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7:10 PM ET, August 9, 2006

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Sarah Hall / E! Online:
Jen and Vince Deny Latest Engagement Rumor  —  Looks like Oprah Winfrey can continue holding off on those $8 million wedding plans.  —  Despite making a joint appearance on Us Weekly's latest cover under the blaring headline, "Vince Proposes!  Jen Says Yes!," Jennifer Aniston …
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Trent / Pink Is The New Blog:
My Hump, My Hump, My Hump, My Hump Day Post  —  OY!  I'm back in LA ... had a long flight with lay over in Memphis, TN ... I crashed pretty hard last night ... but let's get to it ...  Here are new pictures of Britney Spears, rockin' the uberPink, with Sean Preston at a recording studio earlier this week ... could it be?
PerezHilton.com:
"Not Engaged"  —  As publicists are prone to do, in response …
Discussion: We Love Celebs!
ETonline:
Robin Williams In Rehab  —  This just in — ET breaks the news that Oscar-winning actor ROBIN WILLIAMS has been admitted into rehab for alcohol abuse.  —  A rep for the 55-year-old star released the following statement to ET:  —  "After 20 years of sobriety, Robin Williams found himself drinking again …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Robin Williams in Rehab!  —  Robin Williams was recently missing at The Night Listener premiere in NYC.  The reason?  Bitch was in rehab.  According to The National Enquirer he checked into the Hazleden Springbrook Rehab Clinic in Newburg, Oregon on July 11th.  The tabloid also has a picture of Robin walking around the town.
People.com:
Robin Williams Enters Rehab
Discussion: The Superficial
X17online.com:
Britney Doesn't Hide Behind Sheet While Walking To Her Car  —  Okay, Britney's doing what she thinks a celebrity should do by hiding from photographers behind a sheet as she leaves a Hollywood recording studio with baby Sean today.  It's a well-known bodyguard trick to carry a queen-sized Egyptian cotton …
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TMZ.com:   Britney Back in the Studio?  —  Cameras caught Britney Spears leaving …
People.com:
Meet 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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Travis Barker Files / MTV:
Stars of 'Meet the Barkers' ending marriage after 22 months.  —  First Nick and Jessica, then Carmen and Dave — and now Travis and Shanna?  —  Times sure are tough for former MTV reality-show couples (see "Carmen Electra, Dave Navarro Separate After Three Years Of Marriage" and "It's Official: Jessica Simpson And Nick Lachey Split").
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Tabloid alleges Mel Gibson has troubled past  —  Plus: New romance doesn't thrill ex-'Newlywed' Jessica Simpson  —  Mel Gibson's past is the subject of an upcoming National Enquirer article.  —  FREE VIDEO … Looks like boozing may not be Mel Gibson's only problem.
Discussion: A Socialite's Life and Celebitchy
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MollyGood:
If Paris and Nicole's feud is a hoax, do we all lose?  —  Paris Hilton, shown here at Diddy's white party where, if I am understanding this correctly, she broke up with Stavros via text message despite both being in the same f-ing place, may have been swindling us all with this whole Nicole Richie feud.
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Heidi Klum Gets Her Own Bra  —  CBS News talks about Heidi Klum's new bra: … I'd love to have a bra named after me, but I don't know how successful "The Nose" would be on the women's underwear market.
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CBS News:   Heidi Klum Gets Her Own Bra
New York Post:
SURI FILM!  —  SURI Cruise's days of being a mys tery baby some be lieve doesn't really exist are about up.  Sources say Vanity Fair has landed the first photos of the care fully guarded tot spawned by Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes last April.  The pictures were taken by ce lebrity snapper Annie Leibovitz …
Jenny / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:
Jenna Loves Dave Navarro  —  Dave Navarro and Jenna Jameson are now a couple.  Yes, Jenna is married, but she reportedly left her husband not long before she started dating Navarro who recently split from Carmen Electra.  Via Star magazine: … So, it's just one big incestuous type orgy-thing which has come full circle.
