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9:40 AM ET, August 3, 2006

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John Bell / National Enquirer:
MEG RYAN FLEES HOLLYWOOD  —  Meg Ryan is escaping the Hollywood rat race to live on a remote cliff-top estate where she'll raise her year-old daughter, an adopted Chinese orphan.  —  The Sleepless in Seattle star has an agreement to pay around $7 million for a 12-room mansion nestled …
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Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Meg Ryan Will Work For Food  —  While it hasn't gotten quite that bad for the actress, Meg Ryan is having a tough time finding roles other than the perky ones.  She's claiming that she has been stereotyped as perky, but I have a feeling that the majority of her troubles are the nips and tucks and injections that Ms. Ryan has had.
FemaleFirst:   Meg Ryan's Hollywood struggle
Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Pussycat Dolls Look for Stray  —  The answer to Tom Jones' immortal question: What's new, Pussycat, could be you.  —  The soon-to-launch CW network has ordered eight episodes of the reality competition The Search for the Next Pussycat Doll, pitting wannabes against each other for the chance …
Discussion: TV Envy
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Kimberly Nordyke / Reuters:
Who wants to be a Pussycat Doll?
Discussion: MollyGood and Best Week Ever
Josef Adalian / Variety:
Trio tame 'Pussycat' for reality skein
Discussion: reality blurred and TV Squad
Extra:
Welcome to the Exclusive 'Ocean's' Club  —  Ante up for an "Extra's" "Ocean's 13" exclusive, courtesy of franchise producer Jerry Weintraub.  The movie mogul opened Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Matt Damon's luxurious inner sanctum, The Ocean's Club, only to "Extra."
Discussion: Just Jared
National Enquirer:
JESSICA & EVA: FRIENDSHIP OVER?  —  Whatever daddy wants... daddy gets - and after dissing daughter JESSICA SIMPSON's marriage to ex NICK LACHEY, Papa Svengali/manager JOE SIMPSON wants His Little Girl to deep-six her friendship with "Desperate Housewives" co-star EVA LONGORIA …
Discussion: Celebitchy
Contactmusic.com:
QUEER EYE CANCELLED  —  Groundbreaking US reality make-over show QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY has been cancelled after three seasons - but the stars of the show insist they are still a huge hit with celebrities.  The show features five gay men who make-over unstylish straight men each week …
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TMZ.com:
"Queer Eye" NOT Canceled
Discussion: Queerty and Defamer
Daily Mail:
New blow to Posh as model claims sex texts with Becks  —  David Beckham is facing yet another sex scandal after a glamour model vowed to spill the beans on an affair she had with the footballer when he was engaged to Victoria.  —  Love Island star Emma Ryan claims she had a six week fling …
Discussion: Celebitchy and Celebrity Smack!
Jenny / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:
Mel Gibson Was a Little Tipsy  —  Here's our sloshed friend, Mel, on the night of his arrest at Moonshadows bar in Malibu.  The furry appendage grasping the the bottle is wrapped around who I can only assume he affectionately called "Hot Pussy" and I'm guessing the other one was named "Also Not My Wife."
Discussion: The Art Pitt
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TMZ.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Video of Mel at Moonshadows
Discussion: Seriously? OMG!
People.com:
Lost Star's Mystery Date  —  What was Lost's Naveen Andrews - who's dated Barbara Hershey since 1998 - doing on Manhattan Beach on Saturday with a mystery blonde?  —  "I have no comment," his rep tells PEOPLE in its new issue.  "Naveen and Barbara are still together."
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Christie Brinkley Meets with Her Ex  —  Christie Brinkley met with her estranged husband, architect Peter Cook, and his parents on Tuesday, according to the New York Daily News.  —  "I'd rather not comment," Brinkley, 52, told the paper as she left her $22 million estate in New York's Hamptons after the visit from the Cooks.
Discussion: Celebritology
Logo / NewNowNext:
Meet Jacob & Joshua: Twins Are In!  —  Introducing Joshua and Jacob: The next big, hot, gay, twin pop duo!  —  Check these guys out!  They're brothers!  Twin brothers!  They're pop stars (or they hope to be)!  And they're gay!  —  All that is just the beginning of the drama, the fun …
Discussion: reality blurred and Towleroad
Hollywoodtuna:
Avril Lavigne Dolls Up On Her Honeymoon  —  Here are pictures of Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley on their honeymoon in Italy.  Now let's try to pretend that Deryck is not in the picture, which is very hard to do since he resembles an elf, and discuss how cute Avril looks in that little pink mini skirt.
Discussion: Rappys World
Associated Press:
Ex-'Survivor' Hatch Now in W.Va. Prison  —  Richard Hatch, convicted of failing to pay taxes on the $1 million he won on the debut season of "Survivor," has been sent to a federal prison in West Virginia.  —  Hatch, 45, of Newport, R.I., was convicted by a federal jury of failing to pay taxes on the "Survivor" prize and other income.
Discussion: The Bastardly
Hollywoodtuna:
Lindsay Lohan Relaxes Her Boobs  —  It must be very exhausting for Lindsay Lohan to have her breasts strapped up in a bikini all the time, so I can understand why she's wearing a tank top without a bra.  You got to let those babies breathe!  It's too bad it didn't rain that day because we missed …
Discussion: Lindsay Lohan News
Just Jared:
Jennifer Aniston Eats at Spago Restaurant  —  Aniston's Spago Supper  —  It's been awhile since we've last seen Jennifer Aniston.  She was spotted leaving Spago restaurant in Beverly Hills and loading up her car with a few friends this past Thursday.  Below those pictures is a snapshot of Jen …
Phil / Egotastic!:
Natalie Portman Skis Away from the Heat  —  Natalie Portman is smart.  While most of us are trying to avoid the heat by sitting right next to our air conditioners, and Lindsay Lohan is playing on the beach in her bikini, Natalie Portman is hitting the slopes in Patagonia, Argentina, down near Antarctica.
MollyGood:
Surprise, Leonardo DiCaprio loves to have the sex with models (other than his girlfriend)  —  As MollyGood reported back in June, Leonardo DiCaprio has been less than faithful to girlfriend Bar Rafaeli as he traipses around the world.  Just last week he was seen lunching with ex-girlfriend Gisele Bunchen …
TMZ.com:
Hasselbeck Gets Hot — and a Hug From Babwa  —  Token "View" conservative Elisabeth Hasselbeck doesn't hide her emotions when it comes to the controversy surrounding the morning-after pill.  —  A heated discussion about the subject erupted on Wednesday's show when Barbara Walters brought …
Michael K / Dlisted:
Babs Gets Caught!  —  Babs Streisand saw these pictures and took our advice.  Here she is leaving a plastic surgery clinic in Los Angeles.  She is all veiled up and will hopefully reveal her new face soon.  I'm thinking she just got a face lift and a few tucks.  She's probably preparing for her World Tour.
Discussion: Celebitchy
 
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New York Post:
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

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French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

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