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3:25 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
Discussion: Seriously? OMG!
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
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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: POPSUGAR and Defamer
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Lynn Elber / Associated Press:
Past 'Idol' Finalists Advise Hopefuls
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
This Is London:
Mad, bad Grace steals show  —  Wearing a ski hat and a top made out of what appeared to be black clingfilm, Grace Jones produced a bravura performance to overshadow Patrick Swayze's opening night in the West End.  —  The singer/actress was invited to the aftershow party in Soho and her act was pure Jones.
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Splash News Online:   Grace Jones scares me
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" …
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
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Jeff Davidson / TMZ.com:
Confirmed: Dave & Jenna Are a Couple!
Discussion: Tabloid Whore!
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
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
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Paris Hilton's ex-beau walks out on her  —  Plus: Did UNICEF shun the Material Girl's money?  —  So much for Paris Hilton's renewed romance with shipping heir Stavros Niarchos.  —  Just days ago, the partying heiress was back in the arms of her ex-beau, declaring, "We're together now here, we love each other."
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.
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.
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
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Lindsay Wants to Entertain Troops in Iraq  —  Lindsay Lohan wants visit the troops in Iraq - accompanied by New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.  —  "I've been trying to go to Iraq with Hillary Clinton for so long," Lohan, 20, tells Elle magazine in its September issue, according to the New York Post.
Hollywoodtuna:
Mariah Carey And Her Fashion Enforcer  —  Yesterday, I posted Mariah Carey live concert photos and was disgusted by the booty shorts she was wearing.  Well, here she's at the shows after party in her usual designer slut attire.  Obviously, there's not much difference between Mariah's on stage …
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
Splash News Online:
Keanu and his beach attire  —  Keanu Reeves cannot be comfortable in that outfit on the beach.  Black jacket and jeans?  I know Reeves is working on cultivating this Hollywood outsider image but who kicks it on the beach like that?  The whole point of bringing a young lady to the beach …
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The Times Tech Guild, representing 600+ NYT devs, data analysts, and more, goes on strike ahead of the US election; management offered a 2.5% annual wage rise

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