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8:10 AM ET, June 18, 2009

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George Rush / NY Daily News:
Billy Joel and wife Katie Lee split  —  Looks like the third time isn't the charm for the Piano Man.  —  Billy Joel and his latest wife, Katie Lee, are splitting up, the couple confirmed to the Daily News on Wednesday.  —  “After nearly five years of marriage, Billy and Katie have decided to separate …
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Brenda Rodriguez / People.com:
Billy Joel and His Wife Split
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Billy Joel Splits From Third Wife
Discussion: Bumpshack.com
In Touch Weekly Magazine:
In Touch Exclusive:Kate Gosselin loses control  —  Kate Gosselin loses control  —  On camera, TLC's Jon & Kate Plus 8 star Kate Gosselin tries to portray herself as a supermom who can handle taking care of 8-year-old twins and 5-year-old sextuplets.  These exclusive new photographs show …
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Laura Kalnicky / Life and Style:
Life & Style exclusive: Kate Gosselin defends spanking her child  —  In response to the recent controversy centered around photographs of Kate Gosselin publicly spanking her daughter Leah, the Jon & Kate Plus 8 star tells Life & Style exclusively through her reps:  —  “Whether the paparazzi are there or not, I am a mother first.
New York Post:
JEALOUS OVER JON & KATE  —  LINDSAY Lohan and Paris Hilton are being replaced by reality-TV couple Jon and Kate Gosselin on covers of celebrity weeklies — and they can't stand it.  “Lindsay and Paris hate not being on the covers of weeklies,” said a source.
Discussion: CoverAwards and Pop Crunch
Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
It's official: T.R. Knight exits 'Grey's Anatomy'  —  Fall's still months away, but one of last season's bigger Grey's Anatomy cliffhangers has already been resolved: Sources confirm to me exclusively that T.R. Knight's wish to be released from his contract has been granted.
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Source: T.R. Knight Has Officially Left Grey's Anatomy
Discussion: New Zealand Herald
Whitney Pastorek / EW.com:
Ryan Reynolds kicks off Entertainment Weekly's ‘Must List’ issue  —  Entertainment Weekly's annual Must List issue hits newsstands this Friday.  To (ahem) get you in the mood for our action-packed issue (featuring Bradley Cooper, Josh Holloway, Megan Fox, and Cat Deeley) …
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Just Jared:
Ryan Reynolds: Shirtless For Entertainment Weekly
Marla Lehner / People.com:
Source: Britney Spears Is Not Engaged  —  The third time isn't the charm for Britney Spears - at least not yet.  —  Despite rumors that the singer plans to wed her boyfriend, agent Jason Trawick, the couple are not engaged, a source tells PEOPLE.  —  “There's no truth to it at all.
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Daily Mail:
Britney Spears drops into McDonald's in pink hotpants en route to Manchester gig
Daily Mail:
Feeling a little deflated, Victoria?  ‘Mrs Beckham has breast reduction surgery’ to lose the WAG look  —  Victoria Beckham has gone under the knife to have a breast reduction after becoming sick of her busty WAG look, it was claimed today.  —  The former singer-turned-fashion designer …
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Ivy Jones / Poison Ivy:
Justin Timberlake Cheating on Jessica Biel?  —  Poison Ivy spotted a very intoxicated Justin Timberlake at Avenue nightclub in New York's Chelsea district Monday night, kissing, holding hands and canoodling with an unknown brunette in a white hat (see above).  —  Only problem is, JT is still publicly together with Jessica Biel!
Mary Green / People.com:
Angelina and Brad Give $1 Million to Aid Refugees  —  They're between film shoots, but Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have kept busy.  —  First, it was the creation of the Jane Pitt Pediatric Cancer Center, named after Brad's mother, in his hometown of Springfield, Mo. And Wednesday …
Discussion: iVillage, Oh No They Didn't! and EW.com
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TMZ.com:
Robber Rips Clothes Off Aubrey O'Day  —  Aubrey O'Day was left without any clothes today in Los Angeles — and this time, it wasn't on purpose.  —  O'Day tells us she was robbed this morning while on her way to film a segment for the TV Guide Channel.  Aubrey says she was walking …
Eunice Oh / People.com:
Lauren Conrad Says No to Plastic Surgery  —  Lauren Conrad won't be going under the knife anytime soon - and it's all in the name of fashion.  —  “You know what, I prefer a flatter-chested look,” Conrad, 23, tells Access Hollywood.  “That's just kind of me.  I think it's more of a fashion look.
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Access Hollywood:
Lauren Conrad Talks Plastic Surgery, Motherhood & Life After ‘The Hills’
OK! Magazine:
Cover Story: Rob & Kristen Can't Let Go  —  They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, and that's certainly the case for Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, the Twilight co-stars whose incendiary screen passion has exploded into their real lives.  —  Rob is in NYC for the summer …
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Nicole Hunter / Fox13now.com Salt Lake City:
David Archuleta's Father Busted For Allegedly Soliciting a Prostitute  —  MIDVALE, Utah - The father of American Idol runner-up David Archuleta, Jeff Archuleta was charged for allegedly soliciting a prostitute.  On January 14, Midvale, Utah police raided a Reiki Massage parlor …
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Katie Holmes' SYTYCD Dance: All the Details  —  Katie Holmes' will pay homage to Judy Garland for her So You Think You Can Dance performance.  —  For her routine, the actress, 30, sings Garland's “Get Happy,” from her 1950 musical, Summer Stock, a witness at the Monday rehearsal at FOX Studios tells Usmagazine.com.
People.com:
Chace Crawford Tops PEOPLE's Hottest Bachelors List  —  Chace Crawford talks to his parents every day, vacations with his younger sister and - unlike his Gossip Girl character - says dating a married woman is “a definite no.” Without question, success (he'll star in the Footloose remake) couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Housewives' Dina: I Had Everything to Do with Exposing Danielle's Past  —  On the explosive season finale of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Dina Manzo found herself in the middle of a melee after her costar, Danielle Staub, accused her of unearthing an embarrassing book and her sister, Caroline Manzo, took the blame for it.
Discussion: The Insider
Phil / Egotastic!:
Miranda Kerr Nude in Pirelli Calendar with Friends  —  Oh.  My.  God!!!!!  Vanity Fair magazine has behind-the-scenes shots from the new Pirelli Calendar, which happens to feature Miranda Kerr nude!!!  It also has Ana Beatriz Barros nude, and a whole bunch of other nude Supermodels …
TMZ.com:
Beyonce Sues Pirates over Bootlegged Booty  —  Turns out you don't have to actually know who you're suing to file a lawsuit, because Beyonce is going after a bunch of John and Jane Does for hawking fake goods at her concerts.  —  Beyonce has filed a federal lawsuit today in New York …
 
