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1:30 PM ET, October 8, 2009

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Julie Jordan / People.com:
Meet Jennifer Hudson's Newborn Son!  —  Photo by: Derek Blanks / Ken Barboza Associates / Hilton Media Group  —  Motherhood definitely seems to agree with Jennifer Hudson, who gave birth to her first child, David - named after her fiancé, David Otunga - on Aug. 10.
RADAR:
WORLD EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Joe Francis Attack Caught On Security Video  —  “He can't lie anymore!”  Jayde Nicole speaks out for the first time since the attack, describing her nightmare at experience at the hands of Joe Francis while watching RadarOnline.com's explosive never-before-seen security video of the incident.
TMZ.com:
Lawsuit — Dr. Phil Trapped Me, Touched My Boob  —  Dr. Phil is being sued by a woman who claims the TV shrink held her captive inside his production offices, forced her to stare at a naked man — and then grabbed her left breast.  —  According to the suit, filed today in L.A. County Superior Court …
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David Letterman / New York Post:
Ex: Beauty was wild spender  —  Now we know why polo-playing pony breeder Peter Brant married supermodel Stephanie Seymour — she's a thoroughbred clotheshorse, according to Brant.  New legal filings in the Greenwich, Conn., divorce of the power couple show the split is getting cruel …
Discussion: Popeater and TFL Scandalist
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People.com:
Miley Cyrus Sends Her Last Tweet  —  Miley Cyrus  —  There's a little less celebrity Tweeting in the online universe today.  Miley Cyrus has deleted her Twitter page after posting a message apparently referencing Australian actor Liam Hemsworth, her The Last Song costar and rumored love interest.
Discussion: Lifeline Live
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Perez Hilton:
Miley Is Done With Twitter!!!  —  Yes, we know it seems unbelievable, but it's true!  —  Miley Cyrus has left the Twitterverse.  —  Last night, seemingly responding to fan inquiry, Miley Tweeted that her rumored BF, Liam Hemsworth, does not have Twitter.  Not only that, but he thought that she shouldn't have one either.
Popeater:
Blackface Jackson Skit Stuns Connick Jr.; Others Call Him a Hypocrite  —  An Australian variety show featuring performers parodying the Jackson Five while in blackface so outraged its American judge, that the program's host immediately apologized.  —  New Orleans native Harry Connick Jr …
Discussion: Digital Spy
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Michael Y. Park / People.com:
Valerie Bertinelli Loves Herself More Than Pizza  —  For years, she was the slender little sister on One Day at a Time, then a rocker wife to Eddie Van Halen.  But now, as a mature woman of 49, Valerie Bertinelli is finally okay with having a woman's body.  —  “I've realized I'm more important than food is.
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com and OK! Magazine
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Hilary Swank on how she's sometimes naked around her boyfriend's 6-year-old son  —  Hilary Swank's promotional duties are just starting up for the October 23rd release of Amelia, a film based on the life of Amelia Earhart.  I have to say, this film looks good.
Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on 'Grey's,' ‘Glee,’ ‘Fringe,’ ‘Heroes,’ ‘Smallville,’ and more!  —  Got a scoop request?  An anonymous tip you're dying to share?  Just want to say hi?  You can send any/all of the above to ausielloscoop@ew.com  —  Question: There's speculation that Izzie cheats on Alex on Grey's Anatomy.
Popeater:
Levi Wants to Show More Johnston  —  Levi, Levi, Levi.  What are we going to do with you?!?  Levi Johnston, the father of Sarah Palin's grandchild and recent media star, has agreed to bare his body for Playgirl in the near future.  —  No formal agreement has been made, but his lawyer says it's a …
Hollywood Reporter:
Ellen Page to pen comedy at HBO  —  Alia Shawkat, Sean Tillmann also working on project  —  Film star Ellen Page is adding a TV writer-producer credit to her resume.  —  Page has teamed with HBO for “Stitch N' Bitch,” a single-camera comedy she will write with two other young actors, Alia Shawkat and Sean Tillmann.
David Caplan / People.com:
FIRST LISTEN: Jennifer Lopez's Dance Track ‘Fresh Out of the Oven’  —  Jennifer Lopez's new album Love? is due in January, but fans of the singer-actress can get their fix now, with the release of a dance track titled “Fresh Out of the Oven,” featuring the rapper Pitbull.
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Just Jared:
Jennifer Lopez is Fresh Out The Oven
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Dlisted
Laura Kalnicky / Life and Style:
Khloé Kardashian responds: who are you calling fat?  —  Even though reality star Khloé Kardashian recently shed 25 pounds, bloggers were calling her a “monster beast,” “Kong,” “Bigfoot” and a “fat skunk” after she walked down the aisle in her fairy-tale Vera Wang wedding gown and tied the knot with Lamar Odom on Sept. 27.
TMZ.com:
Letterman's Former Hookup Banned from CBS Set  —  TMZ has learned Stephanie Birkitt — the woman at the center of the David Letterman sex scandal — has been banned from setting foot on the CBS set where the “Late Show” is filmed.  —  Birkitt used to be David's assistant — appearing on the …
Jeffrey Slonim / People.com:
Emmy Rossum and Adam Duritz Make Sweet Music  —  Emmy Rossum may be suffering the end of a secret marriage, but she and the new man in her life, Adam Duritz, are already making sweet music together, Duritz tells PEOPLE.  —  Rossum, 23, whose husband Justin Siegel recently filed for divorce …
Discussion: PopSugar and Socialite Life
EW.com:
‘Nightlight’: A ‘Twilight’ parody by the twisted minds at ‘The Harvard Lampoon’  —  For the first time in 40 years, The Harvard Lampoon will publish a parody novel, this time putting a tongue-in-cheek spin on Stephenie Meyer's best-selling Twilight series.  Random House's Vintage Books plans …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Mike Fleming / BFDealmemo:
Ross To Helm “Venom”  —  The relationship between Columbia Pictures and Gary Ross that began with his rewrite on “Spider-Man 4” is taking a “Venom"-ous turn.  —  I am hearing that the studio is in talks with Ross to helm the Spidey-spinoff “Venom,” and rewrite the script.
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Mike Fleming / BFDealmemo:
More Details On the Ross “Venom” Film
Discussion: Splash Page
 
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TMZ.com:
Arrest Warrant Sought for Dr. Conrad Murray
Ann Lee / Metro.co.uk:
Katie Price goes on Britney Spears-style umbrella rampage
Discussion: Anything Hollywood
Dean Goodman / Reuters:
Barbra Streisand tops U.S. pop chart for ninth time
Discussion: Popeater
Andy Grundberg / New York Times:
Irving Penn, Fashion Photographer, Is Dead at 92
Cindy Crawford / Us Weekly:
Rep: Heidi Klum Hasn't Given Birth
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