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1:45 PM ET, May 9, 2013

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Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder's showmance is over.  The Vampire Diaries costars, who play Elena Gilbert and Damon Salvatore on the CW hit series, have called it quits after more than three years of dating, a source tells Us Weekly exclusively.  —  PHOTOS: Nina and Ian, the way they were
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Tim Nudd / People.com:   Ian Somerhalder and Nina Dobrev Split
The Superficial:
Nina Dobrev & Ian Somerhalder Broke Up
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity and PerezHilton
USA Today:
The actress says she's going to skip it next year.  —  Not even A-listers have the best time at the Costume Institute ball.  —  Just ask Gwyneth Paltrow, who attended Monday's star-studded gala in Valentino.  Her pal Beyoncé was the honorary co-chair and wore Givenchy.  —  “I'm never going again.
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Justin Ravitz / Us Weekly:
Gwyneth Paltrow on Met Gala: “I'm Never Going Again”  —  A nation mourns.  Gwyneth Paltrow's appearance at the star-packed Met Gala in NYC on Monday, May 6 was apparently her very last.  “I'm never going again,” Paltrow, 40, told USA Today of the Costume Institute Ball in NYC …
E! Online:
NEWS/ See Jennifer Lawrence Photobomb Sarah Jessica Parker at 2013 Met Gala in Glorious GIF Form
Discussion: Bauer-Griffin
Ashley Ross / Shape.com Blog:
Britney Does It Again in the June Issue of SHAPE!  —  With a much buzzed-about album in collaboration with will.i.am on the horizon and a hot new show on the books, the princess of pop's SHAPE magazine cover is just icing on an already very frosted cake.  Baring a white-hot bikini in the June issue …
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Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Gaga, Butler's film secrets  —  Lady Gaga had a secret movie date Tuesday by turning up undetected to a Cinema Society screening of “The Great Gatsby” and meeting her boyfriend Taylor Kinney.  We're told the “Born This Way” singer “waited in the HBO screening room's green room” …
Jethro Nededog / The Wrap:
Insider: ‘American Idol’ to Axe All 4 Judges as Part of Massive Makeover (Exclusive)  —  Also, Jennifer Lopez not under consideration for a return to the judges' panel  —  “American Idol” is going nuclear for Season 13.  —  None of the four judges on the singing competition will be asked …
Discussion: E! Online, Us Weekly, PerezHilton and TVgasm
TMZ.com:
Wade Robson — Nervous Breakdown Triggered Molestation Memories  —  NERVOUS BREAKDOWN TRIGGERED MOLESTATION MEMORIES  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Wade Robson — the famous choreographer who now claims Michael Jackson molested him for 7 years — had a complete nervous breakdown in March, 2012 …
Discussion: PerezHilton and Bossip
Jennifer Brett / Accessatlanta Blogs:
Kanye West joins “Anchorman 2” in Atlanta  —  Kanye West has joined the “Anchorman 2” movie filming in downtown Atlanta.  —  His expectant boo Kim Kardashian joined him for a time but was on a flight from Alanta back to Los Angeles Wednesday morning, according to our serendipitously placed sources.
Discussion: E! Online, Bossip and PerezHilton
Style News:
Exclusive First Look: Kate Moss Gets Naked for St. Tropez  —  No tan lines here!  —  Supermodel (and the new face — and body — of St. Tropez self-tanning products!)  Kate Moss bares all to give you an idea of just how well the line works.  —  “I'm so excited to be working with St. Tropez,” Moss says in a statement.
E! Online:
NEWS/ Jake Gyllenhaal Reads a Poem, Donates $5,000 to Mental-Health Care for Military Veterans  —  Jake Gyllenhaal is one heck of a guy.  —  The Jarhead star both offered up his Great Gatsby-polished voice and opened up his wallet tonight at the Headstrong Project's Words of War event in New York City.
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Did John Legend cheat on fiancée Chrissy Teigen with some random club girl?  —  Bad news for all of us who were crushing on John Legend: he's probably a cheater.  John has been engaged to Chrissy Teigen, a model, since Christmas 2011.  I see interviews with her occasionally …
Discussion: Bossip
Brittany Galla / Us Weekly:
Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez  —  Taylor-approved!  When Selena Gomez was deciding on the new direction and sound for her upcoming album, Stars Dance, she reveals that she turned to none other than BFF Taylor Swift for help.  —  Photos: Selena's hot style
Discussion: PerezHilton
Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
'The Voice's' Adam Levine Inks Development Deal at NBC (Exclusive)  —  Levine and his manager-turned-producing partner, Jordan Feldstein, will be tasked with creating both scripted and alternative programming to serve as series and specials for the network.  —  Adam Levine
Discussion: PerezHilton and Celebs.com
Rolling Stone:
Snoop Lion Opens Up About His Pimp Past  —  ‘It was never about the money; it was about the fascination’  —  When Snoop Dogg called himself a “pimp” back in 2003, he wasn't joking.  “I put an organization together,” the rapper-turned Rasta artist Snoop Lion tells contributing editor Jonah Weiner in the new issue of Rolling Stone.
Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Chris Brown is putting himself out there in a big way following his recent split from on-again, off-again girlfriend Rihanna.  Just days after confirming the couple's breakup during an interview with Australian radio station 2Day, the “Don't Wake Me Up” singer took advantage of his newly single status …
Discussion: PerezHilton and Bossip
Anya / People.com:
Ioan Gruffudd and Alice Evans Expecting Second Child  —  There's another baby on the way for Ioan Gruffudd and Alice Evans!  —  The former Ringer star and his wife — who played Esther on The Vampire Diaries — are expecting their second child, a rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop
Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Liam Hemsworth's Brothers Luke, Chris Hemsworth Staged Intervention to End Miley Cyrus Engagement  —  Oh, brother!  Liam Hemsworth's actor siblings, Chris and Luke, were so fired up about the relationship between their little brother and fiancee Miley Cyrus, they staged an intervention with him in April.
Zach Johnson / Us Weekly:
Phaedra Parks Baby Boy: Real Housewives of Atlanta Star Gives Birth!  —  Phaedra Parks is outnumbered three to one!  The Real Housewives of Atlanta star gave birth to her second son in Atlanta on Wednesday, May 8, Us Weekly can exclusively confirm.  “Mom and baby are happy and healthy,” …
TMZ.com:
Wade Robson — ‘Michael Jackson Was a Monster’ and Sexual Abuser  —  ‘MICHAEL JACKSON WAS A MONSTER’ AND SEXUAL ABUSER  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  The lawyer for famed choreographer Wade Robson tells TMZ, Michael Jackson was a “monster” who sexually abused Wade for seven years as a child ... and threatened him if he ever went public.
 
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Celebslam:
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Daily Mail:
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