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11:30 AM ET, August 2, 2007

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Ben Widdicombe / NY Daily News:
New Marilyn death docu is in the offing  —  Marilyn Monroe: Still dead!  But a New York documentary producer claims to have the most startling evidence yet about her alleged murder.  —  "I have interviewed the FBI agent who is now in his late 80s, with prostate cancer …
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
VIDEO: Nicole Richie Says She's a Changed Person  —  Nicole Richie is insisting she is a changed person for the sake of her unborn child, due in five months.  —  "I would really want to be someone my child would look up to," Richie, 25, told ABC's Diane Sawyer in an interview that aired on Thursday's Good Morning America.
Discussion: Dlisted, F-Listed and poponthepop.com
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Boy For Richie, Girl For Xtina
Marc Malkin / E! Online:   Update! Nicole and Joel's Shopping Trip
New York Post:
MUTUAL HATE  —  TENSIONS between Lauren Conrad and Heidi Montag got so bad on the second season of "The Hills" that MTV has been struggling to get the girls together to promote the third season.  "Lauren and Heidi refused to even be in the same room as each other," said a Hollywood insider.
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
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Noelle Hancock / Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Lauren Conrad and Heidi Montag Refuse Joint Photoshoot
Discussion: poponthepop.com
New York Post:
LOHAN MOM SUED FOR FRAUD  —  DINA Lohan keeps ending up in court.  Now she's being sued for fraud in Las Vegas by businessman Antonio Almeida, who claims she failed to return $400,000 he lent her four years ago to kick-start daughter Lindsay's music career.
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Amanda Beck / Associated Press:
Scary Spice files paternity petition
Discussion: Monica Monroe's …
New York Post:
SOUR NOTE FROM KEYBOARD MAN  —  INSTEAD of paying his keyboard player, Marilyn Manson squandered his band's earnings on "sick and disturbing purchases of Nazi memorabilia and taxidermy (including the skeleton of a young Chinese girl,)" a lawsuit being filed today in Los Angeles charges.
Discussion: Dlisted, Wendy Wayrad and MollyGood
Jennifer Vineyard / MTV:
R. Kelly Child-Pornography Case Finally Going To Trial  —  Singer is 'looking forward to finally having his day in court,' spokesperson says; trial begins on September 17.  —  The criminal case against R. Kelly, which has been pending for five years, is finally headed to trial.
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New York Post:
1 COVER, 2 WIVES  —  MARC Anthony's wife, Jennifer Lopez, and his ex-wife, Dayanara Torres, appear together on the cover of September's People en Español - and he's none too pleased about it.  The two Latina lovelies, shown with actress Adamari Torres and singer Lucero, didn't pose together, and the photo is a composite.
Discussion: Jossip
Tim Nudd / People.com:
Chris O'Donnell and Wife Expecting Fifth Child  —  Chris O'Donnell and his wife Caroline Fentress are preparing to add yet another child to their ever-growing brood - their fifth.  —  On the Today show on Wednesday, the actor was asked about his four children.
Josh Hart / The National Ledger:
Angelina Jolie Drenches Brad Pitt with Wine in Fight Over Barack Obama  —  Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are taking sides in the presidential race for 2008.  Not surprisingly the liberal couple are not supporting any Republican but many will be surprised that neither supports Hillary Clinton.
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Star:
Brad's Plea: Rehab For Angie
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
Megan Lynn / Us Weekly:
Lawyer: K-Fed Wants Kids to Have "Normal" Life  —  As Britney Spears' parenting skills are coming under fire, Kevin Federline's lawyer Mark Vincent Kaplan talks to Usmagazine.com about the finalization of the former couple's divorce, their current custody situation, and his client's concerns …
Daily Mail:
Prince's biggest diva demand: Build me a home by the Dome  —  From magnifying mirrors to purple carpets, Prince is no stranger to making diva demands.  —  His latest request, however, is literally his biggest to date.  He wants a whole house.  —  The 49-year-old American star whose hits …
New York Post:
BAN THE B-WORD  —  IF you use the word "bling" these days, you're unhip and totally out of style, according to Kanye West.  The hip-hop star tells Complex magazine: "Only white people and older black people say 'bling' now.  If a white person uses slang too early, then...
Discussion: Dlisted and Celebritology
TMZ.com:
The Dog May Be Free!  —  TMZ has learned that all Mexican charges may have been dropped against famed bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman and two members of his team — including his son.  We're told these photos were taken moments after Dog learned his fate.  Hallelujah!
Daily Mail:
Posh house-hunting again in LA - she wants £40m pad on Billionaire's Beach  —  Who could have guessed that it would take this long for Victoria Beckham to find a flaw in her new life in Los Angeles?  After all, it has been two weeks ...  Posh has had enough of the comparatively small …
Discussion: Mocksie.com
TMZ.com:
New Twist in Garrison Manslaughter Case  —  Former "Prison Break" star Lane Garrison will face the music in a Beverly Hills courtroom in about an hour, and the results could be dramatic and surprising.  —  TMZ has learned the judge will hold a victim impact hearing, in which the two women in the vehicle he was driving will testify.
Discussion: Bumpshack.com
TMZ.com:
Shanna and Travis — The Cease-fire Continues  —  It's been two nights since we last spotted Shanna Moakler and Travis Barker — and they're still civil!  Halle-fricken-lujah!  —  TMZ cameras spied the two on their way into Opera nightclub last night in Hollywood, as the sometimes …
Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
'Idol' icon tunes up for movie biz  —  "American Idol" star and reality TV producer Simon Cowell is venturing into features with a music-themed project tentatively titled "Star Struck."  —  Inspired by Alan Parker's 1980 film "Fame," "Struck" is set behind the scenes of a TV singing competition …
Discussion: Lifeline Live and reality blurred
Sir Elton John / The Sun:
Why we must close the net  —  Web rant ... Sir Elton says the internet is destroying music  —  POP legend Sir Elton John wants the internet CLOSED DOWN.  —  Never one to keep his opinions to himself, the Rocket Man has waded into cyberspace with all guns blazing.
FemaleFirst:
David Gest Quotes - The Orange Playlist  —  David Gest Thursdays guest of Jayne Middlemiss on the Orange playlist.. Controversial outspoken funny  —  In this preview of Davids show catch what he has to say on licking Amy Winehouse's toes, his relationship with Milandra Burrows and that Simon Cowell phone call...
 
