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11:05 PM ET, July 29, 2010

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The Ellen DeGeneres Show:
‘Idol’ News  —  A couple months ago, I let FOX and the “American Idol” producers know that this didn't feel like the right fit for me.  I told them I wouldn't leave them in a bind and that I would hold off on doing anything until they were able to figure out where they wanted to take the panel next.
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Deadline.com:
JENNIFER LOPEZ IS NEW IDOL JUDGE!  Replaces Exiting Ellen DeGeneres Who Told Fox: “It's Not Been Fun”  —  EXCLUSIVE: We've just learned the backstory of how Ellen DeGeneres bowed out of American Idol and who will be its new judge taking her place: Jennifer Lopez, who's singing and acting career …
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Ellen DeGeneres Bows Out of American Idol  —  Filling Simon Cowell's seat on American Idol was already a tough task — now another chair is there for the taking.  —  Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, who became a full-time judge on the show during its ninth season, is bowing out of the series, PEOPLE has learned.
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Ellen DeGeneres Leaving ‘American Idol’  —  LOS ANGELES — Fox said Thursday that Ellen DeGeneres was leaving “American Idol,” the nation's top-rated reality show, effective immediately, and would not appear at the auditions this summer or on the show next winter.
Discussion: TVgasm, ArtsBeat and Queerty
Sara Hammel / People.com:
Drew Carey: How I Lost 80 Lbs.  —  Drew Carey has been known as a loveable, teddy-bear type as far back as his long-running sitcom The Drew Carey Show.  But, he says, being big was a burden - and he had to make a change.  —  “It sucks being fat, you know,” Carey, 52, said Wednesday at the CBS …
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Us Weekly:
Drew Carey Drops 70 Lbs; “I Got Sick of Being Fat”  —  Drew Carey has dropped a reported 70 lbs. — and he tells UsMagazine.com he couldn't feel better.  —  “I just got sick of being fat,” he told Us Wednesday at the 2010 CBS Summer Press Tour Party in Beverly Hills.
Daily Mail:
Drew Carey is half the man he used to be as he debuts new slimline look  —  Wow - what a difference a few months make!  —  Drew Carey stepped out yesterday in Los Angeles and showed off a new super-slim look.  —  The comedian, who is the host of the U.S. version of The Price Is Right …
Tanner Stransky / PopWatch:
Sara Gilbert on her now-official status as a lesbian: ‘This is a whole new world for me.’  —  This is no shocker, but Roseanne alum Sara Gilbert is officially a lesbian, it was revealed today at Television Critics Association summer press tour in Los Angeles.
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Us Weekly:
Roseanne Star Sara Gilbert Comes Out  —  Yup, she's a lesbian.  —  Sara Gilbert quietly came out of the closet during a Wednesday press conference at the Television Critics Association in Los Angeles, according to Entertainment Weekly.  —  Now 35, the former Roseanne actress …
Mel Gibson / TMZ.com:
Oksana's Smoking Gun in Brutality Allegation  —  Sources connected to Oksana Grigorieva tell TMZ that there are “third party witnesses” who will tell L.A. County Sheriff's investigators they saw Mel Gibson punch Oksana on January 6 during the blowout at her home.
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Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Love Hewitt Has a New Guy!  —  Jennifer Love Hewitt has a new guy, the new Us Weekly reports.  —  She is seeing actor/director Alex Beh, 27.  —  “She's so into him,” a pal tells Us of the actress, 31, who split from her Ghost Whisperer costar Jamie Kennedy, 40, in March after a year of dating.
TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan — Rehab Officials Come-a-Callin'  —  Lindsay Lohan's already preparing for the next stage of her sentence — 90 days in rehab — by meeting with multiple reps from rehab facilities.  —  TMZ has learned the rehab officials visited Lindsay at Lynwood Correctional Facility last weekend.
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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Lindsay Lohan's Mom: 'She Doesn't Even Have A Pillow In Jail'
Us Weekly:
Rosie: President Obama Should Never Have Gone on The View  —  Former View co-host Rosie O'Donnell isn't too keen on President Barack Obama's decision to appear with the ladies of The View.  —  “I have mixed feelings about that,” O'Donnell, 48, sniffed on her Sirius XM radio show Wednesday, the day before Obama's episode aired.