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Hollywoodtuna:
Jenna Jameson's Dating A Big Mistake
Discussion: Bumpshack.com and Star
Roger Friedman / Fox News:
Mel Gibson's New Movie 'Being Shopped'  —  Red Buttons |  World Trade Center  —  Disney once again finds itself in the position of having a movie it no longer wants.  —  Mel Gibson's movie "Apocalypto," which Disney was supposed to release on Dec. 8, is "being shopped" to other potential distributors, sources tell me.
Associated Press:
Bruce Willis sues former friend  —  LOS ANGELES - Bruce Willis has sued a childhood friend, claiming he tried to extort at least $100,000 from him by threatening to release private photos of the action star.  —  The lawsuit claims that Bruce DiMattia was "overcome by greed" and was …
Hollywoodtuna:
Jennifer Love Hewitt's Boyfriend Is Real Cool  —  Some of you think I'm going to make fun of that pregnancy top Jennifer Love Hewitt is wearing to cover her newly shaped lower half, which we discovered last week, but truth is Jennifer will always be damn cute.  However, the real problem is the shirt her boyfriend has on.
Phil / Egotastic!:
Jude Law Dumps Sienna Miller's Crotch  —  According to The New York Post, Jude Law has broken up with Sienna Miller for the last time.  Or at least until next Tuesday.  Really, it's just a matter of time until the King and Queen of relationship indecision undecide to get back together, or split up again, or whatever.
Discussion: New York Post
Richard / Proceed at your own risk:
NEW YORK HEAT WAVE NO. 2  —  For the second week in a row, New York City has experienced an extraordinary heatwave.  However, last week I hid behind my air conditioners.  This week I hid behind my camera.  Times Square is often called the Center of the Universe.
Lisa Ingrassia / People.com:
Kristin Cavallari & Brody Jenner Break Up  —  Laguna Beach star Kristin Cavallari, 19, and her boyfriend, Brody Jenner, 22, have split, PEOPLE has confirmed.  —  "Yes, Brody and I broke up," Cavallari tells PEOPLE.  "It's just hard right now because I am working all the time.  We're still good friends though."
Michael K / Dlisted:
"Hey Paparazzi, We're Behind the Palm!"  - TomKat  —  Sucio!  Here's TomKat acting madly in love in front of the cameras.  I love Tom's usual uniform of I'm totally gay, but want to be straight so bad.  Gay Al has the same kind of fashion choices.  As for Katie, homegirl shops at Dress Barn.
New York Post:
SPAT: AARON WHO?  —  THE mutual hatred of Tori Spelling and her mother, Candy, is making it impossible to honor the memory of the family's patriarch, TV producer Aaron Spelling.  Candy not only had Tori cut out of her father's will - sources close to Tori now claim Candy has put the kibosh …
Just Jared:
Nicole Kidman: Pilates Princess  —  Nicole Kidman keeps her form with a morning Pilates class in Los Angeles yesterday morning.  To avoid causing a stir up front, Nicole entered and exited the gym through the side entrance.  She may be nearly 40, but Nicole was recently announced …
Discussion: HotRag.net
Contactmusic.com:
HASSELHOFF: 'AM I THE ANTICHRIST?'  —  DAVID HASSELHOFF fears he may be the Antichrist after reading conspiracy theories about himself on the internet.  The former BAYWATCH star confesses he's hooked on searching his own name on the net and reading the wacky entries fans post.  He says, "I Google myself.
Just Jared:
Jodie Foster Looking FIERCE in "The Brave One"  —  Jodie Foster is Fierce  —  DANG!!!!!!!!!  Jodie Foster looked FIERCE yesterday evening as she filmed revenge pic The Brave One in Brooklyn, NY.  Jodie, 42, was also spotted shooting scenes (bandaged up and using a hospital wing closed …
 
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