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12:15 PM ET, August 16, 2007

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Megan Lynn / Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Cameron Diaz and John Mayer Dating!  —  Cameron Diaz has dipped back into the musician well to find herself a new guy — John Mayer!  The 34-year-old Shrek actress, whose almost 4-year relationship with Justin Timberlake ended in January, and rocker Mayer were spotted out in New York last night …
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New York Post:
POP PRINCE HOT FOR DIAZ  —  WHEN John Mayer was snapped having lunch with Mandy Moore at La Esquina on Tuesday, it sparked rumors of a love match between them.  But Mayer has his sights set on a more glamorous Hollywood gal - Cameron Diaz .  The same day, Mayer took Diaz to an intimate …
Discussion: A Socialite's Life and Vh1 Blog
New York Post:
Socialites' Snit Scars Benefit  —  SHAME on media-hungry socialites Tinsley Mortimer and Olivia Palermo.  —  Planners of Tuesday's Level Vodka gala, "Rip the Runway for Darfur," to benefit the war-torn Sudanese region at the new club Runway on East 28th Street had to scramble when host Lydia Hearst fell ill.
Discussion: Dlisted, TMZ.com and Jossip
Victoria Newton / The Sun:
Amy's brain scan after rehab  —  and VIRGINIA WHEELER  —  TROUBLED AMY WINEHOUSE sensationally walked out of rehab yesterday — then took a helicopter to London for a brain scan.  —  The heroin and cocaine-addicted singer quit after less than 48 hours — despite her worried parents' pleas to stay.
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Mirror.co.uk:
Rehab?  I'm off to the pub  —  Troubled Amy Winehouse has run away from rehab, asking 3am: "What the hell happened to last week?"  —  And after speaking to us last night the singer and husband Blake Fielder-Civil went - you guessed it - back down the pub.
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
New York Post:
BIEL'S GOING BARE  —  SHE'S been shy about bearing her bod every since her racy Gear magazine spread hit stands in 2000, but Jessica Biel plans to shed her threads in the upcoming movie "Powder Blue," which co-stars Forest Whitaker.  Us Weekly reports that she'll play a...
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Noelle Hancock / Us Weekly:
Jessica Biel Gets Naked on Screen  —  Jessica Biel has long distanced herself from the infamous 2000 Gear spread in which she appeared virtually topless at age 17, claiming her former managers pressed her into posing.  —  But Us Weekly has learned she's set to flash more flesh in a new flick!
Daily Mail:
Sex, romps and paparazzi: Britney Spears breaks down as custody battle gets dirty  —  A tearful Britney broke down after visiting her lawyer to discuss her increasingly dirty custody battle.  —  Ex-husband Kevin Federline has served legal papers on some of the stars closest friends associates …
Discussion: Gabby Babble and Seriously? OMG!
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Noelle Hancock / Us Weekly:
Britney Finds Herself an Angel  —  Another night, another hookup for Britney Spears!  Her latest conquest?  Notorious womanizer Criss Angel, 39.  —  Cameron Diaz's former fling was seen escorting the pop star inside the Tower Beverly Hills Hotel on Wednesday night, where the two held hands and headed up to a suite on the 11th floor.
Discussion: Dlisted, Cele|bitchy and MollyGood
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Gwen Stefani Can't Wait to Get Pregnant Again  —  Calling herself "a geeky Orange County girl, a chola girl, a rasta girl and an English girl - all mixed together," Gwen Stefani has no mixed feelings about one thing: producing a sibling for her 1-year-old son Kingston.
New York Post:
RED OVER PINK  —  AN avant-garde Manhattan painter is suing Pink for copyright infringement, saying the pop cutie used one of his works in a 2006 music video.  In his case filed in Manhattan District Court, Vladimir Kush charges Pink and her record company, Zomba...
New York Post:
NOT REALLY REAL  —  THEY call MTV's "The Hills" a "reality" show, but we've had our doubts for some time.  Fueling our skepticism, on Tuesday night, the star, Lauren Conrad, showed up at Da Silvano for dinner with three friends and a camera crew.  One irked diner told us, "It was clear that this show is not a reality show.
Daily Mail:
Bored like Beckham: Posh fails to crack a smile as David finally scores for Galaxy  —  Weeks after their much-hyped arrival in the US, with his debut delayed due to a pesky ankle injury, David Beckham finally scored for team LA Galaxy - but wife Victoria remained strangely unmoved.
Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough to Marry  —  Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough and his longtime girlfriend, Leigh Boniello, are engaged, the couple tell PEOPLE exclusively.  —  They plan to marry later this year.  —  "She wasn't expecting it, and I was quite nervous - more nervous about proposing …
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Heidi Klum Brings the Sexy Back After Her Third Child  —  Klum in a new Jordache ad  —  Less than a year after having her third child, Heidi Klum has returned to high-profile modeling with sexy new Jordache ads in which she wears little more than jeans and a stare.  —  So how has she managed a supermodel body after baby?
New York Post:
SEEING DOUBLE  —  "ENTOURAGE" star Adrian Grenier bears an eerie resemblance to "American Idol" castoff Sanjaya - at least to Nick Tosches writing in Maxim.  Tosches, the best-selling biographer of Dean Martin and Sonny Liston, recalls watching Sanjaya get booted off "Idol," writing …
Discussion: WOW Report
Jenny Peters / Yahoo! News:
Mandy Moore Steams Up the "Dedication" Premiere  —  New York - If you had any doubt that teen pop star Mandy Moore is now all grown up, those thoughts should have been put to rest after Tuesday nightÂ's premiere in New York City of her new edgy R-rated romantic comedy "Dedication."
Contactmusic.com:
FEDERLINE FIRED BEFORE SHOWING UP FOR WORK  —  Dancer/rapper Kevin ("K-Fed") Federline, who got his 15 minutes of fame while he was married to Britney Spears, was turned away from the set of the Keanu Reeves movie The Night Watchman when he arrived for a wardrobe call, published reports said Tuesday.
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
 
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Russell Baillie / New Zealand Herald:
Doubles champ  —  With his first romantic comedy at cinemas …
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Starpulse News Blog:
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New York Post:
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Jimmy Fallon Gets Engaged
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Daily Mail:
Spy hero Matt Damon and stars arrive at premiere of The Bourne Ultimatum
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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