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5:45 PM ET, June 29, 2006

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Jossip:
Rosie On Star: 'She Think She's Beyonce'  —  Rosie O'Donnell with wife Kelli Carpenter at last night's Madonna concert at Madison Square Garden  —  On Tuesday, Star Jones announced she was quitting The View.  During the broadcast, Star's interview with People - where she blamed ABC …
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Jane Ridley / NY Daily News:
The claws finally come out  —  Star takes bitter 'View' on canning  —  Star Jones Reynolds has launched a bitter counterattack after Barbara Walters sensationally dissed her on yesterday's edition of "The View."  —  In an exclusive interview with the Daily News, the TV diva fought …
Discussion: Dlisted, Gawker, TV Squad and Defamer
CNN:
Thursday's show  —  Exclusive: Star Jones Reynolds in her first TV interview since announcing she's leaving "The View."  Why is it really over?  She's taking your calls.  Tune in at 9 p.m. ET.  —  E-mail questions for Star Jones Reynolds.  —  Larry King highlights
TMZ.com:
Faux Star Replaces Star  —  It didn't take long for Barbara Walters to find Star 2.0.  —  On this morning's "The View", Barbara, Joy Behar, and Elisabeth Hasselbeck strode out onto the stage with an attractive, slender African American woman who took a seat that wasn't even cold yet.
Discussion: POPSUGAR, Gawker and Dlisted
People.com:
Star: Barbara Walters Is a Hypocrite  —  PHOTO BY: CLARENCE ELIE-RIVERA / GETTY; ROB RICH / EVERETT  —  The war of words between Star Jones Reynolds and Barbara Walters over the former's dramatic departure from The View this week continues to sizzle.  —  As PEOPLE.com reported on Wednesday …
Discussion: The Superficial and RagHag Diva
Chris Rovzar / NY Daily News:
A narrow 'View'  —  A show created as a forum for empowering women has  —  reinforced the worst female stereotypes.  Thanks a lot!  —  Oh, how far they've fallen.  —  When Barbara Walters founded "The View" in 1997, it lent a fresh take to morning television.
NY Daily News:
Arrest in Brangie's cribbed baby pics  —  Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have their baby shower pictures back.  —  Law enforcement officials have arrested a suspect who allegedly swiped a bonanza of Brangelina family snaps taken in Namibia by the couple, Pitt's spokeswoman, Cindy Guagenti, confirmed to us.
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HUNK HITS FLOOR
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Is Britney Spears bailing on California?  —  Plus: Gwyneth Paltrow and her musical dreams  —  Britney Spears may have hopes that the South can save her marriage.  —  Is Britney Spears ditching California?  —  The preggers singer, convinced that the lifestyle in Malibu is hurting her battered marriage …
Discussion: MollyGood and celebrity terrorist
Reuters:
Embezzler busted for posing as Brad Pitt  —  DUBAI (Reuters) - A salesman tried to fleece a money exchanger in the United Arab Emirates by using an identity card bearing the picture of Hollywood heart-throb Brad Pitt, a local newspaper reported Thursday.  —  The Gulf News said the 29-year-old Jordanian …
TMZ.com:
Police Raids Over Jolie-Pitt Baby Shower  —  TMZ has learned the FBI and Massachusetts authorities raided a Westfield, Mass. home Tuesday night and seized photos of a baby shower held by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.  —  It's a bizarre story that starts in Namibia, where the shower was thrown.
NY Daily News:
Ton o'shugah  —  Accused madam got $250G from her men  —  The Brazilian bombshell accused of running a million-dollar call girl ring out of her midtown condo told cops her two biggest sugar daddies paid her a total $250,000 for sex, it was revealed yesterday.
Discussion: BlogNYC and Jossip
Logo / LOGOonline.com:
Logo + iTunes = Your Gay iPod!  —  Okay, your iPod is probably pretty gay already... I know you've got every Kylie bootleg ever created, Scissor Sisters vs. George Michael mash-ups, the Wicked original cast recording, Morrissey, some mopey Janis Ian, Chic and Donna Summer, and about 1,000 Deborah Cox remixes (Go Thunderpuss!).
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Pamela Anderson Strips For PETA  —  Pamela Anderson stripped down to her g-string in the window of Stella McCartney's London boutique in the name of PETA.  Her message was to urge celebrities to stop wearing fur and embrace their own beautiful bodies.  After hosting PETA's first ever awards …
Discussion: Splash News Online
People.com:
Taylor Hicks's First Crush: Found!  —  Worsham (center), with Hicks (left), and a friend.  —  PHOTO BY: COURTESY CHRISTY LEE WORSHAM  —  Just two weeks after American Idol winner Taylor Hicks told PEOPLE about his very first crush, the magazine received a call from the object of his affection, Christy Lee Worsham.
Janet Charlton / Janet Charlton's Hollywood …:
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS  —  Kathy Griffin is pulling the wool over our eyes in the nicest possible way.  Kathy, a self confessed reality show junkie, introduced some totally UNREAL elements to her show "My Life on the D-List."  Last September Kathy filed for divorce from her "soulmate" of over four years Matthew Moline.
Discussion: Dlisted, WOW Report and MollyGood
FemaleFirst:
Christina Aguilera's Baby Boom  —  Christina Aguilera is sick of people asking when she is going to have a baby.  —  The 'Dirrty' singer, who is married to music executive Jordan Bratman, insists she is tired of people constantly quizzing her about her family plans.
People.com:
Denise Richards Moves On  —  Richards in Las Vegas June 9  —  Denise Richards is selling the Westlake Village home she bought last year following her separation from Charlie Sheen, PEOPLE reports in it upcoming issue.  —  The 7,400-sq.-ft., six-bedroom house that Richards, 35 …
The Superficial:
Nicole Richie has some In-N-Out  —  Nicole Richie was spotted holding a cup from In-N-Out, although no actual food was present so it's still unclear if she actually had any.  And I'm not sure what's going on with her posture.  She's either doing her best Christina Aguilera impression or she's turned into an 80-year-old grandma.
 
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