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2:36 AM ET, October 8, 2008

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Halle Berry / Esquire:
Halle Berry Is the Sexiest Woman Alive, 2008  —  As the culmination of our anniversary celebration, Halle Berry — who just had a baby, like, six months ago — presents the final re-creations of classic Esquire covers.  Here, she delivers her acceptance speech.  —  Halle Berry  —  Wow.
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Esquire:
The Making of the Halle Berry Cover  —  In November 2008, Esquire's Sexiest Woman Alive, Halle Berry, recreated a classic Esquire cover from December 2000, featuring Bill Clinton.  An inside breakdown of how this image came together.  —  So here it is, our final re-creation of a classic Esquire cover …
Discussion: AceShowBiz.com
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Sarah Silverman: “We're Very Bruce and Demi”  —  Sarah Silverman is reluctant to state whether she and ex Jimmy Kimmel are back on.  —  “We talk every day.  It's fine, it's great,” she tells Tuesday's New York Times.  “I'm doing his show at the end of the month.  We're very Demi and Bruce.”
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Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman Are Back On!  —  Silverman and Kimmel on Oct. 3  —  Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman are back together.  —  “They're taking it slow,” says a source.  “They're on the road back to being together again.”  —  The comedians, who ended their five-year relationship in July …
TMZ.com:
Nolte's House Burns  —  Nick Nolte's house caught fire today and he suffered injuries.  —  The call to L.A. County Fire came in today at 11:34 AM.  When firefighters arrived, the Malibu house was burning and Nolte was trying to put the blaze out himself.  We're told the fire started in a bedroom …
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Extra:
Hathaway Way Jealous of Fey!
Discussion: MomLogic
TMZ.com:
David Crosby — Lowe Nanny Liked It Big and Black  —  David Crosby claims the only thing bigger than Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young was the genitalia Rob Lowe's nanny coveted.  —  In a declaration filed in the case of Laura Boyce — the former Lowe nanny who claims she was sexually harassed …
Discussion: Dlisted, Defamer and Pretty Boring
PopEater:
‘The View’ Battle Rages On  —  Round 3,540 of “Elisabeth Hasselbeck vs. Everyone Else” broke out today on the epic battle known as “The View.' The election has stirred up daily controversy on the daytime talk show, resulting in a nearly incomprehensible din with all four co-hosts bickering at once.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Mayhem On The View!  —  It's a new day, which means the cuckoo hens on …
Discussion: Towleroad.com
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Fox to redo ‘Absolutely Fabulous’  —  Network taps Zander to adapt Saunders series  —  Fox is planning a remake of the Britcom ‘Absolutely Fabulous.’  —  Edina and Patsy are ready to take on L.A.  —  Fox is developing a redo of Jennifer Saunders' enduring Britcom “Absolutely Fabulous …
Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
Details of Ashlee's ‘White-Trash’ Birthday Party Revealed  —  Ashlee Simpson-Wentz traded her stylish maternity wardrobe for trailer-park chic Friday night, at a costume party to celebrate her 24th birthday.  —  “It had a white-trash theme,” says a guest who attended the bash at Simpson's parents' home in Encino.
Discussion: Hollywood Backwash
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Queen Latifah: “I Don't Care If People Think I'm Gay”  —  Get it straight: Queen Latifah is not answering your questions about her sexuality.  —  “I don't have a problem discussing the topic of somebody being gay, but I do have a problem discussing my personal life,” Latifah, 38, told Sunday's New York Times magazine.
Yuvraj Acharya / Associated Press:
Nepal appoints 3-year-old as new living goddess  —  KATMANDU, Nepal - Hindu and Buddhist priests chanted sacred hymns and cascaded flowers and grains of rice over a 3-year-old girl who was appointed a living goddess in Nepal on Tuesday.  —  Wrapped in red silk and adorned with red flowers in her hair …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Jezebel
Jennifer Cady / E! Online:
“Womanizer” Photos Prove Britney's Really Back  —  Aw, check it out.  It's B. Spears looking hot and normal.  Even her weave looks good.  —  This photo (keep scrolling for more) is from Miz Spears' new video for “Womanizer”—directed by the same guy responsible for the masterpiece that is …
