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1:05 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?’:  Britney Spears opens up about her breakdown for the first time … Britney Spears has spoken for the first time about her highly-publicised public meltdown.  —  In an upcoming documentary designed to help launch her comeback, the singer candidly addresses …
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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
TMZ.com:
Hef's Girls Put the Jail in Jailbait  —  Hugh Hefner, 82, likes 'em young, blonde ... and bad.  —  Turns out Hef's 19-year-old handpicked twin successors to the throne of Holly, Bridget and Kendra come with a checkered past.  Karissa (left) and Kristina Shannon (right) …
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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 …
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 …
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:
Discussion: Us Weekly
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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 …
Imaeyen Ibanga / ABCNEWS:
‘DWS’ Star Takes on Critics of Her Weight  —  Cheryl Burke Said Despite Harsh Talk of Her Weight Gain, She's Only 5 Pounds Heavier  —  Two-time “Dancing With the Stars” champion Cheryl Burke has found herself the subject of tabloids and bloggers — not all for her ballroom prowess, though; some of the chatter concerns her weight.
Discussion: Scandalist and reality blurred
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PEOPLE TV Watch:
Cheryl Burke: 'You Don't Have to be Anorexic to be Beautiful'
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
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
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.
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 and Urlesque
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.
Rich Juzwiak / Vh1 Blog:
Daisy Of Love: It's On!  —  The rumors are true: Rock of Love 2 runner-up Daisy De La Hoya is set to head her own dating-show spin-off (of a spin-off of a spin-off of a spin-off of a spin-off) and she's turning to the Internet to find her dudes.  If you're interested in competing for Daisy's heart …
People.com:
How Motherhood Has Domesticated Nicole Richie  —  Look who's handy in the kitchen now: Nicole Richie!  —  “Food tastes better coming from your Mom because it's made with love,” says the new mom, 27.  So Richie purees steamed vegetables to make homemade baby food for the couple's 9-month old daughter, Harlow Winter Kate Madden.
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: Mollygood
 
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NY Daily News:
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Arasto / Faded Youth Blog:
MARIAH IS STILL DRESSING LIKE STREET TRASH
Michael Schneider / Variety:
Alien lizards set to invade ABC in ‘V’
Daily Mail:
Complaints pour into BBC after EastEnders screens gay kiss before the watershed
Discussion: Towleroad.com and OH NO!!
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Daily Mail:
Leona Lewis turns down £1m to open the Harrods sale in anti-fur protest
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Deceiver.com
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.
Richard Shears / Daily Mail:
Pictured: The house LITERALLY sawn in half by divorcing couple
Discussion: Dlisted and Jezebel
TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan: My Depo Is My Business
Discussion: Socialite Life and Perez Hilton
 

 
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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