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The Insider Online:
Paris and Nicole's 'Life' Ends — Just in: "The Insider" has learned that Paris and Nicole's reality TV adventures are coming to an end. — PARIS HILTON and NICOLE RICHIE have both faced jail time this year, but now time has run out for them professionally: their reality TV series "The Simple Life" will not be picked up next season.
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Metro.co.uk:
Paris loses £29m inheritance — Paris Hilton best start looking for a day job or find a new formula for selling her fledging pop singles, after news that she won't be getting her £29million inheritance. — The 26-year-old heiress has reportedly been cut out of her 79-year-old grandfather's …
Noelle Hancock / Us Weekly:
The Simple Life Cancelled — No more reality checks for Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. Usmagazine.com has confirmed that their reality series The Simple Life will not be picked up next season by the E! network. — A source at E! tells Us that overexposure is to blame for the show's cancellation.
NEWS.com.au:
Hilton loses inheritance — PARTY princess Paris Hilton is $60 million out of pocket after her billionaire grandfather - appalled by her jail term for drink-driving offences - reportedly axed her inheritance. — Family patriarch Barron Hilton was already embarrassed by his granddaughter's wild behaviour …
JoeBHills / TMZ.com:
Paris Not Being Locked Out of Hotel Fortune — Hotel heiress Paris Hilton doesn't need to worry about family patriarch and precious grandad Barron Hilton cutting her out of his will. — A story published in the UK said the ex-con party princess was in jeopardy of losing her mega-inheritance …
Daily Mail:
Paris gets a black makeover for TV show — Hollywood bad girl Paris Hilton has risked further controversy after being given a black makeover for a TV show. — The blonde hotel heiress was transformed into a black woman for an episode of the Fox drama The Simple Life Goes To Camp.
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Paris Hilton poses for 'Repo' gig — Celebutante cast in musical thriller — After spending most of the year living a soap opera, Paris Hilton will be part of a real opera this fall. — Hilton has joined Alexa Vega and Paul Sorvino in the cast of "Repo!
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TMZ.com:
Britney & K-Fed Officially Kaput — Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have officially divorced. — Just minutes ago, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge signed the divorce decree. Spears' lawyer, Laura Wasser, and K-Fed's mouthpiece, making the divorce final.
Alexis Chiu / People.com:
Jenna Elfman Gives Birth — Dharma's a mama! — Actress Jenna Elfman and her husband Bodhi welcomed a baby boy, Story Elias, on July 23 in Los Angeles. — The former Dharma & Greg star is doing fine, while Story - who weighed in at 7 lbs. 2 oz. - is already a fan of "classical music …
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Megan Lynn / Us Weekly:
Jenna Elfman Gives Birth! — Jenna Elfman gave birth to a son on July 23 in Los Angeles, the Dharma and Greg actress' rep confirms to Usmagazine.com. Story Elias weighed in at 7 lbs., 2 oz., and is the first child for Elfman, 35, and her husband Bodhi, 38.
People.com:
Rob Schneider Criticizes Dina & Lindsay Lohan — Rob Schneider dressed as Lindsay Lohan on The Tonight Show. — Comedian Rob Schneider has shrugged off Dina Lohan's concerns about his portrayal of her daughter on Jay Leno. — "When Mrs. Lohan stops partying with her child …
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Ben Grossman / Broadcasting & Cable:
Jimmy Fallon NBC's First Choice To Succeed Conan O'Brien as 'Late Night' Host — NBC has targeted Jimmy Fallon to replace Conan O'Brien in 2009, according to people familiar with the talks. — Fallon is NBC's favorite to take over from O'Brien, who currently hosts Late Night With Conan O'Brien after The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.
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The Sun:
See saucy new Britney pics — BRITNEY SPEARS reveals a rear-ly pleasing side of herself in these pics, which have only just come to light. — Taken just five days before the popstar's now infamous head-shaving incident in February, Brit leaves little to the imagination in an impossibly teeny thong.
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TMZ.com:
Lane Garrison Relives Deadly Drunk Driving Crash — TMZ has obtained a chilling video in which former "Prison Break" star Lane Garrison relieves the night someone died while he drove drunk behind the wheel of a car. — Fighting back tears and with his voice trembling …
Richard Simpson / Daily Mail:
Kelly Osbourne's dramatic 'weight loss' for Chicago role — Before you ask, No. Kelly Osbourne hasn't been on the most drastic of diets. — She hasn't had plastic surgery either. And while corsets can be slimming, they're never that slimming. — What Miss Osbourne has had …
Ben Widdicombe / NY Daily News:
NEWS FLASH! EXCITEMENT OVER AT ABC — Who says news has to be boring? — ABC News sent an e-mail to its employees last week, reminding them that they shouldn't be cruising adult Web sites on company time. — The reason? — "Word got out that one of the summer interns had nude pictures online," laughs an insider.
Mervyn Rothstein / New York Times:
Ingmar Bergman, Famed Film Director, Dies at 89 — Ingmar Bergman, the "poet with the camera" who is considered one of the greatest directors in motion picture history, died today on the small island of Faro where he lived on the Baltic coast of Sweden, Astrid Soderbergh Widding, president of The Ingmar Bergman Foundation, said.
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TMZ.com:
Game Over? Leinart Settles Child Support Fight — The brutal child support war between NFL stud Matt Leinart and baby mama Brynn Cameron finally came to end late last week — but closure didn't come cheap! — TMZ has learned that Leinart will shell out $15,000 per month in child support …