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The Daily Beast:
Evan Rachel Wood Grows Up
Discussion: Showbiz Spy and Just Jared
Matt Mitovich / TVGuide.com:
Smallville Casting Exclusive: Brian Austin Green Is Metallo!
Discussion: EW.com and Oh No They Didn't!
New York Post:
QUICK REBOUND FOR RIHANNA
New York Post:
KUTCHER IN THE WRY  —  ASHTON A B'WAY DEMIGOD?
Discussion: Gawker and Perez Hilton
 Earlier Picks: 
Liz McNeil / People.com:
Coroner: Mia Farrow's Brother Committed Suicide
Discussion: The Dish Rag and PARADE Magazine
NY Daily News:
Feud with Jim Belushi started with raw deal in Las Vegas - David Cross
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
‘Maniac’ Behavior Leads to Final Lohan-Ronson Split
 

 
From Mediagazer:

New York Times:
Memos: Will Lewis has stepped down as WaPo publisher and CEO; former Tumblr CEO Jeff D'Onofrio, who joined WaPo last June as CFO, is acting publisher and CEO

C.J. Robinson / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the FOIA system, as right-wing media networks flood it with robo-requests, the number of FOIA agents stays flat, and states opt for higher fees

Hadas Gold / CNN:
Anthropic is running Super Bowl ads criticizing ads in chatbots, prompting a public response from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman defending plans for ads in ChatGPT

 
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