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4:50 AM ET, August 28, 2006

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Lynn Elber / Associated Press:
'24,' 'Office' win Emmys for best series  —  LOS ANGELES - The groundbreaking action series "24," which turns one dangerous day into a season, ended Sunday with a bang as it won Emmys for best drama series and best actor for Kiefer Sutherland.  —  "The Office" was honored as best comedy although its star …
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Celebguru
Elizabeth Leonard / People.com:
Cruise Wrongly Accused of Sexist Remark  —  Tom Cruise got slammed last week in Australia, where he was named winner of the "Celebrity Ernie Award" for a so-called sexist comment that award organizers claim he made.  Only, he didn't make it.  —  The comment in question …
Discussion: Celebguru
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
The Daily Show Scores, Manilow Sings  —  At Sunday's 58th annual Emmy Awards, The Daily Show for the fourth year in a row took the prize for outstanding variety, music or comedy show.  —  Accepting his award, host Jon Stewart, who produces the also-nominated The Colbert Report, said …
Discussion: Voxefx
New York Post:
FOXY'S 'STICKY FINGERS'  —  BOUTIQUE SAYS DIVA STOLE TWO $400 BELTS  —  Hip-hop's delinquent diva Foxy Brown may soon have a larceny rap - and we're not talking about her next album.  —  Cops are investigating claims made by an upscale Greenwich Village boutique that Brown stormed …
The Post Chronicle:
Jackson Accuses Rowe Of Breaking Contract  —  Michael Jackson has hit back at ex-wife Debbie Rowe's demands for money, insisting the former nurse has already been paid all she is entitled to.  —  Former dermatologist's nurse Rowe filed suit against the Thriller hitmaker last month (Jul06) …
People.com:
Conan to Sex Up the Emmys  —  Will you have to tame your humor once you're on The Tonight Show?  —  This is the sense of humor I've been working with since the first grade.  I don't think I could change if I wanted to.  If I got a network note that said, "You need to become …
NME:
My Chemical Romance shelled by crowd  —  Band bottled at Carling Weekend: Reading Festival  —  My Chemical Romance have been subjected to a heavy bottling while performing on stage at the Carling Weekend: Reading Festival today (August 27).  —  The band were pelted repeatedly by the audience throughout their set on the main stage.
Ulrica Wihlborg / People.com:
Days of Our Lives Stars Get Married  —  Turns out, the second time is the charm for Days of Our Lives costars Billy Warlock and Julie Pinson.  —  The two were married in Las Vegas Saturday after being engaged twice, their rep has confirmed exclusively to PEOPLE.  The intimate ceremony was attended by family and close friends.
Discussion: Seriously? OMG!
TMZ.com:
Brad Pitt's Birth Control Problem  —  Imagine for a moment Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone kicking another high profile A-list male movie star to the Melrose Ave. curb and venting to the Wall Street Journal that there is no place on the Paramount lot for a production company that failed to lock down its name.
Just Jared:
Cooper Hoffman: Philip Seymour Hoffman's Son  —  This Hoff's Hot, The Other's Not  —  We're talking about Philip Seymour Hoffman, of course!  Hoffman (Capote, MI:3) was spotted out and about in NYC this past Wednesday with his family — pregnant longtime girlfriend Mimi O'Donnell and three-year-old son Cooper Hoffman.
Just Jared:
Rachel Bilson: Birthday Party  —  Bilson's Birthday Bash  —  Rachel Bilson keep things intimate yesterday as she turned a quarter of a century old (that's 25, genius)!  The O.C. starlet (carrying around her bag from the Teen Choice Awards) celebrated with on-and-off-screen boyfriend Adam Brody, 26, and her parents (inset).
FemaleFirst:
Wentworth Miller Completes Screenplay.  —  Wentworth Miller Completes Screenplay.... Prison Break star Wentworth Miller is eyeing a second career as a writer after completing his first screenplay.  —  The heart-throb, who plays tattooed jailbird Michael Scofield in the hit prison show …
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Hicks Sues to Keep Early Songs off Market  —  Taylor Hicks has won round one of his legal effort to stop a producer from selling songs he recorded before his American Idol victory.  —  On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Virginia Emerson Hopkins issued a ruling temporarily barring Nashville …
TMZ.com:
Hottest Videos — Week of 08/20  —  "Celebrity Duets" contestant and wrestling super star Chris Jericho showed TMZ and some lucky McDonald's patrons his chops while handing out cheeseburgers.  He's a true renaissance man.  —  No one drops the F-bomb like Meat Loaf.
Just Jared:
Janet Jackson Topless  —  Janet: "I've Never Worn So Little"  —  Never worn so little?  How about at the Supebowl?  —  New Album.  New Body.  Same burning desire.  A not so covered up Janet Jackson takes the cover of FHM October 2006.  She talks about her whole new world of sexuality …
Ritu / Celebguru:
Pete Doherty is disgustinggives cocaine to teens in rehab  —  Pete Doherty is Disgusting...gives Cocaine to Teens in Rehab  —  People like Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty just don't deserve mercy, apparently he doesn't have desire to get cleaned and can't see others doing it.
FemaleFirst:
Knowles' diet warning  —  Beyoncé Knowles has warned fans not to try her extreme diet.  —  The 'Deja Vu' singer had to drop two dress sizes for her role in new film 'Dreamgirls' so she survived on a diet of just maple syrup, lemon juice and water.  —  The star lost an incredible 20lbs …
Discussion: HotRag.net
Life Style Extra:
Britney Spears' belly kiss refusal  —  LIFE STYLE EXTRA (UK) - Britney Spears refused to let Jessica Simpson kiss her pregnant belly.  —  Jessica allegedly made the bizarre request to the heavily pregnant Britney backstage at the Teen Choice Awards.  —  An eyewitness claims …
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
At Least He Is A Good Dad  —  Despite the couch jumping, the Scientology crap, and the recent break up with Paramount, Tom Cruise manages to show up to his children's baseball game.  Thursday in L.A. Tom took time out to visit Conor and Isabella.  —  Photos of him (which are bound to surface soon) …
Discussion: Defamer
 
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: NBC's new deal with Macy's to keep the Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC and Peacock has an average annual fee of $60M+, up from ~$20M in the current deal

Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Filing: Disney agrees to pay $43.25M to settle a 2019 lawsuit over pay equity for up to 14,000 female Disney employees; the trial was set to begin in May 2025

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