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2:15 PM ET, July 24, 2006

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Reuters:
Miss Universe Passes Out Post-Pageant  —  Miss Puerto Rico Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza  —  PHOTO BY: MARIO ANZUONI / REUTERS / LANDOV  —  Forty minutes into her reign as Miss Universe, Miss Puerto Rico Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza collapsed during a post-pageant news conference and was rushed offstage on Sunday night.
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Sky News:
MISS UNIVERSE CROWNED  —  Come on girls, admit it...  Most of us have, at some stage, performed our own little tearful beauty contest win... in the privacy of our own bedrooms, at least.  —  But Miss Universe 2006 got the chance to do the whole thing for real - the crown, the flowers, the tears and the runny mascara.
Discussion: Pink Is The New Blog
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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X17online.com:
Matthew Bitch Slaps a Pap, Then Chills With Yoga  —  Matthew McConaughey has gotten WAY more press since biking with Lance and Jake than he ever did with Penelope and since his first outing with those guys, we've seen pictures of Matt pretty much ever day, right?
New York Post:
LEO HELPS WHEELCHAIR DUO  —  July 24, 2006 — LEONARDO DiCaprio, who plays the hero in movies, was a real hero to two wheelchair-bound Madonna fans the other night.  Francesco Clark, 28, - who worked at Harper's Bazaar until a car accident left him a quadriplegic and now runs …
People.com:
Matthew Perry & Aaron Sorkin Joke About Drugs  —  PHOTO BY: MARIO ANZUONI / REUTERS / LANDOV; REED SAXON / AP  —  Crack cocaine and Vicodin aren't the typical topics of conversation at a Hollywood TCA (Television Critics Association) panel to introduce new Fall shows, but when the event …
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Jossip:
Dessarae Bradford's Version of Her Colin Farrell Accosting  —  Rather than let Colin Farrell's PR team spin what happened during Thursday's Tonight Show taping, Dessarae Bradford is holding a presser this morning to explain her side of things.  You see, she wasn't looking to accost Farrell on stage …
Discussion: MollyGood
Sky News:
SURF'S UP FOR MATT  —  Our heartfelt thanks go to actor Matthew McConaughey.  —  He's reassured us that not all Hollywood types are born perfect.  —  Yes, yes, we know he's a good looking star with Gucci bags full of acting talent, but not everything in life comes naturally to him, it would seem.
C B / cityrag:
Did Jodie Foster date Kim Basinger?  —  This may be a joke, and at the very least it is an unsubstantiated rumor, but it's a totally delicious one.  A friend tipped us off to a listing on eBay (that ended yesterday) of a 1989 fax to an employee at David Hockney's studio that contains …
Discussion: Dlisted
NY Daily News:
Tommy can Google her, but he can't ogle Storm  —  If Tommy Lee was trolling the Internet for a certain babe the other night, he could have been stunted by his own show's rules.  —  The Motley Crue drummer, who recently got the news that ex-wife Pamela Anderson will marry Kid Rock …
NY Daily News:
Prepville gets crass course on H'wood  —  Hollywood superagent Ari Emanuel - the brash, crass, fast-talking model for the brash, crass, fast-talking character in the HBO hit "Entourage" - has been ruffling feathers this summer in the understated little beach community of Watch Hill, R.I.
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Associated Press:
Doherty cancels concert, returning to rehab  —  Star has been publicly battling addiction to heroin, cocaine and other drugs  —  LONDON - Pete Doherty has canceled a concert and is returning to treatment in a drug rehabilitation clinic, his tour's concert promoter said Friday.
Associated Press:
Carol Burnett Honored by TV Critics  —  Actress-comedian Carol Burnett, whose long-running variety show became a TV classic, received a career achievement award from the Television Critics Association.  —  "Does this mean I'll never get another bad review?"  Burnett joked Sunday as she accepted the honor.
Discussion: lePaparazzi
New York Post:
WHO'S THE DAD?  —  July 24, 2006 — DID Linda Evangelista have a date with the turkey baster?  Word is the veteran supermodel, whose pregnancy (first reported by Page Six a few weeks ago) is in its sixth month, underwent artificial insemination.  Didier Fernandez, her agent at DNA Models …
Discussion: Dlisted
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
George Michael Caught In Park Sex Tryst With 58-Year-Old Pot-Bellied Man  —  Geez.  You can't even go to a park for anonymous sex without the paparazzi finding out these days.  Poor George Michael.  Just when I thought he may be on the road to becoming scandal-free, George decides to frolic in the woods.
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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 …
Discussion: Jossip
ETonline:
A Brad Pitt Exclusive!  —  It's BRAD PITT like you've never seen him!  On tonight's ET, we'll give you an exclusive look at Brad's emotional new role in 'Babel.'  —  Often changing his look when taking on a new role, Pitt sports a rugged, dusty look with short cropped hair in 'Babel,' which opens on October 27.
TMZ.com:
Gay Schmay — I'm With Stedman!  —  Stop the presses — there's actual photo evidence this morning that Oprah and Stedman are together!  The talk queen and her man put rumors of her O-ness' gay relationship with Gayle King temporarily to rest by strolling down the red carpet …
 
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