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12:00 AM ET, September 9, 2009

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Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Dancing With the Stars Duo Karina & Maks Split!  —  Welcome to today's episode of Splitting With the Stars.  —  I just learned that the dance-happy duo of Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy have uncoupled and called off their long-pending nuptials.  —  “I am confirming that they did indeed break up,” Karina's rep tells me.
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People.com:
Maksim & Karina Split!  —  Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Karina Smirnoff  —  It looks like Dancing With the Stars' Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy will be performing their next dances solo.  —  The pair, who just last month gushed about how they do everything together …
Us Weekly:
Jon Gosselin: I “Despise” Kate  —  In more of his interview with ABC News, Jon Gosselin continues to trash estranged wife Kate, claming she took his wedding ring and may have had an affair with her bodyguard.  —  Jon, 32, says their relationship has gotten so sour they have to film their hit TLC reality show separately.
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ABCNEWS:
Jon Gosselin Exclusive: I ‘Despise’ Kate  —  ABC News Exclusive Interview: Gosselin Casts Surprising New Light on Marriage  —  When Jon and Kate Gosselin — the overachieving parents of twins and sextuplets whose family life spawned the hit reality show “Jon & Kate Plus Eight” …
Michael Y. Park / People.com:
Jon Gosselin Accuses Kate of Stealing His Wedding Ring
Discussion: Gossip Cop, Perez Hilton and Dlisted
TMZ.com:
Milian and The Dream — Secret Wedding in Vegas  —  TMZ has learned Christina Milian officially tied the knot with music producer The Dream in Vegas last week ... at a place famous for its “Drive-Thru Tunnel of Vows.”  —  It all went down close to midnight at the legendary Little White Wedding Chapel …
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Kathy Griffin confesses all about torrid, gross Jack Black affair  —  For fans of Kathy Griffin's My Life on the D-List, this news is nothing new.  Kathy talked about her brief, torrid affair with comedian-actor Jack Black a couple of times, and she was always surprisingly nice about it.
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NY Daily News:
Perez's pledge to Tyra on targeting minors out the window
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Lynn Elber / Associated Press:
Tyra goes back to her (hair) roots on TV talk show
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People.com:
George Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis Go Public  —  George Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis in Venice  —  His hand still bandaged from a motoring accident last month, George Clooney was spotted arriving in Venice Monday sporting something that's all the rage in Italian trends - TV presenter Elisabetta Canalis.
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TMZ.com:
Janet Jackson — If the Glove Fits  —  Janet Jackson has been busting her butt rehearsing for a Michael Jackson tribute at the MTV Video Awards this weekend — and it promises to be a nipple-free affair.  We think.  —  Ms. Jackson is set to put on a huge MJ-honoring performance featuring 20 backup dancers …
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Daily Mail:
Lady GaGa: ‘My father saved me from a deadly cocaine addiction’  —  Lady GaGa has revealed her tough no-nonsense father save her from drug addiction.  —  GaGa admitted spending long periods snorting cocaine alone in her cramped New York apartment, playing music by The Cure.
Mark Dagostino / People.com:
Soap Star Michelle Stafford Expecting  —  Thanks to the help of a surrogate, The Young and the Restless star Michelle Stafford is expecting her first child this December.  —  Stafford, 43, who has won two Emmys for her role as scheming Phyllis Summers on the CBS daytime drama …
Anna N. / Jezebel:
How Not To Solve A Gender Dispute: Semenya's Magazine Makeover [Beauty/contest]  —  What could make the convoluted saga of Caster Semenya's disputed gender even more public and upsetting?  How about a makeover?  —  Yes, Semenya is now on the cover of South Africa's You magazine, wearing makeup, a dress, and a new hairdo.
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BBC:
Magazine makeover for South Africa's gender-row runner
Discussion: Salon and Oh No They Didn't!
Us Weekly:
Pregnant Heidi Klum: My “Thighs, Butt” Have Exploded  —  Heidi Klum — who is due in October with her fourth child, a girl — says the last month of pregnancy is the worst.  —  “The last month is unbelievable, how rapidly your stomach goes.  It's huge,” Klum, 36, tells Page Six magazine (out Sept. 10).
Discussion: PopSugar and Pink is the New Blog
Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
This just in: ‘SNL’ all-star Kristin Wiig NOT moving to ‘Weekend Update’  —  I knew this was too good to be true.  —  An SNL insider is denying a fast-spreading rumor that Kristin Wiig has been named co-anchor of Weekend Update alongside Seth Meyers.  “It's not true,” says the source.
Us Weekly:
Aubrey O'Day Defends Dyeing Her Dog  —  Doggone it, there's nothing wrong with dyeing a dog, according to Aubrey O'Day.  —  The former Danity Kane singer, 25, has been criticized on some websites for constantly dyeing her 1-year-old teacup Maltese Ginger.  —  “She likes to have looks,” O'Day tells Usmagazine.com.
Ulrica Wihlborg / People.com:
Jim Verraros's Dream Wedding  —  From the matching Tom Ford bowties to the unity sand ceremony to the 10-ft. ice sculpture bar, the wedding of American Idol's Jim Verraros to entrepreneur Bill Brennan on Sunday was planned down to the last detail.  —  “Every little choice reflected who we are …
Discussion: Just Jared
thefrisky.com:
Exclusive Q&A: Diablo Cody Talks Megan Fox, Therapy, And Doing “The View” With Courtney Love  —  Posted by: Jessica Wakeman Filed In: Celebs  —  We're lusty Diablo Cody fans at The Frisky.  “Juno,” the TV show “The United States Of Tara,” her my-life-as-a-stripper-memoir, Candy Girl—we love it, love it, love it.
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com and Perez Hilton
Sarah Michaud / People.com:
Baby on the Way for Rocker Chris Robinson  —  There's a baby on the way for rocker Chris Robinson.  —  The Black Crowes frontman, 42, and girlfriend Allison Bridges are expecting a new arrival in early 2010, his rep confirms to PEOPLE.  The couple began dating in 2007.
Kim Kardashian official web site:
Bye Bye Blonde!  — Blonde Hair, - Hair, - Kim Blonde, - Kim Kardashian, - Kim Kardashian Pics, - Kim Photos, - Kim Pics, - KimKardashian.com  —  I'm dying my hair back dark...bye bye blonde, see u next summer!  Love ya!
TMZ.com:
Katherine to Jermaine: The Show Must Not Go On  —  Katherine Jackson and other members of her family are angry at Jermaine over the Michael Jackson tribute concert in Vienna — this according to various sources.  —  Members of the Jackson family along with others connected with the event claim Katherine …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
 
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