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3:50 PM ET, July 11, 2006

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Nicholas White / People.com:
Jolie's Dad: 'I Haven't Seen Shiloh'  —  Voight (left) and Jolie  —  PHOTO BY: RUSS EINHORN / SPLASH NEWS; JACKSON LEE / ADMEDIA  —  Actor Jon Voight is still hoping to reconcile with daughter Angelina Jolie - and to see Jolie's own new daughter, 6-week-old Shiloh Nouvel.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Angelina Jolie Still Hates Her Father
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Simpson dreaming about Pitt, but not dating  —  Plus: Paul McCartney's divorce is getting uglier  —  Jessica Simpson has been linked to several hunks lately, but the "Dukes of Hazzard" star insists she hasn't dated anyone since her split from hubby Nick Lachey.
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USA Today:
Jessica: 'No dates,' only dreams
Discussion: TMZ.com
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Lindsay Lohan Puts Best Face Forward  —  Lindsay Lohan is in the clear and ready to tell the world how she got there.  —  The A Prairie Home Companion player has signed up to become the latest celebrity spokesperson for Proactiv Solution, the seemingly miraculous acne treatment that has had Jessica Simpson …
NME:
Pink Floyd legend Syd Barrett dies  —  Reclusive star passes away aged 60  —  Pink Floyd legend Syd Barrett has died at his Cambridgeshire home.  —  The singer, 60, who suffered from an LSD-induced breakdown while at the peak of his career in the Sixties, died last Friday (July 7).
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Adam Fresco / Times of London:
Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett dies at home
Discussion: WOW Report and Scenestars
Associated Press:
Report: Drunken Jackie Chan Disrupts Show  —  HONG KONG — Jackie Chan disrupted a concert by Taiwanese singer-songwriter Jonathan Lee and exchanged insults with the audience, a news report said Tuesday.  —  Ming Pao Daily News quoted the 52-year-old action star as saying onstage that he was drunk.
Discussion: Dlisted and I'm Not Obsessed!
Associated Press:
'Real World' cast member arrested in Conn.  —  CROMWELL, Conn. - A cast member on the MTV reality show "The Real World" was arraigned on a misdemeanor assault charge Monday after police said she bit her boyfriend during a domestic dispute.  —  Paula Ann Meronek, 25, bit her boyfriend several times …
Discussion: Tabloid Whore! and Best Week Ever
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TMZ.com:   Cast Member Gets a Taste of the "Real World"
NY Daily News:
The Flip side of hip-hop success  —  Was rapper Lil' Flip the victim of a multimillion-dollar dirty trick?  —  The "I'm a Balla" hip-hopper bought himself out of his Sony contract just before his album "I Need Mine" was scheduled to drop last month.  —  The label let him go …
CNN:
CNN LARRY KING LIVE  —  Interview With Kathy Griffin  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ladies and gentlemen, here she is the one and only Kathy Griffin.  —  KATHY GRIFFIN: You guys came on a good night.
Sarah / Teddy & Moo's Celebrity Gossip:
- Tara Shops & Gets Her Picture Taken: Christen: she is size 6!  — Nick & Vanessa at LAX: Anonymous: she is gorgeous
Associated Press:
Rimes to Have Surgery for Leg Infection  —  LeAnn Rimes canceled three concerts this week because she is to undergo surgery for a leg infection, her publicist said Monday.  —  The 23-year-old country singer is scheduled for surgery Tuesday in Los Angeles.  She suffered a "tear in the tissue" …
New York Post:
ALEC: NO TIME FOR 'FIRST TIME'  —  July 11, 2006 — NO, Alec Baldwin won't be doing any promotion for "Mini's First Time" - but he denies it's because his lawyers feel his comments on it might make his custody battle with ex-wife Kim Basinger even worse.  —  In the picture, opening Friday …
Discussion: Egotastic!
FemaleFirst:
Britney Spears to drop pop?  —  Britney Spears has quashed reports she is planning to quit the music business.  —  The 'Toxic' singer - who took a break from pop when she fell pregnant with her first child, Sean Preston - has vowed to make a comeback as soon as possible.
Michael K / Dlisted:
Brokevag Mountain  —  We have a Razzy frontrunner everybody!  Bandidas is a cowboy movie starring Salma Hayek and Penny Cruz.  Here are some promo shots in what looks more like a porn movie than a feature film.  I can smell the lesbian action from here.  I don't need to tell …
Discussion: Blowing Smoke
NY Daily News:
Stand by your made man?  —  Wife bails - and tells all  —  You've seen the breakups and makeups of Tony and Carmela Soprano.  But, when it comes to romantic fury, the TV mob couple has nothing on Joe and Nancy Defede.  —  The Defedes are the real deal.  For four years, Joe was acting boss …
Discussion: Nosy Snoop
Kimberly Nordyke / Reuters:
Field tapped matriarch in ABC drama  —  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Sally Field has joined the cast of ABC's upcoming drama series "Brothers & Sisters."  —  The family drama centers on five adult siblings, played by Calista Flockhart, Rachel Griffiths, Balthazar Getty, Dave Annable and Matthew Rhys.
Discussion: TV Squad and mediabistro.com
Hearst / panopticist:
Bert and Ernie's Tragic Gay Romance  —  Here's a YouTube gem: the rarely seen 2002 short film Ernest and Bertram, which tells the sad and ultimately violent tale of the doomed relationship between those two closeted Muppets.  Lawyers at Sesame Workshop forced the eight-minute film …
Discussion: TV Squad
TMZ.com:
Jillian Barbarie's Good Morning Matrimony  —  Jillian Barbarie of FOX's NFL pre-game fame and Good Day LA tied the knot this past weekend with boyfriend, actor Grant Reynolds.  —  Barberie surprised everyone by announcing her over-the-weekend marriage live Monday on Good Day LA, exclaiming that Grant was the love of her life.
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed!
FemaleFirst:
Paris Hilton's sexless year  —  Paris Hilton is giving up sex for a year.  —  The hotel heiress has imposed the ban on herself because she is convinced that abstaining from all carnal activity will help her to "rediscover" herself.  —  She said: "I'm doing it just because I want to.
Discussion: Dlisted
 
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Michael K / Dlisted:
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Associated Press:
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Kerry Katona / FemaleFirst:
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NY Daily News:
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canada.com:
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Memo: WaPo CEO Will Lewis tells staff they'll be expected to work from the office five days a week, instead of three, by June 2, and by February 3 for managers

Sean Burch / The Wrap:
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