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1:00 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) …
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.
PopEater:
Lachey and Minnillo Call It Quits
Discussion: DailyFill.com and omg!
Josh Grossberg / E! Online:
Nick Lachey, Vanessa Minnillo Split
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 …
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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.
Kyle Munzenrieder / Riptide 2.0:
Court Documents Claim Housewives' Danielle Staub Was a High-Class …
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
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 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.
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Audrina Patridge Doesn't Want “to Label” Relationship With Ex  —  Audrina Patridge won't say if she's back on with her ex, Australian BMX rider Corey Bohan.  (The two were recently spotted smooching in Las Vegas.)  —  “I've been having fun with him,” she told Usmagazine.com Tuesday …
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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
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
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.
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.
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 …
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
Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
Martin Lawrence lines up projects  —  Runteldat has a couple TV comedies in the works  —  Martin Lawrence is having a busy TV development season, with his production company Runteldat fielding a couple of comedy projects.  —  At Fox, Lawrence is behind an animated comedy …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and EW.com
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.
 
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From Mediagazer:

The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount CEO Bob Bakish steps down; Brian Robbins, Chris McCarthy, and George Cheeks will run Paramount on an interim basis as an “Office of the CEO”

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Wall Street Journal:
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