• Both Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin are expected to sing at Whitney Houston's invite-only funeral in Newark, New Jersey tomorrow which will be streamed live online for all to see. [KTLA]
• Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times journalist who bravely covered stories of conflict in the Middle East, Anthony Shadid dies of an apparent asthma attack at age 43 in Syria while on a trip to report the uprising against the president. [HuffPo]

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• Spiritual Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama is forced to cancel his trip to South Africa to celebrate the 80th birthday of close friend and fellow Nobel Peace Laureate Desmond Tutu due to travel visa issues. [LATimes]
• Former #1 Tiger Woods mistress Rachel Uchitel, 36, secretly marries 26-year-old boyfriend Matt Hahn in Las Vegas over the weekend. [DailyMail]

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It's a tie for the most exciting news announcement of the day: Arrested Development coming back, or Jason Wu designing a line for Target? Plus, Oct. is the month to get your animal blessed, clean out your closets, and find out the top mustache friendly cities to live in. Let's get started!

• Governor Brown signs a bill that will prevent local governments in California from banning male circumcision. [KABC]
• Seth Rogen and long-time girlfriend Lauren Miller get hitched in the wine country in front of Judd Apatow and Paul Rudd among the 250 guests in attendance at their weekend wedding. [Radar]

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• Madonna says, "I absolutely loathe hydrangeas," when her mic was left on after a fan presented them to her at a press conference. [DailyMail]
• A missing beagle named Sassafras now has her own documentary, "The Search for Sassafras," her own website, and her own tracking dog, a gold retriver named Salsa. [WashingtonPost] More»

• Michele Bachmann launches Presidential campaign in her native town of Waterloo, Iowa. [Gawker]
• BET executive Stephen Hill is taking full responsibility for the snafu that overshadowed much of the BET Awards on Sunday, as Tiffany Greene announced Chris Brown as the winner of the Cocoa Cola Award, then corrected herself and said Rihanna won. [LAT]
• Anthony Weiner wants to help choose his successor. [NYP]
• Convict accuses Amanda Knox of murdering Meredith Kercher while on the stand at Knox's appeal trial. [Jezebel]
• Ben & Jerry's comes out with new Parks and Recreation ice cream flavor called "Ron Swanson's All of the Bacon & Eggs You Have." [PH]

• Foreign Travel Tips! [Gawker]

• Just because you've attempted suicide, it doesn't mean you need a psychiatric evaluation. [ONTD]

• "Jersey Shore" wasn't the only thing ruining Jersey's reputation this week... [NYP]

• Is "Fela" the most dangerous show on Broadway? You judge... [NY Mag]

• Want to know what it's like being married to Shaq? [Feed]