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11:25 AM ET, July 4, 2012

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Michelle Tauber / People.com:
Katie Holmes: How She Planned Her Split from Tom Cruise  —  Katie Holmes's decision to leave Tom Cruise may have seemed sudden, but it involved meticulous planning.  —  And no one was more shocked than Cruise himself.  —  “She was talking to Tom on the phone up until last week saying …
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Dorothy Pomerantz / Show Me The Money:
Tom Cruise Tops Our List Of Hollywood's Highest-Paid Actors  —  Click for full photo gallery: The Highest-Paid Actors  —  Weekend word that Katie Holmes has filed for divorce from her husband of five years, Tom Cruise, left many unanswered questions.  Who will end up with Suri?  Was Scientology to blame?
TMZ.com:
Tom Cruise Tops Everyone ... in the Money Dept.
Discussion: Associated Press, Reuters and omg!
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Tom Cruise Turns 50 with Personal Life in Turmoil
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Oh No They Didn't!
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Jena Malone Chosen as Tribute for ‘Catching Fire’ (Exclusive)  —  The “Sucker Punch” actress is offered the hotly contested role.  —  While many in Hollywood are cutting out early for the holidays, it's reaping day for Jena Malone.  —  The Sucker Punch actress is in talks …
Douglas Martin / New York Times:
Andy Griffith |  1926-2012: Andy Griffith, Actor, Dies at 86  —  Andy Griffith, an actor whose folksy Southern manner charmed audiences for more than 50 years on Broadway, in movies, on records and especially on television — most notably as the small-town sheriff on the long-running situation comedy …
Discussion: kenneth in the and World Of Wonder
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Michael Pearson / CNN:
Actor Andy Griffith dead at 86
Discussion: Us Weekly
TMZ.com:
Katie Holmes — I Don't Want Scientology Interrogating Suri  —  I Don't Want Scientology  —  Interrogating Suri  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Katie Holmes desperately wanted to save Suri from a form of interrogation practiced by the Church of Scientology that she was steadfastly against ... TMZ has learned.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and RADAR
Lpons / Life and Style:
Kate Middleton: Humiliated by the Queen  —  During Queen Elizabeth's recent Diamond Jubilee celebrations, all eyes were on Prince William's wife of 14 months, Kate Middleton, who appeared to be embraced as a member of the family.  But just weeks later, Kate has been delivered a slap in the face.
Kathy Griffin / The Daily Beast:
Kathy Griffin: I Would Never Have Dreamed of Outing Anderson Cooper  —  Over the years, as the media fixated on Anderson Cooper's sexuality, Kathy Griffin talked around the questions.  Now that he's come out, she explains why she thinks her friend needs to be careful.
omg!:
PIC: See Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra  —  Lindsay Lohan is the Queen of Denial — er, The Nile!  —  The 26-year-old-star was hard at work on the set of her Lifetime biopic, Liz & Dick, on Monday.  Lohan transformed herself into Elizabeth Taylor's iconic role as Cleopatra …
Discussion: X17 Online, E! Online and PerezHilton
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Alison Schwartz / People.com:   Lindsay Lohan Dresses Like Cleopatra for Elizabeth Taylor Biopic
Rolling Stone:
Andre 3000 Covers Beatles, Muddy Waters Songs for Jimi Hendrix Biopic  —  Without Hendrix estate's approval, film cannot use the guitarist's catalog  —  Andre 3000 and Hayley Atwell on set of the Jimi Hendrix film “All is By My Side” in Dublin, Ireland.  —  By
Discussion: Hip-Hop Wired
Natalie Abrams / omg!:
First Look: Check out the Trailer for Lifetime's Steel Magnolias Remake  —  Steel Magnolias is back with a brand new look.  —  Lifetime's remake of the 1989 film stars an all-black cast, including Queen Latifah, also an executive producer, Alfre Woodard and Phylicia Rashad, among others.
Discussion: PerezHilton
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Here's The Trailer For Lifetime's Remake Of Steel Magnolias
Discussion: Daily Mail and Oh No They Didn't!
People.com:
Travis Stork is Married  —  He may not have found lasting love on on The Bachelor, but Travis Stork got his happy ending after all!  —  On Saturday, The Doctors co-host wed his girlfriend of over three years, pediatrician Dr. Charlotte Brown.  The couple got engaged last year, during a romantic vacation in Hawaii.
TMZ.com:
Deena Cortese Fined for Being a Street-Dancing Dumbass  —  A Street-Dancing Dumbass  —  BREAKING NEWS  —  “Jersey Shore” star Deena Cortese won't face criminal charges after her disorderly conduct arrest last month — but she WAS slapped with a hilarious fine ... for “failing to use the sidewalk.”
In Touch Weekly Magazine:
Exclusive: Eva Longoria and Mark Sanchez Spotted on Three Top-Secret Dates!  —  In Touch can exclusively reveal that newly single Eva Longoria has been going incognito on dates with hunky New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez.  —  “It looks like they're testing the waters,” …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Jessica / INF Daily:
Pics!  Selena Gomez Gets Flirty on the Beach While Celebrating Ashley Tisdale's Birthday - And No Bieber In Sight!  —  INF Daily's photogs caught up with Selena Gomez as she celebrated BFF Ashley Tisdale's 27th birthday on the beach in Malibu, along with Ashley's boyfriend Scott Speer …
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Ariana Finlayson / Us Weekly:
PICS: Bikini-Clad Ashley Tisdale Parties With Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens for 27th Birthday
Discussion: PopSugar
 
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Dominic Patten / Deadline.com:
Bristol Palin And A&E Sued Over TV Series
Discussion: PerezHilton and AfterElton.com
Josef Adalian / Vulture:
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Celebslam:
Ashton Kutcher is suing the DMV
Discussion: Celebrity Blog …
Lkane / RADAR:
Mariah & Nick: Trying To Conceive!
TMZ.com:
Usher 911 Call — ‘I Have a Trespasser at My Front Door’
 Earlier Picks: 
Justin Ravitz / Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Matt Lauer Was “100 Percent” Behind Ann Curry's Ouster from TODAY Show
The Superficial:
Justin Bieber Hangs Up On Radio Interview After Being Compared To Justin Timberlake. Favorably.
Discussion: PerezHilton
Cassie Carpenter / Daily Mail:
Battle of the baby bulge rolls on: New mother Jessica Simpson heads to her new second home …
Us Weekly:
Giuliana Rancic Will “Be on Standby” for Son's Birth
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
The Financial Times signs a deal with OpenAI to train AI models on its archived content, and to let ChatGPT respond with short summaries of FT articles

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Some founders say the TikTok ban won't impact creator economy startups much, as they have diversified across multiple platforms after Trump's 2020 ban attempt

 
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