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8:55 AM ET, October 13, 2009

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Sarah Michaud / People.com:
Heidi Klum & Seal Welcome a Daughter  —  Heidi Klum & Seal  —  Auf wiedersehen, maternity clothes!  —  Heidi Klum has given birth to a girl.  The Project Runway host delivered daughter Lou Samuel on Oct. 9 in Los Angeles, her rep confirms to PEOPLE.  —  Lou joins siblings Johan, 2 ½, Henry, 4, and Leni, 5.
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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 …
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X17 Online:
MJ's This Is It Ripped Off From Former Pal Paul Anka
Discussion: New York Times and TMZ.com
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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E! Online:
Gosselins Vow to Shut Their Mouths...for Now
Discussion: Perez Hilton and OK! Magazine
TMZ.com:
Lawyer Says Jon & Kate — ‘So Insignificant’
Discussion: omg!
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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Popeater:
‘Glee’ Cast Pulled from Macy's Parade?
Discussion: TV Envy
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.
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.
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
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.
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Elaine Aradillas / People.com:
Christina Hendricks Marries in New York
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. …
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.”
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.
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 …
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
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
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.”
People.com:
Couples Watch: Tom & Katie, Matt & Luciana ...  Katie Holmes, Tom and Suri Cruise in Cambridge, Mass.  —  • On a break from shooting his new movie Wichita, Tom Cruise met up with wife Katie Holmes and daughter Suri for an afternoon in the park in Cambridge, Mass., and a stroll along the Charles River, taking in the sights.
Discussion: PopSugar
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
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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