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4:10 PM ET, October 18, 2006

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Daily Mail:
Exclusive: Heather and Macca's divorce battle intensifies over attack claims  —  Heather Mills is accusing her estranged husband Paul McCartney of repeated violence against her.  —  Explosive court papers lodged by her lawyers in their £1billion divorce battle portray him as a 'vindictive' man …
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Richard Alleyne / Telegraph:
McCartney denies abuse allegations  —  Sir Paul McCartney today denied allegations that he attacked his estranged wife during their four year marriage.  —  The allegations, set out in papers drawn up by lawyers representing Lady McCartney, 38, formerly the model Heather Mills …
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TMZ.com:
Mills' Allegations Against Paul — Blow by Blow
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TMZ.com:   Allegations McCartney Brutalized Wife
TMZ.com:
Man-Love for Matt and Lance?  "Wasn't for Us"  —  They might not be gay lovers, but Lance Armstrong and Matthew McConaughey certainly do have cutely butch names for one another.  In the November issue of Details magazine, on newsstands this week, cover boy Lance says that the BFFs call each other …
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Lance Provides Some Details  —  Lance Armstrong is on the cover of Details this month and in the article he reveals the nicknames he and Matthew have for each other, those gay rumors and that Jake will NOT play him in the movie about his life.  Wait, what?!  So maybe Matt Damon is still in the running to play Lance!
Discussion: popbytes
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Whitney Houston Files for Divorce  —  Whitney Houston filed for divorce from Bobby Brown this week in Southern California's Orange County Superior Court, her publicist Nancy Seltzer confirms.  —  The move is hardly unexpected - Houston, 43, filed for legal separation from her husband of 14 years on Sept. 8 …
Discussion: Dlisted and The Green Straw
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Associated Press:
Bobby Brown pays back child support  —  CANTON, Mass. - Bobby Brown has paid up $11,000 in delinquent child support, after being threatened with arrest if he stepped back into Massachusetts.  —  A family judge had issued an arrest warrant two weeks ago after Brown failed to show up at a hearing …
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
Roger Friedman / Fox News:
REESE WITHERSPOON: 'WHERE ARE ALL THE REAL WOMEN?'  —  Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon arrive for the New York Premiere of "Flags Of Our Fathers."  —  Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon arrive for the New York Premiere of "Flags Of Our Fathers."  —  Reese: 'Where Are All the Real Women?'
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Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Witherspoon Wins As A Producer
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Confessions of A Celebrity Stalker etc:   "Flags Of Our Fathers" Special New York Screening
Mike / FreeIndie.Com:
The OC: Season 4 - Teaser Premiere  —  Ah, my favorite guilty pleasure is back on TV.  I recieved a package from the people over at The OC the other day with the first four episodes of the upcoming season.  Since the main teenage characters have either graduated or died, I was a little worried about this season.
Discussion: !! omg blog !! and Tabloid Whore!
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MollyGood:
If getting a little emotional watching this preview of Season 4 …
Discussion: Pajiba
Noelle Hancock / US Weekly:
Us Exclusive: Britney Bounces Back!  —  Shopping sprees are nothing new for Britney Spears, but when the pop princess, 24, called the Malibu, California, boutique Planet Blue on October 9, she had something special in mind: a reward for dropping more than 25 pounds!
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Celebrity Baby Blog
Noelle Hancock / US Weekly:
Pamela Anderson Trying for Another Kid  —  Pam Anderson began filming the new comedy Blonde and Blonder this month in Vancouver.  But a source close to the bombshell tells Us Weekly she and husband of nearly three months Kid Rock, 35, are working on a more important production: a baby.
Discussion: Dlisted and The Evil Beet
Heather Leszczewicz / onmilwaukee.com:
"Project Runway's" Milwaukee model shares her experience  —  Every week on the Bravo network, fans of fashion and drama tune into popular reality show "Project Runway."  As supermodel and host Heidi Klum says "auf wiedersehen" to a designer each week, the models stand by wearing the designs with a chance to be auf'd as well.
Discussion: reality blurred, Dlisted and Gawker
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Marisa Guthrie / NY Daily News:
Project drama  —  'Runway' fans are on pins and needles to learn who's top designer
Alison Gee / People.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Melrose Place's Kelly Rutherford Has a Boy  —  Melrose Place actress Kelly Rutherford, 37, and her businessman husband, Daniel Giersch, 32, welcomed their first child, a son, on Wednesday, Rutherford tells PEOPLE exclusively.  —  Hermés Gustaf Daniel Giersch was born at 8 …
New York Post:
STORES HOT OVER ICE-T COVER  —  ICE-T and his stripper-wife, Coco, have caused a problem by posing nude in a steamy clinch on the cover of the rap legend's new album - and now stores across the country are demanding it be censored before they stock it.  —  "Gangsta Rap," Ice-T's first studio album …
NY Daily News:
What's eating Al?  Cracker Barrel  —  The Rev. Al Sharpton is due in South Carolina today to stand up for comic Chris Rock's mama.  —  Rose Rock, who helped inspire Rock's sitcom, "Everybody Hates Chris," has called in the Rev to demonstrate outside a Cracker Barrel restaurant where she alleges staffers ignored her.
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Is Hilton's partying too hard on Richie?  —  Plus: Katie and Tom may wed at Clooney's Italian villa  —  Nicole Richie has reunited with her former best friend Paris Hilton - but some of her other friends are a tad worried about it.  —  They say that Richie - who has blamed her startling weight loss …
Phil / Egotastic!:
Mischa Barton Nipple Slip See Through Pictures  —  I'm really happy I found these Mischa Barton Nipple Slip See-Through pictures.  Not just because you can totally see Mischa Barton's nipples, but because I was getting really sick of writing about celebrity gossip.
Sky News:
TORI'S WEIRD NECKLACE  —  Finding out you are pregnant is - for most - a joyful moment, one you will cherish forever and ever.  —  And Tori Spelling's hubby has a slightly strange idea for how he can capture their magic moment.  —  Dean McDermott, who married the former Beverly Hills 90210 star …
Discussion: Dlisted
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Kirsten Dunst Dumping Spider Man Franchise?  —  It sounds like Kirsten Dunst is shifting her focus from acting to a more low-key pursuit—art school.  Taking a break from making movies, Kiki's decided to enroll in a four-year program. … And, according to FirstShowing.net: … Written by Lisa Timmons
Hollywoodtuna:
Carmen Electra Needs A Hot Girlfirend  —  LIFE STYLE EXTRA (UK) - Carmen Electra is taking a break from men.The former 'Baywatch' actress - who was married to guitarist Dave Navarro for three years before they split in July - admits she is feeling lonely after the separation but is not looking for romance.
Sky News:
THE MASCOT LOVER  —  Let's make it clear...  The Showbiz Girls are against violence of all kinds.  —  And the idea that anyone would be aggressive towards a mascot frets our brow terribly so.  —  So it was with a great sigh of relief that we saw this Hollywood star trotting around Tinseltown bigging up one of our favourite causes.
Noelle Hancock / US Weekly:
Tom & Katie: An Italian Wedding  —  Has Katie Holmes become a bridezilla?  Sources tell Us Weekly that the actress, who had been planning an intimate California wedding with fiancé Tom Cruise for October, recently changed the date - and location.  The couple of 18 months …
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
How Much is That Paula in the Window?  Part 2  —  As you might recall about a month ago Paula Abdul was being auctioned on Ebay.  The meet and greet also included a two-day stay in La complete with plane tickets, five star hotel stay, and a shopping trip on Rodeo Drive.
 
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