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9:50 AM ET, August 17, 2006

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People.com:
Jennifer Aniston Sets the Record Straight: 'I'm Not Engaged!'  —  Jennifer Aniston, in an exclusive interview today with PEOPLE, denied published reports that she and Vince Vaughn are engaged, calling the stories "insane" and saying that "people are getting fed a lot of bull."
Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna / People.com:
Travis Barker: I'm Still in Love with Shanna  —  Travis Barker isn't keeping quiet about the reasons he's divorcing his wife and Meet the Barkers costar Shanna Moakler.  —  a week after he filed for divorce - Barker, 30, posted a scathing message on his MySpace.com page accusing Moakler …
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Sarah Hall / E! Online:   The Barkers Meet MySpace
The Superficial:   Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler take advantage of MySpace
PerezHilton.com:
What Exactly Is Going On Here?  —  Filed Under: Exclusives!  > Lindsay Lohan
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Useless Things
Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Tyra Recruits More "Top Model" Wannabes  —  Call it the ultimate battle of style over substance.  —  As several of its writers continue to strike for union-level wages and benefits, the powers that be at America's Next Top Model have revealed the latest batch of catwalk hopefuls looking …
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Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
ANTM Is Back, Bitches  —  America's Next Top Model has revealed the 13 girls who will by enduring inane photo shoots, catwalk lessons from the shiny-legged Miss J, an obligatory make-over in which one of them will receive a severe short, blonde haircut and strange booty-shaking lessons …
Associated Press:
Spears says baby No. 2 was not planned  —  NEW YORK - Britney Spears, expecting baby No. 2, says she and husband Kevin Federline didn't plan the pregnancy.  "It just kind of happened," the 24-year-old singer reveals in an interview in the latest issue of People magazine, on newsstands Friday.
The Sun:
Lohan sexy black listed  —  LAZY LOHAN has been banned from a JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE gig this weekend - because she's bad for his image.  —  Justin is playing a showcase of new album FutureSex/LoveSounds at the House Of Blues in Los Angeles on Saturday.  —  And the snake-hipped singer's management …
PerezHilton.com:
Kate Hudson: From Mild to Wild  —  You know it's going to be a good day when you start things off with juiciness such as this!  —  Before today, we used to care about Kate Hudson the way we care about a fart: with passing indifference, knowing it's just a necessary process of the digestive system.
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Splash News Online:
Are these pictures the proof?
Discussion: The Superficial
Alison Gee / People.com:
Blink-182 Rocker & Wife Welcome a Son  —  Former blink-182 singer-guitarist Tom DeLonge and his wife, furniture designer Jennifer, have welcomed their second child, Jonas Rocket DeLonge, the musician's rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.  —  The baby, who was born at 5:03 p.m. on Wednesday in Los Angeles …
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
People.com:
Elizabeth Vargas Welcomes a Baby Boy  —  ABC news anchor Elizabeth Vargas has given birth to a baby boy, PEOPLE has confirmed.  —  Samuel Wyatt Cohn, who was born on Wednesday with a full head of hair, weighs in at 7 lbs. 9 oz.  —  This is the second child for Vargas and her husband …
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Associated Press:
Baby boy for ABC's Elizabeth Vargas
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
Phil / Egotastic!:
Don't Call Nicole Richie Anorexic  —  You can call her disgusting, skeletal, ugly, a bag of bones, annoying, that girl that never would have been famous if it wasn't for the fact that Paris Hilton made a stupid sex tape that got on the internet which in turn got her a reality show deal …
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POPSUGAR:
Paris Promotes in South Beach  —  Paris was all over South Beach yesterday celebrating her new album, which hits stores August 22nd.  She first stopped at Spec's for the record signing, and then moved on to Suite to party with Nicky and best friends Brandon Davis and Scott Storch.
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Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
It's Always Exciting When A Feud Arises in Pop Music
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and TMZ.com
New York Post:
SLIPPERY WAGON  —  RECENTLY rehabbed oil heir Brandon Davis is hitting the bottle again.  At the launch party for Paris Hilton's debut album at Suite in Miami, a drunken Davis climbed onstage and announced to the crowd, "I wrote a special new song called 'Firecrotch,' and it's for Lindsay Lohan!"
Discussion: Haute Gossip and Celebritology
Phil / Egotastic!:
Jessica Biel's Ass is the Real Illusion  —  There is no way that Jessica Biel's ass is for real.  Here she is at the New York premiere of her new film The Illusionist, but it's her ass that's the real illusion.  —  I don't know if it's some kind of special effect, ass implants …
CNN:
Sources: Arrest made in JonBenet Ramsey case  —  (CNN) — Authorities have arrested a suspect in the decade-old JonBenet Ramsey murder investigation, law enforcement sources told CNN on Wednesday.  —  A law enforcement source identified the suspect as 41-year-old John Mark Carr, a one-time school teacher.
National Enquirer:
MEL'S NOT IN REHAB - HE'S AT HOME  —  After his traumatic arrest, and anti semitic outburst recently, Mel Gibson piously promised to get help - but THE ENQUIRER has learned that the long-time alcoholic has NOT checked into rehab, he's at home.  —  The former Oscar winner is refusing to enter …
Discussion: Defamer and Seriously? OMG!
Splash News Online:
Mary-Kate Olsen visits some friends  —  Does[ Golum] Mary-Kate Olsen have a calcium deficiency?  She is always hunched over in all the pictures I see of her.  Her bags can't be that heavy can they?
Virginia Heffernan / New York Times:
That Narrator in the Third Season of 'Laguna Beach' Is, Like, So Lame  —  I'm concerned about the narrator of the third season of "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County."  Is the new girl up to the job?  —  It's an exalted post, the starring role, and not suitable for anyone with bad nerves.
Discussion: reality blurred
Spud Web / TV with MeeVee:
MeeVee Exclusive: Hell's Kitchen Interview  —  Heather West.  Meet the 26 year-old New Yorker who, along with millions of viewers, stood in disbelief as Gordon Ramsay unlocked the door to her dreams.  So what did the tenacious Hell's Kitchen starlet have to say about her reality feat?
Discussion: TVgasm
Neil Davey / MegaStar:
Phillippe for The Dark Knight?  —  MegaStar says: 'Is there anyone in Hollywood NOT involved in this sequel?'  —  Having been one of the first to break the news that Heath Ledger is playing The Joker in the forthcoming Batman Begins sequel, we might have more casting info.
Discussion: WOW Report and Cinematical
New York Post:
TOM CRUISE TO THE  —  RESCUE(S)  —  CALL us cynical, but is Tom Cruise really as heroic as his handlers like to claim?  —  The wacky superstar and fiancée Katie Holmes were widely reported to have pulled over when they saw an accident on L.A.'s 101 freeway last Saturday …
Discussion: Celebrity Hijinx
 
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