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12:25 PM ET, July 17, 2009

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Access Hollywood:
Source: Mischa Barton Placed Under Involuntary Psychiatric Hold  —  Mischa Barton was placed under an involuntary psychiatric hold (also known as a 5150) by the Los Angeles Police Department and transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Wednesday evening, a source close to the situation claimed to Access Hollywood.
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People.com:
Report: Mischa Barton Placed Under Psychiatric Hold  —  Mischa Barton  —  Mischa Barton has been placed under involuntary psychiatric hold, Access Hollywood reports, citing a source.  —  According to Access, the 23-year-old actress is at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Eunice Oh / People.com:
INSIDE STORY: Mischa Barton ‘Dealing with Personal Issues’  —  Mischa Barton  —  Almost a year after describing her DUI arrest as “a low point,” Mischa Barton - who called police with a health problem Wednesday - may be hitting another rough patch.  —  “She has been dealing with a lot …
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Mischa Barton “Going Through a Rough Patch”: Producer
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Police: Mischa Barton “Removed From Home” Wednesday
Dean Goodman / Reuters:
Actress Mischa Barton on “psych hold” in L.A
Discussion: Lemondrop.com and DailyFill.com
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Hailey Glassman's Facebook Friends Slam Kate Gosselin  —  Hailey Glassman's Facebook friends are standing by her as the 22-year-old New York City native romances 32-year-old father of eight Jon Gosselin.  —  “GOOD LUCK ON EVERYTHING,” one person wrote.  “AS I CAN SEE SO FAR U DON'T SEEM LIKE THE GOLD DIGGEN TYPE KATE WAS!!!
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Jon Gosselin / Access Hollywood:
Jon Gosselin Parties With 22-Year-Old Girlfriend And Fashionista …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Hollywoodreporter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Twilight movie ‘Eclipse’ has its first new casting  —  Google might want to brace for a search onslaught: An unknown Australian actor named Xavier Samuel has landed the first new role in “Eclipse,” the third “Twilight” pic.  —  Summit has hired the actor to play the role of a “newborn vampire” …
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Gerard Butler: Jennifer Aniston “Laughs About” Relationship Rumors  —  Gerard Butler says he and Jennifer Aniston don't take romance rumors too seriously.  —  “It depends what mood I'm in, [but] most of the time I just laugh it off,” Butler told Usmagazine.com at the NYC premiere of The Ugly Truth Thursday night.
Discussion: iVillage
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Associated Press:
Actor James Caviezel hurt in motorcycle accident  —  LEAVENWORTH, Wash. — The Washington State Patrol says James Caviezel suffered cuts and bruises when a man hurled a bicycle into the path of his Harley-Davidson motorcycle.  —  Trooper Rich Magnussen says “The Passion of the Christ” …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and EW.com
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seattlepi.com:
James Caviezel injured in motorcycle accident  —  LEAVENWORTH, Wash. — The Washington State Patrol says actor James Caviezel suffered minor injuries when a man hurled a bicycle into the path of his motorcycle about 14 miles southeast of Leavenworth.  —  Caviezel, who portrayed Jesus in Mel Gibson's …
Discussion: Dlisted and The Blemish
People.com:
Tony Romo Gambles with Pals After Splitting from Jessica  —  Looks like he's not lucky in love - or blackjack.  Just six days after Tony Romo broke up with Jessica Simpson, leaving her devastated, the Dallas Cowboys quarterback was spotted cruising the casinos in Lake Tahoe, Calif., on Wednesday.
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Ivanka Trump Is Engaged  —  Ivanka Trump got engaged to her longtime beau Jared Kushner last night, a rep for the couple confirms to Usmagazine.com.  —  “I'm very happy about it,” Donald Trump tells Usmagazine.com.  “They make a magnificent couple.”  —  Ivanka, 27, posted the news on Twitter earlier today.
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Xiomara Martinez-White / People.com:
Ivanka Trump Gets Engaged
Pamela McClintock / Variety:
‘Harry Potter’ at the century mark  —  Wiz makes $100 million appear  —  Warner Bros.' “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” won the opening day Quidditch match at the worldwide box office, jumping the $100 million mark in its first 24 hours.  —  Pic cumed a potent $58.2 million domestically …
Discussion: MTV Movies Blog and EW.com
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PopEater:
Rowe Sues Over Bogus Custody Claims  —  Debbie Rowe is taking legal action after a recent news report claimed she was seeking a massive buyout in the custody battle over Michael Jackson's children.  Rowe, the ex-wife of Jackson and biological mother of two children, has filed a defamation suit …
Discussion: X17 Online
David Carr / New York Times:
A Hollywood Blogger Feared by Executives  —  Right now, there's a good chance a Hollywood executive is leaning into a colleague's office and quietly asking, “Did you see what Nikki just wrote?”  —  That would be Nikki Finke, a well-traveled newspaper reporter who has found her moment as a digital-age Walter Winchell.
Lesley Messer / People.com:
Tom Colicchio and Lori Silverbush Are Expecting!  —  Tom Colicchio was obviously thrilled to hear that his hit TV show Top Chef garnered two Emmy nominations Thursday morning - “It feels great!”  - but the award-winning chef admits he's a bit preoccupied these days: his wife is expecting a baby!
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
CNN:
Second person dies after Madonna stage collapse  —  (CNN) — A second person has died during construction for Madonna's upcoming concerts in Marseilles, France, authorities said Friday.  —  The second fatality was a 32-year-old British citizen, the British Foreign Office and a high-ranking police official said.
Nicole Sperling / EW.com:
‘Prince of Persia’: Exclusive first look at star Jake Gyllenhaal!  —  For Jake Gyllenhaal, playing Prince Dastan in Jerry Bruckheimer's epic Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, due May 28, 2010, was a chance to get into some serious action.  (Paparazzi photos of Gyllenhaal on-set have appeared previously …
BBC:
Sick Ne-Yo leaves stage in tears  —  There are doubts about whether Ne-Yo will be able to perform at his three remaining UK shows after he was taken ill and left the stage in tears during a gig in Manchester.  —  The R&B singer, who was performing at the MEN Arena in Manchester on Thursday …
Discussion: CONCRETELOOP.COM
Just Jared:
Anna Paquin is a Cheongsam Chick  —  True Blood star Anna Paquin slips into hip-hugging cheongsam (one-piece Chinese dress for women) at the Late Show with David Letterman outside New York City's Ed Sullivan theater on Thursday (July 16).  —  The 26-year-old actress finished off her look …
The Sun:
Speedy gone, GaGa? … The 1am clinch came as the blonde partied after playing a raunchy gig at London's Brixton Academy.  —  As my picture record of her night shows, her stage show saw her in a barely-there leotard and straddling one of her dancers.  —  She then wore a cat mask as she left …
 
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