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5:35 PM ET, June 9, 2008

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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Sean “Diddy” Combs: “Call Me Puff Daddy”  —  So long P. Diddy, Diddy, Sean John, and Puffy.  —  Sean Combs has started using his Puff Daddy namesake again - over a decade after he achieved stardom with the moniker.  —  “They call me Puff Daddy... he's back,” the mogul raps on the remix of O'Neal McKnight's single “Check Your Coat.”
community.tvguide.com:
Dirt Nap: Courteney Cox's Series Is Canceled  —  Courteney Cox Arquette, akin to her Dirt alter ego, offered up some scoop at Sunday's “A Time for Heroes” Celebrity Carnival, benefiting the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation: Her FX series is folding.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Courteney Cox: Jennifer Aniston Is Happy Now  —  Days after Jennifer Aniston introduced beau John Mayer to BFF Courteney Cox, Cox tells Usmagazine.com that her former Friends co-star is in a good place.  —  “Yeah, she is,” Cox told Us at the Time For Heroes Celebrity Carnival in L.A. on Sunday when asked if Aniston is happy.
Discussion: Just Jared and Lifeline Live
Michael K / Dlisted:
Blaaake Is Guilty  —  Blaaaake pleaded guilty to beating down a bitch and then attempting to cover it up. 26-year-old Blake Fielder-Civil admitted to attacking 36-year-old James King and perverting the course of justice by conspiring to have a witness withdraw from the trial.  No, not James King from “White Chicks.”
Discussion: Vh1 Blog
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Jennifer Fermino / New York Post:
AMY CRACKHOUSE  —  SHOCKING NEW PIX AND VIDS OF RACIST SONG IN DRUG DEN
Discussion: Extra and Jezebel
Dan Mangan / New York Post:
HATHAWAY BEAU'S ‘CAUSE’ FOR ALARM  —  HIS CHARITY PROBED  —  State Attorney General Andrew Andrew Cuomo is investigating a children's charity operated by the controversial boyfriend of sexy “Devil Wears Prada” star Anne Hathaway, who until recently sat on the group's board of directors, The Post has learned.
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TMZ.com:   Anne H's Italian BF in Amore Trouble
New York Post:
JUST ASKING  —  WHICH star of a new TV hit has Hollywood scrambling to the pharmacy?  He's spreading herpes around town like wildfire . . . WHICH gorgeous socialite has a secret side to her sex life?  While she's often on the arm of a guy at social functions, we hear...
Reuters:
“Brokeback Mountain” to be turned into an opera  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Opera has commissioned American composer Charles Wuorinen to write an opera based on “Brokeback Mountain,” a love story about two U.S. ranch-hands that won three Oscars when it was turned into a movie.
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Wenn / Showbiz Spy:
Downey Jr. Finds Salvation With Fast Food  —  IRON MAN star ROBERT DOWNEY JR. has publicly thanked fast food chain Burger King for helping him overcome his personal problems and resurrect his film career.  —  In 2003, the actor - who, at the time, was battling an addiction to drugs and alcohol …
People.com:
Jessica Alba Welcomes a Baby Girl  —  Jessica Alba and husband Cash Warren have welcomed a baby girl.  —  Honor Marie Warren was born June 7 in Los Angeles, her rep, Brad Cafarelli, confirms.  This is the couple's first child.  —  Alba, 27, and Warren, 31, quietly wed on May 19 at the Beverly Hills courthouse.
Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Kate Hudson on Lance Armstrong Rumors: “Let People Speculate”  —  Kate Hudson didn't deny a romance with Lance Armstrong when she appeared on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show Monday morning to plug her new eco-friendly hair product line with long time stylist David Babaii.
Discussion: Hollyscoop
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Cele|bitchy:
Kate Hudson took Ryder to Lance's hometown; doesn't discuss new relationship
Discussion: People.com
New Zealand Herald:
David Beckham attacked by ‘lovestruck’ male fan (+ photos)  —  David Beckham received a new first in his playing career today when a ‘love struck’ male fan ran onto the field to hug and high-five him, as his LA Galaxy side clung to a 3-2 lead over the Colorado Rapids in America's Major League Soccer.
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NY Daily News:
Ashley Dupre appears on NJ beach  —  Showing off the curves that wiped out former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's career, happy hooker Ashley Alexandra Dupre beat the heat Sunday by hitting the beach in New Jersey.  —  The 23-year-old brunette and her youthful-looking mother turned heads as they relaxed …
Discussion: Extra, Fatback Media and Lifeline Live
Andrea / Off the Rack:
Jessica Simpson Turns Lingerie Designer!  —  Look out Victoria's Secret, Jessica Simpson is adding lingerie designer to her lengthy resume.  The singer already has successful handbag, shoe, sunglass and swimsuit lines, and now Jessica Simpson's Intimates will be joining her namesake empire.
X17 Online:
Tori's Giving Birth!  —  Next time you see Tori Spelling, she'll be a whole lot lighter - the Star is reporting that the actress checked into Cedars-Sinai hospital this morning to prepare to deliver her baby girl via C-section!  —  “Tori is bursting with excitement,” an insider told the Star.
Discussion: omg!, Just Jared and CelebWarship
Starpulse:
Naomi Campbell Has Surgery To Become A Mom  —  British supermodel Naomi Campbell has undergone surgery to enable her to have children.  —  The catwalk queen, 38, is desperate to become a mother and recently had an operation to help her fulfill her dream.  Although Campbell doesn't specify …
People.com:
Alanis Is ‘Really Happy’ for Ryan Reynolds  —  Alanis Morissette and Ryan Reynolds  —  Here's one more thing you oughta know: Alanis Morissette has nothing but nice things to say about her ex-fiancé Ryan Reynolds.  Even now that he's engaged to Scarlett Johansson.
Discussion: Gabby Babble
 
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Mischa Barton Is Not A Pretty Little Fairy
TMZ.com:
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Todd Venezia / New York Post:
COPS CALL ON ‘BOOZY’ WIFE OF BILL MURRAY
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Deceiver.com
Justin Van De Kamp / Televisionista:
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Discussion: AfterElton.com
Carl Wilkinson / Guardian:
Me and my travels  —  I never travel without ...  A kimono.
OK! Magazine:
J.Lo To Design New Line
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People.com:
Couples Watch: Audrina Patridge Steps Out with Her New Guy
Cele|bitchy:
Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ross McCall to marry this summer
Phil / Egotastic!:
Abigail Clancy Topless Bikini Pictures
Discussion: Hollywoodtuna
Cele|bitchy:
Queen Latifah to marry longterm partner
Discussion: Bossip and Allie Is Wired
New York Post:
TOILET TRAIN  —  ALWAYS the rebel, supermodel Kate Moss …
 

 
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Quora-owned AI chatbot platform Poe is providing users with downloadable HTML files of paywalled articles from outlets including NYT, Forbes, and The Atlantic

Michael Schneider / Variety:
Nielsen: the Biden-Trump debate drew an average audience of 51.3M viewers across 17 networks in the US, down from 2020's first debate, with nearly 73.1M

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