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Miss USA's Vegas b'day bash pulled — The party is over for disgraced Miss USA Tara Conner. — Tonight's birthday bash for the martini-swizzling belle - who turned 21 yesterday - was canceled as she awaits word on whether she'll be dethroned. — Instead of prepping for a chic fete …
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Miss USA Got Around — Reigning Miss USA, Tara Conner, has been forced to move out of her Trump Place apartment and back to her native Kentucky after testing positive for cocaine and being a slut. The results of the test come after rampant rumors of drug use left pageant officials no choice but to order Conner to take a drug test.
Catherine Donaldson-Evans / Fox News:MISS USA TARA CONNER'S FATE TO BE ANNOUNCED TUESDAY, AMID REPORTS OF COCAINE ABUSE
Sue Manning / Associated Press:
Cartoon pioneer Joe Barbera mourned — LOS ANGELES - Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna were hired within a month of each other in 1937 by the MGM cartoon factory. They soon hit on the idea of a cat named Tom and a mouse named Jerry. — "When we started, people said, `Cat and mouse?
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Prolific cartoon creator Joseph Barbera dies at 95 — There are icons of our childhood we never totally leave behind. — Yogi Bear. Huckleberry Hound. Fred Flintstone. George Jetson. Scooby Doo. Space Ghost. Hours spent in front of the TV on after-school afternoons …
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popbytes:
CRUISE CASTS VICTORIA BECKHAM AS AN ALIEN!?! — good evening everyone! ok - this story is completely insane...i almost cannot believe it! y'all know this year i totally fell in love with victoria beckham (although some of my readers have been concerned about my new BFF) …
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People.com:
Ryan Seacrest: Next Idol Will Be 'Extreme' — With less than one month to go before the new season of American Idol kicks off, Ryan Seacrest tells PEOPLE that there will be some eye-openers early on. — "I was just on the phone with Simon, and we were talking about the auditions," Seacrest said at Shore Club's Skybar in Miami.
NY Daily News:
Mamet renders his 'Verdict' on H'wood — 'Hollywood is like cocaine," says David Mamet. " You cannot understand its attraction until you are doing it. And when you are doing it, you are insane. Mamet hasn't quite kicked the habit. The playwright, who won a Pulitzer for "Glengarry Glen Ross …
Michelle Collins / Best Week Ever:
FUR REAL, DOG: Puff Daddy Coats Using Dog Fur? — Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to possibly throw out your winter jacket. Because if you happen to be the proud owner of a Sean John puffy coat with "fur" trim, there's a slight chance that fur is actually made from the skin of a dog.
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Noelle Hancock / Us Weekly:
Britney Named Worst Celebrity Dog Owner of 2006 — Britney Spears' parenting skills are being called into question once again. This time she's been voted the world's worst celebrity dog owner in an online vote conducted by two dog magazines. — "Britney was the overwhelming choice," …
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USA Today:
Yo! Ventimiglia gets into the tough-guy act — LOS ANGELES — Steeped in vintage Scarface machismo, Milo Ventimiglia enters the lobby of a refurbished Culver City hotel. — A fedora is pulled down over one eye, and three days' worth of stubble toughen up his baby face.
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Ryan Pienciak / People.com:
Actress Kim Fields: Pregnancy Is 'Wonderful' — The Facts of Life star Kim Fields is expecting her first child in May with boyfriend Christopher Morgan, and she tells PEOPLE pregnancy is "wonderful." — "It is amazing, surreal," says Fields, 37. "For as maternal as I've felt all my life, it still has the 'Wow!' factor."
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Gibson says controversial tirade was 'a gift' — Plus, Courtney Love wants to make peace with Madonna — Despite making anti-Semitic comments earlier this year, director Mel Gibson's new film "Apocalypto" opened at No. 1 in its first weekend in release. — Slide show
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NY Daily News:
Flashy performance by Brit — So much for Britney's pledge to clean up her act. — The newly single pop star continued her hard-partying trampage Sunday night at a Los Angeles burlesque club 40 Deuce, when she jumped onstage between striptease acts. — Britney and some girlfriends gyrated …
Star:
SEX AND THE CITY MOVIE BACK ON! — Since the show ended in 2004, rumors have swirled about the making of a Sex and the City movie, and finally, Kim Cattrall has confirmed to Star that fans will be getting their Christmas wish this year — the movie is officially back on! — But Catrall was apparently the last to know!
Bridget Byrne / Associated Press:
Sitcom legend now teaching `The Class' — BURBANK, Calif. - The core cast of the freshman CBS sitcom "The Class" is crammed around a dining table on a Warner Bros. soundstage rehearsing a dinner-party scene. — Lina's done the cooking and Richie is apologizing sotto voce for the result.
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People.com:
Lindsay Lohan's Bruising Workout: Pole Dancing — Following in the spike-heeled footsteps of Demi Moore, Lindsay Lohan is learning stripper moves for her new movie role - and the lessons have left their mark, literally. — "I've been in pole dancing lessons, S Factor by Sheila Kelley …
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A Socialite's Life:
Paris Is Only Spreading Her Legs For The Camera These Days...Supposedly — This is the part where I insert a joke that Paris Hilton actually thinks that the word "celibacy" is the exact opposite of what it means...sluttitude? Did I just make that up? Am I reaching? Most probably...
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MollyGood:
'Hollywood's Perfect Man' looks, shall we say, special — Boy do I love those new-fangled composite face machines. Now I know exactly what the computer-generated police sketch would look like if I witnessed a crime committed by an odd and not-quite-there-in-the-head amalgamation of popular movie and television stars.
Roger Friedman / Fox News:
SEAN PENN: IMPEACH GEORGE W. BUSH, DICK CHENEY — Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn called for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney in an impassioned speech Monday night in New York. — The occasion was Penn's winning the first annual Christopher Reeve First Amendment Award …
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LiMa / Smart:
Kelly Osbourne in no rush to be a mommy — Sharon Osbourne is hoping to receive an exciting Christmas present from daughters Aimee and Kelly in the future - the star wants to become a grandmother during the festive season. — Osbourne is desperate for her kids to have children of their own …
