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1:10 AM ET, August 28, 2006

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 Top News: 
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 …
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 …
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 …
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:
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 …
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:
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
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 …
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.
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 …
Life Style Extra:
Beyoncé Knowles wedding update  —  LIFE STYLE EXTRA (UK) - Beyoncé Knowles and Jay-Z are reportedly set to marry in a lavish $3 million ceremony in late November.  —  The wedding will allegedly take place on the Caribbean island of Anguilla.  —  A source is quoted on website MSNBC …
Discussion: Smart
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
People.com:
Baywatch Star Brande Roderick Engaged  —  Actress Brande Roderick is set to wed former Denver Bronco Glenn Cadrez, her rep confirms exclusively to PEOPLE.  —  Cadrez, 36, proposed on Sunday in front of more than 30,000 spectators at the Del Mar Classic horse race in Del Mar, Calif. …
Discussion: Seriously? OMG!
People.com:
Prince to Rock ET/PEOPLE Emmys Party  —  The place to be after Sunday night's Emmys awards ceremony?  Entertainment Tonight's 10 annuals Emmys party, sponsored, for the third year, by PEOPLE.  —  Stars including Sandra Oh, Calista Flockhart and Denis Leary will head from L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium …
I Watch Stuff!:
Megatron Has A-Hole Mouth  —  More robot designs from Transformers have slipped out, these of the evil leader Megatron.  I absolutely hate it as a Transformer design, but love it as the alien rapist in an anime porn.  It's way too much.  If only these designers could strike some kind …
Discussion: TV Squad
Just Jared:
Brad & Angelina: Art Gallery  —  Brad & Angie's Art Gallery Visit  —  Here are more (and better) pictures of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at the opening of Ocean's 13 buddy Scott Caan's photography exhibit (he sold nearly 40 of his pieces) at Julian's art gallery at La Cienega and 3rd Street.
FemaleFirst:
Justin Timberlake's Britney story  —  Justin Timberlake is desperate to reveal the intimate details about his relationship with ex-lover Britney Spears.  —  The 'SexyBack' singer admits he would love to lift the lid on the pair's lengthy romance, including their sex life.
 
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From Mediagazer:

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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