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Brian Cassey / Associated Press:
Stingray kills 'Crocodile Hunter' Irwin — CAIRNS, Australia - Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and conservationist known as the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed Monday by a stingray while filming off the Great Barrier Reef. He was 44.
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Stingray kills 'Crocodile Hunter' — SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) — Steve Irwin, the Australian TV presenter known as the "Crocodile Hunter," has died after being stung in a marine accident off Australia's north coast. — Australian media reports say Irwin was diving in waters off Port Douglas …
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NEWS.com.au:
Steve Irwin killed in freak accident at sea — A DOCTOR has told of the desperate efforts to save Australian icon Steve Irwin after the Crocodile Hunter was struck in the chest by a stingray barb today. — Irwin, 44, died this morning after being fatally injured while filming a nature documentary off Queensland.
Sydney Morning Herald:
Steve Irwin killed by stingray — Television personality and environmentalist Steve Irwin has died from a stingray wound while filming off north Queensland. — Irwin's friend of 20 years Ferre De Deyne said Irwin had been struck by the stingray while filming a documentary on tiger sharks.
People.com:
'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin Is Dead — Steve Irwin, host of the Animal Planet series The Crocodile Hunter, was killed Monday during a diving expedition off the coast of Australia, Sydney's Daily Telegraph reports. — Irwin, 44, was filming a documentary was about the Great Barrier Reef …
NEWS.com.au:
THE Crocodile Man, Steve Irwin, is dead. He was killed in a freak accident in Cairns, police sources said. — It is understood he was killed by a sting-ray barb that went through his chest. — He was 44. — He was swimming off the Low Isles at Port Douglas filming an underwater documentary when the incident happened.
BBC:
Paris Hilton targeted in CD prank — Hundreds of Paris Hilton albums have been tampered with in the latest stunt by "guerrilla artist" Banksy. — Banksy has replaced Hilton's CD with his own remixes and given them titles such as Why am I Famous?, What Have I Done? and What Am I For?
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Banksy targets Paris Hilton — 'Guerrilla artist' replaces heiress's CDs in shops with doctored versions — He has smuggled fake artwork into Tate Britain, and sprayed a vision of paradise on the Palestinian side of Israel's "security wall". — Now, the "guerrilla graffiti" …
Marc Peyser / Newsweek:
Rosie's New View — After a four-year hiatus, O'Donnell returns as part of TV's most beloved coffee klatch. An exclusive talk about her career, her critics and the Star Jones mess. — You might think that Tom Cruise doesn't have a single fan left, but you would be wrong. We found one.
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Reuters:
Ronald Isley gets 3 years for tax evasion — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Soul legend Ronald Isley, who sang such hits as "Twist and Shout" and "This Old Heart of Mine" as a member of the Isley Brothers, was sentenced on Friday to three years in federal prison for tax evasion.
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Jed Dreben / People.com:
Party of Five's Jeremy London Gets Married — Rev. Camden would approve: 7th Heaven actors Jeremy London and Melissa Cunningham were joined in holy matrimony Saturday in California, a source confirms to PEOPLE. (London played young minister Chandler Hampton from 2002-2004 on the long-running WB show …
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BILSON'S HORROR AT SEX SCENES — Actress RACHEL BILSON refused to strip off for raunchy scenes in new movie THE LAST KISS, forcing studio bosses to call in a body double. The 24-year-old star of hit TV show THE OC baulked at the steamy scenes with SCRUBS star ZACH BRAFF …
Access Hollywood:
Billy's Blog: Baby Talk With Jeremy Piven (August 29, 2006) — Well I'm taking a little heat in the blogosphere (which leads to some radio) for the Jeremy Piven interview at the NBC Emmy Red Carpet Special. Whoops. — If you don't know my history with Piven (and who would), it looks like he's repulsed by my line of questioning.
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Nekesa Mumbi Moody / Associated Press:
Thrill is gone at MTV Video Music Awards — NEW YORK - When a wooden politician delivers the best line of the MTV Music Video Awards, you know the thrill is gone. So was the decadence, outrageousness and spontaneity that used to make the VMAs such a guilty pleasure.
NY Daily News:
What cut Janeane's Air supply — Was it a disagreement over covering the 9/11 anniversary that cost Janeane Garofalo her perch on Air America? — She went from being a daily co-host to "guest host" status in July, for reasons that were not clear at the time.
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Liz Clarke / Washington Post:
Sharing Court Doesn't Mean Match for Sharapova, Roddick — Desperate to give disappointed ticket holders at least a semblance of entertainment Saturday at the U.S. Open, where rain washed out every match on the schedule, tournament officials asked Maria Sharapova and Andy Roddick if they would hit …
Rav Singh / News of the World:
GERI'S TOT HORROR — The tiny tot was shrieking when furious Geri, 34, turned on the nanny and screamed: "What's happened? What have you done to my baby?" — But the nanny — believed to have been hired from an agency while Geri looks for a permanent carer — said nothing …
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