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7:25 AM ET, July 18, 2007

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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  —  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."
TMZ.com:   Benoit Had Steroids in His System
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.
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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 …
Michael K / Dlisted:
Possible Future Fug Baby Alert?
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.
Discussion: Celebguru and Defamer
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USA Today:
The bumpy ride is over for Ryder  —  Winona Ryder is over it.  —  Five and a half years after being videotaped prying security sensors off items and shoving them into a bag at Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills, Ryder, 35, is Vogue's August cover model, representing women of her generation for the magazine's annual age issue.
Discussion: Allie Is Wired
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Britney Spears to Host Las Vegas Club Opening  —  Britney Spears, a fixture on the Los Angeles club scene, will host the opening of LAX nightclub in Las Vegas next month, a club rep tells PEOPLE.  —  LAX, whose investors include Christina Aguilera and Nicole Richie's former fiancé DJ AM, opens Aug. 31 in the Luxor Hotel.
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Phil / Egotastic!:
Really Sexy Tara Reid Bikini Pictures  —  Yeah.... I think I'm going to throw up, and I really wish that Tara Reid would stop wearing bikinis.  Her stomach looks like leftover Play Dough.  Be careful looking at the pictures, becaue I'm pretty sure if you stare too long, you will turn to stone.
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Hollywoodtuna:   A Tara Reid Beach Solution: One Piece Bathing Suit!
The Blemish:
Victoria Beckham has failed  —  Victoria Beckham's reality show failed spectacularly.  The one hour crapfest premiered last night and has been heavily criticized by everyone including your annoying neighbor who won't shut up about his "sweet new plasma" which mysteriously showed signs of wear and tear after you went by with a crowbar.
Discussion: NEWS.com.au and makeushot.com
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Jay Bird / Cele|bitchy:
Victoria Beckham threatens Eddie Murphy
Discussion: Popoholic
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 …
Mark Simpson:
Attack of the TwinkyClones  —  Life after fantasy blockbusters and magically permanent adolescence can get a little hairy.  One of these actors used to be an apprentice Wizard (and is this month's cover star of US metromag Details).  One used to be a Hobbit.  One used to be a nerdy Spidey.
Discussion: WOW Report
Lisa Ingrassia / People.com:
NBC Gives 'Second Chance' to Isaiah Washington  —  When Isaiah Washington was fired from Grey's Anatomy, it took nothing short of bionic powers to revive his career.  —  "We believe in second chances," said David Eick, executive producer NBC's upcoming Bionic Woman, which has hired Washington for five episodes.
Michael K / Dlisted:
Pay Up Skanks  —  A tribunal ordered Sting and his troll wife, Trude Styler, to cough up $51,000 to their former chef after she won a sexual-harassment claim last May.  —  Jane Martin, said that she was fired after she got knocked up.  She claimed Trudie became angry when she got pregnant …
Discussion: Associated Press and OH NO!!
Forbes:
The World's Top-Earning Models  —  In 1990, supermodel Linda Evangelista uttered what has become the most famous quote in modeling history: "We don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day."  —  She was referring to herself and fellow supermodel Christy Turlington, both of whom were a core part …
Michael K / Dlisted:
I Hope That's A Light Beer  —  What happened to ICE?!  God Dayum!  Val Kilmer used to be walking sex and now he's a walking turkey drumstick!  Somebody get that girl a colonic and something with fiber.  —  Well...at least he can play the Penguin now in the new Batman movies.
Megan Lynn / Us Weekly:
Lindsay Lohan Goes G-Rated Clubbing  —  Newly rehabbed Lindsay Lohan may have given up alcohol, but she's not giving up her favorite haunts.  —  Lohan and a group of friends arrived at L.A. club Winston's on Monday around midnight.  Dressed simply in a blue tank top, jeans, and a fedora …
Discussion: TRA LA LA
Jay Bird / Cele|bitchy:
Simon Cowell tells Kelly Clarkson to be quiet  —  The drama between Kelly Clarkson and RCA head Clive Davis will not settle down.  The two got into a pretty public feud (well Clarkson said a lot of stuff that Davis said and no one denied it) about the quality of Kelly's most recent album "My December."
 
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Gallery of the Absurd:
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Megan Lynn / Us Weekly:
Joel Madden Keeps Mum About Nicole Becoming a Mom
Discussion: ~Celebs and Bubs~
Michael K / Dlisted:
We're Doing This Again?  —  Paris Hilton will get a second album.
Michael K / Dlisted:
3 Nipples Are Better Than 2  —  Lily Allen happily whips …
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Britney: True or False?
Lisa / TMZ.com:
Love Hurts  —  Either the '90s are back — or Courtney Love …
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Monica Is Way Hotter  —  Penny Cruz and her sister Monica Cruz launched …
ABCNEWS:
A Different Kind of Bling: Bracelet Tracks Alcohol Consumption
Discussion: Defamer, Jossip and Popdirt.com
Jeffrey Slonim / People.com:
Lance Bass Recalls First Encounter with New Beau
Zap2it:
CBS, FOX Split Monday Pot
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Starpulse News Blog:
Jaime Pressly Slams 'Ugly Betty' Over Plastic Surgery Message
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
David Beckham's U.S. Soccer Debut Delayed?
 

 
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