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Sara Hammel / People.com:
President Obama Keeping Up with Lindsay Lohan's Legal Woes
PopWatch:
This week's cover: ‘Eat Pray Love’ star Julia Roberts dishes on scarfing pizza  —  Think noshing on delectable Neapolitan pizza sounds like the perfect day's work?  According to Julia Roberts, it gets old after a while.  In this week's cover story, the star of Eat Pray Love talks about carrying …
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Access Hollywood:   Julia Roberts On Managing Family & Work On ‘Eat Pray Love’ Set
National Enquirer:
PALIN FURY: BY LEVI BETRAYED!  —  SARAH PALIN's future son-in-law LEVI JOHNSTON is embroiled in a NEW baby scandal, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively.  —  In the wake of handsome Levi Johnston's announcement that he's engaged to Palin's oldest daughter Bristol, one of his old girlfriends …
TMZ.com:
Troy Aikman — I'm Doing ‘Dancing with the Stars’  —  Following in the rhinestone capezios of his former Dallas Cowboys teammate Emmitt Smith — legendary QB Troy Aikman told us last night that he's officially on board for the next season of “Dancing with the Stars.”
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Danielle Staub's Ex Pal Calls Her Lesbian Relationship A “Publicity Stunt”  —  Controversial Real Housewives of New Jersey wannabe, Kim G., is stirring the pot once again - this time calling out her one-time BFF Danielle Staub on her rumored lesbian relationship, RadarOnline.com exclusively reveals.
TMZ.com:
‘DWTS’ Might Have a Situation on Its Hands  —  The apocalypse is nigh — TMZ has learned The Situation is desperately trying to expand his empire ... entering into secret negotiations to appear on the next season of “Dancing with the Stars.”  —  Nothing's official yet …
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Sasha Grey eyes role in ‘I Melt With You’  —  Three other actors also joining low-budget drama  —  Sasha Grey, the adult-film star who toplined Steven Soderbergh's “The Girlfriend Experience,” is in negotiations to join the cast of “I Melt With You,” the low-budget drama being directed by Mark Pellington.
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Heidi And Spencer Still Together  —  While Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are keeping a low profile publicly since their separation, a pal tells RadarOnline.com that privately, the two are still seeing each other.  —  PHOTOS: Sexiest Reality TV Stars
The Superficial:
Bon Jovi Surrounded by Naked Chicks  —  These are never-before-seen shots of Jon Bon Jovi from the new book Sex, Drugs and Bon Jovi and apparently they're shocking because Bon Jovi was considered a relatively clean-cut band in the 80s.  Granted, they were no Jonas Brothers …
E! Online:
George Clooney's Girlfriend “Distraught” Over Cocaine Claims  —  George Clooney's pristine rep seemed in danger of being sullied when accusations emerged that his ladylove was just as familiar with nose candy as he was with arm candy.  —  And while Elisabetta Canalis and her Oscar-winning …
Kim Potts / PopEater:
Talking Scandals and Casting Changes With the Brains Behind ‘Jersey Shore’  —  It doesn't feel like they ever really went away, but the ‘Jersey Shore’ cast officially returns tonight (10PM ET) on MTV for a second season that finds the Guidos and Guidettes flying south — to South Beach, that is — for the winter.
Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
Exclusive: Jennifer Grey makes a ‘House’ call  —  No one puts Baby in a corner...except Gregory House.  —  Dirty Dancing's Jennifer Grey will find herself in a no-win situation when she guest-stars on House this fall, sources confirm to me exclusively.  —  Grey—who begins work …
Hollywoodreporter / Heat Vision:
J.J. Abrams producing period robot movie ‘Boilerplate’ (exclusive)  —  J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot banner are tackling the tale of a robot set in the Victorian Age.  —  Paramount has picked up rights to “Boilerplate: History's Mechanical Marvel,” a graphic novel-picture book hybrid …
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Uchitel & Janice Dickinson Hate Fest In Celebrity Rehab  —  Rachel Uchitel and Janice Dickinson can't stand each other and have had several loud arguments in Celebrity Rehab 4, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.  —  “Rachel hates Janice and Janice hates Rachel,” a source told RadarOnline.com.
 
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THE REAL REASON REESE WITHERSPOON AND JAKE GYLLENHAAL BROKE UP- NO, HE'S NOT GAY!
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Jeff Jensen / PopWatch:
‘Avengers’: New Hulk Mark Ruffalo on replacing Edward Norton …
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INF Daily:
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PopEater:
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Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Vince Vaughn, David O Russell Talking ‘Old St. Louis’
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Alison Schwartz / People.com:
Katie Holmes's Special On-Set Delivery: Cupcakes
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Len Wiseman in negotiations to direct ‘Total Recall’ remake
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