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While Simon Cowell says Nicole Scherzinger was “disappointed” over being fired from “X Factor,” the singer says in a new interview that she has “no regrets” about her controversial time on the reality show.

“I loved being a part of my ‘X Factor’ family,” the singer tells “Access Hollywood,” calling the show “a wonderful experience.”

She adds, “Nothing could obviously prepare me for everything I had to go through, all the emotions and stuff, but I have no regrets.

“I’ve always believed in never looking back and just moving forward and I’ve got an amazing year to look forward to,” she says.

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But Scherzinger wasn’t exactly forthcoming with details when asked why her stint on the competition wasn’t successful.

“What happened? Well, all I know is that I gave 110 percent to that show,” she explains, admitting that she knows “everybody’s talking about it.”

“They’re saying good, bad, they love me or hate me, but the one thing you can’t say is that I didn’t give it my all,” she says.

Will you miss Scherzinger on the next season of “X Factor”?

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Doubters be damned, Kris Humphries is insisting his 72-day marriage to Kim Kardashian wasn’t a sham.

“To me it was real,” the New Jersey Nets player says in a new interview with “Access Hollywood.”

He adds, “I would never go through something or do something that wasn’t real or I didn’t believe in, so I can really only speak for myself in terms of that.”

Kardashian has been accused of orchestrating the so-called “fake” marriage for business reasons, a notion that Humphries suggests is nonsense – at least on his part.

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Humphries says on “Access,” “When I was kid growing up, it was always like, ‘Man, one day I want to have this or that,’ and you work so hard and that’s your goal, but like, when you get all those things that you wanted, those things don’t make you happy.”

“Money only has so much — it doesn’t rule my life so I would never do anything strictly for money,” he explains.

And even though the athlete is now single, that doesn’t mean he’s quite ready to mingle.

“I’m not dating anyone right now,” Humphries revealed. “What do they say? ‘My girlfriend is Spalding.’”

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Leslie Carter – the sister of Nick and Aaron Carter – has died.

She was 25.

A spokesperson for the Carter family confirmed the sad news to Access Hollywood.

She died in upstate New York on Tuesday, although no details were given about the cause of death.

“Our family is grieving right now and it’s a private matter. We are deeply saddened for the loss of our beloved sister, daughter, and granddaughter, Leslie Carter,” the family said in a statement. “We request the utmost privacy during this difficult time.”

Like her brothers, Leslie Carter was involved in music.

Her single “Like Wow!” appeared on the Shrek soundtrack.

She was also part of the “House of Carters” reality television show.

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Now that Charlie Sheen has some spare time, he apparently plans to put it to good use.

The media-shy “winner” told Access Hollywood that he intends to go to earthquake-ravaged Haiti with Sean Penn.

“Looks like we’re heading down,” said Sheen. “I’m excited as hell, because if I can bring the attention of the world down there, then clearly this tsunami keeps cresting.”

Penn, who founded the J/P Haitian Relief Organization after the nation endured the catastrophic earthquake of 2010, says he’d welcome Sheen’s help.

Penn tell Gossip Cop in a statement: “I think [Sheen's] energies, intelligence and passion could be both of service and servicing to him, as it is to all who are touched by the struggle of the Haitian people. Charlie is one of the very few public people who cannot be accused of using the media to his own benefit. I would very much like to show my old friend the world of needs on the ground in Haiti, and introduce him and his tremendous wit to our hard working Haitian staff.”

If he chooses to give support, I’ll trust it,” added Penn.

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New rumors link Kim Kardashian to Gabriel Aubry, Halle Berry‘s ex-boyfriend.

The pair set next to each other at the Los Angeles Lakers game on Sunday night, and their friendly behavior prompted many observers to speculate that they’ve begun a romance.

Last night, “Access Hollywood” claimed Kardashian had the “look of a woman who’s smitten” with Aubry, whom Berry dumped earlier this year.

But the jury’s still out on this one.

While People.com quotes a source as saying the two have “been dating a little bit,” Kardashian herself is playing down their closeness, telling Mario Lopez of “Extra” that she and Aubry are “just friends.” And her mom, Kris Jenner, said as much to George Lopez, when the talk show host brought up the rumor. “They’re not dating,” clarified Jenner. “They’re just friends.”

We’ll keep an eye on the pretty pair.

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The gang at Hollyscoop is a little mixed up, confusing one Courteney Cox rumor with another.

And both are wrong.

The sloppy site claims that Cox has long had “strong feelings” for “Cougar Town” co-star Brian Van Holt, and uses a RadarOnline report to claim that “they’ve been secretly dating for some time.”

