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8:30 AM ET, August 9, 2006

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People.com:
The Barkers' Travis, Shanna Split  —  Drummer Travis Barker has filed for divorce from his wife and Meet the Barkers costar Shanna Moakler, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.  —  "I can confirm that Travis filed this morning," Barker's rep, Dvora Vener, tells PEOPLE.
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Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
MTV Curse, The Barker's Split Up  —  Travis Barker has ended his almost two year marriage to Shanna Moakler.  The Bink-182/Transplants drummer filed for divorce Tuesday morning.  No word of the details of their end have been confirmed.  —  Shanna, a former Miss USA, says she only has concerns right …
Discussion: Voxefx and Seriously? OMG!
David Caplan / Star:
EXCLUSIVE: DAVE AND JENNA DATING!  —  Rocker Dave Navarro — who amicably split from wife Carmen Electra on July 17 — has bounced back!  He's dating porn star Jenna Jameson, her rep Jackie Markham exclusively tells Star, the first publication to get official confirmation of the super-steamy relationship.
Discussion: Hollywoodtuna and Bumpshack.com
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Jeff Davidson / TMZ.com:
Confirmed: Dave & Jenna Are a Couple!  —  From Jeff Davidson's Sound Bytes blog  —  Dave Navarro has had a tough year.  First, he received a lot of flack about his "experimentation" with men that allowed him to satisfy any inner questioning of his sexuality and then, of course, he most recently split with wife Carmen Electra.
Lynn Elber / Associated Press:
Hope springs eternal at 'Idol' auditions  —  PASADENA, Calif. - About 10,000 "American Idol" hopefuls showed up at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday with wide-eyed dreams of becoming the next Taylor Hicks or Carrie Underwood.  —  After waiting all night and standing in line for hours …
Discussion: Defamer and POPSUGAR
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Lynn Elber / Associated Press:
Past 'Idol' Finalists Advise Hopefuls  —  The sharpest advice columnists might be stumped, even sage Dr. Phil.  But past "American Idol" finalists know what to tell those yearning to follow them to stardom.  —  "Be yourself and pick songs that make you stand out," advises Carrie Underwood.
People.com:
Janet Jackson: I Like Younger Men  —  Janet Jackson doesn't have a problem with dating younger men: In fact, she prefers it, the singer says in a new interview.  —  "I came to realize that younger men had less of a problem with who I am than older men," Jackson, 40, whose boyfriend …
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Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:   Ms. Janet Prefers Them Young
Georgina Safe / The Australian:
Mischa's got 'it', but hasn't got a clue on Aussie frocks … MISCHA Barton may have pocketed $100,000 from retailer David Jones to attend its spring-summer collections launch, but it seems the Hollywood "It" girl doesn't know much about Australian fashion.  —  At a press conference …
Discussion: Dlisted and POPSUGAR
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Phil / Egotastic!:
Mischa Barton is Playing the (Rugby) Field
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
Daisy Kay / MegaStar:
Paltrow - post pregnancy  —  MegaStar says: 'Being a baby-making machine ain't all it's cracked up to be!'  —  Yummy mummy Gwyneth Paltrow has been sharing her secrets on how to get her giraffe limbs back in tip top shape.  —  OK, so they aren't exactly 'amazing' secrets …
Discussion: HotOnlineNews.com
Fabien Montique / The Bosh:
Jennifer Aniston dumps Vince Vaughn  —  Jennifer Aniston has reportedly dumped Vince Vaughn  —  Life & Style Magazine says Aniston called off her never-acknowledged engagement to never-acknowledged boyfriend Vaughn writes azcentral.com .  —  Web site IMDb.com says Aniston then turned …
Discussion: Gawker and celebrity terrorist
TMZ.com:
Who Would Mug Screech?  —  Dustin Diamond, aka Screech from the TV show "Saved by the Bell," told a Tampa radio station that a woman tried to mug him in his hotel in Omaha, Neb. on Monday.  —  Diamond was on the MJ Morning Show on 93.3W FLZ this morning, detailing the incident.
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip and TV Squad
Associated Press:
Police called to Paul McCartney's home  —  LONDON - A security guard at Paul McCartney's home called police when one of his estranged wife's guards climbed a wall to let her in, a spokesman for Heather Mills McCartney said Tuesday.  —  Mills McCartney's security guard climbed a wall to open …
Discussion: The Superficial
Todd / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:
Mel Gibson is a Great Parent  —  According to Malibu residents, Mel Gibson and his wife, Robyn, supposedly let their seven children roam Malibu unsupervised where they "terrorize" the neighborhood. … Throwing a hissy fit because you can't get something for free and driving around Malibu burning crosses …
Mandy Stadtmiller / New York Post:
FOR POP TART COLE, SCANDAL IS OPPORTUNITY  —  'SAMANTHA!  Samantha!  One more time, Samantha!  Right this way, Samantha!  " At the red-carpet Marquee party for VH1's "Best Week Ever" last week, the newly revitalized 30-year-old pop tart Samantha Cole is twirling, posing and puckering just like she's been doing for 10 years.
Hollywoodreporter / Past Deadline:
It's Time For Ellen Burstyn To Step Up and Step Down  —  I open here with the caveat that I swear I have nothing at all personally against Ellen Burstyn.  Loved her in "The Exorcist."  She was amazing in "Requiem For a Dream."  She's a six-time Oscar nominee, and the Film Academy …
Discussion: FishBowlLA and TV Squad
New York Post:
EXACT DEMANDS  —  JANET Jackson impressed radio execs in London when she demanded chilled spring water from Fiji - and then had her staff check it with a thermometer to make sure it was cold enough.  "It was simply unbelievable," a source at the Johnny Vaughn show on Capital Radio told the London Sun.
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Has Pam Got A Bun in The Oven?  —  Did Pam and Kid Rock have a shotgun wedding?  It kind of sounds like it.  The Deadbolt states: … Hmm...I guess I hope it's Kid's kid?
Discussion: thedeadbolt.com
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Get Mel Gibson's rant for your cell phone  —  Plus: Suri Cruise, the Loch Ness Monster of celebrity babies  —  The next anti-Semitic rant in a vaguely Aussie accent you hear may not be Mel Gibson: it may be a cell phone.  —  Oasys Mobile has created a "Mel in Malibu" …
Jossip:
Keith Olbermann's Miserable Suri Surprise  —  If his on-going playground fight with Bill O'Reilly, his email sex scandal with a viewer, and his "Heil Hitler" episode weren't enough for you to come down on Keith Olbermann, perhaps last night's cheap attempt at a ratings spike will do him in.
 
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