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8:25 AM ET, November 23, 2009

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Carl DiOrio / Hollywood Reporter:
‘New Moon’ has monster opening weekend  —  Vampire sequel sinks teeth into $140.7 million  —  Talk about bloody good boxoffice.  —  Summit Entertainment's vampire-romance sequel “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” opened even bigger than projected with an estimated $140.7 million in domestic grosses.
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DailyFill.com:
New Moon Breaks Another Box Office Record, Earning More Than Dark Knight On Opening Night  —  Heath Ledger was unavailable for comment.  —  The Twilight Saga: New Moon has officially had the best opening day in film history, taking the title from The Dark Knight after just 24 hours in theaters.
Discussion: Popeater
Us Weekly:
New Moon Has Third-Biggest Opening Weekend in Film History  —  The Twilight Saga: New Moon has had the third-biggest opening weekend in film history.  —  According to box office totals released Sunday, the vampire romance starring Rob Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart grossed …
Pamela McClintock / Variety:
‘New Moon’ shines at box office  —  ‘Twilight’ sequel nabs $140.7 million  —  Biting off the third best weekend opening of all time with $140.7 million from 4,024 theaters, Summit Entertainment's female-fueled “New Moon” explodes the myth that you need an all-audience film to do that level of biz, or that fanboys hold all the power.
Us Weekly:   VIDEO: New Moon's Nikki Reed: Why I'm on “Team Jacob”
Marcell Minaya / Digital Spy:
‘New Moon’ breaks US box office record
Discussion: Fan Fare
Anthony D'Alessandro / Variety:
‘New Moon’ takes opening day record
Jason Lynch / People.com:
Jon & Kate's Divorce Could Be Finalized by Year's End  —  Jon Gosselin showed up for a daylong divorce arbitration hearing Saturday with a bouquet of long-stemmed red roses for Kate - only to have her turn them down and later leave the courthouse empty-handed.
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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Source: Kate and Jon Gosselin Finished Fighting Over the Kids  —  With lingering anger and bitterness, the marriage of Jon and Kate Gosselin is all but dissolved after Saturday's all-day mediation hearing in Pennsylvania, a source close to Kate tells PEOPLE.
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
John Travolta: ‘We Know That We Are Loved’  —  In an emotional appearance in his adopted hometown, John Travolta and his family thanked his Florida neighbors for their support after the death of son Jett.  —  “It's meant the world to us,” Travolta, 55, told the crowd Friday night at the Ocala …
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Dave Schlenker / Local News from Star-Banner:
Travolta family: ‘We love you, Ocala’
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com
Mark Gray / People.com:
Robin Thicke and Wife Already Picked Baby's Name  —  As Robin Thicke gets ready to become a father, he can check one item off his to-do list: the baby's name.  —  “We like Julian if it's a boy and Isabella if it's a girl,” he told PEOPLE Saturday while hosting at The Bank nightclub in Las Vegas.
Liz Colville / Popeater:
Michael Jackson Sets AMA Record With 2009 Wins  —  Michael Jackson set a record at the American Music Awards at Los Angeles' Nokia Theater Sunday night with his second win of the evening.  The late singer scooped up Favorite Male Artist in the Pop/Rock category, which brings his total number of AMAs to 23 …
Discussion: omg! and X17 Online
News of the World:
Russ meets the in-laws  —  Russell & Katy lock lips in Hollywood last month  —  LOVED up KATY PERRY has introduced RUSSELL BRAND to her pastor dad.  —  I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall at that meeting - because you can imagine how well it went down.  A clean-living, respectable type Russell ain't.
Discussion: Socialite Life
X17 Online:
Katie Takes Suri To See The Lion King!  —  Aw, and it looks like the little girl got scared.  Poor thing!  Katie Holmes and co. are back in NYC while hubby Tom Cruise films Knight & Day in Austria, and so she and daughter Suri took in a showing of The Lion King last night.
Discussion: DailyFill.com
TMZ.com:
Dr. Conrad Murray — Back to Work  —  The doctor who may have been responsible for the death of Michael Jackson will see you now.  —  Dr. Conrad Murray, personal physician to Michael Jackson at the time of his death, will resume his medical practice on Monday morning, his lawyer said today.
Discussion: Bitten and Bound and omg!
Sara Hammel / People.com:
Ashlee & Pete Bring in SpongeBob for Bronx's 1st Birthday  —  Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz celebrated son Bronx Mowgli's first birthday with a SpongeBob-themed celebration at grandparents Joe and Tina Simpson's house in Encino, Calif.  —  About 30 family and friends, including aunt Jessica Simpson …
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
 
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