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John Shearer / Los Angeles Times:
Styles & Scenes by Elizabeth Snead
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
Noelle Hancock / Us Weekly:
Is Britney Spears Bipolar?
intouchweekly.hollywood.com:
It's a boy!  —  Despite her recent legal troubles …
Associated Press:
Ellen, other stars head down to Sesame Street
Discussion: Daily. Gay. News.
New York Post:
SIBLING SENDOFF  —  SHE'LL go public with outrageous subjects …
The Sun:
Winehouse's Mi-Amy vice
 Earlier Picks: 
Derek Hail / Celebrity Gossip:
Coming Soon: Catherine Zeta-Jones Naked
The Insider Online:
Britney's Vegas Police Call
Discussion: OH NO!!
Paige Ferrari / RADAR:
MY BARE LADY  —  Dita Von Teese on manners, maturity, and the problem with Marilyn
Discussion: Pop Candy
Michael Riedel / New York Post:
NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT  —  KLINE & GARNER NOSING AROUND CYRANO REVIVAL
Discussion: OH NO!!, POPSUGAR and Lifeline Live
popbytes:
OH THAT CELLULITE OF THE STARS
Discussion: Wendy Wayrad and Holy Candy
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Oliver Darcy / Status:
New York Magazine says Olivia Nuzzi is on leave after admitting a personal relationship with a campaign figure; sources: the person is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
A US FTC report on the data practices of Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and six other companies finds “vast surveillance” of consumers to monetize their information

Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Amazon joins the Motion Picture Association, after a long courtship; the lobbying group's other members are Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Universal, and WBD

 
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