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11:35 AM ET, June 30, 2010

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Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Avatar's Zoe Saldana Is Engaged!  —  Avatar actress Zoë Saldana is engaged, reports the new issue of Us Weekly (on newsstands now).  —  The actress, 32, “is thrilled” to tie the knot with boyfriend of 10 years, Keith Britton, a source tells Us.  “They've been together forever.
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X17 Online:
Avatar Star Zoe Saldana Engaged
Discussion: omg!
Steven Avalos / PopEater:
Is Lady Gaga Moonlighting as a Male Model?  —  Lady Gaga just won't stop toying around with those hermaphrodite rumors.  Now, the ever-eccentric pop star appears in drag (?) for an upcoming issue of Vogue Hommes Japan.  Perez Hilton and Gaga's stylist, Nicola Formichetti …
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Daily Mail:
Oh boy!  Is Lady Gaga posing as a man in new gender bender fashion shoot?
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:   Lady Gaga dresses up like a dude, looks completely normal
Tazlena / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: America's Got Talent's Piers Morgan Set To Replace Larry King  —  Former British newspaper editor turned TV personality Piers Morgan is close to finalizing his deal to replace iconic talk show host Larry King, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.  —  Read The Email Sent By CNN Exec To Announce Larry King's Retirement
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Alan Duke / CNN:
CNN legend Larry King to step down  —  Editor's note: Read a statement from Larry King at his CNN blog.  Watch “Larry King Live” at 9 ET tonight on CNN.  His guest is Bill Maher.  —  Los Angeles, California (CNN) — Larry King, the iconic TV interviewer, will step aside from hosting …
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Larry King Ending His Show After 25 Years
Discussion: Hollywoodnews.com and iVillage
Material Girl Collection:
Meet Lola  —  Helluuur thurrrr, I'm Lola and this is my first blog entry so it's kind of like ummmm....  I'm just going to use this blog entry to tell y'all a little bit about myself.  I'm 13 and I'll be 14 in October, so I can't wait for that because I am FINALLY allowed to dye my hair... THANK YOU MOTHER!!
Michael Jackson / People.com:
Inside Sandra Bullock and Jesse James's Divorce  —  Sandra Bullock and Jesse James have finalized their divorce.  But that doesn't mean they have parted ways for good.  —  Friends tell PEOPLE in this week's cover story that the exes will continue to be involved in each other's lives …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, RADAR and Hollywood Life
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Michael Jackson / People.com:
Tearful Vienna Calls Jake a Lying ‘Fame Whore’  —  From the rose to the thorns: the Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi split is getting even nastier.  —  The former Bachelor duo, who had avoided contact since their breakup, reunited for the cameras in an interview with host Chris Harrison set to air July 5 on ABC.
Discussion: PopWatch and iVillage
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Star:
Vienna: “I'm Posing For Playboy!”  —  Fresh off her split from The Bachelor's Jake Pavelka, newly single Vienna Girardi is ready to show off her sexy body.  So the 24-year-old former Hooters waitress is stripping down for Playboy!  —  “I am going to be on the cover of Playboy later this year …
Discussion: Hollywood Life
Eunice Oh / People.com:
The Office Star Angela Kinsey Files for Divorce  —  It's over for The Office actress Angela Kinsey and writer Warren Lieberstein.  —  Citing irreconcilable differences, Kinsey, 39, filed for divorce Thursday from her husband of 10 years in L.A. County Superior Court.
Discussion: Just Jared and Bumpshack.com
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TMZ.com:
‘Office’ Actress Divorcing ‘Office’ Producer  —  The woman who plays Angela on the NBC show “The Office” is pulling the plug on her marriage ... to a man who happens to be a writer and a producer on the show.  —  TMZ has obtained divorce papers filed by Angela Kinsey last week in L.A. County Superior Court …
Us Weekly:
Jason Bateman: “I'm Sorry” for iPhone Incident  —  Jason Bateman has issued a mea culpa in the Great iPhone 4 Riot of 2010.  —  Last week, the actor ticked off a mob of 2000 by cutting in line with an Apple store employee to snag an iPhone 4.  Via Twitter, Bateman initially claimed …
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Bryan Alexander / Time:
Eclipse Producer on Pattinson-Stewart Real-Life Romance  —  Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse  —  While some producers dream about winning big on one certified box office bonanza, producer Wyck Godfrey has hit the jackpot with two …
Jay A. Fernandez / Risky Business:
Does Gore Verbinski have a ‘Secret Life’ at Fox?  —  As the trailer for his new animated movie “Rango” sprang onto the web today, director Gore Verbinski entered negotiations with Fox to helm the studio's long-in-development adaptation of “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.”
Discussion: MTV Movies Blog
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Pamela McClintock / Variety:
Gore Verbinski to direct ‘Walter Mitty’ for Fox
New York Post:
Pregnancy rocks B'way hit  —  A chorus girl in Broadway hit “Rock of Ages” has left the stage because she is three months pregnant by the show's star, Constantine Maroulis.  —  Actress/dancer Angel Reed has quit the musical after becoming pregnant following a long, on-off relationship with the long-haired …
Discussion: PopEater, Perez Hilton and Crushable
TMZ.com:
Will.i.am Uses iPad to Smash Crime Wave  —  Will.i.am went on a furious hunt for justice after some scumbag broke into his Bentley last week and now cops say Will's detective work — aided by his iPad — may have brought down a one-man crime wave.  —  As TMZ first reported …
Discussion: TheFABlife and Bitten and Bound
TMZ.com:
Cop Mistook Lindsay's Cocaine for Breath Mint  —  Now we know why Lindsay Lohan's 2007 DUI case may have plea bargained so quickly — the cop who took custody of the cocaine mistook it for a breath mint and threw it in the trash.  —  Pretty incredible, but according to the Santa Monica Police report …
Discussion: TheFABlife and Hollywoodnews.com
Jennifer Vineyard / PopEater:
‘True Blood’ Star Alexander Skarsgård: ‘I Love Being Naked’  —  As the striking Viking Eric Northman on ‘True Blood,’ Alexander Skarsgård never fails to make you take notice when he's onscreen, even when he's delivering his lines in the most deadpan, laconic way possible — he's just that riveting.
Danielle Canada / Hip-Hop Wired:
Lloyd Says He Told Chris Brown To Cry During BET Awards Performance [Video]  —  Chris Brown's “comeback” performance at Sunday's BET Awards shocked fans and naysayers as the R&B singer broke down into tears while paying tribute to Michael Jackson.  —  While some were impressed and welcomed …
Discussion: Bossip and FreddyO.com
George Gene Gustines / New York Times:
Wonder Woman, 69, Has Style and Mythos Makeover  —  Wednesday is a good day for Wonder Woman.  This 69-year-old superheroine, published by DC Comics, will don a new — and less revealing — costume and enjoy the publication of Issue No. 600 of her monthly series.
Jay A. Fernandez / Hollywood Reporter:
Jude Law cast in Scorsese's ‘Cabret’  —  Ray Winstone, Christopher Lee also added to project  —  Jude Law, Ray Winstone, Christopher Lee, Frances de la Tour and Richard Griffiths have been cast in Martin Scorsese's live-action 3D adventure “Hugo Cabret.”  The film's production began Tuesday in London.
The Superficial:
Kate Gosselin Thinks Jogging Will Help  —  Here's Kate Gosselin taking her botched Botox-face for a jog because somehow that will change the fact she permanently looks like she caught you using the good silverware when there's not even company over.  (A**hole.)
 
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Us Weekly:
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Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Bachelorette Jen Schefft Is Having a Girl!
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PEOPLE TV Watch:
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The Guardian:
How China is using AI news anchors to spread its propaganda on social media; Microsoft: some AI anchors were created using ByteDance's video editing app CapCut

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Court discovery docs from the UK's News Group phone hacking cases give more detail about evidence destruction and indicate the company gathered political intel

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