05:12 PM EDT 07/03/2009
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Matt Damon Wants Hugh Jackman to Repeat as Sexiest Man Alive
Originally posted 07/03/2009 05:00PM
The political season is over, but Matt Damon is still on the campaign trail, pushing for PEOPLE's reigning Sexiest Man Alive Hugh Jackman to take the honor again this year.
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Sarah Palin Resigns as Alaska Governor
Originally posted 07/03/2009 04:35PM
Sarah Palin announced Friday that she will resign as Alaska governor later this month. She made no mention about pursuing another office, but there has been speculation she is considering a run at U.S. Senate or the presidency.
"It hurts to make this choice but I'm doing what's best for Alaska," she said in speech from the backyard of her Wasilla home with husband Todd and children Piper, Bristol and Willow at her side. "You can effect change from the outside, and I can too."
She also said that her year-old son Trig, who has Down syndrome, needs her at home more.
Palin, 45, came out of nowhere last summer when the little-known governor was chosen to run with Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
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Tobey Maguire Reveals Baby Son's Name
Originally posted 07/03/2009 02:35PM
Tobey Maguire offered a bit of himself in naming his new son.
A rep for the Spider-Man star confirms that the latest addition to the family was named Otis Tobias Maguire. No explanation was given for the name Otis, though the baby's middle name of Tobias is the formal version of the actor's first name.
Otis was born May 8. Maguire, 34, and wife Jennifer Meyer, 32, are also parents to daughter Ruby, 2 1/2. The couple met in 2003 and married in 2007. – Mike Fleeman and Julie Jordan
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Online Lottery Set for Jackson Memorial Tickets
Originally posted 07/03/2009 01:40PM
Want a ticket to the Michael Jackson memorial on Tuesday? Log on, enter your name and hope for the best. Everybody else will have to watch it on television or on their computer screens.
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Michael Jackson's Doctor to Skip Memorial
Originally posted 07/03/2009 12:35PM
Michael Jackson's private physician is in seclusion, not speaking even with family and friends, and won't attend the singer's memorial next week, the doctor's rep tells PEOPLE.
"He will be mourning in private because he feels his presence would remind people of Michael Jackson's death, and the doctor would prefer that people remember his friend as he was in life," says Miranda Sevcik, a spokeswoman for Dr. Conrad Murray.
Police have questioned Murray about his treatment of Jackson. The doctor, hired by the promoter of Jackson's planned London concert series this summer, was with the entertainer when he was stricken June 25 at his Los Angeles home.
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It's a Girl for Cobie Smulders
Originally posted 07/03/2009 11:30AM
Cobie Smulders has met her daughter!
The How I Met Your Mother actress and her fiancé, actor Taran Killam, are the proud parents of a baby girl, PEOPLE has learned. Shaelyn Cado Killam arrived on May 16.
While attending an event in January with her co-stars – including fellow pregnant pal Alyson Hannigan – Smulders joked that the pair's topics of conversation were generally focused on baby.
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INSIDE STORY: Will Jackson's Kids Inherit a Fortune or a Pile of Debt?
Originally posted 07/03/2009 11:25AM
He gave two of his three children names befitting royalty, but the question remains whether the family of Michael Jackson – Prince Michael I, 12, daughter Paris, 11, and Prince Michael II (Blanket), 7 – stand to inherit a fortune, or a mountain of unpaid bills from a decade of the pop star living beyond his means.
According to the terms of Jackson's 2002 will, his three kids and mom, Katherine Jackson, 79, are the only named beneficiaries of the trust he established and to which he left all of his assets. So what's ahead for the kids? As a source familiar with Jackson's finances puts it, "If someone hasn't worked in ten years and continues to spend $100 million a year, they are
going to have some financial problems."
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VIDEO: Watch Michael Jackson's Final Rehearsal
Originally posted 07/03/2009 03:30PM
Showing all the moves and all the passion that his fans have come to expect, Michael Jackson – sharply dressed in a blazer – danced around the Staples Center stage singing "They Don't Care About Us."
As this video clip shows, Jackson,50, appeared ready to wow London audiences as he rehearsed in Los Angeles on June 23, two days before he died.
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Kevin Jonas Proposes with 211 Diamonds!
Originally posted 07/03/2009 11:10AM
Take a look at Danielle Deleasa's three-carat, cushion-cut diamond engagement ring with a band with 210 more diamonds
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Debbie Rowe to Seek Custody of Jackson Kids
Originally posted 07/02/2009 04:00PM
A fierce custody battle is brewing over two of Michael Jackson's children, with their mother relaying word Thursday that she plans to fight for them in court, and the Jackson family signaling they will fight right back.
Debbie Rowe, the mother of Prince, 12, and Paris, 11, spoke to her former attorney Iris Finsilver, who says, "She is going to be pursuing custody of the children."
"Frankly, she won't have to fight for them," Finsilver tells PEOPLE. "She is the children's biological mother. She loves her children."
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