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12:20 PM ET, September 26, 2006

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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 …
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.
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
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 …
Noelle / US Weekly:
Mel Gibson Tries To Distract Public With Shiny New Controversy  —  Rehabbed actor/director Mel Gibson has (sort of) emerged from hiding but is still stirring up controversy.  According to MSNBC's The Scoop, the director recently raised eyebrows on a promotional tour hyping Apocalypto …
Discussion: Dlisted
Lowri Williams / Entertainmentwise:
Kate Moss And Pete Doherty To Live Stateside?  —  Oh no!...  Supermodel Kate Moss is looking to leave the UK for the US with her newly clean man Pete Doherty.  —  Moss has contemplated leaving the UK for good when she was pictured allegedly taking cocaine but this time she is serious.
Discussion: Dlisted
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
Noelle / US Weekly:
Us Exclusive: Aaron Carter's Ex-Fiancée Discusses Break-Up  —  Last week, Us Weekly broke the exclusive news that Aaron Carter, 18, had called off his engagement to Kari Ann Peniche after only six days.  Now the 22-year-old Playboy poser tells Us her side of the story.
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
TMZ.com:
Lindsay's Newest Hit and Run  —  Lindsay Lohan should really try to be a bit more cautious — and maybe avoid running directly into parking meters when possible.  —  Lohan, who broke her wrist in two places after falling at a NY Fashion Week party last week, slammed her left arm …
Discussion: POPSUGAR
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.
Sharon Waxman / New York Times:
Not So Funny Anymore: Squabbling and Spiraling Costs Dissolve a Comedy Mill  —  LOS ANGELES — When Jim Carrey picked up the phone to call his agent, Nick Stevens, earlier this month, it was the end of a long, profitable run.  —  The comedy superstar called Mr. Stevens …
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 …
A Socialite's Life:
Brad Pitt Hearts Borat  —  Brad Pitt's new BFF is Ali G.  —  For real.  —  According to Life & Style:  —  Brad Pitt's latest score in his divorce face-off with Jen Aniston is none other than Borat himself, Sacha Baron Cohen.  Da Ali G Show actor, who was once a tenant of Jen's …
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 …
 
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Wenn / Hollywood.com:
Crowe and Scott to Bring 'Gladiator' Back from the Dead
New York Post:
DAD BUTTS IN  —  JESSICA Simpson's new movie could have a bad ending.
Michael K / Dlisted:
Flavor of Love 2: Bow to the Bootz
Discussion: JuiicyScoop
Jesus Martinez / Drunken Stepfather:
I am - stepINTERVIEW with the Guy in the Lohan Pics of the Day
Discussion: Attu sees all
TMZ.com:
Star Jones: Emotional and Stressed Out
Tim Nudd / People.com:
Blues Guitarist Etta Baker Dies at 93
Associated Press:
NBC newscast reclaims lead from CBS
Michael K / Dlisted:
LederHOsen  —  Parasite Hilton is currently in Germany …
 Earlier Picks: 
MollyGood:
As you read this, Ashlee Simpson has already premiered in Chicago
Discussion: popbytes
People.com:
Scrubs Actress Recovering After Fall
Chris Auchterlonie / Splash News Online:
Marketing Perfection
Discussion: Drunken Stepfather
PerezHilton.com:
Cynthia Nixon: Why I Love Vagina!
Discussion: Daily Mail and Bossip
Jada Yuan / New York Magazine:
Internal Investigation Rocks 'Runway'
Jhwang / US Weekly:
Fashion Police: Taking Out the Trash Edition
Phil / Egotastic!:
Kate Beckinsale Takes out the Fug
Discussion: Celebguru
Tim Nudd / People.com:
Janet Jackson: I Don't Talk to Justin
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Wall Street Journal:
eMarketer: Google's share of the US search ad market is expected to drop below 50% in 2025 for the first time in 10+ years, as Amazon, TikTok, and others rise

Matthew Jordan / The Conversation:
As Congress tries to force carmakers to install AM radios as a matter of public interest, it should push licensed stations to abide by public interest standards

Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Former NYT investigative reporter David Burnham, whose work uncovering corruption in the NYPD during the 1970s inspired the movie Serpico, dies at the age of 91

 
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