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1:05 PM ET, November 4, 2008

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Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
Exclusive: 'Grey's Anatomy' Discharges Dr. Hahn  —  Brace yourselves, Grey's Anatomy fans: The show has parted ways with a female doc who is blond, beautiful, outspoken - and not Katherine Heigl.  It's Brooke Smith.  As in Dr. Erica Hahn.  As in one half of Callica, Grey's first-ever significant gay couple.
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Lynn Elber / Associated Press:
“Grey's Anatomy” Halts Lesbian Relationship, Fires Actress  —  LOS ANGELES — Callie and Erica's burgeoning romance on “Grey's Anatomy” is coming to an abrupt end, and so is Brooke Smith's role as Dr. Erica Hahn.  —  Smith's final appearance as Dr. Callie Torres' flame comes in this Thursday's episode …
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Grey's Degayed: Brooke Smith Axed; Melissa George No Longer a Bisexual  —  It's true.  Sources confirm that Brooke Smith, who plays Dr. Erica Hahn (a doctor who recently realized she is gay), has been axed from Grey's Anatomy.  —  Even more, I'm told by those who work on the ABC series …
New York Post:
H'WEEN TREAT  —  JUSTIN Long is in a downward spiral when it comes to women.  After Drew Barrymore broke up with him, Long took up with Kirsten Dunst, maintaining an on-again, off-again relationship for months with the “Marie Antoinette” star.  But on Halloween, the “Mac Guy” hooked up with trampy bisexual Tila Tequila in Las Vegas.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
What The Hell Kind Of GD Couple Is This?  —  The Mac Dude and fauxmosexual Tila Tequila were caught doing nasty things together at some club in Los Angeles.  Some nosy person with a strong gag reflex told Page Six that the Mac Dude “asked her to straddle him while making out.  Eww.”
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Stacy St. Clair / Chicago Tribune:
Fantasia provides emotional moment as Jennifer Hudson says goodbye to mother  —  As the two-hour wake for her mother, brother and nephew came to an end, Jennifer Hudson approached their coffins and spent a few moments with each.  —  She paused at the casket of her 7-year-old nephew Julian …
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Kay West / People.com:
Keith: Nicole Looks Good In My Shirt - And Out of It!  —  Keith Urban walked into a party for his most recent No. 1 song, “You Look Good in My Shirt,” clutching the hand of his wife, Nicole Kidman.  —  “It's been eight years since I was first here accepting an award for my first No. 1 song …
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
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OH NO!!:
Nicole Kidman does US Glamour (December '08)  —  Nicole Kidman: The A-List Activist  —  The Oscar-winning star of Australia unloads decades' worth of revelations, ruminations—and so many useful life lessons, you'll want to take notes.  —  Beneath Nicole Kidman's unruffled exterior …
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Nicole Kidman: “I Had a Very Easy Labor”
Discussion: Dlisted, Us Weekly and Lifeline Live
Shayla Byrd / People.com:
50 Cent Collaborates with Bette Midler  —  50 Cent and Bette Midler  —  Odd couple alert!  —  What could 50 Cent and Bette Midler possibly have in common?  Plenty, it turns out.  —  The two joined forces Monday to celebrate the opening of “The Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson Community Garden” in Queens, New York.
Vera / I'm Not Obsessed:
Heidi Klum Angers Hindu Leaders With Halloween Costume  —  Indo-American statesman Rajan Zed says Heidi Klum has gone too far this year by dressing up as Goddess Kali this Halloween.  What may have seemed like a little fun for the German supermodel has deeply upset Hindu scholars …
Discussion: Gone Hollywood
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Dennis McLellan / Los Angeles Times:
Yma Sumac, ‘Peruvian songbird’ with multi-octave range, dies at 86  —  The singer with a persona matching her exotic voice became an international sensation in the 1950s.  —  Yma Sumac, the Peruvian-born singer whose spectacular multi-octave vocal range and exotic persona made her an international sensation in the 1950s, has died.
Discussion: Dlisted and New York Times
Variety:
Farrellys to direct ‘Three Stooges’  —  MGM to release comedy Nov. 20, 2009  —  MGM has revived the long-gestating Peter and Bobby Farrelly Three Stooges project.  —  The siblings will renew their quest to channel the comic mayhem of the Three Stooges into a contemporary comedy for the studio.
POPSUGAR:
Jessica Simpson Gives Us the Usual Fare For Cosmo  —  Jessica Simpson's big white smile matched her shirt on the December issue of Cosmopolitan.  This cover is a bit of a change from her recent country looks, but Jess continues to open up on her favorite topics — boys, relationships, and honesty.
Discussion: Us Weekly
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Us Weekly:
Carrie Underwood Apologizes for Upsetting Jessica Simpson
Discussion: Deceiver.com
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Spoiler Chat: Pregnancy Rocks 90210 and Tree Hill  —  Look who's got babies on the brain!  —  Apparently, the producers of many of our favorite shows are crazy with the baby making this month, because I'm told that One Tree Hill, Friday Night Lights, Eli Stone, Brothers & Sisters and 90210 are all popping out pregnancies.
Discussion: Seriously? OMG! and TV Envy
 
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