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3:15 PM ET, July 25, 2006

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Associated Press:
Brinkley's husband: 'I'm sorry, I'm stupid'  —  NEW YORK - Christie Brinkley's estranged husband has been silent about recent reports that he had an affair with an 18-year-old employee while married to the supermodel.  Now his reportedly desperate apology is receiving a very public airing.
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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.
Discussion: The Green Straw and Dlisted
New York Post:
'I LOVE MY WIFE & I'VE ALWAYS LOVED HER'
Discussion: Gawker and Tabloid Whore!
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.
Discussion: WOW Report
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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
This Is London:
George's 'wedding is off'  —  George Michael and his American lover Kenny Goss have called off their gay 'wedding' after the pop star was discovered having an illicit encounter with a stranger in a London park.  —  The couple had been looking forward to an Elton John-style 'wedding' ceremony followed …
Discussion: Dlisted and WOW Report
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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
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.
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
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Just Jared:   Lionel Richie's "I Call It Love" Music Video Featuring Nicole Richie
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Lionel Richie A 'Basket Case' Over Nicole
Discussion: Celebritology and Hollyscoop
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
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.
Discussion: Defamer and People.com
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
Just Jared:
Prison Break 2 Spoilers  —  Prison Break: Behind the Ink … Pictures are from yesterday afternoon when Fox held its TCA summer press tour at the Ritz-Carlton in Pasadena, CA.  Also included are screencaps from the upcoming Prison Break ::  Season 1 DVD, which is due out August 8th.
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 …
Discussion: MollyGood
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Janet Jackson: I Don't Know if I'm Engaged  —  Dupri and Jackson  —  Even Janet Jackson isn't sure whether she's engaged to boyfriend Jermaine Dupri, she revealed in an interview that aired Tuesday on Britain's Choice FM Radio.  —  Referring to Dupri, Jackson's boyfriend of five years, a DJ said, "You guys are getting married ..."
Discussion: crunk and disorderly
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
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
Patrick Goldstein / Los Angeles Times:
Call It Shyamaladenfreude  —  The poor opening of M. Night Shyamalan's "Lady in the Water" has Hollywood gossiping about "The Man Who Heard Voices."  —  In Hollywood, a town where tales of self-immolation are passed along like hot new scripts, everyone has been frantically trying to score a copy of …
Discussion: FishBowlLA and Defamer
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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celebrityspotlight.co.uk:
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Discussion: Felt Up and WOW Report
TMZ.com:
Nick Won't Seal Deal With Vanessa
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Daniel Engber / Slate:
I Want a Butt Double
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Luke MacGregor / Newsweek:
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Natasha Burton / People.com:
Oprah, Stedman Party Among Stars
NY Daily News:
Booted from flight, comedian accuses
Discussion: Celluloid & Vinyl
New York Post:
SIGHTINGS  —  July 25, 2006 — SCARLETT Johansson downing …
Discussion: PerezHilton.com and Yeeeah!
Just Jared:
Sienna Miller sits in Jude Law's Lap
Julie Jordan / People.com:
Gillian Anderson is Expecting
 

 
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Richard Deitsch / New York Times:
Netflix's first livestream of NFL games avoided major buffering and freezing issues that plagued the Tyson-Paul fight for the most part, after early glitches

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Richard Parsons, who had a long career as chairman, CEO, and as a board member of media companies including CBS and Time Warner, died at 76 of bone cancer

Reuters:
Palestinian sources say an Israeli airstrike killed five journalists from Al-Quds Today; the Israeli military called the five “operatives posing as journalists”

 
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