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11:50 AM ET, October 2, 2009

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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Man Arrested For Extortion Lived With Woman Who Slept With Letterman  —  An NYPD source has told RadarOnline.com that the suspect under arrest in the Letterman extortion case is Robert Halderman, a CBS producer.  —  Letterman Victim Of Attempted Extortion, Admits Affairs With Staff Members
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TMZ.com:
Letterman Says Someone's Extorting Him  —  David Letterman says someone has demanded $2 million from him in return for not blowing the lid on Letterman's sexual liaisons in his office.  —  Letterman said on his show tonight he received a package 3 weeks ago from someone claiming to have info …
TMZ.com:
Woman in Letterman Case Lived with Suspect  —  One of the women at the center of the David Letterman alleged extortion case is Stephanie Birkitt, his former assistant — according to the search warrant obtained by FOX 5 New York.  And, the warrant says, Birkitt was the suspect's girlfriend …
Discussion: Gawker
The Huffington Post:
Stephanie Birkitt: Letterman's Former Lover, Assistant (PHOTOS, VIDEO, INFO)  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  Stephanie Birkitt has been identified as one of the women involved in the David Letterman extortion plot.  —  Birkitt, Letterman's former assistant who has made several appearances on the …
Samuel Goldsmith / NY Daily News:
David Letterman reveals extortion plot; Con artist wanted $2M for ‘Late Show’ host's sex secrets  —  A con artist is in custody after trying to shake down David Letterman - threatening to expose the late night funnyman's affairs with several female staffers.
TMZ.com:   Dave's Alleged Extortionist Busted Outside CBS
Popeater:
Letterman Admits Sexual Affairs, Claims He Was Extorted
Discussion: The Superficial and Hollywood Dame
MyFox New York:
Letterman Extortion Details
Discussion: Extra and New York Magazine
omg!:
CBS Producer Suspended for Trying to Extort David Letterman
Discussion: TMZ.com and Amy Grindhouse
TMZ.com:
Kanye West — They're Just Not That Into You  —  If Kanye West doesn't regret hijacking Taylor Swift, he will now — we're told his concert tour with Lady Gaga was scrapped because ticket sales sucked.  And “sucked” happens to be a nicer version of the word we were told.
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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Did Video (Music Awards) Kill the Lady Gaga-Kanye West Tour?  —  Kevin Mazur/Getty Images, George Pimentel/Getty Images  —  Fame Kills is already dead.  —  The highly anticipated North American tour featuring pantsless wonder Lady Gaga and rapper turned VMAs pariah Kanye West has been canceled …
Discussion: Popeater and Allie Is Wired!
Cindy Crawford / Us Weekly:
Kanye West and Lady Gaga Tour Canceled
Discussion: iVillage
Associated Press:
Kanye West and Lady Gaga tour canceled
Discussion: Hollywood Dame and Dlisted
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Jon Says He Was Going to Quit Before Being Fired  —  A new bombshell in the War of the Gosselins was dropped Thursday night as the battle stage shifted to the West Coast studio of CNN interviewer Larry King.  —  Five minutes into the appearance of Jon and his attorney Mark Heller …
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Lara Martin / Digital Spy:
Gosselin: ‘Jon & Kate not good for kids’
Discussion: omg!, TMZ.com and Popeater
People.com:
TLC Suspends Show, But Blasts Jon Gosselin's Cease-and-Desist Order
Cindy Crawford / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi Is Pregnant!  —  Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi is pregnant, her rep confirms to Usmagazine.com exclusively.  —  “Model, author, and Emmy-nominated Padma Lakshmi confirms that she is carrying her first child after years of struggling with endometriosis …
Reagan Alexander / People.com:
Lauren Conrad Admits She's One Bad Actress  —  Though her days of battling Kristen Cavallari and Speidi in the realm of reality TV are officially behind her, no way is Lauren Conrad headed for the unemployment line.  But she doesn't expect to run up the aisle to collect an Oscar, either.
msnbc.com:
Networks encouraging boycott of ‘Leno Show’?  —  Julia Louis-Dreyfus admits she was pressured to skip appearance  —  LOS ANGELES - NBC may be happy with the new “Jay Leno Show,” but some of the other networks definitely are not.  —  ABC and CBS have been discouraging their talent …
Discussion: Lifeline Live
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PEOPLE TV Watch:
EXCLUSIVE LOOK: Tyra Banks Channels Josephine Baker on Gossip Girl  —  Tyra Banks in a tiara!  What better way for the model and mogul to appear on Gossip Girl in an episode airing Monday.  —  Her role is that of Ursula Nyquist, an award-winning actress looking to offset some negative personal press …
Discussion: Dlisted
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Access Hollywood:   Tyra Banks & Hilary Duff Channel Their Star Power On ‘Gossip Girl’
Hollywoodreporter / The Hollywood Reporter:
The oompaloompas, live and in person  —  Willy Wonka could soon be kicking up his heels.  —  Warner Bros. is developing a stage musical based on “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” the children's classic that it bought to the big screen four years ago.  —  Sam Mendes' and Caro Newling's …
Discussion: Seriously? OMG! and EW.com
Popeater:
Kristen Stewart Scared To Go Outside  —  Kristen Stewart still can't get her head around the intense microscope she's been placed under since ‘Twilight’ hit the big screen, but she's dealing ... sort of.  In the October issue of Interview Magazine, Stewart admits she fell into acting …
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Matt Webb Mitovich / Fancast:
Film Star James Franco Checks Into ‘General Hospital’
 
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From Mediagazer:

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
The Financial Times signs a deal with OpenAI to train AI models on the publisher's archived content and to let ChatGPT reply with short summaries of FT articles

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”

Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Shari Redstone agreed to take less than $2B for her Paramount stake as part of Skydance's “best and final” offer, lower than what was initially offered

 
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