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6:05 PM ET, August 17, 2007

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E! Online:
Domestic Dissin'
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Jay Bird / Cele|bitchy:
Ryan Phillippe doesn't like Jake Gyllenhaal
Discussion: OH NO!!
BBC:
Allen forced to postpone US tour  —  Pop star Lily Allen has postponed her US tour and cancelled an appearance at the MTV Music Awards after her US work visa was revoked earlier this month.  —  Her tour was due to begin in San Diego on 6 September but a record company spokesman said reinstating the visa was …
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People.com:
Criss Angel: Britney and I Are 'Not Together'  —  Criss Angel is helping prepare Britney Spears for a possible MTV Video Music Awards performance, and their relationship is purely professional, the illusionist tells PEOPLE exclusively.  —  "It's amazing what people think," Angel said Friday.
Daily Mail:
Bag lady: Friends carry camera-shy Lily Allen in giant bag to avoid paparazzi  —  Maybe it was just too long a night; maybe she didn't want to punch another photographer.  —  Whatever the reason - and there can be no easy explanation - Lily Allen left a London nightclub early today carried by her friends in a large plastic bag.
TMZ.com:
Lawyer to Britney — Enough Already  —  TMZ has learned famed divorce lawyer Laura Wasser wants to quit Brit.  —  Sources connected to her divorce case tell us, Wasser is about to resign as Spears' attorney.  The disso-queen, who has repped scores of stars including Angelina Jolie and Nick Lachey …
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Access Hollywood:
Dina & Michael Lohan Reach Custody, Divorce Settlement  —  After a long and nasty divorce battle, Dina and Michael Lohan have finally come to a settlement - and more importantly, have also resolved their custody battle, Access Hollywood has learned.  —  Michael Lohan will be permitted …
Discussion: Dlisted and X17 Online
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Megan Lynn / Us Weekly:   Lohans Reach Divorce Settlement
Diane Herbst / People.com:   Lindsay Lohan's Parents Reach Divorce Settlement
Kimberley Dadds / Digital Spy:
Jessica Simpson breaks her nose  —  Jessica Simpson has broken her nose after she accidentally hit herself in the face with a gun while shooting scenes for her new movie Major Movie Star.  —  The singer-turned-actress stars as an American Hollywood actress who decides to join the army in the film.
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Lenn K / TMZ.com:
Uncle Kracker's Wacker Lands Singer in Slammer  —  Kid Rock's former DJ, who also had a double platinum selling album of his own a few years back, was arrested and charged with a second-degree forcible sex offense outside Raleigh, North Carolina this morning.
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TMZ.com:
Cops: Kracker Threatened to Bolt
Discussion: A Socialite's Life and Vh1 Blog
Hollyscoop:
Paris Causes Chaos At Clothing Line Launch  —  Do you like the clothes you see up there?  If so, Paris Hilton's new clothing line is just for you.  —  The heiress caused total chaos yesterday as she arrived at Kitson to unveil her new 'affordable' fashion line.
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Allison Corneau / Us Weekly:
Spencer Pratt: 'I am K-Fed!'  —  One day after his girlfriend Heidi Montag's "first single" premiered on L.A.'s KIIS-FM, The Hills' Spencer Pratt is speaking out about how his "white rapper-boy" antics were never meant for air.  —  In an interview this morning with Ryan Seacrest, Pratt …
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Megan Lynn / Us Weekly:
Heidi and Spencer "Furious" Over Song Leak
New York Post:
SECOND EFFORT  —  HER first self-titled album bombed, but Carmen Electra still has music in her heart.  She's been secretly working on a new album in between modeling gigs, and it's just about ready.  On Sunday, Electra showed up to the Diesel BBQ party at the Polaroid...
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Brooke Shields Admits that She's a Strict Mom  —  Surveying the current Hollywood landscape - and the mounting number of youthful casualties of late - former child star Brooke Shields says she has no particular advice to offer young stars.  —  "I think a lot of these girls are young …
New York Post:
LIQUID SOLUTION  —  JACK Nicholson has been drinking a lot - and we mean a lot - of water lately due to a serious case of dry mouth.  A friend of the legendary actor told us, "Jack's saliva glands stopped working, so he has to continually drink water to swallow anything...
USA Today:
A whiff of Beyoncé's hectic schedule  —  NEW YORK — Any monetary remuneration aside, Beyoncé Knowles gets one major perk from being the celebrity face of Giorgio Armani's Emporio Armani Diamonds fragrance.  —  Tons, and she means tons, of very expensive clothes, gratis.
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Kristin Boehm / People.com:
Halle Berry Cries Over Extreme Home Makeover  —  Ty Pennington makes Halle Berry cry, the Oscar winner tells PEOPLE.  —  "I think it's a great thing for somebody to do for other people," Berry, 41, says of the Extreme Home Makeover designer's work.  "I sit there and I cry as he changes the lives of all these people."
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Peter Sciretta / /Film:
Scarlett Johansson to star in Frank Miller's The Spirit  —  Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation) is in final negotiations to star as the femme fatale in Frank Miller's (Sin City, 300) big screen adaptation of Will Eisner's The Spirit.  Johansson has also signed on to star in Mary Queen of Scots and Into You, but who really cares?
Why Bother / TMZ.com:
Pervy Pap Creeps Up Paris' Skirt  —  Some photogs go to serious lengths to get their shot.  Others, like this degenerate, just take the lowest road possible, literally.  —  Paris strolled through a parking lot with the usual retinue of snapperazzi, but most of them, with the exception …
Discussion: The Superficial
TMZ.com:
Did Criss Angel Abra-Ca-Tap Dat?  —  Britney Spears and [mind]freak Criss Angel went into the W Hotel in Westwood last night around 3:00 AM — and didn't emerge until this early morning. *shuddering at the thought  —  This is the second night in a row we've spotted the unusual duo at a hotel together.
Discussion: Dlisted
 
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Jessica Biel's Aniston crush
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Thieving!  —  Amy WINO is reportedly safe and sound in a rehab clinic …
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