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3:20 PM ET, July 26, 2009

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People.com:
Jon Gosselin: 'I'm Single'  —  After a romantic trip to Saint-Tropez with Hailey Glassman and a double date in the Hamptons with Kate Major, Jon Gosselin now says he's happily flying solo.  —  “At this point ... I'm single - per se,” he told PEOPLE at the Mercedes-Benz Polo Challenge at Blue Star Jets Field on Saturday.
Discussion: Dlisted and Just Jared
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Jon Wants Friendship with Kate  —  Even as Jon Gosselin prepares for divorce, he hopes to remain close to his wife Kate, mom to their eight kids, according to pal Michael Lohan.  —  “He would love to be friends with her,” says Lohan, the estranged father of Lindsay Lohan …
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Jon Gosselin: “My Heart Is Always With Hailey” Glassman  —  Jon Gosselin's been hanging out with Kate Major lately, but he tells Usmagazine.com he still has a thing for Hailey Glassman.  —  “My heart is always with Hailey,” the dad of eight told Us at the 2009 Mercedes-Benz Polo Challenge …
DailyFill.com:
Jon Gosselin Swears He's Not A Cheater  —  He's a deadbeat dad, get it straight.  —  Jon Gosselin's been hanging out with Kate Major lately, but he tells Usmagazine.com he still has a thing for Hailey Glassman.  —  “My heart is always with Hailey,” the dad of eight told Us …
Discussion: X17 Online and omg!
TMZ.com:
Candy to Tori: Get Real, Baby  —  Candy Spelling — the mother famously at war with her daughter — has taken the bold step of communicating with Tori Spelling through TMZ ... and her opening line isn't gonna get her a lot of invites.  Here's the open letter in all its glory:  —  EXCLUSIVE TO: TMZ.COM
Margaret F. Bonafide / Asbury Park Press:
Former American Idol contestant found dead in Seaside Heights  —  SEASIDE HEIGHTS — A 25-year-old Allentown, Pa. woman and former contestant on the television show American Idol was found dead at about 4 a.m. today outside at Dupont Avenue and Bay Boulevard, authorities said.
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‘Glitter Girl’ on ‘Idol’ Fatally Hit by Car  —  Alexis Cohen, whose audition for ‘American Idol’ devolved into one of the show's most memorable rejection meltdowns, was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver early Saturday in a New Jersey shore town, according to officials in Ocean County.
Discussion: Dlisted and Bitten and Bound
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Octo-Mom Signs Reality TV Deal, Kids to Earn $250 a Day  —  It's official: Octo-Mom Nadya Suleman's kids are coming to a TV near you.  —  Suleman signed agreements for each of her 14 children to earn $250 a day to star in a reality show, according to documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Friday.
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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Octomom's $250,000 Brood  —  Who says it's hard to find a job in California?
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LeAnn Rimes Opens Up About Split at Utah Concert  —  LeAnn Rimes opened up about relationships gone wrong during her performance at the Deer Valley Music Festival in Utah Saturday night.  —  “It is inevitable that sometimes in a relationship, you will have your heart broken,” said the singer …
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
LeAnn Rimes, Dean Sheremet Separate
New York Post:
OFF AGAIN, INN AGAIN  —  RIHANNA & ‘BANNED’ BROWN IN SAME SWANKY CITY HOTEL  —  Could they be making sweet music again?  —  Just days after Chris Brown publicly apologized for his February beating of then-girlfriend Rihanna, the two spent the weekend at the same luxury Midtown hotel under …
Isley Kasica / People.com:
Kim Kardashian Wants Kids of Her Own  —  Kim Kardashian may not be ready to have kids just yet, but the reality star says that motherhood is in her future one way or another.  —  “I think it is such a very unselfish and amazing thing to do,” she told PEOPLE at a question and answer session …
Discussion: Showbiz Spy
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Jennifer Lopez Not Replacing Paula Abdul on Idol  —  Jennifer Lopez is denying reports that she's in the running to replace American Idol judge Paula Abdul, who still hasn't signed a contract with Idol producers to return for season 8 of the FOX hit singing competition.
Discussion: Extra, Showbiz Spy and OnlineJLoFan.com
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Will Payne / Mirror.co.uk:
‘Michael Jackson was not my father,’ says man at centre of lovechild rumours  —  Michael Jackson's “secret lovechild” has declared: ‘He is NOT my dad’.  —  Omer Bhatti has revealed how Jackson feted him as an honorary son after inviting him and his family to move in with him.
 
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