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1:30 PM ET, July 25, 2006

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Splash News Online:
Another shirtless hunk!  —  Ok, I may be stretching the word 'hunk' here with Jeremy Piven, but I know some of you ladies (and even some of you guys) would love to hug it out with him.  The Entourage star was celebrating his 41st birthday at a Malibu beach house when he decided to do his best Matthew McConaughey impression.
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Sky News:
WHO OWNS THE FAB ABS?  —  Now, we're often asking you to guess who's flaunting their cleavage but today we thought we'd shake things up a bit.  —  So, rather than a girly shot, we've spotted a rather fine chest of the male variety for you to puzzle over.  —  The well-honed abs and tanned torso belongs to one Jeremy Piven.
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:   Lindsay Lohan Confounds
Associated Press:
Lionel Richie talks about Nicole's weight  —  NEW YORK - Lionel Richie, father of size-zero Nicole Richie, says he's hurt by media chatter about his daughter's weight loss.  —  "I'll be honest with you, it hurts me more than it hurts her," the 57-year-old R&B singer tells "Access Hollywood" in an interview that was to air Monday.
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Just Jared:
Lionel Richie's "I Call It Love" Music Video Featuring Nicole Richie  —  Nicole Calls it Love  —  Lionel Richie cast daughter Nicole in the lead role of his upcoming music video "I Call It Love."  Nicole was spotted this past Sunday in at least three different stylish outfits filming scenes on a Hollywood set and at Club Social.
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Lionel Richie A 'Basket Case' Over Nicole
Discussion: Celebritology and Hollyscoop
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Christie Brinkley's Husband Says, 'I'm Sorry'  —  Brinkley and Cook  —  Christie Brinkley's architect husband, Peter Cook, has publicly apologized to his estranged wife following revelations that he'd had a year-long affair with a teenage girl.  —  "I love my wife.  I have loved her since the day I met her.
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New York Post:
'I LOVE MY WIFE & I'VE ALWAYS LOVED HER'
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X17online.com:
Matthew McConaughey's Beachside Rubdown  —  Looks like Matthew pulled a muscle in his neck shoving that photographer out of the way, but from the looks of his one-woman physical therapy team, he should be able to recover just fine.  Matt actually walked straight out of the surf into this young lady's arms …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
I Wonder How Much She's Getting Paid  —  Matthew McConagay received a massage from a mystery woman in Malibu.  Matthew is currently spending his days on the beach and receiving attention from this beard.  She looks like an escort to me.  I bet you her purse contains pills, coke, hundred dollar bills, condoms and a rabbit.
New York Post:
FOXX HUNTING  —  July 25, 2006 — CARMEN Electra seemed to be enjoying her newly single status with Jamie Foxx the other night.  The duo arrived together at Hollywood hot spot Element to catch a "surprise" performance by Gnarls Barkley.  "Jamie's arm was around Carmen more than once …
Discussion: The DarkHat and Dlisted
NY Daily News:
'JFK Jr.: The Unsold Story' told anew  —  How many more trees must die in the service of the Camelot Jr. myth?  A whole forest, it seems.  —  Add Massachusetts resident William Sylvester Noonan to the list of authors who're doing their darndest to keep a literary cottage industry alive.
NY Daily News:
Naomi Campbell, hopeless romantic?  —  When Naomi Campbell was removed by police in London Thursday for trying to pick up her stuff from the home of her ex, Dubai rich guy Badr Jafar, she was simply showing an intense desire to get organized.  You know how it is when you want to put things in order at 3 o'clock in the morning.
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
Lesley Messer / People.com:
Nick & Vanessa's Hot Date  —  Minnillo and Lachey on July 24  —  Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo brought their PDA tour to the New York City club Butter Monday night, where they partied with fellow celebs, danced and kissed throughout the evening.  —  Lachey, in jeans and a button-down shirt …
Claude Brodesser-Akner / TMZ.com:
Brokeback Piano: Nicolas Cage Headlines Liberace  —  EXCLUSIVE: Nicolas Cage is not leaving Las Vegas; indeed, he's coming back to it, starring in a new biopic about the life of that gold lame luminary, Liberace.  What's more, Cage is producing the project as well, via his Saturn Films production company …
Discussion: Felt Up
Julie Jordan / People.com:
Gillian Anderson is Expecting  —  PHOTO BY: NEBINGER-ORBAN-ZABULON / ABACA  —  Former X-Files star Gillian Anderson is going to become a mom for the second time.  —  "She is happy to announce that she is expecting her second child, due at the end of the year, with businessman Mark Griffiths …
Katie Hind / Daily Mail:
Gay lover tells George: the wedding's off  —  To mark their ten years together, George Michael and his American lover Kenny Goss had been looking forward to an Elton John-style gay 'wedding' ceremony followed by a lavish party.  —  But plans for the nuptials are off - after the singer …
Discussion: Towleroad and Queerty
Zap2it:
Lauper, Gray, Bolton Sing 'Duets'  —  FOX still lining up celebs to sing with pros  —  PASADENA, Calif. — The celebrities on FOX's fall singing competition "Celebrity Duets" haven't been announced yet, but whoever they are, they'll have a fairly deep roster of recording artists backing them up.
Discussion: Queerty, Bumpshack.com and Media News
New York Post:
SIGHTINGS  —  July 25, 2006 — SCARLETT Johansson downing kamikaze shots with Wilmer Valderrama and P. Diddy at Marquee until 4:30 a.m. . . . BRIAN Grazer and a pretty redhead dining at Nobu in Malibu and then heading off on '60s bicycles . . . DAVID Johansen posing for some camera-snapping …
Discussion: PerezHilton.com and Yeeeah!
Natasha Burton / People.com:
Oprah, Stedman Party Among Stars  —  Graham and Winfrey on July 22  —  Oprah Winfrey and her two closest pals - boyfriend Stedman Graham and best friend Gayle King - lit up Saturday's "A Starry Night" dinner and concert benefiting the GRAMMY Foundation and honoring Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Paris Hilton Throws Back One Too Many  —  It looks like Kathy Hilton may have had one too many as well.  I'm sure that's not a pretty site in the morning.  No wonder the majority of the society types shun Kathy Hilton, she wants to live Paris' life.  —  Written by Eva Boyd  —  (Image source)
 
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