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10:05 AM ET, July 16, 2009

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In Touch Exclusive:Jon Gosselin's now engaged  —  Jon Gosselin's now engaged  —  Less than a month after separating from his wife, an insider close to Jon & Kate Plus 8 star Jon Gosselin says Jon has proposed to his new girlfriend, 22-year-old Hailey Glassman!
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Jennifer Cady / E! Online:
Jon Gosselin Talks Hailey Glassman, Engagement  —  A couple of weeks ago Jon and Kate announced: “During this very difficult time we will be working to focus solely on the needs of our family.  This includes no longer commenting publicly or reacting to media stories and speculation.”
Jennifer Cady / E! Online:
Jon Gosselin Purchases Ring, Secretly Engaged
Discussion: Pop Stand, iVillage and Just Jared
Brian Orloff / People.com:
Jon Gosselin's Children Welcome Him Home
Discussion: PopEater
Michelle Tan / People.com:
Jessica Simpson Is ‘Sad, Mad and Confused’  —  While Tony Romo is reveling in his renewed membership to the Singles-R-Us Club, Jessica Simpson is having a hard time coming to grips with being dumped a day before her 29th birthday.  —  “Jessica was really blindsided,” says a Simpson family friend.
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Us Weekly:
How Michael Jackson's Pill Addiction Began … Usmagazine.com has exclusive, never-before-seen footage of Michael Jackson's Pepsi commercial accident, filmed in L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium on Jan. 27, 1984.  —  The clip (watch above) shows one take where the pyrotechnics exploded as planned …
Jennifer Garcia / People.com:
Kim Kardashian Gets Stranded in Africa  —  Kim Kardashian learned first hand what happens when you misplace the single most important travel document - your passport.  —  Thankfully for the starlet, her NFL player beau Reggie Bush was there to save the day.
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip and POPWRAP
New York Post:
‘REAL HOUSEWIFE’ FRANKEL GETS OWN REALITY SHOW  —  BETHENNY Frankel is saying bye-bye to “Real Housewives of New York City” and hello to her own reality show.  The spunky star's new show on Bravo this fall will be called “Skinny & The City.”  Our tipster said, “The show will follow her planning …
People.com:
Debbie Rowe Threatens Legal Action over Child-Custody Emails  —  Debbie Rowe is firing back at a friend who released emails purportedly showing Rowe with deep misgivings about asserting her custody rights for Michael Jackson's two oldest children.  —  In one of the emails, provided to Extra …
Discussion: iVillage, Extra and Gawker
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Simon Perry / People.com:
Amy Winehouse, Husband Granted Divorce  —  The 2-year marriage of Amy Winehouse and Blake Fielder-Civil came to a formal end in a functional first floor courtroom in London Thursday.  —  As one of 25 couples seeking to dissolve their marriages, Fielder-Civil, 27, was granted the divorce from Winehouse …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, Dlisted and iVillage
Access Hollywood:
UPDATED: Authorities In Los Angeles Assisting Mischa Barton Following ‘Medical Issue’  —  Police in Los Angeles were called to assist Mischa Barton with a “medical issue,” on Wednesday afternoon, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson told Access Hollywood.
ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: Photos of Michael Jackson Show Signs of Vitiligo and Needle Punctures  —  Expert Tells ABC News Needle Puncture Marks on Jackson's Leg in 2002 Photos Are ‘Very Unusual’  —  Exclusive photos of Michael Jackson obtained by ABC News show a serious wound on the pop star's right leg …
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Thesps leashed for new ‘Straw Dogs’  —  Bosworth, Skarsgard join Marsden in film  —  Screen Gems has set Kate Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgard to star alongside James Marsden in “Straw Dogs,” a reimagining of the 1971 Sam Peckinpah film.  —  Rod Lurie wrote the script and will direct.
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Check Out Whitney Houston's New Album Cover!  —  The singer's long-awaited comeback album, I Look To You, will be released Sept. 1.  —  It will be Houston's seventh studio album.  Her last album of original material was 2002's Just Whitney.  —  See the best and worst dressed stars at the 2009 Grammys!
Discussion: CONCRETELOOP.COM
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Blaine Zuckerman / People.com:
Home of Pirates of the Caribbean's Orlando Bloom Is Looted!  —  Orlando Bloom  —  The Los Angeles home of Orlando Bloom has been broken into, PEOPLE has learned.  —  Sources close to the Pirates of the Caribbean star confirm that police were called to the residence and burglars may have made off …
Discussion: Pop Crunch
Kim Kardashian official web site:
My Troy Jensen ‘Twilight’ Look  — Bobby Brown, - Eyebrows, - Fashion, - Gothic Look, - Kim Kardashian, - Kim Kardashian Photos, - Kim Pics, - KimKardashian.com, - Makeup Tips, - Prada, - Prada 2009 Runway, - Troy Jensen, - Troy Jensen Blog, - Twilight  —  Since vampires are all the rage right now …
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Brittny Gastineau on Bruno: I Was In on the Joke  —  Brittny Gastineau says she was in on the joke when she appeared in Sacha Baron Cohen's No. 1 comedy Bruno.  —  In the movie, Bruno interviews Gastineau, 26, and shows her a photo of a sonogram which he says is of Jamie Lynn Spears' unborn fetus.
Janet Mock / People.com:
PHOTO: Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan on Their Wedding Day!  —  Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan  —  Eat your heart out, ladies: Channing Tatum is officially off the market - and PEOPLE's got the exclusive wedding photo to prove it.  —  The hunky G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra star, 29 …
Discussion: AceShowBiz.com
Yuku:
Pap Trying to take a picture of Paris Hilton Underskirt! … Someone should kick that a**hole in the balls.  That's vile.  —  Ewww  —  bahaha, cute dress tho.
Peter Sciretta / /Film:
First Look: Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow in Iron Man 2  —  Friday's issue of Entertainment Weekly is a full-on Comic Con preview and features our first look at Scarlett Johansson as Russian superspy Natasha Romanoff (aka the Black Widow) from Iron Man 2.
New York Post:
RICHARD JEFFERSON LEAVES BRIDE AT THE ALTAR  —  Now that's a flagrant foul.  —  Former New Jersey Net star Richard Jefferson bailed on his stunning fiancée — pulling the plug on his posh Manhattan wedding at the 11th hour without even alerting some of the guests, The Post has learned.
PEOPLE TV Watch:
The Hills Star Lo Bosworth Shows Off New Boyfriend  —  Her love life may not have been a focus on The Hills like pal Audrina Patridge, whose on-and-off relationship with Justin Bobby made for more than a few intense moments of drama on the show, but Lo Bosworth recently debuted a new man in her life — off camera.
Daily Mail:
‘Nicole Kidman was strange and scared of the sun’ reveals Slumdog star Rubina Ali, 9, in her autobiography  —  She may be only nine years old, but Slumdog Millionaire actress Rubina Ali has made history by becoming the youngest person to ‘write’ an autobiography.
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed and Cele|bitchy
 
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