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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Girlfriend: I Love DJ AM “Very Much”  —  Two weeks before DJ AM (real name: Adam Goldstein) was found dead of an apparent overdose at age 36 on Aug. 28, he and Wood, 22, his girlfriend of nearly a year, split, according to multiple outlets.  Sources also tell Us the two had called it quits.
David Caplan / People.com:
DJ AM Memorial to Resemble 12-Step Recovery Meeting  —  Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein  —  A private memorial for Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein, who died last week in New York City at the age of 36, will be held Thursday evening in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Palladium, PEOPLE has learned.
Laura Kalnicky / Life and Style:
Exclusive: It's official — A second miracle baby for Halle  —  Halle Berry suffered through the disappointment of more than 30 negative pregnancy tests before finally learning she was expecting her first child, Nahla, in 2007.  Luckily, she's had more success with her follow-up attempts to have a baby …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Halle Berry Might Be Knocked Up
Discussion: Egotastic!
NY Daily News:
Whitney's sounded better live - and she says Oprah's to blame!  —  Whitney Houston wrote her own tough review of her first public singing performance in years, which took place this afternoon in Central Park.  —  “I'm sorry,” she told the capacity crowd at Rumsey Playfield …
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NY Daily News:
Whitney Houston loses voice, cracks through Central Park ‘GMA’ …
TMZ.com:
Whitney Houston — Voice Cracks Are Wack
Discussion: Rolling Stone and iVillage
People.com:
LeAnn Rimes & Husband Divorcing  —  It's over for LeAnn Rimes and husband Dean Sheremet.  —  “After much thoughtful mutual consideration, Deane and I have agreed to move forward with dissolving our marriage,” the country star says on her Web site using the spelling of her husband's given name.
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Holly Madison: ‘Hef Brought Down My Self-Esteem’  —  The ‘Girls Next Door’ always seemed like the picture of confidence, but former Playboy Playmate Holly Madison reveals that life with Hugh Hefner wasn't great for her self-esteem.  In an interview with Life & Style given exclusively to PopEater …
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Spencer Pratt Is Legally Changing His Name to “King Spencer Pratt”  —  Spencer Pratt has found a new way to royally upset his haters.  —  The Hills star, 25, tells Usmagazine.com that he is changing his name ... to “King Spencer Pratt.”  —  “I've decided since there is a Queen of England …
Sarah Michaud / People.com:
David Boreanaz and His Wife Welcome a Girl  —  David Boreanaz's little angel has arrived.  Wife Jaime Bergman delivered the couple's second child, daughter Bardot Vita Boreanaz, on Monday, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.  —  Baby Bardot weighed in at 7 lbs., 14 oz., and joins big brother Jaden Rayne, 7, at home.
Missy Ritti / People.com:
PHOTO: Another Baby for Mark Wahlberg and Rhea Durham?  —  It appears as though there are no shortage of reasons for Mark Wahlberg and Rhea Durham to celebrate.  —  Fresh on the heels of their Aug. 1 wedding, Durham was spotted on Sunday at The Grove in Los Angeles sporting quite the baby bump.
Leslie Gornstein / E! Online:
How Many Dollars Do the Duggars' 18-Plus Draw?  —  How much do the Duggars get for their reality show?  For me, the show is like an accident—you just have to look.  —  An “accident”?  How cruel!  Children are a gift from God!  Right now, those 18 kids—soon to be 19 …
TMZ.com:
Hayden Christensen's Bro Arrested for Assault  —  TMZ has learned Hayden Christensen's brother, producer Tove Christensen, was arrested early this morning for felony assault with a deadly weapon — when he allegedly dragged his girlfriend around 30 feet after she clung to the side of his car.
Discussion: Just Jared
Vanity Fair:
Levi Johnston: “Me and Mrs. Palin”  —  Left, photograph by Nigel Parry/CPi Syndication.  Right, photograph by Mark Seliger.  —  Three days after Sarah Palin was announced as the Republican vice-presidential candidate, the McCain campaign released a statement saying that her 17-year-old unwed daughter, Bristol, was pregnant.
OK! Magazine:
Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart: Engaged!  —  Devoted readers of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga know that Eclipse is the volume in which conflicted vampire Edward Cullen and reluctant virgin Bella Swan finally get engaged.  —  That means, of course, that at some point on the Vancouver set …
Discussion: E! Online, Cele|bitchy and Showbiz Spy
Sean L. McCarthy / the comic's comic:
Saturday Night Live hires!  Jenny Slate and Nasim Pedrad join the SNL cast  —  The 35th season of NBC's Saturday Night Live reportedly will add to its female cast, with knowledgeable folk filling me in on two new hires in Jenny Slate and Nasim Pedrad!  —  SNL staff began work this week …
Discussion: New York Magazine, Mediaite and Jezebel
omg!:
Jon Gosselin Speaks Out: I “Took a Lot of Abuse” from Kate  —  In his first television interview since divorce papers were filed in June, Jon Gosselin lashes out at his estranged wife Kate for years of abuse during their 10-year marriage.  —  “I took a lot of abuse from her.
Discussion: ABCNEWS, Perez Hilton and Us Weekly
Tempo / The Watcher:
Royal HBO role filled by ‘Terminator: Sarah Connor’ actress  —  All the major roles for HBO's “Game of Thones” pilot have been filled in recent weeks — except one.  —  I can exclusively reveal that Lena Headey, most recently seen as Sarah Connor in Fox's “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles …
USA Today:
‘Idol’ label signs last of top 4, country-leaning Gokey  —  By Brian Mansfield, Special for USA TODAY  —  American Idol's bespectacled third-place finisher, Danny Gokey, has cut a record deal with 19 Recordings/RCA Nashville, marking the first time in the show's history that Idol's recording arm has signed the entire final four.
Discussion: //Neon Limelight
Daniel Mauser / Guanabee:
Miss Universe Choreographer Michael Schwandt Talks To Us About Working With Heidi Montag & All Those Beauty Queens  —  Michael Schwandt, who choreographed this year's Miss Universe pageant, has spent the past four years working with some of the sexiest women in the world.
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Kardashian Pal: Baby Daddy Ready to Be a Father  —  Kourtney Kardashian's pregnancy didn't come as a surprise to everyone.  —  Dash employee and Kourtney & Khloé Take Miami costar Erica Mena says she could tell something was up by the way Kourt's beau, Scott Disick, handled her 2-year-old baby, King Conde.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Pal: Pregnant, Unwed Kourtney Kardashian Is a “Role Model”
Discussion: Gawker, I'm Not Obsessed and X17 Online
Michael Slezak / EW.com:
‘American Idol’ exclusive: Avril Lavigne joins Katy Perry as guest judge in L.A.  —  Avril Lavigne and Katy Perry will join the growing list of singers and entertainers serving as guest judges on season 9 of American Idol, EW.com has learned exclusively.  Sources close to the show say Lavigne …
 
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TMZ.com:
Madge's New Video Makes Lourdes Flip Out
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Alicia Dennis / People.com:
Duggars Expecting Their 19th Child!
 

 
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