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2:35 PM ET, October 3, 2013

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Tim Staskiewicz / 103.3 AMP RADIO:
Britney Spears: “A Lot Of Sex Goes Into What I Do”  —  Britney Spears has a 50 show residency at Planet Hollywood in Vegas, a new album dropping in December, and is intricately balancing her life between world-class pop star and mom to Sean and Jayden.  She took a few minutes out of her whirlwind life …
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TMZ.com:
Britney Spears — I'm Being Pushed Too Far Sexually  —  I'M BEING PUSHED TOO FAR SEXUALLY  —  BREAKING NEWS  —  Britney Spears claims she's under a lot of pressure to make hyper-sexual music videos — but now, Britney says ... she's over it.  —  31-year-old Britney called in to The TJ Show …
Discussion: The Blemish and Bossip
TMZ.com:
Into Doing Sexual Scenes  —  Britney Spears' dad/conservator and her manager deny pressuring her to sexualize her music videos.  —  Britney said in a radio interview she felt she was being pushed further than she wanted to go, although she didn't name names.
Sinead O'Connor:
OPEN LETTER TO MILEY CYRUS  —  I wasn't going to write this letter, but today i've been dodging phone calls from various newspapers who wished me to remark upon your having said in Rolling Stone your Wrecking Ball video was designed to be similar to the one for Nothing Compares …
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Grady Smith / EW.com:
Sinead O'Connor pens open letter to Miley Cyrus: 'Don't let the music business make a prostitute of you'  —  Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O'Connor is no stranger to controversy (she famously tore up a picture of Pope John Paul II while saying, “Fight the real enemy!” on Saturday Night Live in 1992) …
Discussion: PopCrunch and PopWatch
Nicole Eggenberger / Us Weekly:   Sinead O'Connor Open Letter to Miley Cyrus: Stop Getting Naked, Prostituting Yourself
Alexandra Cheney / Speakeasy:
Samuel L. Jackson on His ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Cameo as Nick Fury … Coming off a debut that saw 11.9 million viewers — the highest-rated network drama in four years — ABC's “Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” attempted to excite fans Tuesday night with a cameo by “The Avengers” Nick Fury.
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
NEWS/ George Clooney Explains Why He Won't Date Sandra Bullock  —  George Clooney is nothing if not a man's man.  —  Though he admitted that his Gravity costar, Sandra Bullock, looked especially great on the red carpet at their film's New York City premiere, Clooney would never date his friend of “more than 20 years.”
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Nicole Eggenberger / Us Weekly:
Sandra Bullock's Son Louis, 3, Is “Fully Potty Trained,” George Clooney Talks “Man Time”
Kathy Ehrich Dowd / People.com:   George Clooney, Rande Gerber and Cindy Crawford Show Off Their Adjoining Mexican Villas
TMZ.com:
Lamar Odom — I'm Sober, And I Can Kick Drugs WITHOUT REHAB  —  I'M SOBER I CAN KICK DRUGS W/O REHAB  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Lamar Odom says he's been sober for 5 days ... and he believes he can maintain sobriety WITHOUT going to rehab.  —  Sources connected to the troubled BBaller tell TMZ …
mydesert.com:
Barbara Sinatra: Frank Sinatra, Ronan Farrow rumor ‘phony’  —  Mia Farrow says son she had during Woody Allen marriage ‘possibly’ Sinatra's  —  Frank Sinatra ‘possibly’ father of Mia Farrow son ...: In an exclusive interview with Vanity Fair for the magazine's November issue …
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Associated Press:   Mia Farrow: Is Son Ronan Farrow's Dad Frank Sinatra, Not Woody Allen?
TMZ.com:
Michael Jackson Death Trial — Jackson Family LOSES  —  JACKSON FAMILY LOSES  —  BREAKING NEWS  —  The Jackson family just LOST their bid to hold AEG Live accountable for Michael Jackson's death.  —  The jury ruled AEG Live did hire Conrad Murray.  That's huge.
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TMZ.com:   Conrad Murray — Delusional Ex-Doc Thinks Michael Jackson Death Verdict Vindicates Him
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Rosario Dawson on losing her virginity: 'I didn't even have sex until I was 20′  —  I don't really care when people lose their virginity.  I'm not about judging women or men about when and how they “lost it”.  My first time was awful.  My second time was awful.  My third time was... well, you get the idea.
Discussion: Socialite Life
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Mark Rozzo / Luxury Style, Travel, and Leisure:
Still Got It  —  The ultimate downtown icon happens to be a nice Connecticut girl.  She's also one of the most versatile actresses of our time.  Mysterious, contradictory, lovable, too cool for school: Chloe Sevigny is all that and more.  —  In My Side of the Mountain …
TMZ.com:
Cory Monteith Death Report — Injecting Heroin, Slamming Alcohol Before Death  —  Before Death  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Cory Monteith was shooting heroin and downing champagne in his hotel room on the night of his death ... this according to the final coroner's report obtained by TMZ.
Justin Ravitz / Us Weekly:
Chris Brown, Drake End Feud After Brawl, Recording Music Together  —  Drake and Chris Brown Bury Hatchet, Record Together  —  Credit: Chelsea Lauren/WireImage.com; Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty  —  Maybe they can make sense of Rihanna's new “Pour It Up” video together?
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Justin Ravitz / Us Weekly:
Kate Gosselin on Jon Gosselin: I Have Sadness, Empathy, Pity for Him  —  Kate Gosselin and Jon Gosselin's days as lovably cranky TLC sweethearts with a telegenic brood of eight feel like ancient history — and, over three years since their marriage bitterly imploded, Kate, 38, claims she harbors no ill will towards her ex-husband, 36.
Ken Lee / People.com:
Amanda Bynes's Mother Breaks Her Silence  —  Amanda Bynes's mother, Lynn Bynes, who was granted legal control over her daughter, is speaking out for the first time, saying the troubled actress “will get through this situation.”  —  “I would really like everyone out there to know that almost 99 percent …
Sacha Bonsor / Harper's Bazaar:
THE NOVEMBER ISSUE  —  “To what extent does art overlap with fashion, and is fashion itself an art form?”  These are the kind of questions that plague Team Bazaar from time to time, and this time around, they produced a very exciting result: Bazaar Art - the first art-themed magazine …
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Nicole Eggenberger / Us Weekly:   Jennifer Lawrence Called Fat, Told to Diet When She Was Younger: “I Was Hurt”
 
