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11:20 AM ET, July 27, 2009

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Scott Huver / People.com:
How Scarlett Johansson Shaped Up for Iron Man 2  —  Even enviable-looking Scarlett Johansson couldn't disguise her fear at having to don a skintight catsuit for her Iron Man 2 role as the Russian spy Black Widow.  —  “I kicked some major butt,” the actress, 24, told PEOPLE at Comic-Con …
Discussion: Showbiz Spy and I'm Not Obsessed
Ken Baker / E! Online:
Jon Gosselin: “I Care About Kate Major”  —  That proposed Jon Gosselin reality show could actually turn out to be interesting.  —  Whether he's hanging out with a Lohan (albeit, not the hot one) or playing the man about town, the guy keeps surprising people.  (His wife, however, has been keeping with the same adorable crowd.)
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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.
Samantha McIntyre / People.com:
LeAnn Rimes & Dean Sheremet's Split: What Went Wrong?  —  Dean Sheremet and LeAnn Rimes at their anniversary party  —  LeAnn Rimes made her first public appearance on Saturday since PEOPLE broke the news that she and husband Dean Sheremet have separated after seven years of marriage.
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TMZ.com:
Arrest in Death of ‘American Idol’ Contestant  —  An arrest has been made in the death of an “American Idol” contestant who was struck and killed by a car over the weekend.  —  23-year-old Daniel Bark was booked on charges of death by reckless driving as well as leaving the scene of an accident …
Discussion: BBC, Yeeeah!, Rolling Stone and OK! Magazine
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AceShowBiz.com:
Joe Jonas and Camilla Belle Reportedly Break Up  —  Rumor has been swirling that the twosome has called it quits after months of dating.  —  Rumor has it, Joe Jonas and Camilla Belle have split up.  There has been no word on what prompts the pair to call it quits after months of dating.
PopEater:
Ryan O'Neal Absent From Fawcett Will  —  Late 'Charlie's Angel' Farrah Fawcett left the bulk of her $5.5 million estate to 24-year-old son Redmond O'Neal, but according to reports, longtime partner Ryan O'Neal was excluded from the will.  —  In the document, Fawcett stipulated her son's inheritance …
Discussion: Daily Mail
NY Daily News:
Punk nabbed in fatal hit-run of ‘Idol’ gal  —  Katrina Darrell's bikini spiced auditions, but Casey Carlson is the real bikini model.  —  Today's Top Picks … Best Of NYDN.com
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
TMZ.com:
Goodbye Peacock, Hello Ryan  —  Co-Chairman of NBC Entertainment Ben Silverman is bailing from traditional media and going the way of TMZ — it's all digital baby.  —  Actually, Silverman is starting a company with Barry Diller.  The mission: To integrate digital media with traditional …
Steven Zeitchik / Hollywood Reporter:
Mila Kunis hunts ‘Black Swan’  —  Starring opposite Natalie Portman in Aronofsky's drama  —  SAN DIEGO — Mila Kunis will be Natalie Portman's nemesis.  —  The actress is in discussions to star opposite Portman in Darren Aronofsky's supernatural drama “Black Swan.”
Just Jared:
Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie: McDonald's Drive-Thru!  —  Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie pick up Happy Meals and other treats for all of their kids — Maddox, 7, Pax, 5, Zahara, 4, Shiloh, 3, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 1 — at a McDonald's drive-thru in Hollywood on Sunday afternoon (July 26).
 
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Natalie Korach / @nataliekorach:
Sources: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray spiked a story prepared by the newspaper's media desk covering the historic layoffs

The Guardian:
The UK raises the TV license fee, the BBC's main funding source, from £174.50 to £180 a year from April 1, saying it gives the BBC a “stable financial footing”

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