According to Hollyscoop, before she and David Arquette announced their separation this week, Cox was having “more than just a fling” with Van Holt.

There are two problems with this version of events.

One, she’s not dating Van Holt.

Two, RadarOnline, the outlet on which Hollyscoop bases its post, doesn’t link Cox to Van Holt.

Clearly, Hollyscoop didn’t read the story too carefully, because in capital letters RadarOnline writes that Cox’s alleged relationship is “with a DIFFERENT co-star” than Van Holt.

Oops.

Actually, Cox is not dating anyone from “Cougar Town” — or anywhere else, for that matter.

A source close to Cox tells Gossip Cop that the actress and Van Holt happen to be “great friends,” but reiterates that Cox is not dating him or anyone else.

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The gossip world has been abuzz ever since news broke that Courteney Cox and David Arquette separated.

This morning, Arquette himself dropped some bombshells during an interview with Howard Stern, including an admission that he’d had sex with Jasmine Waltz since the split with Cox.

But some outlets are starting to invent their own narrative for what’s going on with the couple.

During an “Access Hollywood” segment on what the future holds for Arquette and Cox, Billy Bush casually observed, “Well, they’re both dating other people right now.”

That’s completely untrue.

A rep for Cox has said flatly that the actress is NOT dating anyone.

And while Arquette has acknowledged a tryst with Waltz, he has not said that they’re currently seeing each other.

The couple’s separation is already a delicate matter. Outlets should avoid treating speculation as fact.

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Last month, Gossip Cop had the worldwide exclusive news that Jennifer Lopez was offered a spot as a judge on “American Idol.”

Earlier today, People.com claimed that Lopez “won’t be a judge on ‘American Idol,’” quoting a source “close to the situation.”

“The deal fell apart,” declared the site, citing alleged demands on Lopez’s part.

Soon enough, the sheep at Access Hollywood dutifully followed suit, as did journalism’s chief stooge, Perez Hilton, and dozens of other outlets. The rumor that Lopez was “out of the running” spread everywhere.

But People and its parrots are wrong.

Gossip Cop has learned from our rock-solid insider that “negotiations are still going with Jennifer,” and that today’s reports of the star’s demands thwarting a deal “are wildly exaggerated.”

Of course, anything can happen until a deal is officially signed.

But as of now, Lopez is absolutely still in the running, despite rumors.

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Megan Fox is engaged to longtime boyfriend Brian Austin Green, her rep confirms to Gossip Cop.

The two have been dating on and off since Fox was 18.

There are no details yet about when the couple plans to tie to knot.

Over the weekend, Fox had some comments about marriage.

“I’ve been in this relationship for so long and I love [Brian] so much and of course [marriage is] in the future somewhere,” she told “Access Hollywood” at the Jonah Hex junket on Sunday in LA. “I’m not closed to that idea.”

The Transformers star also mentioned her desire to keep her theoretical nuptials traditional.

“I just think, if you’re going to [get married,] if you’re going to be with someone and make a commitment, it’s good to tell the universe, to say I’m committing to this person and making them my family,” she explained.

Fox and Green were previously engaged from late 2006 to early 2009.

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With reporting like this from Hollyscoop, it’s no wonder the site is falling faster than a Sumo wrestler bungee jumping off a high bridge.

Hollyscoop breathlessly writes today, “Elton John was reportedly one of the people that was offered to take over Simon Cowell‘s spot on American Idol and he apparently declined.”

That’s very interesting, though less interesting than when Gossip Cop confirmed with Sir Elton’s rep four months ago that “He is not going to be a judge.”

And in a poor attempt to seem newsy, Holly-Oops falls further when it refers to an Access Hollywood story, which asserted John declined millions of dollars, an article that itself was 10 days old.

Regardless of the (not so) recent claim that John was offered a solid eight figures, John was never going to be a full-time judge on “American Idol.”

Splat!

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In an item on the leading men who are candidates to play the highly prized role of Captain America, the folks at AccessHollywood.com get duped.

“One actor who won’t be raising the star-spangled shield,” the site reports, “is Gossip Girl‘s Chace Crawford.”

Cited as the source? None other than “Chace Crawford” himself.

“I am no longer in the run for the role as Captain America,” Crawford supposedly Tweeted. “Best of luck to who they choose for the role.”

Best of luck also to AccessHollywood.com. The site will need plenty of it if it continues to report without checking facts!

A member of Crawford’s management team confirms to Gossip Cop the Twitter account does not belong to the actor.

It’s a FAKE.

