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Jon Gosselin is the latest victim to fall prey to Michael Lohan's seemingly ever-present recording devices, with Lindsay's father now leaking audio from a phone call earlier this year with the reality dud dad.

We'll give him this, Lohan certainly managed to get Gosselin talking during the nearly four-minute call, spouting off on his exclusivity contract with TLC, dishing on his relationships with Hailey Glassman and Kate Major, pronouncing he will not—repeat not—be "scare tactic'd," and...one more thing...what was it?

Oh, yeah. Pedophiles.

"I mean, I put my kids out there to every pedophile on the planet and they never got paid for it?" he said in the tape obtained by Radar Online. "It's disgusting."

It's disgusting all right...

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The guy who allegedly went to great lengths to show the world what ESPN's Erin Andrews looks like naked ain't going away quietly.

No. 1 Fan Michael David Barrett pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles this morning to a federal charge of interstate stalking. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.

The trial is scheduled for Jan. 12 before United States District Judge Manuel Real, U.S. Attorney spokesman Thom Mrozek confirms to E! News.

Last week, evidence was submitted claiming that the 47-year-old Illinois man followed the sports announcer to Columbus, Ohio, and Milwaukee and Nashville, where he allegedly shot his peephole video.

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The doctor is in. Heaven help the patients.

The increasingly cash-strapped Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's infamous M.D. and the doctor at the center of authorities' still-pending investigation into the pop icon's death, returned to work Friday.

"Because of a deteriorating financial condition and prompting by many of his beloved patients, on Nov. 20, 2009, Dr. Conrad Murray resumed his cardiology practice in Houston, Texas," Murray's attorney, Ed Chernoff, said.

And he's wasting no time in expanding his services to the full scope of his former clientele.

"Dr. Murray plans to attend to patients in both Las Vegas and Houston. His decision to first return to practice in Houston was made because of the greater need these low-income patients have for his services and the prohibitive cost of reopening his clinic in Las Vegas."

And if you think people may be hesitant to get treated by the doctor who may or, slightly less likely, may not have had anything to do with Jackson's death, well, think again.

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When Miley Cyrus' infamous slant-eyed photo leaked online, we knew there was going to be trouble. When a Los Angeles woman filed a class-action suit against the Disney star on behalf of her Asian brothers and sisters, we knew it was going to be a lengthy battle. But when it turned out she was seeking roughly $4 billion—yes, billion—in damages from the teen, we knew what outcome was inevitable.

In a win for common sense everywhere, an L.A. judge today threw out Lucie Kim's lawsuit, saying that while the photo may have been offensive, it didn't break any state laws.

Especially not the one Kim claimed it did.

In her complaint, Kim accused Cyrus of violating a statute that prohibits businesses from discriminating against minorities, specifically in terms of offering equal access to public accommodations.

And while Miley's clearly a budding empire, she's not, strictly speaking, a business. Or, so far as we know, offering shelter.

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All was quiet on the Gosselin front—for a few days, anyway—but not anymore. And you have Kate Major to thank.

The tabloid reporter turned comically contracted personal assistant/romantic interest of Jon Gosselin is ready to launch a battle royale against the reality douche dad.

"One day this nightmare will hopefully end," she tweeted today. "If he would have told the TRUTH we wouldnt be in this position…."

You don't have to strain too hard to figure out the "he" to whom she's referring.

Major has already lawyered up in advance of a potential lawsuit, which, per RadarOnline, will include claims of breach-of-contract, fraud and loss of wages.

She claims that Gosselin apparently failed to make good on the hand-scrawled, half-baked terms of their contract, which promised Major a salary commensurate to her Star paycheck and "a percentage of accounts for payment based upon involvement."

Hey, Jon, ever feel like your best just isn't good enough?

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Ever wonder why Jon just can't keep his mouth shut? You're in luck, 'cause so did Answer B!tch—and she somehow got to the bottom of his bottomless trap.

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Couples Retreat featured four couples trying to fix their relationships on a tropical island, right?

Then how come posters for the film's release in the U.K. only show Vince Vaughn, Malin Akerman, Jon Favreau, Kristin Davis, Jason Bateman and Kristen Bell? Where are Faizon Love and Kali Hawk?

Needless to say, the omission of the black pair in the British advertisements has many shouting racism.

A rep for Universal, the studio behind the film that took in $102 million in the U.S. alone, told the Daily Mail that the poster had been "simplified" for international markets and the studio "regretted causing offense."

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Our reviewers gave Couples Retreat a C-. See what other films made the grade in our special Movies section!

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We've always known there was something different about Daniel Radcliffe, but is it his alter ego, Harry Potter, or something a bit more mortally magical?

The 20-year-old actor was featured on the front page of Britain's Daily Mirror today with a certain type of wand the tab is calling a "spliff." He's described as a party boy, laughing as a friend draws a fake mustache across his face.

Needless to say, the star's rep, Scott Boute, insists he was not practicing for his O.W.L. in herbology.

