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4:35 PM ET, August 5, 2009

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TMZ.com:
What Went Down with Paula and ‘A.I.’  —  Our sources at “American Idol” say the show made Paula Abdul two offers ... and then she just went and quit by tweet.  —  As we already reported, we're told Paula was pulling in somewhere between $2 and $3 million a year and she wanted more.
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Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
Paula Abdul to Leave ‘American Idol’  —  LOS ANGELES - Paula Abdul, the pop star who revived a lagging singing career with a turn as a warm-hearted judge for eight seasons on “American Idol,” said Tuesday night that she has decided not to return to the show next season, a startling development …
Popeater:   Seacrest ‘Bummed’ About Paula
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Bachelorette Winner Cheated With Two Different Women  —  eight days after he popped the question to Jillian Harris on The Bachelorette finale - Ed Swiderski slept with former girlfriend Lindsey Johnson, according to the new issue of Us Weekly (on newsstands now).
Ken Lee / People.com:
Rihanna: Chris Brown May Come Closer to Me  —  Chris Brown and Rihanna  —  Rihannna has said it before and she'll say it again: There's no need to keep Chris Brown half a football field away from her, no matter what he admitted to doing.  —  As it stands, Brown, who will be sentenced Wednesday …
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Just Jared:
Penelope Cruz is Pregnant!  —  Penelope Cruz is expecting her first child with longtime love Javier Bardem, sources confirm exclusively to JustJared.com.  —  “Penelope is about four months pregnant,” a source tells Just Jared.  “She's really healthy now and will be a great mother.”
Jennifer Wren / People.com:
Leighton Meester Addresses Sex Tape Rumors  —  Leighton Meester understands that being on a buzzed-about show automatically puts her in the spotlight - but she doesn't have to like it.  —  “I don't want most of what comes along with all of this,” says the Gossip Girl star in the September issue …
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Leighton Meester Denies Sex Tape Rumors
Discussion: Popeater
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Leighton Meester: There Was No Sex Tape
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
NY Daily News:
Gerard Butler shrugs off ‘Real Housewives’ star Kelly Bensimon for Rose Byrne  —  Kelly Bensimon was in for a taste of the ugly truth when she was apparently dissed by Gerard Butler, with whom she swapped numbers after a night of heavy flirting at the SoHo Grand in June.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Gerard Butler Is Giving All Of This Up
Discussion: #gay and Movieline
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Ashlee Simpson-Wentz Dishes on Melrose Place  —  Ashlee Simpson-Wentz has moved into Melrose Place, and she tells PEOPLE that her offbeat character on the CW's revival of the primetime soap isn't all she appears to be.  “She is a little weird,” the actress told PEOPLE Tuesday.
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
See Susan Boyle's Amazing Harper's Bazaar Makeover  —  Susan Boyle debuts another new look in the September issue of Harper's Bazaar (on stands Aug. 18).  —  In glam photos, the Britain's Got Talent runner-up dons Michelle Obama's favorite designers: Michael Kors and J.Crew.
Discussion: Lifeline Live
ELLE.com:
JENNIFER ANISTON  —  The resilient actress on humor, honesty, and her other ambition  —  On being labeled a “lonely girl”: “I'm not going to ignore the pink elephant in the living room.  It's fine.  I can take it.  If I'm the emblem for ‘this is what it looks like to be the lonely girl getting on with her life,’ so be it.”
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TMZ.com:
53-Year-Old Busted for Attempting to Stalk Miley  —  The creepiest thing about the 53-year-old guy in this photo isn't the hair — it's that he's been arrested a second time for allegedly targeting 16-year-old Miley Cyrus.  —  Mark McLeod — the same guy who once claimed Miley had been sending him …
Popeater:
Sienna Miller: People Think I'm ‘Sexually Manipulative’  —  Looking back on her time with Balthazar Getty, actress Sienna Miller admits her rebellion tainted her public perception and “probably looked awful,” she told UK's Daily Mail.  “The situation [with Getty] was not ideal …
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Sienna Miller: I Was “Foolish” for Dating Balthazar Getty
Discussion: Webster's Is My Bitch
Perez Hilton:
Vanessa Hudgens Naked AGAIN????  —  Is she that foolish????  —  Is she that big of a slut???  —  Or, more importantly, are these pictures real or Photoshopped???  —  New alleged nude images of Zacquisha's trashy girlfriend, VaneXXXa Hudgens surfaces on Wednesday.  —  Do U think the photos are legit????
Dave McNary / Variety:
‘Riding Hood’ gets Gothic twist  —  ‘Orphan’ writer partners with Appian for new take  —  Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way banner is developing a Gothic reimagining of “Little Red Riding Hood” with screenwriter David Leslie Johnson.  —  The Warner Bros.-based banner partnered with Johnson on horror pic …
Melissa / Style News:
EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK: Nicole Richie's Maternity Line for A Pea in the Pod  —  Courtesy of A Pea in the Pod  —  Nicole Richie is known as known for her boho-chic style as she is for Hollywood pedigree — and with fans like Madonna wearing her House of Harlow 1960 jewelry collection, her design career couldn't be hotter.
Popeater:
Kelly's Cool With Being, Um, Small  —  With all of the busty actresses and musicians that Kelly Ripa winds up interviewing on ‘Regis & Kelly,’ you'd think the thin-framed hostess might develop a complex about her cup size.  Not so much, says Kelly, in an exclusive interview given to PopEater by Life & Style magazine.
Discussion: Lifeline Live
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Gloria Allred Slams Octo-mom for Calling Babies a “Mistake”  —  Lawyer Gloria Allred is lashing out at Octo-mom Nadya Suleman for calling her octuplets “a mistake.”  —  In the new issue of Us Weekly, Suleman, who has 14 children, admits: “I think it was a mistake — in terms of the well-being of the octuplets and of my other kids.
Hollywood Reporter:
‘Orphanage’ remake finds a director  —  Larry Fessenden takes reins of New Line pic  —  Actor-producer-director Larry Fessenden has signed on to helm “The Orphanage,” New Line's remake of the Guillermo del Toro-produced Spanish-language horror movie.  —  Fessenden also has written the script …
 
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