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10:10 AM ET, July 13, 2009

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Hollywood Reporter:
Ryan Seacrest closes deal worth $45 mil  —  Three-year pact said to be richest ever for a reality host  —  Ryan Seacrest is Fox's 45-Million-Dollar Man.  —  The “American Idol” host has closed a major new three-year deal with CKX, parent of “Idol” producer 19 Entertainment, worth $15 million per year.
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Report: Ryan Seacrest to Be Richest Host on Reality TV  —  Sought-after bachelor Ryan Seacrest has become an even bigger catch: The American Idol host has closed what is believed to be the biggest deal ever for a reality emcee and will triple his current salary, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Discussion: iVillage and New York Magazine
Lara Martin / Digital Spy:
Ryan Seacrest ‘signs new $45m deal’  —  Ryan Seacrest has negotiated a new three-year contract which is thought to be the richest in reality TV history, says The Hollywood Reporter.  —  The American Idol host is said to have finalised a deal with CKX, the parent company of Idol producer 19 Entertainment …
Discussion: omg!
The Superficial:
Britney Spears really wants you to see her breasts  —  Here's the perpetually braless Britney Spears arriving in Copenhagen Saturday.  I'm no psychologist, but I'm pretty sure there's a direct correlation between the amount of breast Britney shows and how f**king crazy she currently is.
TMZ.com:
Debbie Rowe Injected Jackson with Drugs  —  Debbie Rowe frequently injected Michael Jackson with drugs while she worked for Jackson's dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein.  —  We've obtained law enforcement documents from the 2005 molestation trial.  Included in the records is an affidavit …
Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
Sarandon, Goodman join Kevorkian biopic  —  Project loosely based on the book ‘Dying and the Dead’  —  Susan Sarandon and John Goodman are set to co-star opposite Al Pacino in “You Don't Know Jack,” HBO Films' biopic of Jack Kevorkian, which is being directed by Barry Levinson.
Discussion: EW.com
Metro.co.uk:
Disney's Hudgens to ‘strip as 1950s hooker’  —  High School Musical's Vanessa Hudgens says she will sex things up in new potty mouth film role  —  Controversial Disney actress Vanessa Hudgens has warned she is ready to shock again, revealing she is to strip off as a hooker in a new X-rated film role.
Discussion: Anything Hollywood
People.com:
LaToya Jackson: ‘Michael Was Murdered’  —  Speaking out for the first time since Michael Jackson's sudden death on June 25, the singer's sister LaToya Jackson, 53, is raising alarming allegations.  —  “Michael was murdered,” LaToya claims in an exclusive interview with London newspaper the News of the World.
Marc Graser / Variety:
Paramount toys with ‘Max Steel’ pic  —  Studio teams with Roth for Mattel property  —  Just weeks before Paramount Pictures invades theaters with “G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra,” the studio is teaming with Joe Roth to pick up Mattel's “Max Steel” as another action figure it wants to play with on the bigscreen.
People.com:
FIRST LOOK: Mel Gibson's Girlfriend Oksana Has New Video  —  Less than a month after releasing the video to her first song “Say My Name,” Russian-born singer Oksana Grigorieva is quick to offer her fans another side of herself - in a new clip directed by boyfriend Mel Gibson.
NY Daily News:
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie looking for New York digs, including Apthorp  —  Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie may be looking to buy in Manhattan.  —  We hear the star couple has been quietly checking out the Apthorp, the century-old upper West Side landmark that's undergoing a condo conversion.
 
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People.com:
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From Mediagazer:

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Ted Sarandos met with President Trump in November, and both agreed WBD should go to the highest bidder; Sarandos argued that Netflix wasn't a monopoly

John Koblin / New York Times:
The Netflix-WBD deal should quiet concerns, for now, from CNN employees worried about the prospect of Paramount combining CBS News and CNN in a WBD acquisition

Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch:
A look at Hamlet, a startup that uses AI to process local government meeting videos and which plans to provide the tool to local journalists for free

 
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