"We categorically deny the allegations regarding Daniel Radcliffe published in today's Daily Mirror," Boute tells E! News. "Daniel does smoke the occasional roll-up cigarette, but he was not doing anything more than this. We are considering our position and will be taking all necessary action in relation to such allegations."

Of course, this isn't the first instance of a Potter pothead. Costar Jamie Waylett was busted earlier this year for growing cannabis in his mother's home.

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Wonder what other stars go Up in Smoke from time to time? Here ya go!

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Today is all about the newsmakers who won't go away: Carrie Prejean, Balloon Brood, the Burglary Bunch, Twitter hackers and, of course, Jon Gosselin.

Now it's the stripper who claims to have slept with Josh Duhamel. Despite his continuous denials, Nicole Forrester is still talking about their alleged rendezvous. This time, she's using some of her remaining 15 minutes apologizing to the hottie's supposedly scorned wife, Fergie.

"I thought, 'Nobody's gonna find out. It's not gonna hurt anybody,' " Forrester tells Extra. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I didn't think of it at the time like I think of it now."

Her sincerity becomes questionable when she insists she's not a homewrecker.

"She's standing by her man, so obviously I'm not wrecking the home too bad, huh?" she says.

Despite her kids calling her "disgusting" and many betting against her, Forrester can't stop talking about her time with the former Transformers star. When the story first broke last week, the stripper claimed she and the actor had a "really, really good time." Now she's singin' a different tune.

"As far as the best sex? No, I don't think that was it," she says.

She also claims Duhamel is still sending her text messages—how's that for an apology?

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Is Fergamel headed for Splitsville? It seems like just a few months ago that we added them to the 2009 Celebrity Weddings gallery!

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Our long national nightmare punch line is over. Nearly.

Balloon Boy hoaxsters Richard and Mayumi Heene have agreed to plead guilty to charges stemming from the Oct. 15 nation-mesmerizing incident in exchange for probation but no jail time or, in her case, deportation.

Richard will plead guilty to the felony of attempting to influence a public servant, while Mayumi, who already confessed and who could have been shipped back to her native Japan should she have been convicted of a felony, will cop to a misdemeanor of false reporting to authorities.

Richard's lawyer, David Lane, dropped the bombshell in a statement this morning. He says the couple won't formally enter their guilt until tomorrow morning. It's unclear how long the probation will last or what other terms may accompany the sentence, though Lane credited the family's desire to stay together for the duo agreeing to fess up to the charges.

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Carrie Prejean is pretty, but she sure is testy.

Larry King got the fallen beauty queen so fired up on CNN's Larry King Live last night, she walked out on the show.

Prejean is in the middle of a publicity bonanza hawking her new book, Still Standing, which details her clash with Donald Trump, Shanna Moakler and the rest of the Miss California organization.

After she showed off the tome and talked about her love for Sarah Palin—she considers herself "Palinized"—King began to ask about Prejean's recent settlement with the pageant organizers. She continued to spout her party line...that is, until she called King inappropriate and ripped off her microphone.

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Count Dina Lohan among those sickened by this type of behavior.

While Michael Lohan continues his near daily release of embarrassing and hitherto private phone call recordings in a misguided, press-hungry bid to shame his daughter into recovery, Lindsay Lohan's mother is finally speaking out about his despicable tactics.

"The tapes were from a long time ago, and for a father to stoop this low is unforgivable," she tells E! News, before imploring people to consider the source.

"My ex-husband has been in and out of jail for 10 years. My children and I gave him a chance to get to know them again, and he clearly blew that chance!"

We'll say. And while Dina, along with Lindsay and Lindsay's former assistant, are among those threatening legal action against Michael for his leaky ways, she also says that he should never have had the opportunity—or the access—to record phone calls like the one involving Heath Ledger in the first place.

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Maybe Michael Lohan should have been held more as a child. But whatever the reason behind his, um, unique brand of parenting, Daddy Dearest is at it again, releasing the latest selection from his greatest-hits collection of phone tapes—and it's a doozy.

Today's leaked recording (with his side of the conversation carefully edited out) features ex-wife Dina Lohan revealing that Lindsay Lohan was involved with Heath Ledger at the time of his drug-fueled death, and expressing concern their daughter might befall a similar fate.

"Right now by starting to drink vodka and s--t again, it's not the right direction," Dina says in the tapes obtained by Radar Online. "Because when she's drunk or takes an Adderall with it, she will do something like Heath Ledger did in a second without thinking.

"And she was dating Heath when he died. I don't know if you know that, but I know 'cause I would drop her off and they were friends. Very, very close, OK?"

Well, if anyone can speak on the validity of a secret relationship, it's a glorified taxi driver.

"So that f--ked her up. And right after that is when Samantha [Ronson] was around."

And make no mistake, Dina doesn't hold back on Lindsay's on-off paramour, either, saying the Ronson family "had some f--ked up s--t, too."

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