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12:45 PM ET, June 24, 2009

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Kate Coyne / People.com:
Kate Gosselin: ‘It Feels Like I Failed’  —  There's a lot of shouting happening in Kate Gosselin's house.  The mother of eight children - twins Mady and Cara, 8, and sextuplets Alexis, Collin, Leah, Hannah, Aaden and Joel, 5 - has barely had time to change out of her morning workout clothes …
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NY Daily News:
New ‘Jon & Kate Plus 8’ episodes will include Jon Gosselin's new girlfriend  —  Will TLC change the name of its drama-filled show from “Jon & Kate Plus 8” to “Jon & Kate Plus 9”?  —  In light of the Gosselins' divorce announcement on Monday night (watched by a record 10.6 million viewers) …
TMZ.com:
Jon & Kate Divorce Papers are Deceiving  —  There's a report floating out there that Kate Gosselin has been separated from Jon for two years.  That's not true, and we have the lowdown.  —  We now know what Kate checked on the divorce papers, which are confidential.
Mark Cina / Us Weekly:
Nick Lachey, Vanessa Minnillo Call It Quits  —  Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo have split, Usmagazine.com has learned.  —  A source close to the couple tells Us: “It was an amicable break-up.  They walk away from it still friends.”  —  Adds another source, “They still care about each other very much.
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David Caplan / People.com:
Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo Split  —  Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo have called it quits, reps for each confirm to PEOPLE.  —  “They have amicably split but remain good friends who still greatly care for one another,” Minnillo's rep tells PEOPLE of the couple, who began dating in 2006.
Josh Grossberg / E! Online:
Nick Lachey, Vanessa Minnillo Split
PopEater:
Lachey and Minnillo Call It Quits
Discussion: omg!
The Smoking Gun:
“Jersey” Girl's Sordid Past  —  Now that Bravo is milking additional episodes out of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey,” the cable network's hit series about a quintet of Garden State lovelies, we've decided to join the examination of the tawdry history of the show's true star.
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Real Housewives Jacqueline and Danielle Are No Longer Friends  —  Jacqueline Laurita was the only housewife who came to Danielle Staub's defense during the fiery June 16 Real Housewives of New Jersey finale showdown.  —  Now, Laurita - who famously betrayed her sisters-in-laws Dina …
Kyle Munzenrieder / Riptide 2.0:
Court Documents Claim Housewives' Danielle Staub Was a High-Class …
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Real Housewives: Caroline & Danielle's Battle Rages On
Emily Sheridan / Daily Mail:
Rachel Hunter devastated as ice hockey player fiancé calls off wedding SEVEN WEEKS before big day  —  Model Rachel Hunter has been left devastated after her fiance Jarret Stoll cancelled their wedding just seven weeks before they were due to tie the knot.
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PopEater:
Rachel Hunter's Fiance Calls Off Wedding... By Email  —  Model Rachel Hunter has split from her ice hockey player fiance Jarret Stoll, the UK's Daily Mail reports - and wedding guests were informed by the would-be groom via email.  Stoll, 27, apparently did not provide a reason for the cancellation to the guests... or the bride.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, omg! and Perez Hilton
Perez Hilton:
A New Statement from Perez Hilton  —  From the heart:  —  “Words can hurt.  I know that very well, from both sides of the fence.  The other night in Toronto, after feeling physically threatened by a verbally abusive Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas, I chose the most hurtful word I know to hurl at him.
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New York Post:
BOOZY JUSTIN DISSES LINDSAY LOHAN  —  A NIGHT out with the boys may get Justin Timberlake in hot water with girlfriend Jessica Biel.  —  According to an eyewitness, the singer was in party mode at Chelsea hot spot Avenue one recent night.  “Usually Justin is pretty in control, but he was acting pretty crazy,” our spy tells Page Six.
Tim Nixon / The Sun:
Courtney Love is wasting away  —  Gaunt ... frail Courtney exits cab in New York  —  FEARS have been raised for rocker COURTNEY LOVE after a shocking new picture showed she's a shadow of her once voluptuous self.  —  The hellraiser appeared pale and gaunt, with painfully thin arms, while running errands in New York City yesterday.
Hollywoodtuna:
Isabel Lucas Gives Megan Fox A Run For Her Money  —  Finally, there's a girl who can stand up to Megan Fox's hotness at her very own movie Premiere.  Here's Australian actress Isabel Lucas, who also happens to be in the Transformers movie.  All I can say, I'm glad to see some new blood …
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
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Castina / Pop Crunch:
Kim Kardashian Has A Girl Crush On Megan Fox
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick Reveal Twins' Names  —  Call it bliss & the city!  —  Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick said Tuesday they were “delighted to announce the healthy arrival of their two daughters” - twins born Monday afternoon in Ohio via a surrogate.
Paul Chi / People.com:
Robert Pattinson Films by Day, Prowls by Night  —  By day, Robert Pattinson is making the hearts of New York City women flutter at locations around the city where he's filming his latest movie, the romantic drama Remember Me.  And after dark?  The Twilight heartthrob is heating …
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Carl DiOrio / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Avatar’ footage in action at Cinema Expo
Discussion: EW.com, MarketSaw and New York Magazine
Joey Bartolomeo / People.com:
Can Chris Brown Make a Rebound?  —  Chris Brown won't go to jail for assaulting Rihanna.  The question now is whether his plea-bargained penalty - community labor, probation, domestic violence classes - will reform his behavior and save his career.  —  PEOPLE readers overwhelmingly …
copyranter:
The New King of Blow Job Ads.  —  (click ad) “Fill your desire for something long, juicy and flame-grilled...” Well, this ad via Singapore for the BK Super Seven Incher is the new leading “most overtly blow-jobby ad” I've ever seen, surpassing this one, this one, and even this one.
Jon Weisman / Variety:
MTV greenlights eight projects  —  Jamie Foxx, Mark Burnett to exec produce series  —  MTV has greenlit eight projects for series development with executive producers including Jamie Foxx, Mark Burnett and Seth Meyers, while also signing teen star Emma Roberts to a first-look production deal for TV.
William Goodman / Spin Magazine Online:
Q&A: Marilyn Manson  —  Our epic chat with rock's oversharing provocateur covers ex-girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood, $200K drug budgets, self-harm, and much (much!) more.  —  I sing about it on “Into the Fire.”  I say, “If you want to hit bottom, don't bother trying to take me with you.”
Discussion: Dlisted and Pop Crunch
Dave McNary / Variety:
Katherine Heigl finds ‘Life’ at WB  —  ‘27 Dresses’ actress to star in romance drama  —  Katherine Heigl will star in romancer “Life as We Know It” for Warner Bros., with Greg Berlanti directing and Barry Josephson and Paul Brooks producing.  —  Project dates back to 2001 …
Discussion: EW.com
Robert Sanchez / The IESB:
IESB Exclusive: Fox Hires a Writer for Hitman 2!  —  Agent 47 is coming back for a sequel to 2007's HITMAN!  —  IESB has confirmed that 20th Century Fox has hired writer Kyle Ward to pen the script for the sequel to Hitman!  —  The original Hitman movie was a bona fide hit released in 2007 …
Discussion: FilmDrunk and Ain't It Cool News
 
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Billboard:
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Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Four join Spacey in ‘Invention’
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Steven Zeitchik / Hollywood Reporter:
Daniel Craig awakes to ‘Dream’
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
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Mike Moody / ScifiSquad.com:
Sigourney Weaver Talks About ‘Ghostbusters 3,’ ‘Alien’ Prequel
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The Cheese / Hollywoodtuna:
Jennifer Aniston's Sweet Cougar Body
Cristina Gibson / E! Online:
Lindsay Lohan: Pool Party Plans for 23rd Birthday
Discussion: Pop Crunch and I'm Not Obsessed
TMZ.com:
Hasselbeck Accused of No Original Thoughts
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Katie Robertson / New York Times:
G/O Media sells The Onion to Global Tetrahedron, a new Chicago firm owned by former Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson; former NBC News senior reporter Ben Collins is CEO

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Memo: CNN's Poppy Harlow is leaving the network; she joined in 2008 and most recently co-hosted CNN This Morning, which was effectively canceled earlier in 2024

Financial Times:
Sources: RedBird IMI prepares to withdraw its Telegraph bid as early as next week, triggering an auction expected to draw bids from Rupert Murdoch and others

 
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