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11:35 PM ET, November 12, 2008

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TMZ.com:
Dead Woman Former “Idol” Wannabe  —  The woman found dead in front of Paula Abdul's house last night was a featured contestant on “American Idol.”  —  We've learned the identity of the dead woman, Paula Goodspeed, who appeared on Season 5 in 2006.  During her audition she said she's an artist …
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People.com:
Dead Body Found Near Paula Abdul's Home  —  An unidentified woman in her 30s was found dead in her car outside of Paula Abdul's Los Angeles home on Tuesday afternoon, say authorities.  —  LAPD officer April Harding said Wednesday morning, “It looks like an apparent suicide, and the coroner's office [is] now investigating this matter.
TMZ.com:
Abdul's Obsessed Fan OD'd There Before  —  Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Paula Goodspeed, who died of a possible drug overdose/suicide last night, overdosed in the exact same area around one year ago.  —  We're told cops were called to Paula Abdul's house — either late last year or early this year …
Discussion: X17 Online and Bossip
TMZ.com:
Dead Woman at Paula's House — Suspected Stalker
TMZ.com:
License Plate Tells Death Story
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed and Us Weekly
Chris Lee / Los Angeles Times:
Angelina Jolie talks ‘Changeling,’ motherhood  —  In ‘Changeling’ she's grounded, but in real life, Angelina Jolie is a citizen . . .  Angelina Jolie appeared at the double-wide doorway of a penthouse suite at the Beverly Hilton Hotel unsmiling and peering warily from behind a curtain of dark hair.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Angelina Jolie's Rep: She's Not Pregnant
People.com:
Angelina Jolie: I'm a Jet-Lagged Mom!
Discussion: Crabbie's Hollywood and Jezebel
Kyle Buchanan / Defamer:
Defamer Exclusive: ‘MADtv’ Canceled  —  Though the high-profile political season has gifted Saturday Night Live with some killer ratings, it apparently hasn't floated all sketch comedy boats.  Rumors started circulating today that Fox's MADtv was canceled in the middle of its fourteenth season …
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Pop Tarts: Did Cheetah Girl Leak Her Nude Pics?  —  LOS ANGELES — Adrienne Bailon apparently wanted to transform herself into a sex symbol — but it sounds as though things went pretty wrong.  —  Steamy snaps started circulating the internet this week after her laptop was stolen …
Julie K.L. Dam / People.com:
Shania Twain Makes Her Return  —  Shania Twain in Nashville Nov. 11  —  Shania's back!  —  Twain, who was spotted in Nashville on Tuesday, will be a presenter at the Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday night.  ABC, which is airing the awards show, has been running ads promising a buzz-worthy surprise guest.
Erin O'Hearn / WPVI-TV:
Hank Baskett talks about his “Bunny”  —  The upcoming marriage between Philadelphia Eagle Hank Baskett and Playboy bunny Kendra Wilkinson has been a favorite topic in the tabloids recently.  —  Action News caught up with several Philadelphia Eagles players as they signed autographs at a fundraiser for CHOP Tuesday night.
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People.com:
Kendra Wilkinson's Fiancé: Hef's ‘Like a Father’
Discussion: Lifeline Live
Steven Zeitchik / Hollywood Reporter:
Paris Hilton in Todd Solondz's next  —  Allison Janney, Charlotte Rampling, Paul Reubens also cast  —  Paris Hilton BFF with ... Todd Solondz?  —  The indie filmmaker's newest project, which willl be financed and produced by the Minnesota-based inside Werc Werk Works, has cast Allison Janney …
Discussion: TunaFlix, Cinematical and Jezebel
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POPSUGAR:   Paris Gets Ready to Star With Pee-Wee Herman
Telegraph:
Cosmetic surgery addict injected cooking oil into her own face  —  A Korean woman addicted to plastic surgery has been left unrecognisable after her obsession led her to inject cooking oil into her face.  —  Hang Mioku, now 48, had her first plastic surgery procedure when she was 28 …
Phil / Egotastic!:
Kristen Bell Bikini Pictures Look Like Fun  —  Aw yeah!  It's Kristen Bell bikini time!  And these Kristen Bell bikini pictures look particularly fun.  Kristen is down in Bora Bora filming her new movie, Couples Retreat, with Jason Bateman, and the always cute Malin Ackerman, seen here in a blue one-piece.
Discussion: Celebslam.com
Hollywoodtuna:
Obama Girl Shows Her Puppies To Obama  —  I know the elections are over, but here is some girl named Obama Girl showing her puppies next to a life-size cutout of Obama.  I think she made a few YouTube videos that got popular, but not being one for politics I never watched them.
Discussion: COED Magazine
The Huffington Post:
National Enquirer: Cindy McCain Having Affair  —  The National Enquirer has published a new political “world exclusive”: … A reader notes that this story is particularly dubious because Cindy McCain was on a trip to Kosovo at the time of the festival where the photos were supposedly taken.
Jesus Martinez / DrunkenStepfather:
Lydia Hearst Gets Naked for Magazines of the Day  —  So Lydia Hearst just won Best International Model or some s**t and I love her.  She is the heir to some old money empire that is seemingly being hit by the financial crisis because they just dropped their Teen Cosmo title or some s**t …
Discussion: OH NO!!
Perez Hilton:
Jennifer Aniston Caught Lying!  —  Vogue 2008:  —  * What really rankled Aniston about the piece was that Jolie felt the need to recount a detailed timeline of exactly how her relationship developed on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, while Aniston was still married to and living with Pitt.
Discussion: Deceiver.com
Tim Nixon / The Sun:
‘Nude Moss looked like my nephew’  —  DON'T ever expect to see KATE MOSS and MARK WAHLBERG rushing to a hotel room for a night of passion.  —  The actor has compared the waifish model's body to that of his young nephew.  —  Kate stripped topless for their 1992 Calvin Klein ads …
Mary J. Blige / Rolling Stone:
1 |  Aretha Franklin  —  “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,” “Respect,” “I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You),” “Think,” “Chain of Fools”  —  Whitney Houston, Alicia Keys, Aaron Neville, Annie Lennox  —  You know a force from heaven.  You know something that God made.
Associated Press:
Deputies investigate battery claim against Garrett  —  LOS ANGELES - Authorities are investigating battery allegations against Emmy-winning actor Brad Garrett in an incident involving a photographer in West Hollywood.  —  Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Kristin Aloma said the 48-year-old Garrett …
Christine Kearney / Reuters:
Anne Hathaway's ex sick in filthy jail: lawyer  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Raffaello Follieri, the Italian businessman who dated actress Anne Hathaway, says his health has deteriorated because of “unspeakably unsanitary” jail conditions and wants to be moved.  —  Follieri, 30, once enjoyed …
Steven Zeitchik / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Monopoly’ has electric company  —  Ridley Scott will direct; Pamela Pettler to write screenplay  —  The Hasbro-Universal collaboration “Monopoly” is jumping a large number of spaces up the board.  —  The feature project has brought on Pamela Pettler to write the screenplay …
 
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