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9:55 AM ET, August 28, 2006

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Lynn Elber / Associated Press:
Departed series pick up acting Emmys  —  LOS ANGELES - Departed series were the bittersweet toast of the Emmys on Sunday as "Will & Grace," "The West Wing" and "Huff" picked up acting trophies.  —  "It's not supposed to work this way, is it, when you say goodbye to something?" said …
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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
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Mariska, Kiefer Score First-Time Emmys  —  Sunday's 58th annual Emmy Awards ceremony was a big night for first-time winners.  After three nominations, Mariska Hargitay finally won her first Emmy, as leading actress in the dramatic series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
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
mariahdaily.com:
Information  —  Contact  —  To submit news, pictures and other material relating to Mariah, contact news@mariahdaily.com.  Be sure to keep in mind that due to the large amount of e-mails we receive daily, we are not always able to make individual responses.  —  Oops on Mariah // 4:48 AM EST Updated by Lynn
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
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!
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 …
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.
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 …
FemaleFirst:
Jim Carrey's sex shop visit  —  Jim Carrey and new girlfriend Jenny McCarthy have been spotted shopping for adult toys at a sex shop.  —  The comic actor and the blonde star were allegedly seen at The Pleasure Chest store, in West Hollywood, snapping up a host of adult items.
Discussion: Celebguru
Contactmusic.com:
WILSON'S GIRLFRIEND SHOCKED BY HUDSON ROMANCE REPORTS  —  LATEST: Reports linking OWEN WILSON to his YOU, ME AND DUPREE co-star KATE HUDSON came as a shock to many - including the woman Wilson was dating at the time.  Wilson had been seeing a Los Angeles public relations executive …
Discussion: Celebguru and Blog
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).
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.
New York Post:
NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY  —  EMINEM mistreated one of Hugh Hefner's bimbonic blond girlfriends at an L.A. music video shoot last week.  Kendra Wilkerson, one of the Playboy publisher's three squeezes featured on the E! channel reality show "Girls Next Door," was doused with water by the rapper on the set of …
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.
 
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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

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