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8:50 AM ET, September 8, 2006

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TMZ.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Lindsay Victim of Major Robbery  —  TMZ has learned that Lindsay Lohan was robbed at Heathrow Airport in London this afternoon.  Scotland Yard tells TMZ a "theft of a bag at Heathrow Airport was reported to police by a 20-year-old woman."  —  They continue to say iIt is alleged …
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Bill Hutchinson / NY Daily News:
Lindsay boo-hoos over theft of big bag o' bling  —  A sobbing Lindsay Lohan pleaded yesterday for the thieves to return a bag of bling swiped from her at London's Heathrow Airport.  —  The "Mean Girls" actress was in tears as she was photographed shortly after discovering she was target of the grand-theft caper.
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:   BREAKING: Lindsay Lohan's Hermes Birkin Bag Stashed With Jewelry is Stolen!
People.com:
Ellen Called to Oscar Duty  —  She's been an Emmy winner and an Emmy host, but now TV talk-show queen Ellen DeGeneres is taking on the movies.  DeGeneres will host the Oscars next February, her first time ever emceeing the telecast, the Motion Picture Academy has announced.
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Kevin: Britney Craves Chipped Ice  —  With their second child together due later this month, Kevin Federline told Ellen DeGeneres on her eponymous talk show Wednesday that wife Britney Spears's cravings are "not too bad" compared to a year ago, before the birth of son Sean Preston.
Discussion: Dlisted
Associated Press:
Ellen DeGeneres tapped to host Oscars  —  LOS ANGELES - Ellen DeGeneres has been tapped to host next year's Oscars, the Academy of Motions Pictures Arts and Sciences said Thursday.  —  It will be the comedian and TV talker's first time hosting the Oscars show and first appearance on the award show.
Discussion: POPSUGAR
oscars.org:
79th Academy Awards Show Producer  —  79th Academy Awards Host  —  Ellen DeGeneres has been set to host the 79th Academy Awards telecast, producer Laura Ziskin announced today.  It will be DeGeneres' first time as Oscar® host, as well as her first appearance on an Academy Awards telecast.
Discussion: popbytes and TV Squad
TMZ.com:
Paris Pulled Over Twice in One Night  —  TMZ has learned that Paris Hilton's arrest for DUI wasn't her first run-in with cops Wednesday evening.  Sources who attended the "Head to Hollywood" event at the Dragonfly nightclub in Hollywood —Paris' last stop before her arrest …
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Jeremiah Marquez / Associated Press:
Paris Hilton arrested in DUI case  —  LOS ANGELES - Paris Hilton was arrested early Thursday for investigation of driving under the influence, police said.  Hilton was arrested shortly before 12:30 a.m. after being pulled over in Hollywood, said police Officer I. Isabella, who declined to give his first name.
Discussion: Splash News Online
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Steven Corfe / WOW Report:
The Old In-N-Out  —  While lesser websites are scrutinizing …
Discussion: TMZ.com and Defamer
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Suri Cruise Conspiracy Rumor of the Day … Conspiracy Theory [Janet Charlton]
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Janet Charlton / Janet Charlton's Hollywood:
CONSPIRACY THEORY  —  Ok, we weren't going to bother spreading …
Discussion: Felt Up
Amy Elisa Keith / People.com:
Shanna: I Was 100% Faithful to Travis  —  Last month, Shanna Moakler's husband and Meet the Barkers costar Travis Barker filed for divorce, charging that the former Miss U.S.A. had cheated on him and neglected their kids.  —  But Moakler, 30, tells PEOPLE in its new issue that she's a good mom …
Discussion: celebridiot.com and Hollyscoop
Starpulse:
Emma Roberts Is The New Face of Dooney & Bourke  —  Continuing with the mega successful introduction of his teen trend collection over the past four years, designer Peter Dooney introduces a new collection targeted to today's young consumer.  To symbolize the spirit of the collection …
Brad Pitt / Esquire:
No. 16: Brad Pitt's Sketchbook  —  (My List) Fifteen Things I Think Everyone Should Know  —  The Drug War  —  I'll agree that drugs are harmful, but we spend $40 billion a year on the drug war and $8 billion a year incarcerating people, 25 percent of whom are in there for drugs.
Defamer:
BEN AFFLECK TEACHES MASTER CLASS IN HOW TO PICK UP FRENCH-CANADIAN CHICKS  —  We don't have a lot of background on the above video (apologies if you've seen it before, but it's new and amazing to us), in which Ben Affleck plops Montreal TV host Anne-Marie Losique in his lap during an interview …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Haute Gossip
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Letterman inks CBS deal for 4 more years  —  NEW YORK - David Letterman is planning to outlast Jay Leno in late-night television.  CBS Corp. and Letterman have agreed to a four-year contract extension that will keep the comic on the "Late Show" through the 2009-10 television season …
Discussion: TV Envy and TV Squad
Michael K / Dlisted:
Courtney Needs to Lay Off the Plastic!  —  When I first saw these pics of Courtney Love at the Suicide Girls 5th Anniversary party last night, I immediately thought of this creepy fetish website that's into fake women masks.  Like these masks look more natural than Courtney.  WTH did this ho do to her face?
Discussion: The Deli
Jane Ridley / NY Daily News:
Pop star spree!  —  Poised for her debut on 'Fashion Rocks' tomorrow, Rihanna takes us shopping  —  Like every other teenage girl on the planet, R&B singer Rihanna likes nothing better than going shopping.  —  The 18-year-old needs no excuse to hit stores such as Barneys New York, where she picked her fall fashion favorites.
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
NY Daily News:
A conversation with Kylie  —  Superstar Minogue, winning her battle with cancer, chats about struggling, surviving and her hunky boyfriend  —  Superstar Australian singer Kylie Minogue has been out of the spotlight for more than a year battling breast cancer.
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
Michael K / Dlisted:
How Many Men Does It Take To Get Posh Out of a Boat?  —  Look at all these dudes trying to help her skinny ass out of that boat in Venice today.  I mean a light breeze could carry that ho to safe ground.  Someone on the boat should've just blown her way and she would've been halfway down the block.
 
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TMZ.com:
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Daily Mail:
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usmagazine.com:
Rachel Bilson Over 'The O.C.'
Discussion: Egotastic! and HotRag.net
Gallery of the Absurd:
Suri's First Portrait  —  Since so many people are debating …
Discussion: Celebrity Hijinx
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Terri Irwin's Mom: She's 'Having Hard Time'
POPSUGAR:
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Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
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TMZ.com:
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Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Angelina Jolie Says 'I Do'
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Tori's Ex-husband Is Ready to Dish The Dirt
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K-Fed Loses Control On Ellen
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Bringing Whitney Back  —  Desperation finds a saving grace in J. Records.
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Financial Times:
Sources: New York Sun owner Dovid Efune is close to striking a deal to buy The Telegraph for £550M+, more than what others like National World offered

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Kamala Harris, who has mostly avoided interviews over the past few months, readies a media blitz, including the Call Her Daddy podcast, The View, and 60 Minutes

Wall Street Journal:
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