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What didn't happen this week in Hollywood? With an icon's passing, one wedding, an arrest and two gay confessions, news was breaking left and right!  

Just Married!
After a yearlong courtship, Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds made their love official this weekend in an intimate Vancouver wedding ceremony. UsMagazine.com reports that the ceremony took place at a remote wilderness resort among guests including Johansson's mother and brother. The actress first stepped out with a white diamond engagement-sparkler, estimated to have cost Reynolds about 30K, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala in New York City on May 5.

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Though the 60th Annual Emmy Awards presents Hollywood with a celebratory evening, the music industry is shaken up by a tragic plane crash.

Plane Crash Claims Victims
Blink 182 drummer, Travis Barker, and famed disc jockey, Adam Goldstein (best known as DJ AM), were critically injured in a South Carolina jet crash Friday night. The plane was en route to Van Nuys, Calif., following the duo's free concert in Columbia that evening.

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Michael Phelps hosts SNL, J-Lo acts like a diva (no, really?!) and Sarah Silverman blames Jimmy Kimmel

SNL Hype
Olympic champ, Michael Phelps, joined the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live, September 13, marking the "ninth best moment" of the swimmer's life. And though audiences have been debating whether or not the athlete delivered the funny, the show saw its best premiere since the 2001 season.

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Spears reclaims her fame at MTV's big award show. What's next for the pop princess?

VMA Recap
The much-anticipated MTV Video Music Awards aired Sunday, September 7, but the show has since met mixed reviews from audiences. U.K. host Russell Brand has been catching a lot of flak for his series of jokes attacking the Jonas Brothers' public oath to virginity.

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Sex addictions, baby announcements and jean-size drama rocks the world of celebrities.

The Veep Stakes
Republican presidential candidate John McCain, 72, has announced that his running mate will be Alaska governor and mother of five, Sarah Palin, 44. This calculated move follows Democrat Barack Obama's tapping of Delaware senator Joe Bidden, 65, to be his second-in-command. Clearly, Obama, 46, made his selection of an experienced Beltway hand to neutralize charges that he's too green for the office; meanwhile, McCain's campaign hopes that the Palin pick will attract those burned Hillary Clinton supporters who still harbor hopes of ushering in female leadership this election year. Natch. Nothing left to the imagination here! 

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Television makes two exciting announcements, some celebrities are left shaken, and Gwen Stefani finally pops!

Happy Feet!

Dancing With the Stars finally announced the complete cast of the upcoming seventh season today on ABC's Good Morning America. The cast will include:

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Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi say "I do," John Mayer says too much and Madonna turns 50 in style

Just Married!

According to reports, funny gal, Ellen DeGeneres, tied the knot with longtime girlfriend, Portia de Rossi, at the couple's Beverly Hills manse this weekend. De Rossi is said to have worn a light pink Cinderella-esque gown to the intimate Saturday evening ceremony, while her comedian counterpart stayed true to her usual style in a white pantsuit. Reports say that the couple made their 4-year-long relationship official amongst about 20 guests -- including the company of the duo's two dogs. Congratulations to the happy newlyweds!

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John Edwards admits to affair, the world mourns two peerless entertainers and Britney stages a comeback

The Dirty Politicians' Club Gets a New Member

Former Democratic presidential petitioner, John Edwards, faced the music last week and finally admitted to having an extramarital affair with filmmaker Rielle Hunter. The one-time North Carolina senator offered his salacious confession to ABC's Nightline, and subsequently, wife, Elizabeth Edwards, publicly expressed support for her husband. The deed gets even more shameless, as Mrs. Edwards was diagnosed with an incurable form of cancer last year. Yet another incident to add to the skeezy politician files.

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Celeb happenings this week include drama with Christian Bale, Kim Kardashian, and the Bachelor

Starring in a hit movie and having a knock-down drag-out brawl with family members might be hard for some people to handle, but not for Christian Bale. Batman apparently had some sort of a confrontation with his mom and sister in a London hotel that escalated to the point that mom and sis went to the cops. This supposedly all started when Mom said something insulting about Bale's wife, Sibi. The weirdest part to us isn't the lashing out at family members or the notion of said family members reporting Bale to the police, but how the incident somehow brought to light the fact that Sibi was a personal assistant to Winona Ryder. And let's not forget that Bale's step-mom is Gloria Steinem--if only for when you're playing "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" and need to find a way to connect Ryder to Steinem.

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Babies are born, relationships break, celebs learn from their mistakes

Perhaps because Angelina and Brad's twins finally emerged into the world (with crazy names intact), baby talk was everywhere. First came the news that Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are giving Violet a baby sister or brother, followed by the alert that Jerry O'Connell and Rebecca Romijn are trying to get to that stage. And we have to ask: is the news cycle so slow that a married couple attempting to have kids is somehow noteworthy?

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