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8:10 AM ET, July 24, 2006

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Neville Thurlbeck / newsoftheworld.co.uk:
GEORGE'S SEX SHAME  —  News of the World investigators caught the singer red-handed and red-faced as he emerged from the bushes after cavorting with a pot-bellied, 58-year-old, jobless van driver.  —  When challenged George, 43, was wild-eyed and trembling.  Trying to hide his face under a baseball cap, he screamed:
NY Daily News:
'Queer' ducks Cruise jokes  —  VViacom insisted that Tom Cruise wasn't getting special protection when its Comedy Central subsidiary yanked a "South Park" episode mocking his sexuality.  —  But the company's movie arm, Paramount - which makes Cruise's "Mission: Impossible" franchise …
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
Associated Press:
Family vows to battle Anna Nicole Smith  —  DALLAS - A month after the death of E. Pierce Marshall, who feuded for years with Anna Nicole Smith over his father's oil fortune, his family says they are more committed than ever in their legal battle against the former Playboy playmate.
Discussion: popbytes
X17online.com:
Can You Hear Me Now?  —  What does a hot dad of three with a domineering baby's mama do on his day off?  — He drives his motorcycle to a parking lot and chats on his cell phone.  —  Seems he had just come from a flight lesson at Santa Monica Airport today when he pulled in to the hamburger joint across …
Discussion: MollyGood and Brad Pitt News
Beth Harris / Associated Press:
Miss Puerto Rico crowned Miss Universe  —  LOS ANGELES - An 18-year-old from Puerto Rico who hopes to someday star in U.S. and Latin American films was crowned Sunday night as Miss Universe 2006.  —  Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza shared a nervous emotional hug with first runner-up, Kurara Chibana of Japan …
Discussion: Hollywoodtuna
Emily Nash / Daily Mail:
X-Files star Gillian Anderson pregnant, months after leaving husband  —  X-Files star star Gillian Anderson is pregnant just three months after splitting from her husband.  —  The actress, 37, has told friends she is expecting a baby following her separation from documentary-maker Julian Ozanne, her second husband.
Discussion: Celebitchy and Celebrity Baby Blog
NY Daily News:
'Hip-hop cop' dishes on J.Lo's night in jail  —  An exclusive sneak peek at tell-all memoir 'Notorious C.O.P.' … As soon as he heard my voice, he started bellowing, "Derrick, Derrick, Derrick, I gotta talk to you, man" as I approached his cell.  —  "Hey, Parker - what's going on?" he asked, obviously concerned.
Discussion: Hollyscoop
People.com:
Niki Taylor Picks Motherhood Over Modeling  —  Niki Taylor can still be found awake most days at 4 a.m., just like when she was living in the fast lane as a supermodel - but these days she's up at that hour to check on her puppy Kaia before fixing breakfast for her 11-year-old twins, Jake and Hunter.
Discussion: Bumpshack.com
NY Daily News:
Now it's H'wood's affair  —  Casting has already begun for the film version of the latest Christie Brinkley divorce saga — at least in the minds of some Hollywood producers.  —  Hamptons insiders say the family of 19-year-old "other woman" Diana Bianchi is already being targeted by "book, TV and movie offers."
Sean Daly / celebrityweek.com:
Hasselhoff To Star In Musical Based On His Life  —  First of all, we are NOT making this up.  David Hasselhoff - star of Knight Rider, Baywatch and the new hit variety show America's Got Talent told us today that he is heading to Australia to appear in a stage production based on his life.
Discussion: PerezHilton.com
Associated Press:
Fey, Dratch leaving 'SNL' for '30 Rock'  —  PASADENA, Calif. - Tina Fey is leaving the anchor chair at "Saturday Night Live."  —  Fey says she's quitting the show after six seasons as head writer and co-anchor of the "Weekend Update" fake news segment to focus on her new NBC prime-time series, "30 Rock," which debuts Oct. 11.
Chris Carle / IGN:
Comic-Con 2006: Transformer Voice Cast Buzz  —  Will Peter Cullen be the voice of Prime?  —  July 21, 2006 - This year's Comic-Con is the last where Transformers movie news can possibly be revealed, as the film releases next year on July 4th.  As such, plenty of aspects of the film …
Discussion: The Movie Blog and Film Rotation
Washington Post:
The Reliable Source  —  Think blind dates are a wasteland of dashed expectations?  One more heartbreaking entry in the Book of Love?  Oh, ye of little faith!  Consider Chris Bradley and Christine Brodigan , who met, fell in love and got engaged in four weeks — thanks to The Washington Post Magazine's new column, Date Lab .
Discussion: Wampoon and OH NO!!
Wenn / Hollywood.com:
Cops Suspect Osment Was Drunk When He Crashed  —  The 18-year-old suffered a broken rib, fractured right shoulder blade, cuts and abrasions when he crashed his 1995 Saturn station wagon into a pillar and flipped it at 2:10 a.m. (PST) in the community of La Canada-Flintridge.
Discussion: Cinematical and Tabloid Whore!
Wenn / The Post Chronicle:
Paris Hilton: 'I Have No Celebrity Feuds'  —  PARIS HILTON has slammed her media persona as a feuding socialite, insisting there's no one she'd start a quarrel with.  —  The blonde hotel heiress has been dogged by reports of celebrity bust-ups, most recently with NICOLE RICHIE and LINDSAY LOHAN.
Discussion: Celebitchy
USA Today:
A final spin for 'Spider-Man'?  —  SAN DIEGO — Is Spider-Man making his final swing through theaters?  —  TRAILER:Get a sneak peek of Spider-Man 3.  —  As the superhero franchise, which has taken in more than $1.6 billion worldwide, returns to Comic-Con to promote next year's Spider-Man 3 …
Discussion: Pink Is The New Blog
Jenna Bordelon / Access Hollywood:
The New Breed Of Hollywood Celebrity  —  Where's the beef?  —  Well, it's certainly back, especially in Hollywood, where being a bit hairy and showing a little paunch isn't necessarily such a bad thing anymore.  —  Behold, the era of the everything-old-is-new-again "retrosexual" is upon us.
FemaleFirst:
Alicia Silverstone I would Strip For PETA  —  Hollywood stunner Alicia Silverstone is becoming as well known for animal cruelty campaigning as she is for acting.  —  The beauty who found fame as bratty Cher in Clueless, recently won the title of the world's sexiest vegetarian in a recent poll.
Discussion: OH NO!!
 
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
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