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1:45 PM 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 …
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
The Sun:
Mel B: New man has a big one  —  SCARY Spice plans to marry her new man - and insists he's better in bed than love rat EDDIE MURPHY.  —  MEL B has been dating film producer Stephen Belafonte, a friend she has known for seven years, since her split with Beverly Hills Cop star Eddie.
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Alice Smellie / Daily Mail:   Will the Spice Girls lookalikes be heading back to the big time too?
Michael K / Dlisted:   Guess The Fake?!  —  This is hilarious!  When the Spice Girls broke …
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 and The Blemish
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Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson Aren't Walking Down the Aisle Yet
Michael K / Dlisted:
Miss Cleo Back On TV!  —  In what is probably the casting of the year, Miss Cleo will reportedly join the cast of The Surreal Life.  Pro-poker player Phil Hellmuth has revealed some of the people moving into the house.  He claims along with Miss Cleo, pro-wrestler Randy Savage, "American Idol's" …
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gambling911.com:   Poker "Brat" Phil Hellmuth to Appear on Surreal Life with Miss Cleo
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.
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...
TMZ.com:
"CSI" Star Beats the Living Crap Out of TMZ Photog  —  Who knew the CS in CSI stood for c**ksucker?  —  Resident "CSI" douchebag Gary Dourdan pulled a Woody Harrelson last night — unleashing a brutal, unprovoked attack on a TMZ cameraman outside of the most celeb-packed nightclub in Hollywood.
Michael K / Dlisted:
Whippits?  That's A New One For Me  —  Blohan might be on ectasy and now she might be on something called "whippits."  According to Star Magazine Lindsay Lohan found a way to get high while at rehab.  Star reports she even got caught! … She apparently got the stuff from a dude that was on out-patient treatment.
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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.
Discussion: Geno's World and Defamer
Just Jared:
Britney Takes Her Two Sons For a Spin  —  Britney Spears takes her two sons — Sean Preston, 1 1/2, and lookalike brother Jayden James, 10 months — for a spin around Starbucks in Los Angeles on Tuesday.  (To clarify, JJ is the one in green.)  —  After circling the Starbucks parking lot four times …
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.
Discussion: A Socialite's Life and Jossip
MSNBC:
Gwen Stefani sues Forever 21  —  Claims the store's logo lifts directly from her Harajuku Lovers fashion line  —  LOS ANGELES - It appears Gwen Stefani doesn't "heart" Forever 21.  —  Gwen's Harajuku Lovers fashion line is suing popular retail outlet Forever 21 for trademark infringement …
Megan Lynn / Us Weekly:
On-Air With K-Fed?  —  While ex-wife Britney Spears picked up another party gig today, Kevin Federline is looking for something a little more low-key.  —  A source close to Federline tells Usmagazine.com that the 29-year-old dancer and dad of four met with the program director …
Greg Bluestein / Associated Press:
GBI: Benoit had steroids in system  —  Pro wrestler Chris Benoit had an elevated level of steroids in his system when he killed his wife and son and then took his own life, Georgia's top medical examiner said Tuesday, calling it "an indication that he had been injecting testosterone."
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NY Daily News:
Joe's brother Dom angry  —  Friends and family of Joe DiMaggio are blasting the auction of the Yankee Clipper's private diaries.  —  "Joe would turn over in his grave," the sainted slugger's brother, Dom DiMaggio, tells us.  "Had he been alive, I don't think this would have happened."
Discussion: Wendy Wayrad
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 .
Phil / Egotastic!:
Jessica Alba is Cute and Cleavagey in Paris  —  It's been a little while since we've seen Jessica Alba out and about, so these pictures of her signing autographs in Paris are a welcome addition.  Also a welcome addition is her low neck line, because let's face it, who isn't looking at Jessica Alba's breasts!?
 
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