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12:30 PM ET, May 15, 2010

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RADAR:
British Actress On Roman Polanski: I Was Sexually Abused  —  A 42-year-old British actress is alleging that “she was victimized” by controversial director Roman Polanski when she was 16 years old, RadarOnline.com has confirmed.  —  Roman Polanski Ordered To Return To The United States For Sentencing
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Ken Lee / People.com:
New Accuser Alleges Sexual Abuse by Roman Polanski  —  Four years after he fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sex with a minor, Roman Polanski “forced himself” on another woman, then 16, in his Paris apartment, the woman alleged Friday.
Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS:
New Victim Accuses Roman Polanski of ‘Sexual Abuse’
Discussion: Dlisted and Gawker
Linda Deutsch / Associated Press:
LA DA meets actress who claims Polanski sex abuse
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
TMZ.com:
Actress Claims Polanski Sexually Abused Her
Discussion: The Dish Rag and Perez Hilton
The Live Feed | THR:
Official: NBC cancels ‘Heroes’  —  It's official.  NBC has cancelled “Heroes.”  —  The network seriously mulled bringing back “Heroes” for a shortened final season to wrap up the serialized show, possibly as a two- or four-hour movie.  —  In the end, given the fairly high cost of the drama …
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Lynette Rice / Hollywood Insider:
‘Heroes’ canceled by NBC  —  It seemed inevitable but the news is nonetheless shocking: NBC's drama Heroes won't be back for a fifth season.  The beleaguered drama only averaged 6.5 million viewers this year.  It last aired on Feb. 8, when it only brought in a mere 4.4 million.
PopEater:
Tom Cruise Returns to Oprah's Couch, Doesn't Jump  —  After Tom Cruise's 2005 couch jumping incident on Oprah (yes, it's infamous enough for its own subheading on Cruise's Wikipedia page), it was a surprise (relief?) to see the actor keeping his feet on the floor and his hands off the host today.
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Us Weekly:
Tom Cruise Approves of Suri's Expensive Wardrobe  —  $850 Ferragamo bags?  $635 dresses?  $27 Chanel lip gloss?  All par for the course for 4-year-old Suri Cruise — and her famous daddy has no problem with it.  —  “Whatever she wants to wear, she wears it,” Tom Cruise said of his daughter …
Discussion: Bumpshack.com
omg!:
Tom Cruise Talks ‘Knight’ & Kids With Oprah
Discussion: X17 Online
Perez Hilton:
Tom Yaps It Up To Oprah
Discussion: ETonline and Popoholic
Eunice Oh / People.com:
Bret Michaels Plans to Attend Celebrity Apprentice Finale  —  Bret Michaels's road to recovery includes more than just returning to the stage.  —  He's sitting down to talk with Oprah Winfrey and hoping to attend the live Celebrity Apprentice finale on May 23, his rep said Friday.
Andy Swift / Hollywood Life:
HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVE!  ‘Vampire Diaries’ Star Paul Wesley Got Secretly MARRIED to ‘One Tree Hill’ Actress Torrey DeVitto!  —  Did Paul Wesley slip and tell us that he and fellow CW star Torrey have gone and gotten married?  —  Hm... We can think of one more reason why Nina Dobrev …
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Cele|bitchy:
Vampire Diaries' Paul Wesley secretly married to One Tree Hill's Torrey DeVitto
Discussion: Gossip Cop and Oh No They Didn't!
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
CANNES: Bruce Willis Plays Mature Joseph Gordon-Levitt In Time Travel Pic ‘Looper’  —  EXCLUSIVE: Bruce Willis is joining the cast of Looper, a science fiction time travel tale that reunites the Brick team of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and writer/director Rian Johnson.  The Terminator-esque action film has a clever premise.
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
In Touch: Angelina Jolie & Johnny Depp kind of hate each other  —  In Touch Weekly has another bitchy story about Angelina Jolie this week, although I have to applaud them for finding a new angle.  Instead of another Angelina-will-seduce-Johnny-Depp-with- her-vadge-of-doom story …
Discussion: Celebrity Gossip …
TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan — Cannes Do  —  Lindsay Lohan is rolling the dice in her DUI probation case in a big way — because we've learned she's headed to Cannes ... not her alcohol ed class.  —  TMZ broke the story that the judge has ordered LiLo to show proof next Thursday that she had completed …
Us Weekly:
Kate Gosselin on Raising Out-of-Control Kids: “Help Me!!!!!!!!”  —  Time out!  —  Kate Gosselin blogs that she's more like a referee than a mom because her eight kids can get so out of control.  —  After describing fights over the bathroom, who's staring at whom and the kids smacking each other, she writes, “Help!
Jon Pareles / New York Times:
Music Review: Rainforest Fund Benefit, With Sting  —  The Rainforest Fund presented its annual benefit at Carnegie Hall on Thursday night.  From left, Sting, Debbie Harry, Lady Gaga, Elton John and Bruce Springsteen.  More Photos »  —  Camping in the rain forest got a new meaning on Thursday night at Carnegie Hall.
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Rhys Myers Banned From United Airlines Flights After Drunken Display, Says Source  —  Tudors star Jonathan Rhys Myers has had his fair share of run-ins at airports and a chronicled battle with alcohol.  Now, a source has exclusively confirmed to RadarOnline.com that the actor …
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Dano Books ‘Cowboys & Aliens’  —  Last time we saw Paul Dano on the rough frontier, his whiny preacher character was being clubbed to death with a bowling pin in There Will Be Blood.  Dano is back in period mode, this time armed, playing a cowboy who takes on extraterrestrials in Cowboys & Aliens …
Us Weekly:
Spencer Pratt Calls Brody Jenner a “Drunk Idiot”  —  Spencer Pratt isn't about to let ex-BFF Brody Jenner get the last word.  —  After Jenner quipped on Wednesday that his old friend has “lost it,” Pratt came roaring back Thursday with an exclusive retort to UsMagazine.com.
Popoholic:
Megan Fox Is One Uber Sexy Corset Wearing Super Hottie!  —  Here's a brand spanking new promo photo of Megan Fox from her upcoming and highly anticipated comicbook movie, Jonah Hex, and I know I don't have to say it, but I will anyways... hoochie mama!  Good lord, does Megan look drop dead sexy in that corset, or what?
Amber James / PopEater:
Rep: ‘Single Ladies’ Girls Did ‘Nothing Provocative’  —  Earlier this week, a YouTube video surfaced from The World of Dance competition in which a group of young — and we mean really young — girls wearing midriff-baring tops, short skirts and black stockings dance to Beyonce's 'Single Ladies …
 
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
PRIMETIME PILOT PANIC: ‘Rockford Files’ Is Now Dead At NBC
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The Live Feed | THR:
NBC picks up ‘Friends With Benefits,’ ‘The Cape’
Discussion: Movieline and New York Magazine
Us Weekly:
Chelsea Handler: Sex Tape “Wasn't a Big Deal to Me”
Just Jared:
Adam Lambert: IF I HAD YOU Video Preview!
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
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Stars visit ‘St. Vincent’
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Los Angeles Times:
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Courtney Love's Chonies Freakout At Heathrow
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X17 XCLUSIVE - Lisa Marie's Request For Sunflowers At Michael …
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