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6:15 PM ET, October 23, 2008

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New York Post:
LOHAN'S ‘BETTY’ GIG CHOPPED  —  IT got so ugly on the set of “Ugly Betty” between Lindsay Lohan and the popular ABC show's star, America Ferrera, that Lohan was cut from an agreed-upon six episodes to four.  —  One production source said, “It was a mess.  Lindsay would show up every day with an entourage of people.
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Kristin Dossantos / E! Online:
Lindsay Lohan Booted From Betty  —  It's true.  Sources close to ABC's Ugly Betty confirm to me that Lindsay Lohan has been cut from the show.  —  “They don't plan to have her back for more episodes,” says a high-level insider.  “And they are cutting her out of the episodes they have already shot.”
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Raffaello Follieri Sentenced to 4½ Years  —  Anne Hathaway and Raffaelo Follieri  —  Raffaello Follieri - who pleaded guilty in September to 14 counts of wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy - was sentenced in Manhattan federal court Thursday to 4½ years in prison.
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Anne Hathaway's Ex Gets Four and a Half Years Behind Bars  —  Anne Hathaway's ex-boyfriend was sentenced to four and a half years behind bars Thursday for wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy.  —  Raffaello Follieri, 30, only wanted to serve three years, according to papers submitted …
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Miley Cyrus on Older Beau: I've Learned Not to “Worry About the Age”  —  Miley Cyrus is playing coy when it comes to her 20-year-old beau, model Justin Gaston.  —  “Maybe, maybe not,” she said Thursday on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show when asked if they are dating.  “Right now, everything is, like, really good.
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Perez Hilton:
15 Y.O. Slutty Cyrus Admits to Special Bond With 20 Y.O. Famewhore
Discussion: X17 Online
Just Jared:
Miley Cyrus Gushes Over Justin Gaston
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler
Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
DJ AM, Mandy Moore: “It's Back On!”  —  Reunited!  —  Mandy Moore and Adam “DJ A.M.” Goldstein dated for only two months in 2007, but it looks like that was long enough to form a bond.  —  “It's back on,” a DJ A.M. source says in the newest issue of Us Weekly , on stands now.
Silvia Sansoni / People.com:
Angelina Jolie: Family Is My Top Priority  —  Angelina Jolie, Oct. 4 in Manhattan  —  Angelina Jolie says that her priorities have changed from career to motherhood since giving birth to twins in July.  —  “The kids are my priority, so it's possible that from now on I will make fewer movies.
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Daily Mail:
Angelina Jolie: ‘I may stop making movies and marry Brad’
Kyle Buchanan / Defamer:
DEFAMER EXCLUSIVE: Backstage Elisabeth/Joy Blowup Rocks ‘The View’  —  A lot of fighting happened in front of the cameras on today's heated installment of The View, but according to a tip we just received from a Defamer operative, it was nothing compared to what went on after the show was over.
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Kyle Buchanan / Defamer:
‘View’ Catfight Of The Century Part 2: Joy Tells Hasselbeck …
Discussion: Jezebel and The Hollywood Gossip
Marie Claire:
JESSICA BIEL INTERVIEW  —  Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake have been unofficially dating for the last year or more, and it's done much to raise her professional profile.  She's dated celebrities before - including former co-stars Chris Evans and Ryan Reynolds - but being with 'the world's …
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Arasto / Faded Youth Blog:
JESSICA BIEL DOES BRITISH ‘MARIE CLAIRE’
Discussion: OH NO!! and Right Celebrity
People.com:
Caroline Rhea Has a Baby Girl!  —  Costaki Economopoulos and Caroline Rhea  —  Caroline Rhea and her longtime boyfriend, Costaki Economopoulos, welcomed their first child on Monday in New York, her rep tells PEOPLE.  —  Ava Rhea Economopoulos came into the world weighing 8 lb., 15 oz. and measuring 22½.
Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Heidi Klum: I Just Made My First Pumpkin Pie!  —  Add baker to Heidi Klum's list of accomplishments!  —  “Last night I made my first pumpkin pie!”  Klum told Usmagazine.com Thursday at The Women's Conference in L.A.  —  Her assistants?  Kids Leni, 4, and Henry, 3.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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Christina Boyle / NY Daily News:
Guy Ritchie rages as Madonna pushes the A-Rod button  —  Guy Ritchie was burning up Wednesday, furious at Madonna for dressing his 8-year-old son Rocco in a Yankees T-shirt.  —  With the Material Mom's close relationship with Bombers great Alex Rodriguez looming large over their split …
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Richard Simpson / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Madonna offers Guy an extra £5million 'if she …
Roger Friedman / Fox News:
Isaac Hayes Leaves Nothing for Scientology  —  The last will and testament of the late superstar Isaac Hayes's is being probated right now.  And guess what?  Hayes left nothing to the Church of Scientology.  —  This news must sting something awful, as numerous well-known Scientologists attended …
OK! Magazine:
Jen Wants John to Keep His Mouth Shut  —  As recently reunited couple John Mayer and Jennifer Aniston try once more to give romance a try, OK! has learned that that actress has put one big condition on her rock star boyfriend: Keep your mouth shut about our relationship and stop blogging about your personal life!
Bill Zwecker / Chicago Sun Times:
Sick of Cloris' shtick  —  ‘Dancing’ staffers joke it must be rival TV network execs voting for Leachman ‘to try to wreck the show’  —  While there's been lots of buzz about Cloris Leachman generated by Sun-Times colleague Miriam DiNunzio's “Dancing With the Stars” blog on our Web site …
Mark Coleman / Daily Mail:
The night Paris met Jordan... and guess who was wearing frilly knickers and ripped tights? … It was a battle of the party girls last night as Paris Hilton and Jordan descended on London celebrity haunt Movida.  —  Even for a brief ten-minute appearance, the American heiress turned heads …
Discussion: Seriously? OMG!
Monique Jessen / People.com:
Victoria Beckham Poses as a Bride - in India  —  Victoria Beckham channels Bollywood for her spicy debut in Vogue India.  —  “I feel like an Indian princess!” says Beckham, who appears on the November cover in a beautifully embellished wedding-day sari.  —  The fashion-conscious Spice Girl …
Bruce Golding / New York Post:
ALT: WHY RON PUT ME ON ICE  —  COULDN'T GIVE BIRTH  —  Supermodel Carol Alt says she and ex-Ranger captain Ron Greschner split because she had cancer and couldn't satisfy his goal of having kids, bombshell court papers reveal.  —  In the papers - filed in advance of her civil trial next week …
Discussion: Extra, Cele|bitchy and Lifeline Live
Oliver Jones / People.com:
Liv Tyler's Son: Mommy is ‘My Princess’  —  Milo and mom, Liv Tyler  —  It is supposed to be the moms who boast about their kids, but with Liv Tyler and her 3-year old son Milo, the compliments flow in the opposite direction.  —  “He likes to call me his princess,” says Tyler …
Discussion: iVillage and Celebrity Baby Blog
 
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