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2:40 PM ET, August 22, 2006

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Lisa Ingrassia / People.com:
Brittany Murphy, Fiancé End Engagement  —  Brittany Murphy and Joe Macaluso, engaged since last New Year's Eve, have broken off their engagement, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.  —  The two "have amicably ended their engagement.  They remain close friends and wish each other much happiness," a rep for Murphy tells PEOPLE.
NY Daily News:
From the pen of Lindsay's dad  —  Prison inmate Michael Lohan is dipping his toe in the shark-infested waters of editorial cartooning.  —  Lindsay Lohan's dad - serving time at the Collins Correctional Facility outside Buffalo - has just sent Lowdown an epic drawing depicting his troubled relationship …
Trent / Pink Is The New Blog:
Break  —  Talk about bringing sexy back (and now, thanks to Justin's song we're gonna be using that phrase for quite some time now), here are amazing new pictures of Jude Law playing a little game of cricket with some friends on the beach over the weekend ...
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TMZ.com:
Smell It Like Beckham  —  With music, sports and tabloids under their belt, David and Victoria Beckham are now ready to conquer the perfume industry as well.  —  The British super couple have unveiled their new fragrances entitled "Intimately Beckham for Him" and "for Her."
Sky News:
MEET BECKHAM LOOKALIKES  —  We all know that Victoria and David Beckham are mightily busy people.  —  But imagine being so famous that you can just call on your impersonators to rock up to an event instead of you.  —  And so it is for Posh and Becks.  —  At the launch of their new perfume …
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Officials say Madonna's liquid plan is all wet  —  Plus: Ashton Kutcher knows his place, as Demi Moore's accessory  —  When Madonna isn't busy being crucified in concert or horseback riding in the English countryside, she wants to use the powers of Kabbalah to rid the world of nuclear waste.
NY Daily News:
Oops!  Pete's otherwise engaged  —  Did supermodel-loving junkie Pete Doherty miss his own wedding Saturday?  —  His girlfriend, Kate Moss, flew 14 close friends, including her brother Nick, to a resort in Bali last week, causing widespread speculation the couple was planning to get married.
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
Erin Carlson / Associated Press:
Kevin Federline's TV rap debut panned  —  NEW YORK - Kevin Federline's TV debut as a rapper is getting derided as a not-ready-for-prime-time disaster by critics in cyberspace and the hip-hop community.  —  On Sunday, Federline — also known as K-Fed and Mr. Britney Spears — performed his new single …
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
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PerezHilton.com:
The Hip Hop Community: "We Don't Want Kevin Federline!"
Discussion: Pop Crunch
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Paris Hilton: My Album's So Good, 'I Cry'  —  Paris Hilton is releasing her album Paris on Tuesday, though for the 25-year-old hotel heiress, socialite and star of The Simple Life, making music is nothing new, she reveals.  —  "When I was little," she tells Blender magazine for its September issue …
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POPSUGAR:
Kristin Cavallari Gets All Hot For Blender  —  Kristin Cavallari almost had a scary run in with Jessica at the Teen Choice Awards last night.  Love the drama.  OAN reports that the two blondes shared the red carpet at one point.  Oh I love the drama.  Here's more:
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Bricks and Stones:
Nick, Jessica Dodge Run-In at Teen Awards
Discussion: Hollyscoop and lePaparazzi
TMZ.com:
Vaughniston's Award-Winning Chemistry  —  Though Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn maintain they are not, and never have been, a couple, the two were awarded "Choice Movie Chemistry" for their relationship in the film "The Break-Up."  —  Appearing to be anything but a couple …
Discussion: Just Jared
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MollyGood:   Brooke Hogan is a glutton for punishment
PerezHilton.com:   Caption Me: Blinded by Brooke
Hollywoodtuna:
Ashlee Simpson's New Look Has Benefits  —  It wasn't long ago that I hated Ashlee Simpson but it's amazing what a nose job and weight loss can do.  It's weird the way I suddenly forgot that she was caught lip-syncing on SNL, was rude to a poor McDonald's employee, and is only famous because she's Jessica Simpson's younger sister.
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New York Post:
Lindsay Lohan: 'Tabloids Ignored Ashlee Simpson's Nose Job'
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
Tony Pierce / LAist:
GLAAD Doesn't Consider Smithers Gay  —  The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation released a study today about the decline of gay characters in network television, the LA Daily News reports, and the results are shocking.  Apparently GLAAD does not consider long-time Simpsons regular Waylon Smithers a homosexual man!
Discussion: FishBowlLA and Good As You
TMZ.com:
The Three Amigos: Trouble In Paradise?  —  Could it be splitsville for Matthew McConaughey and Lance Armstrong, celebdom's most visible new BFFs?  A report today in the New York Daily News' Ben Widdicombe says that Jake Gyllenhaal has edged out Matt for the plum role of playing Lance …
Discussion: Dlisted
Alex / Best Week Ever:
ICYMI: Lohan's Family Circus  —  (Click image to view larger size.)  —  Jail can be a pretty boring place, which explains Michael Lohan's bizarre foray into satirical cartooning.  Sitting helplessly in his cell, Lindsay Lohan's daddy must rely on the power of his mighty pen if he hopes …
Jenny / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:
Hulk Hogan is Still Yellow  —  It must suck to be Hulk Hogan's fluffer.  Somebody got him ready to go out and sport his appropriately colored banana hammock and you know it wasn't that wife of his.  She looks more like Rex Kwan Do's wife, Starla, in Napoleon Dynamite than anything resembling …
Frazier Moore / Associated Press:
Chris Cuomo named news anchor of `GMA'  —  NEW YORK - Chris Cuomo will be working the early shift as news anchor of "Good Morning America" starting next month.  —  Cuomo, who is also an anchor of ABC News' "Primetime," will begin his dawn duties Sept. 5, joining anchors Diane Sawyer and Robin Roberts at the …
Just Jared:
Brad Pitt: Ocean's 13  —  Brad Pitt: Smoking Hot or Not?  —  Somebody needs to kick the habit!  Brad Pitt was spotted smoking yesterday morning on the Los Angeles set of Ocean's 13.  Brad puffed away at his cancer stick while sitting alongside O13 co-star George Clooney.
Discussion: darkhorizons.com
FemaleFirst:
Jessica Biel Seals The Deal On Auctioned Date.  —  Jessica Biel Seals The Deal On Auctioned Date.... Actress Jessica Biel dined in style on Friday (18Aug06) when the man who bid $30,000 (£16,600) for her company took her out for a meal.  —  The man, named simply John …
Discussion: Celebguru
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Paris Hilton's bed goes up for bid  —  Plus: Singer Cassie addresses her many controversies … People who want to sleep in Paris Hilton's bed now have a chance.  But the partying heiress isn't part of the deal.  —  Paris Hilton's scuffed king-size bed is being hawked …
Discussion: Hollyscoop
 
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