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12:15 PM ET, August 12, 2011

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TMZ.com:
Ex-Warrant Singer Jani Lane — Dead at 47  —  Jani Lane — former lead singer of the rock band Warrant — was found dead at a hotel in L.A. Thursday evening ... TMZ has learned.  —  Lane's body was discovered at the Comfort Inn hotel in Woodland Hills, CA.  So far, no official cause of death has been released.
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Us Weekly:
Warrant Singer Jani Lane Dies at 47  —  The music has stopped for Warrant's Jani Lane.  —  On Thursday, the heavy metal singer was found dead in his room at a Comfort Inn in Woodland Hills, Calif., the Associated Press confirms.  Police officers told the AP that the cause and circumstances of the rocker's death are not yet known.
Discussion: TMZ.com, Perez Hilton and Bumpshack.com
Michael K / Dlisted:
R.I.P. Jani Lane
Discussion: The Stir
Lynn Hirschberg / Wmagazine.com:
Woman on the Verge  —  TWILIGHT'S KRISTEN STEWART ON GROWING UP, GETTING MARRIED, AND GIVING BIRTH—AS MILLIONS LOOK ON.  —  Lynn Hirschberg: Everyone knows you as Bella Swan, the heroine of the Twilight series, whose penultimate installment, Breaking Dawn Part 1, premieres on November 18.
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PopWatch:
This Week's Cover: Fall Movie Preview!
Ann Oldenburg / USA Today:
‘So You Think You Can Dance’ crowns a winner  —  And it's Melanie Moore.  —  The Marietta, Ga. college student beat out runner-up Sasha Mallory, 23, and third-place finisher Marko Germar, 22, to pick up the title of “America's Favorite Dancer” and a $250,000 cash prize.
Discussion: Extra and OK! Magazine
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People.com:
So You Think You Can Dance Has a Winner!  —  From left: Marko Germar, Sasha Mallory, Melanie Moore and Tadd Gadduang  —  Despite strong performances by all four finalists, head judge Nigel Lythgoe predicted that the winner of So You Think You Can Dance on Thursday night …
Discussion: New York Magazine and Gawker
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Jennifer Garner will not allow Jennifer Lopez to get anywhere near Ben Affleck  —  Immediately after Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony split, Us Weekly published a great cover story all about what down in the last weeks of Jennifer and Marc's marriage.  One of the best stories involved Jennifer's mom …
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Sesame Workshop / Facebook:
Sesame Workshop Statement on Bert and Ernie Petitions  —  Bert and Ernie are best friends.  They were created to teach preschoolers that people can be good friends with those who are very different from themselves.  —  Even though they are identified as male characters and possess …
TMZ.com:
Dougherty Gang Member — XXX Photo Shoot  —  Just days before the Dougherty Gang allegedly robbed a Georgia bank last week — the lady of the bunch stripped down to her birthday suit for a hardcore XXX photo shoot.  —  29-year-old Lee Grace Dougherty — a sometime professional exotic dancer …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Alex Campbell / Indianapolis Star:
Email rendezvous entangles state Rep. Phillip Hinkle  —  Lawmaker calls encounter set up with young man on Craigslist a ‘shakedown’  —  Emails shared with The Indianapolis Star suggest that state Rep. Phillip Hinkle — responding to a local posting on Craigslist — offered a young man $80 plus tip …
Lynette Rice / Inside Movies:
Third ‘Bridget Jones’ movie is finally a go — EXCLUSIVE  —  It's finally time to re-open the diary: Bridget Jones is returning to the big screen.  —  EW has confirmed exclusively that Working Title Films, the production company responsible for the first movie released in 2001 and the second …
The Superficial:
Lindsay Lohan Forgot Her Bra, Also Something About Drugs  —  Yesterday, Lindsay Lohan basically confirmed she was caught on video buying drugs by trying to claim it was “a meteor and sea jasper” she was simply purchasing from a guy in sunglasses who carries plastic bags full of minerals in his pockets for barter.
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Celebslam:   Lindsay Lohan had a little oopsy
Dahvi Shira / People.com:
Miranda Cosgrove's Mom Also Hurt in ‘Life-Threatening’ Bus Crash  —  Miranda Cosgrove escaped her tour bus crash Thursday morning with a broken ankle, but she wasn't the only one injured in the “life-threatening” accident.  —  “Miranda's mom was on the bus with her and got really beaten up by the crash …
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Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Paula Abdul Demands Staffers Call Her “Warrior,” “Gift”  —  Straight up: Anyone interested in getting hired as Paula Abdul's assistant should get ready to tend to a kooky list of daily demands.  —  Among the 49-year-old X Factor judge's requests, according to an insider?
Alison Schwartz / People.com:
Ricki Lake Is Engaged  —  Ricki Lake has plenty to sing about - the original Hairspray star is engaged!  —  “Thrilled to share some happy news with you,” Lake, 42, Tweeted, along with a picture of her and her now-fiancé, Christian Evans.  —  Earlier this summer …
Jody Thompson / Daily Mail:
Pregnant Sam Taylor-Wood and Aaron Johnson spotted in his'n'hers outfits as she shows off bump for first time  —  They raised eyebrows when they got together because of the 23-year age gap and critics said it would never last - but Sam Taylor-Wood and fiancé Aaron Johnson showed …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Just Jared
Celebslam:
Hey there Hilary Duff  —  Hilary Duff looks really good in a sports bra  —  Here's some pics of Hilary Duff's latest ad campaign for the women's activewear company Danskin.  Hilary told the company: … Note to self: Hilary Duff enjoys taking hikes alone in the woods.
Stuart Levine / Variety:
USA renews final season of ‘In Plain Sight’  —  Cabler decides to end McCormack drama series  —  EXCLUSIVE: USA Network is giving one last hurrah to “In Plain Sight” before saying goodbye.  —  Cabler is renewing the Mary McCormack starrer for a fifth and final eight-episode season, which will air in spring 2012.
TMZ.com:
Sharon Stone — Deranged Man Detained Outside Her L.A. Home  —  An apparently deranged man was just handcuffed and taken away by cops outside Sharon Stone's Hollywood Hills mansion, after he was banging at her gate, claiming he killed Osama bin Laden.  —  Law enforcement sources tell us the man …
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Emily / X17 Online:
STALKER ARRESTED AT SHARON STONE'S HOME
Discussion: Perez Hilton
 
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Discussion: Dlisted
Us Weekly:
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