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12:15 PM ET, June 16, 2008

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Jake Coyle / Associated Press:
Delayed Kanye West gig angers Bonnaroo crowd  —  MANCHESTER, Tenn. - Kanye West's late night performance at Bonnaroo was delayed nearly two hours, angering the festival crowd who responded by chanting “Kanye sucks” and pelting the empty stage with glow sticks.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Bonnaroo Does Not Like Kanye West  —  The always polite and considerate, Kanye West, pissed off the crowd at the Bonnaroo Musical Festival in Tennessee because his set started two hours late.  Kanye and Wino (see below) were busy with a riveting game of Connect 4.
Discussion: Allie Is Wired and sandrarose.com
BBC:
Late Kanye jeered at US festival
Discussion: Celebritology
Natasha Stoynoff / People.com:
Kate Hudson Tags Along for Lance's Charity Ride  —  Kate Hudson traveled with new beau Lance Armstrong to Canada over the weekend to help raise over $1 million dollars for cancer research on a fund-raising bike ride.  —  Armstrong hopped on his bike Saturday morning in the small town of Waterloo …
Discussion: Us Weekly, Extra and Lifeline Live
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Leave The Children Out Of It!  —  Lance Armstrong has been knocking his ball against Kate Hudson's yes-yes hole for all of 10-seconds and they are already hanging out with each other's kids.  Kate and her son, Ryder, joined Lance and his kids in Toronto this weekend for a charity bike ride.
Discussion: Gone Hollywood
Jeffrey Slonim / People.com:
Mary-Louise Parker Breaks Toe During Love Scene  —  Break a leg?  Not exactly.  But theater vet Mary-Louise Parker was nursing a broken toe at Sunday night's Tony Awards in New York City.  —  “I smashed it on the bed frame,” she told PEOPLE at the after party, where she remained seated in her Alberta Ferretti gown.
Hollywood Reporter:
Robert Downey Jr. saddles up for ‘Cowboys’  —  In talks to star in the film that's a mix of sci-fi and Western  —  Robert Downey Jr. is in negotiations to star in DreamWorks/Universal's “Cowboys & Aliens,” a pulpy mix of the sci-fi and Western genres that could serve as a potential 2010 tentpole.
Stuff.co.nz:
Denise Richards plans return to Playboy  —  Reality television star Denise Richards is considering shedding her clothes for Playboy magazine once again.  —  The former Bond girl, who posed for Hugh Hefner's magazine in 2004, is thinking about a return to the men's mag.
NY Daily News:
Rush & Molloy: $2M gig?  Amy's loaded  —  Amy Winehouse continues to find performing sober a challenge — even when she's getting paid $2 million an hour.  —  Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich offered the troubled Grammy winner that much to give a quick show Thursday at the opening of his girlfriend's art gallery in Moscow.
TMZ.com:
Graziano Bro to Hulk: We're Coming For You  —  The voicemail threats made against Hulk Hogan and his family — calling them “whores” and threatening to “piss on you and your family's grave” — have been released ... and man are they explosive.  —  Bubba the Love Sponge, radio host and Hogan family friend …
Discussion: Vh1 Blog
Lorenzo Benet / People.com:
Ashanti Opens Up About ‘Good Friend’ Nelly  —  Ashanti has been famously secretive about her relationship with rapper Nelly.  But she broke her silence (a bit!)  Sunday night, after a sterling rendition of the National Anthem during game five of the Lakers-Celtics championship series.
Discussion: Vh1 Blog
FemaleFirst:
Heather Mills' US move  —  Heather Mills has splashed out over £2.5 million on a New York apartment.  —  The former model - who won £24.3 million in her divorce settlement from Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney - will be living in the same exclusive area as fashion designer Calvin Klein and actress Nicole Kidman.
Discussion: Gabby Babble
 
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