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Cindy Crawford / Us Weekly:
Heidi Klum Gives Birth to Baby Girl!  —  It's a girl for Heidi Klum!  —  The Project Runway host, 36, and her musician husband, Seal, 46, welcomed Lou Sulola Samuel on Friday in L.A., Usmagazine.com has confirmed.  —  “It's difficult to imagine loving another child as much as you love …
Discussion: Celebritology
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X17 Online:
MJ's This Is It Ripped Off From Former Pal Paul Anka
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Carrie Underwood Is Coming to Your TV Screen  —  Christmas is coming a little early for Carrie Underwood: FOX is giving the American Idol fourth-season winner her own two-hour variety special.  —  The singer, 26, will host Brad Paisley, Dolly Parton and fellow Idol alum David Cook on her Dec. 7 show …
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com
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Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
Carrie Underwood headlines Fox variety show
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip and TV Tattle
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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Daniel Kilkelly / Digital Spy:
Stephen Gately ‘died of natural causes’  —  A post-mortem carried out on the body of Stephen Gately has found that the Boyzone star died of natural causes, reports suggest.  —  According to Sky News, a court official in Majorca has announced that Gately passed away after suffering a pulmonary oedema …
Discussion: Reuters
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BBC:
Gately ‘died of natural causes’
Discussion: ArtsBeat and PopSugar UK
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Paramount sets sights on ‘Money’ men  —  Studio in negotiations with Chris Pine, D.J. Caruso  —  Paramount Pictures is in negotiations with thesp Chris Pine and director D.J. Caruso to put fact-based drama “The Art of Making Money” on a fast track to begin production early next year.
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Robert Pattinson: I Can't Find a Date  —  Women take note: It may not be as hard to find your way into Robert Pattinson's heart as you might think.  Just remember his name.  —  “Girls scream out for Edward, not Robert,” the Twilight star tells the Sydney Morning Herald.  “I still can't get a date.”
DailyFill.com:
Vince Vaughn Is An A#*hole  —  Since bursting onto the scene with Swingers back in 1996, Vince Vaughn has become a force to be reckoned with at the box office.  Although he's had his fair share of flops, Vaughn has appeared in some of the most popular comedic films of the past decade such as Old School and Wedding Crashers.
Discussion: Pop Crunch
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Reuters:
Vince Vaughn victorious with “Couples Retreat”
Discussion: Gawker
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.
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:
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. …
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.
Popeater:
Courtney Love Ditches Twitter, Too  —  Not long after pop star Miley Cyrus fell off the Twitter-verse, rock ranter Courtney Love has disappeared from the social blog, too.  Allegedly Love's site was shut down after she posted a series of inflammatory tweets calling fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir a “nasty lying hosebag thief.”
Dave McNary / Variety:
CBS Films fostering ‘Freaky’ follow-up  —  Hach, Rodgers co-wrote teen novel  —  CBS Films is developing the teen comedy “Freaky Monday” with producers Andrew Gunn and Mark Waters.  —  Eye's film arm has optioned the body-switching novel from “Freaky Friday” writer Heather Hach.
Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
Thomas Lennon brings comedy to NBC  —  To write, star in project with Robert Ben Garant  —  Two months after he broke the news of his Comedy Central show “Reno 911!” coming to an end, series star/co-creator Thomas Lennon is headlining a new comedy project at NBC.
Discussion: Collider
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: Pop Crunch, Extra and Perez Hilton
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
Courtney Hazlett / msnbc.com:
Scoop: Kanye West seeks refuge in India  —  Plus: No happy Thanksgiving for ‘Glee’; ‘Sexy Fingers’ Cannon turns 29  —  Kanye West, still infamous for interrupting Taylor Swift at the MTV VMAs, is reportedly taking a break — in India.  —  The Scoop  —  The BET Hip-Hop awards went …
TMZ.com:
Anna Nicole Drug Prelim: The Birkhead Dilemma  —  The preliminary hearing for the people accused of fueling Anna Nicole Smith with drugs kicks off today... and Larry Birkhead faces an almost impossible situation.  —  We're told Birkhead will testify either Thursday or Friday.
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Spoiler Chat: OMG, Look Who's Hooking Up Next!  —  Hooray for the sexual Petri dish of prime time!  Not only is Gossip Girl's much-buzzed-about threesome on the way (and yes, we have scoop on that, too), but sources are buzzing about a new core coupling on the way that many of you fans have been speculating about...
Discussion: Gossip Girl Insider
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 …
 
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Tom McArthur / BBC:
RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place

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A look at news publishers' conflicting approaches toward AI companies, and how the lack of a data marketplace makes it hard for buyers and sellers to set rates

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