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No need to feel in the dark. We know we haven't given you a Jon and Kate Gosselin update since Tuesday, but we won't let you go into the weekend without your fix.

E! News has confirmed that the dynamic duo is due in court bright and early Monday morning for another arbitrator's conference in relation to their divorce proceedings.

Despites reports to the contrary, Jon's attorney, Mark Heller, tells E! News that the octodad is in "total compliance with the court's orders" demanding he pay back the $180,000 of the $235,000 he supposedly took from the couple's joint bank account.

Kate, on the other hand, has yet to fork over her funds, as far as he knows. He tells E! News he can't speak for her but has no evidence she's complied yet.

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Looks like Kate Gosselin is getting her own show...all at the expense of Jon.

After months of his grousing, the patriarch is literally getting subtracted from their TLC reality show, which the network has just officially renamed Kate Plus 8.

The show will center more around Kate's single mom plight raising eight kids, with Jon only making occasional appearances.

"Given the recent changes in the family dynamics, it only makes sense for us to refresh and recalibrate the program to keep pace with the family," network President Eileen O'Neill says in a statement. "The family has evolved and we are attempting to evolve with it."

According to the press release, Jon "will continue his exclusive relationship" with TLC, but that's not exactly the whole story…

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Looks like we've found someone who can keep up with those Kardashians: Lamar Odom.

Khloé Kardashian and NBA beau aren't just talking about tying the knot—they're actually doing it...this coming Sunday!

Sources confirm the date to E! News and claim that most guests (but apparently not some of his Los Angeles Lakers teammates) have already been notified over the phone, with formal invites expected to arrive later this week.

Of course, the 25-year-old E! starlet is keeping mum about the whole thing, telling us exclusively, "I cannot confirm or deny…"

Still, a source close to the 29-year-old hoopster tells E! News that the couple went ring shopping over the weekend in Los Angeles and that the lucky lady found a ring that bought on the spot.

"She's not wearing it yet because it is being resized," says the source.
The pair met over the summer and Khloé confirmed the romance on Sept. 4. E! News was the first to break the news of the couple's pending engagement last week.

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If all goes according to plan, the Khloé will be joining Kendra and friends in the Celebrity Weddings 2009 gallery.

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Michael Jackson's departure from the Staples Center Tuesday didn't require the involved level of hocus-pocus that's been speculated.

E! News has learned exclusively how the star's body disappeared from the giant venue undetected by the media…and all it took was an underground tunnel!

A source tells E! News that after the service, security moved the golden casket through an underground tunnel that connects the Staples Center to the Nokia Theatre. The tunnel—typically used by maintenance and food service workers and occasionally talent—runs beneath Chick Hearn Court, where hundreds of media were encamped following the ceremony.

La Toya, Rebbie and Janet Jackson used the secret passageway when they went across the street to thank the fans at the Nokia Theatre.

M.J.'s body was loaded into a van at an L.A. Live loading dock and was transported to refrigerated mortuary storage at an undisclosed location.

Neither Jackson's rep nor AEG's have commented.

The tunnel itself earned a mention in Variety just before the venue opened in 2007.

"There is a tunnel between Staples Center and the Nokia that creates the opportunity for an artist to sing the national anthem before a sporting event and then walk across the way backstage. Plans also call for a tunnel from the hotels to the backstage area, allowing a performer to commute to a show on foot."

Unfortunately, the bigger mystery of where the King of Pop's remains currently reside is still just that—a mystery.

And in today's installment of the saga that is Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson...

Nearly three weeks after announcing they've split, the 22-year-old Mean Girls starlet logged quality time at the DJ's Hollywood home yesterday. The visit, captured by paparazzi, came just after Ronson's return from a vacation in Oahu with a (gay) male friend.

E! News has learned that, in the past week, the pair have spoken over the phone. In fact, a source tells us, "Sam texted Lindsay from Hawaii and said she missed her."

On the Ellen DeGeneneres Show episode that aired yesterday, LiLo admitted to still being in touch with Ronson, but only via text message.

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Ed McMahon is in intensive care at a Los Angeles hospital.

The 85-year-old former Johnny Carson sidekick has been hospitalized for several weeks with pneumonia, as well as other unspecified ailments, rep Howard Bragman tells E! News. The TV icon's family is said to be at his side.

McMahon has had his share of troubles in recent months, including bank debts, a home foreclosure, a process server-biting dog and a broken neck, which he blames for his financial woes.