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11:20 AM ET, September 26, 2006

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 Top News: 
Noelle / US Weekly:
Reality Star Enters "Arrested in the Company of a Porn Model" Phase of His Career  —  Laguna Beach's resident d-uchebag, Jason Wahler, has been arrested for the second time this month.  According to Perez Hilton and TMZ, the LAPD arrested Wahler on Friday at 5:30 p.m. for misdemeanor battery.
Discussion: reality blurred
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PerezHilton.com:
Jason Wahler Arrested AGAIN!  —  Former Laguna Beach-er Jason Wahler has been arrested for the second time in less than a month, PerezHilton.com has learned exclusively.  —  Lauren Conrad's ex-boyfriend was arrested on Friday and charged with battery, sources tell us.
TMZ.com:
"Laguna Beach" Star Arrested ... Again  —  For the second time this month, "Laguna Beach" star Jason Wahler has been arrested.  As Perez Hilton first reported, the LAPD arrested Wahler on Friday at 5:30PM for misdemeanor battery and set his bail at $20,000.  According to LAPD documents, he was released Saturday afternoon.
Associated Press:
Oprah says her lawyers overreacted  —  NEW YORK - Oprah Winfrey says her lawyers shouldn't have gone after the man who is trying to promote her as a candidate for president.  Not because she's running, mind you.  —  "I feel flattered by it," the 52-year-old talk-show host told The Associated Press on Monday.
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Tim Nudd / People.com:
Oprah Winfrey's Radio Station Debuts  —  You can add radio to Oprah Winfrey's media empire: The TV host's new Oprah & Friends channel debuted at 10 a.m. Monday on XM Satellite Radio.  —  Airing on XM channel 156, Oprah & Friends will feature original programming from Winfrey's Harpo Productions …
TMZ.com:
Oprah Lords Over White Folk, Talks Poop on XM
People.com:
Colin Farrell's 'Stalker' Apologizes  —  The woman who confronted Colin Farrell during a taping of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in July apologized Monday - but insisted she's no stalker.  —  During a hearing Monday in which judge John Reid upheld a restraining order against her until August 2009 …
Discussion: Dlisted
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Gibson's remarks draw still more controversy  —  Plus: Paris Hilton's ignorance embarrassing to company  —  Get ready for more Mel Gibson controversy.  —  The "Apocalypto" director recently made widely reported comments drawing parallels between Mayan culture shortly before it collapsed …
Discussion: TMZ.com, The DarkHat and Derek Hail
NY Daily News:
Fox News' war zone is the D.C. bureau  —  Marital sniping may have led to the departure of Brit Hume's wife, Kim, from Fox News last week.  —  Kim Hume's imminent exit as Fox's D.C. bureau chief was announced Thursday.  The buzz out of Washington is that she and the anchorman had been tattletaling …
Discussion: Gossip Rocks Forum
NY Daily News:
Bobby drives too hard a bargain  —  Now that Whitney Houston has filed for divorce, R&B crooner Bobby Brown has to plan for a future without a rich wife.  —  I hear that the 37-year-old Brown — who reportedly has been staying in L.A. with "Video Vixen" Karinne Steffans since separating from Houston …
Discussion: Bossip
Andy / Towleroad:
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE AND THE UNABOMBER: SEPARATED AT BIRTH?  —  More photos from a new Bon magazine photoshoot after the jump...
Samuel Maull / Associated Press:
NYC judge dismisses Gest's assault case  —  NEW YORK - A judge threw out a $10 million civil assault lawsuit Monday filed against Liza Minnelli by her estranged husband, David Gest, who claimed she beat him so badly during alcoholic rages he had to be hospitalized.
David Bauder / Associated Press:
First-canceled: Does `hiatus' count?  —  NEW YORK - The sharks are circling around the first potential casualty of the new television season.  —  The folks at Bravo's "Brilliant But Cancelled" Web site, which is running a sweepstakes asking viewers to guess which new television show …
Celebrity gossip:
Steven Tyler: I have hepatitis C!  —  In exclusive interview with Access Hollywood, Steven Tyler, admitted he is suffering from hepatitis C for couple of years now.  I'm guessing he probably contracted the disease while being a drug addict. … Poor Steven, hope he'll manage to get out of this …
Tim Nudd / People.com:
Janet Jackson: I Don't Talk to Justin  —  Janet Jackson hasn't spoken to Justin Timberlake since the infamous "wardrobe malfunction" at the 2004 Super Bowl - but she plans to reconcile with him in her own time, she revealed on The Oprah Winfrey Show Monday.  —  "We haven't spoken.
Michael K / Dlisted:
LederHOsen  —  Parasite Hilton is currently in Germany to attend Oktoberfest, hawk her failed album and also promote Rich Prosecco, a drink she is endorsing.  She donned a traditional Dirndl costume at a press conference for the beverage today.  —  She told photographers that she loves her dress …
Michael K / Dlisted:
Flavor of Love 2: Bow to the Bootz  —  We are down to 4 whores and the competition is getting vicious.  New York read the latest Flav-O-Gram:  —  "Ladies, now that I'm down to my 4 prime cuts it's time to start slicking things up a bit."  —  Slicking?!  More on this in a bit.
Discussion: JuiicyScoop
Chris Auchterlonie / Splash News Online:
Marketing Perfection  —  If you were going to make a sparkling wine and put it in a can instead of the traditional bottle and cork, who would you choose to be the face of your product?  If you said Paris Hilton then you and the people of Rich Prosecco are on the same page.
Discussion: Drunken Stepfather
Tim Nudd / People.com:
Blues Guitarist Etta Baker Dies at 93  —  Etta Baker, a blues guitarist from North Carolina who influenced generations of musicians, from 1960s folkies to modern-day blues rockers, died on Saturday at 93.  —  No cause of death was given, but her health had been failing in recent years …
 
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New York Post:
TOO MANY GUESTS  —  FORMER Viacom CEO Tom Freston thought …
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Jesus Martinez / Drunken Stepfather:
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TMZ.com:
Star Jones: Emotional and Stressed Out
Associated Press:
NBC newscast reclaims lead from CBS
MollyGood:
As you read this, Ashlee Simpson has already premiered in Chicago
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People.com:
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PerezHilton.com:
Cynthia Nixon: Why I Love Vagina!
Discussion: Daily Mail and Bossip
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Skinny Girl / The Skinny Website:
Is Scarlett Slimming Down?  —  Scarlett Johansson is looking decidely slimmer these days.
TMZ.com:
J. Lo Drops The Firm's Kwatinetz As Manager
Jhwang / US Weekly:
Fashion Police: Taking Out the Trash Edition
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Phil / Egotastic!:
Kate Beckinsale Takes out the Fug
Discussion: Celebguru
Hollywoodtuna:
Looks Like Fergie's Solo Career Is "Hair" To Stay
Harvey Levin / TMZ.com:
Did Hasselhoff Make Phony Suicide Call?
Sean Hamilton / The Sun:
Dad is Lohan down the law
 

 
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
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