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1:55 PM ET, October 10, 2008

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Jocelyn Vena / MTV:
Britney Spears ‘Sets The Record Straight’ In Documentary Airing November 30 On MTV — Check Out A Preview Here!  —  In the special, Britney reflects on hardships of the past few years: ‘What the hell was I thinking?’  —  Possibly more than anyone on Earth, Britney Spears' life …
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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Britney Spears: ‘What the Hell Was I Thinking?’  —  In an upcoming documentary, Britney Spears candidly discusses her loneliness and her regrets about her much-publicized erratic behavior.  —  “I sit there and I'll look back and I'm like: I'm a smart person.
Daily Mail:
‘What the hell was I thinking?’: …
New York Post:
SHE'S THE BOSS  —  MADONNA is a demanding diva even to her peers.  The Swedish pop star Robyn was psyched when the Material Mom invited her to open for a handful of her European concerts but quickly found out there are rules.  Robyn told her hometown Swedish paper that she and her crew were told …
TMZ.com:
“Austin Powers” Star Charged in Gang Rape  —  TMZ has learned the actor who played Random Task in the first “Austin Powers” movie has been charged with a vicious gang rape.  —  Joe Son's arrest has been all over newspapers in the O.C., but no one connected the dots — that the suspect is actually Dr. Evil's henchman — until now.
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Fox News:
‘Austin Powers’ Actor Charged in Unsolved Gang Rape  —  Joe Son, who played the character Random Task in the first “Austin Powers” movie, has been charged by California authorities in connection with an unsolved 1990 Christmas Eve gang rape.  —  Son pleaded guilty in May to felony vandalism …
Discussion: Gone Hollywood and Scandalist
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E! Online:
Hefner's Shannon Twins Packing Legal Baggage  —  Hugh Hefner's new gal-pals aren't quite as innocent as they look.  Um, anyway?  —  Florida police records show that 19-year-old twins Karissa and Kristina Shannon, who appear to be seeking permanent quarters in the Playboy Mansion …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Hef Likes 'Em Trashy
Discussion: Scandalist
TMZ.com:
Hef's Girls Put the Jail in Jailbait
Jennifer Godwin / E! Online:
Video Sneak Peek: Katie Holmes Steams Up Eli Stone!  —  Get a load of Katie Holmes!  She's guesting on an upcoming episode of ABC's fantastical legal drama Eli Stone, and her first appearance is as a jazz-singing nightclub girl in one of Eli's (Jonny Lee Miller) visions.  Check it out:
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Just Jared:   Katie Holmes Singing & Dancing — VIDEO PREVIEW
FemaleFirst:
Eva Mendes hates comparison to Jennifer Lopez  —  Hollywood actress Eva Mendes has lashed out at comparisons to fellow Latina Jennifer Lopez, insisting her career is “more serious”.  —  The We Own The Night beauty has made a name for herself in Hollywood with roles in box office blockbusters …
Cele|bitchy:
Avril Lavigne's marriage in trouble as husband parties with other women  —  Avril and Deryck out at Koi on 8/22/08.  Credit: Fame Pictures  —  Avril Lavigne's two year marriage to fellow Canadian musician Deryck Whibley, 28, might be in trouble.  While his 24 year-old wife is on tour Deryck …
Discussion: poponthepop.com
Alison Maloney / The Sun:
No Apple for Ben and Jen  —  BEN AFFLECK and JENNIFER GARNER have rejected weird Hollywood names in favour of the traditional, for baby number two.  —  The celebrity couple, parents to two year old VIOLET, dislike the trendy names chosen by other celebs such as GWYNETH PALTROW …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Just Jared
Sarah Kershaw / New York Times:
The Sum of Your Facial Parts  —  IS the woman pictured on the right more attractive than the woman on the left?  Do her wider-set eyes, the longer distance between her hairline and the bridge of the nose, and the rounder shape of her face make her more beautiful?
Discussion: Mollygood, Urlesque and BellaSugar
Courtney Rubin / People.com:
Victoria Beckham ‘Not Trying to Get Pregnant’  —  Victoria Beckham is obsessed with grapes - “I just can't put them down.”  But, she's quick to say, it's not some bizarre pre-maternity diet.  —  “I'm not pregnant, and I'm not trying to get pregnant at the moment,” she tells November's U.K. edition of Glamour.
People.com:
Christina Applegate Is ‘Ready to Hug Again’  —  Christina Applegate has been bravely outspoken about her battle with breast cancer.  But, the Samantha Who? star reveals, she wasn't always so forthcoming.  —  “I went back to work for about five weeks right after the second surgery,” Applegate tells Ellen DeGeneres on Friday's show.
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Pop Tarts: Audrina Patridge the Target of High School Bullies  —  LOS ANGELES — If you thought “The Hills” was filled with too much bitching and backstabbing, it's nothing compared to what starlet Audrina Patridge experienced growing up in the Orange County town of Placentia, Calif.
Discussion: Faded Youth Blog
The Sun:
Meet the 105-year-old virgin  —  BRITAIN'S oldest virgin who celebrates her 105th birthday this weekend says no sex is the secret to her long life.  —  Having known she would remain single from the age of twelve, Clara Meadmore abstained to concentrate on earning a living.
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Jason Priestley: 90210 Return “Will Be Fun!”  —  Jason Priestley is looking forward to returning to CW's 90210 — as director!  —  “It's going to be a lot of fun to work over there and work with those guys,” he said Friday on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show.
Discussion: Pink is the New Blog
Hollywoodreporter / The Live Feed:
CW sets ‘Top Model’ spinoff  —  The CW is spinning off its hit reality series “America's Next Top Model.”  —  The network has ordered a pilot for “Operation Fabulous,” starring “Top Model” regulars Jay Manuel and J. Alexander and executive produced by “Top Model” chiefs Tyra Banks and Ken Mok.
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Mollygood
 
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Imaeyen Ibanga / ABCNEWS:
‘DWS’ Star Takes on Critics of Her Weight
Discussion: Scandalist and reality blurred
Hollywoodtuna:
Carmen Electra And Her Sweater Stretching Puppies
NY Daily News:
Chorus of boos awaits Katie Holmes
Discussion: X17 Online and Scandalist
The latest WWD:
Bonding With Vuitton... Ad Spending Forecasts Drop... Glam Media Chases Luxe...
Discussion: Perez Hilton and fashionologie
Arasto / Faded Youth Blog:
MARIAH IS STILL DRESSING LIKE STREET TRASH
People.com:
How Motherhood Has Domesticated Nicole Richie
Michael Schneider / Variety:
Alien lizards set to invade ABC in ‘V’
 Earlier Picks: 
Daily Mail:
Complaints pour into BBC after EastEnders screens gay kiss before the watershed
Discussion: Towleroad.com and OH NO!!
Daily Mail:
Leona Lewis turns down £1m to open the Harrods sale in anti-fur protest
Discussion: Deceiver.com and Cele|bitchy
LAT Blogs / The Big Picture:
New shock wave hits “The Reader”
Discussion: Hollywood Elsewhere, /Film and Defamer
Michael K / Dlisted:
Would You Hit It?  —  No, it's not Santey Claus undercover at a biker bar.
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Sources: WaPo is trying a new mission statement internally: Riveting Storytelling for All of America; there are no plans to replace its strident public slogan

Brian Stelter / CNN:
FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel rejects four formal complaints that “seek to weaponize” the FCC, including three pro-Trump efforts and one against a Fox station

Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Justin Baldoni sues Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, accusing them of civil extortion, defamation and invasion of privacy; he had earlier also sued the NYT

 
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