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7:30 PM ET, June 25, 2009

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TMZ.com:
Michael Jackson Dies  —  We've just learned Michael Jackson has died.  He was 50.  —  Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon and paramedics were unable to revive him.  We're told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back.
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Shelby Grad / L.A. Now:
Michael Jackson is dead [Updated]  —  [Updated at 2:46 p.m.: Pop star Michael Jackson is in a coma and his family is arriving at his bedside, a law enforcement source told The Times.  —  Jackson was rushed to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center this afternoon by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics.
TMZ.com:
Michael Jackson — Cardiac Arrest  —  We've just learned Michael Jackson was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Los Angeles ... and we're told it was cardiac arrest and that paramedics administered CPR in the ambulance.  —  He was picked up at his home around 20 minutes ago — we're told his mother is on the way to visit him.
msnbc.com:
Singer Michael Jackson dead at 50  —  Newspaper reports pop star wasn't breathing when ambulance arrived  —  msnbc.com staff and news service reports  —  Michael Jackson has died at age 50 after being rushed to UCLA Medical Center, NBC News has confirmed.
X17 Online:
FIRST PIX: MICHAEL JACKSON RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL!  —  Michael Jackson arrived at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles at 1:10pm this afternoon after reportedly suffering from cardiac arrest approximately two hours ago.  Two SUVs followed Jackson's ambulance to the hospital and we're told …
People.com:
Farrah Fawcett Dies of Cancer at 62  —  Farrah Fawcett, who skyrocketed to fame as one of a trio of impossibly glamorous private eyes on TV's Charlie's Angels, has died after a long battle with cancer.  She was 62.  —  Fawcett died at 9:28 a.m. PST at St. John's Heath Center in Santa Monica …
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TMZ.com:
Farrah Fawcett Dies  —  We've learned Farrah Fawcett died at 9:28 AM today.  Ryan O'Neal and Alana Stewart were at her bedside.  She was 62.  —  She died at St. John's hospital in Santa Monica in the ICU.  Also present — Farrah's longtime friend and hairdresser, Mila Murphy, and Dr. Piero, who has been caring for her.
Valerie J. Nelson / Los Angeles Times:
Farrah Fawcett dies at 62; actress soared with, then went beyond, 'Charlie's Angels'
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Farrah Fawcett's Former Assistant: “She Fought Hard”
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Alana Stewart: Farrah Will Always Be an “Angel on the Shoulder of Everyone”
Discussion: omg!
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Rep: Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal Never Ended Up Marrying
Discussion: Extra and X17 Online
Perez Hilton:
I'm Sorry  —  “People make mistakes.  I have made many in my life, but this past week I have made more than I can count on one hand.  —  I am sorry.  And I mean it.  No one is forcing me to write this.  I am not feeling pressured to say this.  I am speaking out because I realize …
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Just Jared:
Black Eyed Peas Love Louis Vuitton
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James Kaplan / PARADE Magazine:
Daniel Radcliffe Breaks Free  —  Daniel Radcliffe has an ambition that might surprise you.  —  “Ultimately, I really want to do a bungee jump,” he tells me over Diet Cokes in a Manhattan café.  He grins.  “But not for a while.”  —  No, not for a while.
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Daniel Radcliffe Likes Older Women
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Cameron Diaz “Very Excited” to Work With Tom Cruise Again  —  Cameron Diaz has nothing but love for her pal Tom Cruise.  —  When the actress was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, she says it “was great” to see Cruise and wife Katie Holmes gathered with the hundreds of fans to cheer her on.
The Cajun Boy / Gawker:
Megan Fox's Shunned Flower Child Found!  —  Yesterday we told you Kodak was offering $5000 to anyone who could track down the boy with the rose who was shunned by Megan Fox recently.  Well it looks as though one of our readers found him—On Facebook!  —  Last night we received the following email …
New York Post:
JACKIE ONASSIS SEDUCED MARLON BRANDO  —  MARLON Brando enjoyed two nights of passionate sex with Jacqueline Kennedy and wanted to bare the intimate details to the world, a new book reveals.  —  In “Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story,” which details a purported post-JFK assassination affair between Jackie …
Discussion: Hollywood Dame
omg!:
Kate Gosselin Sports New Bikini at Home  —  Unlike her previous bikini bod sightings (she showed off her free tummy tuck while on vacation with her eight kids in Bald Head Island, NC, in May), this time the Jon & Kate Plus 8 star wasn't by the beach.  —  Instead, she was hanging out on the driveway …
Tamara Hardingham-Gill / Daily Mail:
Flat-capped and ‘flat-chested’, the Beckhams leave France after Victoria's latest breast surgery  —  For a woman who has spent the past week relaxing in the South of France sunshine, Victoria Beckham looked a little..well, flat today.  —  But then, that was the idea, really.
Discussion: Pink is the New Blog
Kristin Boehm / People.com:
Shia LaBeouf's Today Show Love Connection  —  There's nothing like having Matt Lauer put in a good word for you, which certainly worked for an ardent admirer named Samantha on Thursday as she vied for the attention of Transformers star Shia LaBeouf while she stood in the plaza - talking to Lauer - outside the Today show's Studio A.
Discussion: Socialite Life and Cele|bitchy
People.com:
Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick Leave Hospital with Twins  —  Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick checked out of East Ohio Regional Hospital with their newborn daughters on Thursday, hospital spokesperson Maggie Espina confirms to PEOPLE.  —  “Yes, they are gone,” says Espina.
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Ryan Reynolds to star in ‘Buried’  —  Actor will follow up ‘Proposal’ with indie film  —  After starring with Sandra Bullock in romantic comedy “The Proposal,” Ryan Reynolds has lined up a much grittier proposition for his next film.  —  Reynolds will star in “Buried,” …
Ree Hines / msnbc.com:
Brad Pitt's mom prefers Aniston to Jolie  —  Plus: Marilyn Manson's violent fantasies about Evan Rachel Wood  —  Fans weren't the only ones who picked sides when Brad Pitt left Jennifer Aniston and began his new life with Angelina Jolie.  According to Now! magazine, Team Aniston supporters …
The Reliable Source / Washington Post:
Hey, Isn't That . . . ?  — Michelle, Malia and Sasha Obama at Beyoncé's concert at Verizon Center last night.  The First Fans streamed in with pals visiting from Chicago and members of the first lady's staff.  Before singing “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” Beyoncé gave a shout-out …
Discussion: Us Weekly and Faded Youth Blog
John O'Connor / The State:
Exclusive: E-mails between Sanford, woman  —  Woman in affair declines interview  —  Below are excerpts of e-mails, obtained by The State newspaper in December, between Gov. Mark Sanford's personal e-mail account and Maria, a woman in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
 
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