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11:40 PM ET, October 12, 2009

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Cindy Crawford / Us Weekly:
Michael Lohan Urges Jon Gosselin to Join Celebrity Boxing Federation  —  If Jon Gosselin needs a way to blow off steam following his public fights with estranged wife Kate, Michael Lohan may have the solution.  —  Lindsay Lohan's dad stopped by the family's $1.1 million home in Wernersville …
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Gosselins Vow to Shut Their Mouths...for Now
Nicole Weisensee Egan / People.com:
Jon & Kate Gosselin Head to Arbitration Over Money
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TMZ.com:
Lawyer Says Jon & Kate — ‘So Insignificant’
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TMZ.com:
Paul Anka Claims ‘This Is It’ is a Rip-Off  —  If you think Michael Jackson's “This Is It” sounds familiar, it's because the song is a rip-off that was released nearly two decades ago by another artist ... and the man making this claim is none other than music legend Paul Anka.
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MJ's This Is It Ripped Off From Former Pal Paul Anka
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Elaine Aradillas / People.com:
Christina Hendricks Marries in New York  —  Christina Hendricks married fiancé Geoffrey Arend at Il Buco restaurant in New York on Sunday, PEOPLE has confirmed.  —  The redheaded Hendricks, 34, and actor Arend, 31, were engaged earlier this year after being introduced through her Mad Men costar Vincent Kartheiser.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Here Comes The Bride.....And Her Magnificent Chichis  —  Lift up your shirt, and raise your tittays up in the air for Christina Hendricks (aka Joan from Mad Men)!  Christina married fellow actor Geoffrey Arend at Il Buco restaurant in NYC yesterday.  The two got engaged earlier this year.
Discussion: TFL Scandalist
TMZ.com:
‘Glee’ Cast Dumped from Macy's Parade  —  The hit FOX show “Glee” is chorus non grata at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade ... and we've learned NBC is behind it all.  —  The network that can't produce a hit to save its life — at least this year — has banned the cast of “Glee” from appearing at the Parade that airs on NBC.
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‘Glee’ Cast Pulled from Macy's Parade?
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TMZ.com:
Shauna Sand to Block Sex Tape  —  Shauna Sand is in a war over a hardcore sex tape that's about to be released — but her defense is almost as revealing as the tape itself.  —  TMZ has learned Vivid Entertainment has acquired the tape — featuring Sand and her Miami boyfriend — and plans to release it on October 19.
Kellvin Chavez / Latino Review:
Exclusive: Independence Day Sequel Stalled By Fox  —  The possibility of a sequel for 1996's “Independence Day” has been long talked about.  Over the years producer/writer Dean Devlin has been very coy about not saying a word regarding a film that grossed over $800 million worldwide.
Cindy Crawford / Us Weekly:
Oprah Winfrey Sued by Flight Attendant  —  A flight attendant on Oprah Winfrey's private jet filed a lawsuit Friday denying allegations that she had sex on board.  —  In the suit, Corrine Gehrls, 39, claims that fellow flight attendants Myron Gooch and Kirby Bumpus — who is the daughter …
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X17 Online:
Oprah Sued For Wrongful Termination In Mile-High Sex Scandal!
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E! Online:
Source: Angie “Couldn't Care Less” About Jen  —  AP Photo/Chris Pizzello; Eric Charbonneau/Le Studio/Getty Images  —  Is it time the public (OK, mostly media) to stop dragging out this whole Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie-Jennifer Aniston faux love triangle?  Jen got dumped for another girl …
Discussion: msnbc.com and OK! Magazine
Cindy Crawford / Us Weekly:
Audrina: Heidi Montag Wants to Be “Next Octomom!”  —  Forget being the next Britney Spears!  The Hills' Heidi Montag has a new celebrity aspiration.  —  “She said she wanted to be the next Octomom!”  Hills star Audrina Patridge told Usmagazine.com at the Surfrider's 25th Anniversary Gala on Friday in L.A. …
Linda Marx / People.com:
Bride-to-Be Ivanka Trump: Work Before Babies  —  Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump  —  Like father, like daughter.  —  Ivanka Trump plans on following her famous father's path to success.  Trump, 27, who will marry boyfriend Jared Kushner, 28, publisher of the New York Observer, in two weeks …
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com
Amina Akhtar / New York Magazine:
Lindsay Lohan Goes Borrowing  —  Oh, Lindsay.  Right before La Lohan's disastrous turn on the catwalk last week at Ungaro, she did a little shopping in Paris.  And by shopping, we mean borrowing.  Hint Blog reports that the actress turned “adviser” popped into the showroom …
Tim Stack / Hollywood Insider:
‘Glee’ tour in planning stages for 2010  —  Attention Gleeks: you may be able to catch all your favorite Glee songs performed live next year.  EW has learned that a Glee music tour is in the early discussion stage.  It's not surprising given that the series' music has been exploding on iTunes …
Discussion: Extra, Pop Crunch and Perez Hilton
X17 Online:
Taylor & Taylor: Just Friends Or Friends With Benefits?  —  Getting over the fact that it would be totally nauseating to date someone who has the same first name as you, “friends” Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner appeared to be more than just friends when she gave him a long, lingering hug after singing …
Discussion: omg! and DailyFill.com
Adam Rosenberg / MTV Movies Blog:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘World Of Warcraft’ Film Lands ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Writer, Says Sam Raimi  —  In a phone interview with “Drag Me To Hell” director Sam Raimi last week, MTV's Eric Ditzian managed to sneak in a few questions about “Warcraft.”  Among the revelations Raimi had to share was the news that …
Giles Hattersley / Times of London:
Singer Fergie on giving up gangs and drugs  —  As Stacy Ann Ferguson the most famous woman on earth we know next to nothing about?  This year, with her group the Black Eyed Peas (if in doubt, turn on the radio), she has spent a record-breaking consecutive 26 weeks at the top of the US singles chart.
Sarah Michaud / People.com:
Saturday Night Live's Bill Hader Welcomes a Daughter  —  It's a girl for Saturday Night Live funnyman Bill Hader.  —  Wife Maggie Carey delivered the couple's first child, Hannah Kathryn Hader, on Oct. 6.  —  The couple, who married in 2006, announced the pregnancy in August.
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Chernin turns to Bible for first project  —  Fox to develop retelling of the story of Moses  —  In his first significant film project acquisition, Peter Chernin is taking on a project of biblical proportions.  —  Twentieth Century Fox will develop a retelling of the story of Moses …
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Tim Nixon / The Sun:
Rourke: I meant what I said  —  MICKEY ROURKE is standing by derogatory comments he drunkenly made that have left the gay community seething.  —  The Wrestler star has activists up in arms after he attempted to defend video footage of him calling a journalist a “f***ot”.
Discussion: Popeater and Perez Hilton
 
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