man 2’  —  He'll replace Terrence Howard in Marvel Studios' sequel  —  Don Cheadle is stepping in to replace Terrence Howard in “Iron Man 2,” Marvel Studios' sequel to its summer blockbuster.  —  In the movie, Howard played Jim Rhodes, Tony Stark/Iron Man's best friend and future armor-clad hero War Machine.
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Britney Spears Ready to Hit the Road  —  Britney Spears is one step closer to going on tour.  —  While the comeback pop princess revealed last month that she was planning on hitting the road next year, a source now tells me that things are getting serious.
MSN Singapore Entertainment Channel:
Samantha Ronson's beach proposal  —  Samantha Ronson proposed to girlfriend Lindsay Lohan with a £50,000 ring while on holiday in Mexico.  —  Samantha Ronson proposed to Lindsay Lohan on holiday with a £50,000 ring.  —  The ‘Mean Girls’ actress was thrilled when DJ Samantha suggested …
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Holly Madison: Hef Having “Lots of Fun” With New Twin Girlfriends  —  Holly Madison isn't jealous that Hugh Hefner has already moved on with 19-year-old twins Karissa and Kristina Shannon.  —  In fact, she tells Usmagazine.com, she introduced the three after she directed their Playmate pictorial this summer.
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Michael Saul / NY Daily News:
Baby daddy Levi Johnston speaks on Bristol Palin, Barack Obama and pregnancy  —  Levi Johnston, the Alaska hockey hunk responsible for making Sarah Palin a grandmother-in-waiting, has dropped out of high school and is vehemently denying speculation that he's being forced into a shotgun wedding.
Discussion: Jossip and Mollygood
Ross McGuinness / Metro.co.uk:
Madonna slammed over handgun heels  —  Madonna wore the pistol stilettos to the premiere of her new film  —  Madonna has been branded ‘uncaring’ by a British murder victims' group after she controversially stepped out at the premiere of her new movie wearing a pair of shoes with handgun heels.
Discussion: Towleroad.com
Urmee Khan / Telegraph:
David and Victoria Beckham's housekeepers deny stealing  —  Two housekeepers working for David and Victoria Beckham have denied stealing items from the celebrity couple's home to sell on eBay.  —  Victoria Beckham's parents contacted police after recognising items offered for sale on Ebay, an internet auction site.
Discussion: TMZ.com and Bitten and Bound
Michael K / Dlisted:
It's Them Again  —  When Jenny Aniston and John Mayer were eating each other's pussies, the paparazzi and media were always on him.  But when they split up, they no longer gave a rhino's dick about him.  So John was feeling a little lonely and decided to remind everyone who he is by calling up Jenny.
Angel / CONCRETELOOP.COM:
SPOTTED: SERENA & COMMON SURFING  —  Serena Williams and Common were spotted doing some surfing in Hawaii on Monday.  According to the paps, the couple were having a ball surfing and Serena was better than Common at it.  LOL
Michael Schneider / Variety:
‘Daily Show’ duo set for CBS sitcom  —  Jones, Bee to co-write, star in untitled comedy  —  Married “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” correspondents Jason Jones and Samantha Bee are prepping a jump into the sitcom world.  —  Jones and Bee have signed on to co-create and co-write a script for themselves at CBS.
Discussion: TV Squad
New York Post:
HARD-CELL CROWD FOR PRINCE  —  PRINCE rocked the Gansevoort Hotel rooftop over the weekend, but the show was nearly KO'd by audience members who refused to turn off their cellphones.  —  As the “Purple Rain” pop star prepared to take the stage, a panicked emcee announced the hundreds …
Discussion: Scandalist and Queerty
Gregory Katz / Associated Press:
Ringo Starr: No more fan mail  —  LONDON (AP) — Ringo Starr doesn't want to hear from you.  If you do write, your letter will end up in the trash.  That's the message from Richard Starkey, aka Ringo Starr.  After 45 years of stardom, he doesn't want to spend any more time answering mail or sending signed photos back to fans.
Discussion: Gawker and OH NO!!
Courtney Rubin / People.com:
Amy Winehouse's Mother-In-Law Opens Up About Jailed Son  —  Amy Winehouse's jailed husband Blake Fielder-Civil needs to be at home with his mother and not in a rehab center, his mother tells PEOPLE.  —  “I don't think rehab is the answer,” Georgette Civil tells PEOPLE of her son …
Libby Keatinge / Scandalist:
EXCLUSIVE: Girl Selling Her Virginity Will Get Up To $3.8 Million  —  Natalie Dylan, the 22-year-old girl auctioning off her virginity, will potentially rake in $3.8 million for the sale of her innocence.  Scandalist spoke with Dennis Hof, owner of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch in Nevada, who is facilitating the auction.
Matthew Solarski / Pitchfork:
M.I.A.: “I'm Creating a Baby”  —  In case the big lovely bump in her belly up there didn't clue you in, M.I.A. has some news for us.  “I'm creating a baby,” she revealed to Pitchfork's Jessica Suarez in an interview just prior to her performance at Diesel's ridonculous xXx party in NYC Saturday night.
 
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Katherine / Off the Rack:
Lindsay Lohan Launches Her Legging Line Today in N.Y.C.
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Fred Topel / E! Online:
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Lucy Cockcroft / Telegraph:
Walt Disney's Bambi voted best ‘tear-jerker’ of all time
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TMZ.com:
Lindsay — You Missed a Spot
Discussion: Gone Hollywood
Matthew Moore / Telegraph:
Talking Fisher-Price doll accused of promoting Islam
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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Tony Romo & Jessica Simpson: No Engagement, No Pinky Promise
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OpenAI and Reddit partner to bring Reddit content to ChatGPT and more via Reddit's Data API, bring new AI tools to Reddit, and make OpenAI a Reddit ad partner

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Memo: Gannett is adding AI-generated summaries to the top of some stories, with a disclaimer at the bottom; some USA Today stories already show the summaries

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