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12:30 PM ET, August 24, 2007

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TMZ.com:
She's In, She's Out!!!  —  Just 82 minutes after Nicole Richie checked herself into Lynwood jail, she left a free woman.  Hard time her ass!  —  According to the official website of the L.A. Sheriff's Dept., Richie checked in at 3:15 PM and was released at 4:37 PM.  She was assigned to a cell for only 35 minutes!
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TMZ.com:
Lindsay Cops Plea!  — She'll Do Time  —  Lindsay Lohan will not stand trial for DUI — but she'll do a teeny tiny amount of jail time.  —  She just struck a deal by pleading no contest to two counts of DUI (driving with a .08 blood alcohol level or higher).
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Paris Hilton Goes Baby-Gift Shopping for Nicole  —  Paris Hilton played good friend on Thursday - shopping for baby gifts for her pregnant pal Nicole Richie.  —  Hilton headed to the hot Hollywood boutique Intuition, perused the baby section and walked out with a dozen bags of merchandise full …
Daisy Nguyen / Associated Press:
Nicole Richie Quickly Sprung From Jail
Daily Mail:
Amy Winehouse in bloody hotel brawl with junkie husband  —  Bloody and battered after ripping into each other during a drug-fuelled row, this is Amy Winehouse, the cream of Britain's young singing talent, and her junkie husband Blake Fielder-Civil.  —  Stumbling around the streets of London at 4.45am …
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Perez Hilton:
We Just Spoke With Amy Winehouse  —  We genuinely care for Amy Winehouse immensely.  We hope that she is able to realize that she is as special as we think she is and that she starts taking care of herself with the respect she deserves.  —  Perez was quite alarmed when we read and saw …
Daily Mail:
Bloodied and bruised Amy Winehouse stands by husband who 'saved her life'  —  Singer Amy Winehouse has defended her husband in a series of texts after the couple were involved in a violent row which left them both bloodied and bruised.  —  Amy denied Blake was the cause of the argument …
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Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Dina Lohan Speaks!
Discussion: Allie Is Wired and The Blemish
Jay Bird / Cele|bitchy:   Ali Lohan already following in Lindsay's footsteps
Associated Press:
Thieves hit Kirsten Dunst's NYC suite  —  NEW YORK - A $13,000 handbag and other items were snatched from "Spider-Man" star Kirsten Dunst's penthouse suite at a posh Manhattan hotel earlier this month, according to court records.  —  Thieves slipped into the actress' rooms at the SoHo Grand Hotel on Aug. 9, court records show.
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New York Post:
GRAND THEFT HITS SPIDEY'S 'MARY JANE'  —  Where was Spidey when she needed him?  —  Two brash burglars sneaked into "Spider-Man" star Kirsten Dunst's swanky SoHo hotel suite and swiped her $13,000 handbag, wallets, cash, cameras and an iPod, The Post has learned.
TMZ.com:
Alleged Wife-Thumping Bishop Surrenders  —  The Atlanta bishop who allegedly gave his wife, fiery evangelist Juanita Bynum, an almighty beatdown in a hotel parking lot has turned himself into cops.  Good heavens!  —  Thomas W. Weeks was formally charged with felony aggravated assault and …
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Metro.co.uk:
Doherty back in rehab  —  Pete Doherty has checked back into rehab following claims that he attacked a female photographer.  —  The 28-year-old druggie is said to be staying at Cloud's House in Salisbury, the same facility that has treated singers George Michael and Robbie Williams.
Discussion: Wendy Wayrad
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Cher Tippetts / Entertainmentwise:
Pete Doherty's worried family has urged the junkie singer …
Discussion: Dlisted
SportingNews.com:
Venus Williams gets her own fashion label  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Venus Williams wants to leave the U.S. Open crowd in stitches — her own.  —  When the Wimbledon winner steps onto the court Monday night, she'll be wearing an outfit and shoes from her new EleVen label.
IrelandOn-line:
Are Britney's boys to blame for puppy's broken leg?  —  Britney Spears' new pet terrier is nursing a broken leg after the singer's young sons reportedly injured the dog.  —  The pop star's kids, Jayden James and Sean Preston, were playing rough with the little dog, London, when he yelped in pain, according to US reports.
Discussion: Dlisted and Gossip Rocks Forum
New York Post:
JUST ASKING  —  WHICH rapper - and it's not Diddy - has exaggerated his hardscrabble childhood to help build his reputation?  In fact, he had a middle-class upbringing and his mom wasn't as bad as he rhymes . . . WHICH network executive tries too hard to prove he's...
Discussion: Gossip Rocks Forum
NY Daily News:
On Harry & Leona, a stab at the truth  —  This week's death of Leona Helmsley has prompted law enforcement officials finally to speak out about her mysterious 1973 stabbing.  —  Leona, then 53, and her husband, Harry, then 64, had been married 18 months when they told police that an intruder …
Discussion: Wendy Wayrad and Jossip
New York Post:
VULGAR AND VILE  —  TAMMY Lynn Michaels ought to wash her mouth out with soap.  The les bian "wife" of rocker Melissa Ether idge calls President Bush "an idiotic, parasitical, country-raping piece of [bleep]" on her blog, HollywoodFarm Girl.  "How does Laura [Bush] lay...
Access Hollywood:
Jamie Foxx Defends NFL Star Michael Vick Over Dog Fighting Charges  —  Access Hollywood's Shaun Robinson recently sat down with Jamie Foxx for a candid talk about Jamie's new gig - and even a hot button topic from the world of sports - Michael Vick's dog fighting charges.
Discussion: A Hot Mess! and Snarky Gossip
 
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PR Newswire:
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New York Post:
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Bloomberg:
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