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Marisa Guthrie / NY Daily News:
Tina Fey leaving 'SNL' to go solo — PASADENA, Calif. - "Saturday Night Live" executive producer Lorne Michaels is losing a head writer and a star. — After nine years on "SNL," Tina Fey has left to focus on her new sitcom, "30 Rock." — Michaels has yet to replace Fey in the writers' room …
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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.
Associated Press:
'American Idol' finalists headed to the White House — ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — President Bush is about to come face-to-face with the one man who has his voting record beat. — Bush plans to host American Idol Taylor Hicks and the other Top 10 finalists next Friday in the Oval Office.
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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 .
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:
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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 …
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Nikki Finke / Deadline Hollywood Daily:
EXCLUSIVE: Jake Gyllenhaal Wants To Play Lance Armstrong in Sony Bio-Pic — Yes it's true — I'm told Jake Gyllenhaal and Lance Armstrong are hanging at the Tour De France together because the actor is the leading contender to play the cyclist in a Sony bio pic being quietly developed.
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.
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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."
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.
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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.
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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 …
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.
New York Post:
HOLD THE EYES — July 23, 2006 — JESSE Metcalfe's dark good looks and charm don't work on every woman. The "John Tucker Must Die" star stopped by Soho House this week. According to our spy, "the bartender spots him chatting on his phone, and asks him to take it in the lobby …
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.
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