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For an Aspiring Singer, a Harsher Spotlight — She left a broken home on the Jersey Shore at 17 and came to New York City to work the nightclubs as a rhythm and blues singer. Now, at 22, she is the unwitting, and as yet unseen, star of the seamy drama that is the downfall of Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York.
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Nellie Andreeva / Reuters:
“90210” spinoff on fast track — LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The most popular zip code on television is back. — The CW network is developing a contemporary spinoff of Aaron Spelling's seminal 1990s teen soap “Beverly Hills, 90210,” sources said. — Details on the project …
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Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
Rich kids are back: CW plots ‘90210’ spinoff — The most popular ZIP code on television is coming back. — The CW is developing a contemporary spinoff of Aaron Spelling's seminal 1990s teen soap “Beverly Hills, 90210.” — “Veronica Mars” creator Rob Thomas is in talks to pen the project …
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie Make Offer on French House — Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and their brood may be saying bien-venue to France! — The duo - who set up a temporary home in Namibia in 2006 in anticipation of the birth of Shiloh, 21 months - have made an offer on an 850-year-old stone house …
Ulrica Wihlborg / People.com:
Melissa Joan Hart & Husband Welcome Baby No. 2 — Melissa Joan Hart and husband Mark Wilkerson welcomed their second child, a son, on Wednesday, their rep tells PEOPLE. — Braydon Hart Wilkerson was born at 3 p.m. in Los Angeles after 10 hours of labor, weighing 7 lbs., 3 oz., rep Brad Taylor says.
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Jennifer Garcia / People.com:
Sitcom Star: Britney Spears ‘Great to Work With’ — No first-day jitters for Britney Spears. Arriving promptly at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday on the L.A. lot of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother with her assistant Brett in tow, Spears quickly got to work impressing her costars.
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TMZ.com:
Francis — And The Food Sucked, Too! — Joe Francis is back in L.A. and ready to get back to work — after he gets a a nice long cry. And a decent meal! — TMZ caught up with the “Girls Gone Wild” honcho with a comely young woman at LAX last night, complaining about jail cuisine …
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Rep Slams Kanye West Wedding Rumors — West's rep tells Usmagazine.com that Internet reports that the two wed in a secret ceremony in Europe are “untrue.” — West, 30, proposed to Phifer in 2006 while vacationing in Italy. They spent time in Europe earlier this month for Paris Fashion Week.
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Lisa Marie Presley: It's Twins! — Lisa Marie Presley is going to have an extra special delivery — Star can exclusively report that the singer is pregnant with twins! — As we told you last week, the daughter of the late Elvis Presley and Dancing with the Stars contestant Priscilla Presley …
Diane Garrett / Variety:
Last ‘Potter’ to be split in half — Warner to make two films from final ‘Harry’ — Warner Bros. will split the last “Harry Potter” tome into a two-part film, with the installments unspooling six months apart. — David Yates will direct and Steve Kloves will write both parts, which will be filmed concurrently.
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Phil / Egotastic!:
Sienna Miller Bikini Malfunction — Oops! Looks like someone's having a little trouble with their bikini! If you liked those Sienna Miller bikini pictures from yesterday, then you're going to like these new Sienna Miller bikini pictures a hell of a lot more. Why?
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Ellen Tumposky / People.com:
Winehouse's Dad: Amy Suffered From My Affair — Amy Winehouse channeled her pain over the breakdown of her parents' marriage into her music, her father says. — Mitch Winehouse, 57, reveals in a new interview with the BBC that soon after Amy's birth in 1983, he began cheating on wife Janis …
Molly / POPSUGAR:
Reese and Jake Are Physically Fit and Perfectly Adorable — You know what they say about couples that work out together ... Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon were looking gym ready and hyper healthy on their way to the farmers' market (naturally, groan) in LA yesterday.
Michael K / Dlisted:
Robbie Williams' Mangina — I don't know how old this is, but it's Robbie Williams giving himself a mangina during some interview. That's basically it. I have no idea what kind of coke words are coming out of his mouth, because I was too busy focusing on his mangina to see if the clit was going to slip out.
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Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
John Mayer Concerned About Us Weekly — John Mayer has Us Weekly on his mind. — The singer tells Best Life magazine his “fear” is that “the girl of his dreams” won't give him a chance “because of something in my past.” — “I know how to be a celebrity,” he says. “I know how to be a guy on the street.