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Marcus K. Garner / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Big Boi's wife files for divorce
Discussion: CONCRETELOOP.COM and Sandra Rose
Steve ‘Frosty’ Weintraub / Collider:
Paul Giamatti Talks PARKLAND, DOWNTON ABBEY, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 and 3, the Sinister Six, and More
Discussion: Digital Spy and The Wrap
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
Andrea Riseborough Joins HBO Pilot ‘The Money’, Freddie Stroma Added To ‘Unreal’
Discussion: Digital Spy
Marianne Garvey / NY Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Emile Hirsch expecting child with Florida woman he's not living with
Discussion: Socialite Life and Cele|bitchy
Rebecca Adams / The Huffington Post:
Curvy Girl Lingerie's Super Bowl Commercial Could Bring Plus-Sizes To Millions Of Viewers
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
AJ Marechal / Variety:
FX's ‘Wilfred’ to End After Fourth Season
Discussion: I Watch Stuff and Just Jared
Billboard:
Cher Earns Highest-Charting Solo Album Ever on Billboard 200
Discussion: Just Jared
 Earlier Picks: 
Oh No They Didn't!:
Miley Thanks Liam in the Bangerz Dedications(PS. I Love You)
Discussion: Us Weekly and Just Jared
Damon Lindelof / Hollywood Reporter:
Damon Lindelof on Why 'Breaking Bad's' Finale Let Him Say Goodbye to ‘Lost’ (Guest Column)
Discussion: World of Wonder
Billboard:
Lorde's ‘Royals’ Crowns Hot 100
Us Weekly:
Vanessa Simmons on Pregnancy With Boyfriend Mike Wayans: “I Was So Nervous Telling My Dad!”
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sources: the expectation at Paramount Global is that neither of the two offers in play, Skydance-RedBird and Sony Pictures-Apollo, will come to fruition

Tom McArthur / BBC:
RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place

Christina A. Cassidy / Associated Press:
In a letter, several Democrats serving as their state's top election officials ask Meta to repeal a policy allowing ads that claim the 2020 election was stolen

 
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