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10:55 AM ET, July 18, 2007

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Metro.co.uk:
Is Lohan turning to ecstasy?  —  Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan has started taking ecstasy when she is out partying, according to reports.  —  Lindsay, 21, left the Promises rehab centre in Malibu in May after being treated for susbtance abuse, but is already back to her old ways …
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New York Post:
Wall St. Novel Bear-ly Fiction  —  IS the main character of Doug Stumpf's "Confessions of a Wall Street Shoeshine Boy" a thinly disguised tale based on accused pervy billionaire Jeffrey Epstein?  —  The novel, which centers around rogue trader "Jeff Steed" and an insider-trading scandal …
Discussion: Geno's World and Jossip
New York Post:
JUST ASKING  —  WHICH hard-partying starlet has figured out a way to get high while wearing an alcohol-monitoring anklet?  She was asking where she could score some Ecstasy at a Vegas club the other night . . . WHICH too-good-to-be-real Hollywood leading man and his...
Discussion: Dlisted and Str8 Outta NYC
Megan Lynn / Us Weekly:
Lindsay Lohan Goes G-Rated Clubbing
Discussion: TRA LA LA
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Britney, mom engage in 'shocking slapfest'  —  Plus, Timberlake, Biel ready to take their romance public  —  The bad blood between Britney Spears and her mother has turned physical.  —  The troubled pop princess and Lynne Spears had a "shocking slapfest" in mid-June that …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Trailer Trash  —  Britney Spears needs to be kicked out of Malibu, because she really belongs in a broke down trailer park somewhere in Kentucky.  This ho just gets trashier and trashier.  Star Magazine is now reporting that Britney got into a "slapfest" with her momma last month.
New York Post:
CALMING EFFECT  —  ROCKER and eyeliner connoisseur Pete Wentz counts on his groupie girlfriend, Ashlee Simpson, to help him overcome his anxieties.  Although the Fall Out Boy was terrified to fly, the couple took a seaplane to the Hamptons last Friday night so he could DJ at Hamptons club Dune.
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
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Megan Lynn / Us Weekly:
Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson Aren't Walking Down the Aisle Yet  —  Contrary to online reports, Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are not engaged.  Simpson's rep tells Usmagazine.com that the rumors of their impending nuptials are "absolutely not true."  —  Gossip website Popcrunch claims that Wentz …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Hollyscoop:
Ashlee Simpson Is Pregnant and Engaged?
Discussion: Barbie Martini and Gabby Babble
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Winona Ryder Finally Speaks Out About Her Arrest  —  With her career getting back on track after several years of self-imposed exile, Winona Ryder is talking for the first time about her December 2001 arrest after she'd been videotaped trying to make off with merchandise from the Beverly Hills Saks Fifth Avenue.
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USA Today:
The bumpy ride is over for Ryder
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New York Post:
ON HER OWN  —  NOBODY can control Britney Spears.  Now she's taken over as her own business manager and publicist.  Though she's still signed to Jive Records, a source told Page Six, "She is doing all of her own business now."  Our spy saw Spears at Aspen on West...
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Chris Benoit on Steroids During Murder-Suicide  —  Professional wrestler Chris Benoit was on testosterone, painkillers and anti-anxiety drugs when he killed his wife and son and later comitted suicide in his Atlanta, Georgia, home last month.  —  Over the weekend of June 23, Benoit, 40 …
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Greg Bluestein / Associated Press:
GBI: Benoit had steroids in system
Ben Widdicombe / NY Daily News:
Fanning Usher's ire  —  You know things are rough when you're fighting with your own No. 1 fan site.  —  Sources say Usher is trying to shut down usherforever.com because the woman behind the site, Erika Jackson, doesn't care for his fiancee, Tameka Foster.  —  "He's had his lawyer send her papers," said an insider.
Discussion: That Other Blog, Bossip and Cele|bitchy
Sara Hammel / People.com:
Dave Chappelle Recovering After ER Visit  —  Dave Chappelle checked into to an emergency room in an undisclosed Los Angeles hospital Saturday because he was suffering from exhaustion, his rep confirmed Tuesday.  —  The comedian, 33, was treated and released a few hours later, said publicist Carla Sims, the Associated Press reports.
PARADE Magazine:
She'd Rather Be Laughing  —  Actress Jessica Biel gladly sets aside "sexy sexy" for "funny sexy" in her latest film  —  Jessica Biel has had an image-changing year with serious roles alongside big-name actors in The Illusionist , Home of the Brave , and Next .
A Socialite's Life:
Courtney Love Gets More Stuff Tightened  —  After visiting a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon's office on Monday, Courtney Love was photographed looking like she'd been subjected to the business end of a drum tightener.  Is there such a thing?  Well, there is now.
Discussion: Metadish Feeds
Noelle Hancock / Us Weekly:
Hollywood Dating Hell  —  If Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Aniston can't find a guy, is there any hope for the rest of us?  —  Actually, it turns out that being a beautiful, successful, rich woman in Hollywood can make it even harder to make a love connection.
TMZ.com:
Michael Vick Busted for Illegal Dogfighting  —  It's dog days for Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick and others, after being indicted today on federal charges related to illegal dogfighting.  —  Vick was charged with illegal competitive dogfighting, which involves training pit bulls to fight against other dogs.
New York Post:
DROWN THE PAIN  —  O.J. Simpson has been hitting the bottle since he was tricked into semi-confessing to double-murder last year with his "If I Did It" book project.  Simpson was at The Ivy in Aventura, Fla., the other night "falling all over himself and couldn't stand up, even though he tried several times," said our disgusted spy.
New York Post:
NICKY BUTTS OUT  —  CASEY Johnson might be second-guessing her choice of Nicky Hilton as godmother of Ava Monroe Johnson, the baby girl she adopted from Kazakhstan.  At Casey's recent baby shower at an L.A. restaurant, Paris' little sister was out on a balcony smoking a cigarette …
 
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