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4:00 AM ET, July 14, 2006

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Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Kevin Federline now a paid party guest  —  Plus: Def Leppard is a vegetarian-friendly band  —  Want K-Fed to attend your party?  It will cost you!  —  Britney Spears' hubby has been earning extra cash by charging to show up at soirees; his fee for a cameo, according to In Touch Weekly, is a whopping $20,000.
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Todd / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:
Kevin Federline is Expensive  —  In news that will make you punch a wall, Kevin Federline charges, and is paid, $20,000 to make cameo appearances at parties.  In addition to his allowance, K-Fed has reportedly earned $700,000 in the last four months, including $250,000 for endorsing clothing line Blue Marlin …
Discussion: WOW Report
Samuel Maull / Associated Press:
Campbell sued by another former employee  —  NEW YORK - Naomi Campbell was sued Thursday by another former employee, this one a young Florida woman who claims the supermodel abused her verbally and physically on three continents.  —  Amanda Brack, 20, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. …
Discussion: Dlisted and Tabloid Whore!
Associated Press:
Comedian Red Buttons dead at 87  —  Won Oscar for 'Sayonara,' known for participation in roasts  —  LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — Red Buttons, the carrot-topped burlesque comedian who became a top star in early television and then in a dramatic role won the 1957 Oscar as supporting actor in "Sayonara," died Thursday.
Discussion: news from me, TV Squad, popbytes and Defamer
Phil / Egotastic!:
Discussion: Life Style Extra and Junkiness
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Todd / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:   Keira Knightley is From Hell
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Jolie To Take Aniston Role  —  Not only living and loving together, it seems Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt will be working together.  Unofficially as of yet, it seems that an announcement that Angelina will be starring in what used to be a potential Oscar-worthy vehicle for Aniston under …
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Claude Brodesser-Akner / TMZ.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Angelina to Jen: I'm Not Done Yet
Discussion: Blog.Absolutely.net
TMZ.com:
EXCLUSIVE: What Mags Will Pay For Suri Pics  —  TMZ has contacted the big players in the bidding wars over celebrity baby photos, and you may be surprised at what a picture of Suri Cruise can fetch.  —  Editorial staffers from People, Us Weekly, In Touch, Life and Style and OK! …
Tracey Lomrantz / NY Daily News:
Stop the insanity!  —  As if the city hasn't gotten skinny enough, stores are  —  rolling out size 00 jeans.  You heard us right.  —  Poor Victoria Beckham.  —  When British denim company David Bitton recently sent her premium jeans, the former Spice Girl Posh found herself swimming in them.
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
Associated Press:
Gandolfini injured; 'Sopranos' delayed  —  Series' final episodes now likely to start in March  —  PASADENA, California (AP) — Fans of "The Sopranos" will have to wait a bit longer for the mob drama's final chapter.  —  Because of "unexpected" knee surgery for series star James Gandolfini …
Discussion: Gawker
FemaleFirst:
Michael Jackson sued again  —  Michael Jackson's ex-wife is suing him for not paying her share of their divorce settlement.  —  Debbie Rowe, who was married to Jackson for three years and is the mother of his two eldest children, claims he has failed to pay what she was promised when they legally separated in 1999.
Discussion: Celebguru
People.com:
Nick, Aaron Carter Get in Fistfight  —  Nick (left) and Aaron Carter at the TCA press tour July 11  —  PHOTO BY: FREDERICK M. BROWN / GETTY  —  Nick and Aaron Carter came to blows at their home on Monday, the night before they announced their new E! reality show House of Carters …
Doobybrain / Just Jared:
Mischa Barton Struggles With Fame in UK  —  Don't You Know Who I Am?!  —  As some of you may already know, Mischa Barton has recently decided to take the next step in her acting career and has enrolled in acting classes at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in the UK. … [via]
Asapblogs / The Slug:
Slug Exclusive: Debbie Matenopoulos to Return to "The View"  —  Gasp!  This might make Star Jones Reynolds very angry.  Heck, it might make Barbara Walters very angry.  Debbie Matenopoulos is returning to "The View" for the July 25 episode, an ABC spokesman exclusively told asap and The Slug.
TMZ.com:
The TomKat/Suri Conspiracy Timeline  —  It's been 86 days since the birth of Suri Cruise — and about a split-second since the latest conspiracy theory about Hollywood's most elusive baby.  —  New rumors surface by the hour — that Tom and Katie are holding out for a better magazine photo deal …
TMZ.com:
Tom Cruise "Tell All" Book  —  The drumbeat of controversy surrounding Tom Cruise is about to get even louder.  —  A potentially explosive tell-all biography of Cruise is now in the writing phase, after a year of research by British writer Andrew Morton.  Sources tell TMZ that Morton …
Discussion: Celebguru
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Lance Gets Bawdy at the ESPY Awards  —  Armstrong hosting the ESPYs July 12  —  Lance Armstrong raised eyebrows - and got laughs - as host of Wednesday night's ESPY Awards, where he cracked crude jokes about new best friends Jake Gyllenhaal and Matthew McConaughey.
wwtdd.com:
Andy Samberg is one lucky guy  —  This has actually been known for a while, but IMDb reports today that Snaggletooth is quietly dating unfunny funnyman Andy Samberg from Saturday Night Live and has been for a few months now.  IMDb says: … God, this kid would have hooves.  Unfunny hooves.
Trent / Pink Is The New Blog:
Matthew To Jake: "I Didn't Steal Your Boyfriend"  —  News has been kinda quiet on the Spederline front these days ... I kinda don't blame Britney Spears for finding a dark cave to hide in considering all the hubbub she generated in the media recently.  Here's hoping she takes …
 
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MollyGood:
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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

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
TikTok launches Share to TikTok, which lets users directly share music from Apple Music and Spotify in a post to their TikTok Feed or in DMs via TikTok Messages

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