Of course, AccessHollywood.com is in good company. Other outlets picked up the same phony tweet.

This isn’t the first time a fake Twitter account has generated bogus “news.” We’re fairly certain mainstream media will be duped again in the future.

So come to Gossip Cop for the real story.

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“Kanye West will have the chance to let Taylor Swift finish on Monday,” claims AccessHollywood.com in a piece titled, “Taylor Swift & Kanye West To Team Up For ‘We Are The World’ Remake.”

The report, which got picked up everywhere, goes on to state, “A source has exclusively confirmed to Access Hollywood that the two musicians – who faced off in an infamous incident at last year’s MTV Video Music Awards — will be among those participating in Quincy Jones’ remake of the 1985 charity anthem, ‘We Are The World,’ at a recording session the day after the Grammys.”

One big problem: A Swift insider assures Gossip Cop that the Grammy-nominated singer will NOT be at the recording session.

In fact, Swift will be leaving Los Angeles immediately after the awards show, and traveling to Australia, where she will be performing a few days later in Brisbane.

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Just about four years ago – on September 18, 2005 – when Gossip Cop was a producer at Access Hollywood, I was stuck in legendary Los Angeles traffic en route to the 57^th Annual Emmy Awards. At a certain point, fearing that I would be late, I jumped out of the car and started hoofing it as fast as I could in my tuxedo to the Shrine Auditorium for the ceremony.

About three blocks away, I saw David Letterman, dressed in shorts and smoking a cigar, briskly walking away from the auditorium. With him was a woman dressed in black. That was Stephanie Birkitt, Letterman’s former assistant, with whom he had a sexual relationship, and who later took up with “48 Hours” producer Robert “Joe” Halderman, the alleged exortionist who reportedly used her diary and e-mails as proof of her relationship with Letterman in an effort to squeeze the talk-show host out of $2 million.

As I passed Letterman, who was to honor the late Johnny Carson that evening, I heard him mutter to Birkitt, “I’m not going in, I’m not going in” before plopping himself down on a nearby bus bench.

Surprised by what I had heard and seen, I had a cameraman from Access meet me at the bus stop, where I asked Letterman if I could ask him a few questions. He couldn’t have been more gracious.

First I asked Letterman what the heck he was doing on the bench with minutes to go before the Emmys. Letterman, seated next to Birkett, replied, “We’re just waiting on the bus.” Birkitt then added, “We’re actually about to go in.”

When I then asked Letterman why he wasn’t suited up in a tux, he joked that he was going to wear his shorts that evening: “This is it, this is… pretty expensive this is like an Armani,” before being cut off by Birkett, who said, “Are you ready?”

Birkett clearly enjoyed such a closeness with Letterman that she felt comfortable cutting him off while being interviewed on camera.

That was then. Now Gossip Cop hears that their sexual relationship ended before he married longtime girlfriend Regina Lasko in March 2009.

Gossip Cop also hears that there have been no recorded issues of sexual harassment. Letterman owns the production company behind “Late Show,” Worldwide Pants, and an inside source tells us there have been ZERO complaints.

As for how the talk show host is doing amidst the controversy, the source told Gossip Cop, “Eh, not so well.”

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It’s been a week now since new “Twilight” star BooBoo Stewart sent fans into a frenzy when he told Access Hollywood that he “heard there’s going to be three more movies” – meaning two more movies after “Eclipse” – bringing the franchise’s total to five. Author Stephenie Meyer’s book series, however, has only four installments.

A rep for Summit Entertainment, which is producing “The Twilight Saga,” responded then by saying, “We appreciate our young actor’s enthusiasm for the franchise and his role, but his comments about the number of films were unfortunately uninformed and not accurate.”

OK, so then there are only four films slated, right?

Well, yesterday a video popped on YouTube, featuring Meyer herself telling an interviewer, “I really think they have to do five movies, cause I don’t think you can do ‘Breaking Dawn’ in one movie. You have to split it up.”

So, is it four – implied by producers and in keeping with the number of books, or five – as stated by BooBoo Stewart and hoped for by the author?

Today a rep for Summit Entertainment told Gossip Cop that the final tally is still “to be decided.”

Stay tuned.

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Jay Leno is going to start his new primetime show on a high note when it premieres on September 14th. Leno has snagged Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Kanye West to all perform together for the show’s debut.

The longtime Tonight Show host handed the reins to Conan O’Brien this summer. The 10:00 daily comedy program, The Jay Leno Show, is looking to chin out the dramas which have traditionally populated that time slot.

News of the high-powered opening night musical lineup was confirmed to Shaun Robinson of Access Hollywood.