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4:00 AM ET, August 31, 2006

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People.com:
Jessica Simpson's Jackass Reunion  —  Despite an injured vocal cord, Jessica Simpson hit the town Tuesday in New York City - and ended the night getting an apology from an old friend.  —  Jackass star Bam Margera, whose ex-girlfriend told a Philadelphia radio station last year that he'd hooked …
Discussion: Voxefx
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The Sun:
Brit's Kev to play sponger  —  KEVIN Federline is to appear on TV — as the deadbeat husband of a celebrity.  —  Britney Spears' hubby will be seen in three episodes of ITV4's Entourage.  —  The HBO series focuses on a hot young Hollywood actor and his freeloading mates.
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Todd / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:   K-Fed To Play Himself on "Entourage"
Ben Clerkin / Daily Mail:
Madonna and Guy row over schooling  —  For most mothers the start of the new school year is a welcome relief from the hurly-burly of the school holidays.  —  But Madonna has enjoyed seeing her children so much that she wants them to stay on her Confessions world tour with her.
Discussion: Seriously? OMG!
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Just Jared:
Rocco Ritchie  —  Madonna: 'Papa Don't Teach' … The family source added that Madonna "likes to have her children with her — otherwise she wouldn't see much of them.  They already have schools in London and Los Angeles which they float between."  —  Above is Madonna's children Rocco Ritchie …
Discussion: The Sun
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
John Travolta's Kiss  —  Mmm.  Someone's going to have to take the Scientology homo-detox course again.  —  (Image source)
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Travolta's Lip Lock
Discussion: Defamer
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Rosie to Watch Her Mouth on The View  —  As Rosie O'Donnell's first day on The View nears - she and a new set, complete with proscenium arch, will debut Sept. 5 - ABC's standards and practices department has met with the erstwhile Queen of Nice to remind her to watch her language on the air.
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TMZ.com:
Rosie Drops Some Pre-"View" Details
Discussion: Jossip and A Socialite's Life
caplakesting.com:
SURI CRUISE'S BABY POOP BRONZED FOR CHARITY  —  Healthy 'Evidence' Of Tom And Katie's Baby Goes On Ebay  —  Bronzed baby shoes are out, and bronzed baby poop is in, for Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes as they celebrate baby's "first poop".  The commemoration of baby Suri Cruise's first poop strives …
Discussion: Jossip, Defamer and Dlisted
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Katie Couric 'Loses' 20 Lbs.  - Digitally  —  Vanity, thy name is not Katie Couric.  —  The incoming CBS Evening News anchor is taking in good stride articles in both the New York Post and the city's Daily News that show a photo of her in CBS promotional magazine Watch! …
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Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Baby talk: Are Kidman photos being doctored?  —  Plus: Looks like Hilary Swank has found a new love  —  Are photo agencies manipulating Nicole Kidman's pictures to make her look pregnant?  —  That's the suggestion being made by the "Stepford Wives" star's rep - after a mag paid $20,000 …
TMZ.com:
Haley Joel Mugs for Cop Cam  —  Haley Joel Osment's photo op at a cop shop earlier this month proves one thing — celebs have figured out how to take a good mugshot.  —  Osment was arrested on August 18, a month after he crashed his 1995 Saturn into a brick pillar in Los Angeles.
Hollywoodtuna:
Jessica Biel's Back To Butch  —  It looks like Jessica Biel is done promoting her new movie The Illusionist because she's back to being a boy.  It's too bad because she was looking so good as a girl that I almost forgot the days when she could have treated me like a little bitch if she wanted to.
Meaghan Murphy / Star:
NANCY VS. MARIA ACCESS CATFIGHT  —  The claws are out on the set of Access Hollywood, where an inside source says perky host Nancy O'Dell and sexy correspondent Maria Menounos are each going for the jugular.  —  "It's a real catfight," the source titters.  "They refuse to work together and hate being in the same room with each other.
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed and Defamer
Deadspin:
"Show Me Where Mariotti Touched You, Alex"  —  We can't quite put our finger on why a picture of Ozzie Guillen talking to Alex Rodriguez while A-Rod violently adjusts his crotch region is funny .... but it nevertheless is.  —  Photo from Warren Wimmer of the Chicago Sports Review.
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Karr E-Mails Describe 'Love' for JonBenet  —  Excerpts from John Mark Karr's e-mails and phone calls to University of Colorado, Boulder journalism professor Michael Tracey were posted Monday on the Boulder County District Attorney's Web site after the case against Karr in the 1996 slaying of JonBenet Ramsey was dropped.
POPSUGAR:
Swank's Secret is Out  —  Hilary's people have been totally denying that she is involved with her CAA agent, but now the truth is out.  The two were spotted kissing in Italy.  However, this new romance may not last for too long.  Hilary's new man is separated, but has not yet filed for divorce from his wife.
Discussion: Film Experience Blog
Phil / Egotastic!:
Michelle Trachtenberg's Ass: Coming to a Theatre Near You  —  So, I need to admit something.  I don't always pay as close attention as I should.  While reading the blogs I read everyday, I'll generally skim the content for anything that pops out at me, but I don't usually go through everything word for word.
Popoholic:
Rosario Dawson Double Feature  —  Rosario Dawson is my type of girl!  No, not just because she's hot and has an incredibly long tongue which is close to licking a thong (all good reasons); I like Rosario because she's smart.  You see, she chose to be in BOTH parts of Grind House.
Andrew Hampp / AdAge:
Idea of the Day: Yahoo Music Gets Personal  —  Jessica Simpson Song Promotion Taps Into User-Created Media Space  —  NEW YORK (Adage.com) — Attention Breeze, Kimball and Zena — Jessica Simpson is singing your song.  Literally.  —  In what might be termed a first in "addressable" …
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Jossip
Claude Brodesser-Akner / TMZ.com:
Gibson Nailed in "Hebrew Hammer" Sequel  —  Mel Gibson gets blown away outside Moonshadows restaurant in Malibu, and it's coming soon to a theater near you.  —  TMZ has obtained the opening sequence of the script for the sequel to "The Hebrew Hammer," a 2003 Jewish blaxploitation comedy starring Adam Goldberg.
Discussion: FishBowlLA
 
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Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
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Sky News:
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
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