Discussion: The Superficial
Don Kaplan / New York Post:
MCCAIN TO PATCH IT UP WITH DAVE  —  DAVID Letterman and Sen. John McCain are talking about making up.  —  McCain representatives and “Late Show” executives are negotiating an appearance on Letterman's show sometime around the final presidential debate on Oct. 15, according to knowledgeable sources.
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Derek Hough: I'm Living with Shannon at Her House  —  Derek Hough rumbled with his current partner Brooke Burke on last night's Dancing with the Stars, but on the home front things are better than ever for the pro and his former Dancing partner Shannon Elizabeth.
Discussion: Lifeline Live
Daily Mail:
What not to wear... anything from footballer Ronaldo's boutique … Cristiano Ronaldos' metrosexual high-maintenance fashion style is both ridiculed and admired in equal measures.  —  So it perhaps comes as no surprise that the Manchester United winger is expanding his fashion empire …
Discussion: OH NO!! and Perez Hilton
TMZ.com:
Britney Spears — The Trial Must Go On  —  Common sense has not prevailed.  —  Britney Spears' driving without a license trial will continue as scheduled, according to a ruling released today.  Brit and her people were trying to have the case put on hold or dismissed entirely.
Discussion: Access Hollywood
Rich Juzwiak / Vh1 Blog:
Real Chance of Love: Gaze Into Their Eyes  —  We know you love Real and Chance.  We know that they're you're favorite brothers in the history of Celebreality, probably in the history of television, possibly in the history of brotherhood.  We know that you love their singular concoction of sensitivity …
Daily Mail:
I'm with the band: Rock widow Courtney Love's dramatic weight loss ‘is down to gastric op’ … She said it was down to strict dieting and being inspired by Oprah Winfrey.  —  But Courtney Love's dramatic weight loss over the last two years is actually down to a gastric band operation she had two years ago, it has been claimed.
New York Post:
SCREECHING FIT  —  MADONNA better not take her act to Alaska.  At one point during the US kickoff of her “Sticky and Sweet” tour at the Meadowlands Saturday night, the Material Mom indulged her Republican-hating ways, shouting, “Sarah Palin can't come to my party.  Sarah Palin can't come to my show.
Just Jared:
Adam Gregory Dating Jessica Lowndes  —  90210 stars Adam Gregory and Jessica Lowndes take their love off-screen, holding hands while shopping at the Intuition boutique in Los Angeles on Monday.  —  On the hit CW drama, Jessica, 19, plays troubled Adrianna Duncan, and Adam, 20, who plays rich jock Ty Collins.
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Jennifer Lopez and Leah Remini Joined at the Hip  —  Los Angeles (E! Online) - Jennifer Lopez and Leah Remini were like a couple of high schoolers last night at Elle's Women in Hollywood Tribute.  —  The two arrived hand in hand and then dashed through the predinner cocktail reception still holding hands.
Just Jared:
Scarlett Johansson - “CosmoGirl” November 2008  —  Newly married actress/political activist Scarlett Johansson opens up to CosmoGirl! about her goofier side and her favorite bonding activity with younger brother Hunter:  —  On what it's like talking to college students about the election during …
 
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Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
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PEOPLE TV Watch:
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Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
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Andrei Harmsworth / Metro.co.uk:
Jolie: My sex life has been ruined
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From Mediagazer:

Oliver Darcy / Status:
New York Magazine says Olivia Nuzzi is on leave after admitting a personal relationship with a campaign figure; sources: the person is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
A US FTC report on the data practices of Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and six other companies finds “vast surveillance” of consumers to monetize their information

Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Amazon joins the Motion Picture Association, after a long courtship; the lobbying group's other members are Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Universal, and WBD

 
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