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10:05 AM ET, September 10, 2008

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People.com:
Usher, Tameka Foster Expecting a Baby  —  Tameka Foster and Usher  —  Usher is going to be a father for the second time, PEOPLE has learned.  —  The R&B star and his wife Tameka Foster are expecting their second child together, a source close to the singer confirms.
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:   Singer Usher and Wife Expecting Second Child
Perez Hilton:
ANOTHER Hollywood Babe Is On Its Way
Alicia Dennis / People.com:
Lynne Spears: ‘Every Mother Makes Mistakes’  —  Lynne Spears says that even knowing what she knows now, she would still let her daughters Britney and Jamie Lynn pursue stardom.  —  “I think you have to let them follow their dreams,” she says in a new interview with PEOPLE.
Discussion: Hollyscoop
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OK! Magazine:
OK!  Cover Story: Britney's Back!  —  On Sept. 7, Britney Spears faced the world from the stage at MTV's 2008 VMA awards, clear-eyed, fit and confident, one year after her disastrous performance at the 2007 awards show.  —  After beating out fierce competitors in all three of the categories …
Discussion: Just Jared and I'm Not Obsessed
Jay Bird / Cele|bitchy:
Lynne Spears claims she didn't push Britney into show business
Queen Anne / Wmagazine.com:
DESPITE HER HIGHLY PUBLICIZED PERSONAL TRIALS, ANNE HATHAWAY IS EMERGING WITH MORE CONFIDENCE BOTH IN HER ROLES AND IN HER LIFE.  —  Though our interview has been planned for weeks and confirmed repeatedly by her publicist, it's still something of a surprise when Anne Hathaway walks through …
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Dan Slater / Law Blog:
Real Estate Developer (and Anne Hathaway's Ex!)  Nears Plea Deal  —  Remember Raffaello Follieri, the jet-setting, 30-year-old Italian entrepreneur whose exploits in the U.S. included a stint with actress Anne Hathaway?  In June, he was charged with conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering …
Perez Hilton:
Mushy Too Much To Handle - Splits With Beau  —  It's back to the single life for Mischa Barton.  —  Turns out that the former actress grew tired of her boyfriend of seven months, Rooney frontman Taylor Locke.  —  The two were apparently on some three-week safari and charity trip through Africa recently, which went HOrribly wrong.
Discussion: Hollywood BFF
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In Touch Weekly Magazine:
Mischa Barton dumps her rocker
Discussion: Flawed Hollywood
Monique Jessen / People.com:
Liv Tyler: ‘I Am Feeling the Pain’ of Breakup  —  Liv Tyler in UK's Harper's Bazaar  —  Liv Tyler is opening up about the breakup of her marriage - a painful experience that she is still struggling to come to terms with.  —  “For the first time in my life, it's so much harder for me to get up and brush …
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Jessica Simpson Stops Performance on Live TV  —  Jessica Simpson tripped up a rocky performance on live television Tuesday, the day of her latest album release.  —  “Hold on, I know this is live TV but I can't hear anything,” she said as she starting singing her quadruple platinum hit “With You” on Good Morning America.
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POPSUGAR:
Jessica Simpson's Do Over to GMA
Discussion: Us Weekly
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
NBC's Natalie Morales Gives Birth to Second Son  —  NBC News's Natalie Morales gave birth Tuesday to her second child, a boy named Luke, colleague Meredith Vieira announced on Wednesday's Today show.  —  The new arrival weighed 7 lbs., 4 oz., said Vieira, adding, “Mom, Dad, baby Luke and big brother Josh are all doing just great.”
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop
MSNBC:
Bass says ‘odds are good’ for 'N Sync reunion  —  Only challenge is finding a hole in Justin Timberlake's busy schedule  —  Lance Bass is gearing up to battle for dance floor supremacy on the upcoming season of “Dancing With the Stars,” but the former boy band member might also be brushing up on some fancy footwork from his past.
Discussion: Mollygood and Seriously? OMG!
E! Online:
Mariah Carey Hires Herself  —  Mariah Carey is her own replacement.  —  E! News has exclusively confirmed that the Grammy winner has found a different role for longtime talent manager Benny Medina and will now be representing herself.  —  Carey and Medina, who have worked together …
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
BBC:
Josh Hartnett sues over sex claim  —  Hollywood actor Josh Hartnett is taking the Daily Mirror newspaper to court for alleging he had a “sexual dalliance” in a public area of a London hotel.  —  The 30-year-old, who is about to star in a West End production of Rain Main …
Billboard:
Celebrity News |  Entertainment |  Music |  Music Stars |  Pop and Rock Music |  R&B  —  Beyonce's third solo album will be released Nov. 18 via Music World Music/Columbia, and will be preceded Oct. 7 by the radio release of the singles “If I Were a Boy” and “Single Ladies.”
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PR Newswire:
New Beyonce Album Set for Release on Tuesday, November 18
Ken Baker / E! Online:
Brody Jenner's New Playmate  —  Lauren Conrad now has even more competition if she ever hopes to get Brody Jenner back in her hands.  —  E! News has learned exclusively that Jenner is dating 2008 Playboy Playmate of the Year Jayde Nicole.  The couple is serious enough that Jenner took …
NY Daily News:
Side Dish: Even Mary-Kate loves ‘Gossip’  —  Mary-Kate Olsen had organizers at the Rock and Republic fashion show in a tizzy after demanding to sit between “Gossip Girl” stars Chace Crawford and Jessica Szohr.  “We had to move a bunch of people just to make her request work,” one staffer sighed.
Discussion: CelebWarship
Robert Sanchez / The IESB:
IESB Exclusive: Is There a D.J. in Thor's Future?  —  Eagle Eye director DJ Caruso eyes Marvel's big screen adaptation of Thor.  —  Matthew Vaughn was first attached to direct Thor for Marvel Studios but just as was the case with X-Men 3, Vaughn has left the building.
Casey Seijas / Splash Page:
‘Dark Knight’ Update: Philip Seymour Hoffman Responds To Casting Rumor, 'I Don't Know If I'd Be A Good Penguin'  —  Yesterday, we reported that “Dark Knight” castmember Michael Caine claimed that as far as he knew, the villains for the next “Batman” film had been cast with Johnny Depp landing …
 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, set to close after WBD splits into two companies in Q3 2026

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