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12:25 AM ET, November 5, 2008

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Just Jared:
Carrie Underwood: No Respect for Celebs who Endorse Candidates  —  Country music superstar Carrie Underwood has lost all respect for Oprah, Jennifer Aniston, George Clooney and other celebrities who have backed candidates for office.  —  While talking about the presidential race with TV Guide …
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E! Online:
Carrie Underwood: Don't Tell Me How You're Voting  —  Carrie Underwood doesn't believe in celebs who share their political affiliations.  —  “There is someone I do support, but I don't support publicly,” she says in next week's TV Guide magazine.  “I lose all respect for celebrities when they back a candidate.”
Pete Norman / People.com:
Kate Winslet ‘Furious’ Over Body Airbrush Claims  —  Just a day after Kate Winslet revealed in a Vanity Fair interview that she still feels like the “fat kid,” critics in her home country are lining up to claim she still is.  —  But the svelte Oscar-winner isn't having it …
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Richard Simpson / Daily Mail:
Barely recognisable, a vampish Kate Winslet strips off for Vanity Fair … When she was first digitally enhanced to make her appear slimmer on a magazine shoot, Kate Winslet spoke of her disgust at what airbrushing had done to her womanly curves.  —  Six years on and another child down the line …
X17 Online:
Kate Takes It All Off For Vanity Fair
TMZ.com:
Tim Robbins Couldn't Vote — Cops Called  —  Tim Robbins tried voting at his NYC polling place earlier today.  There was some kind of ruckus and the cops were called.  —  Apparently Robbins has been voting at that polling place for more than a decade but today his name wasn't on the register.
Nekesa Mumbi Moody / Associated Press:
Diddy votes: ‘It was a joyous moment’  —  NEW YORK - New York is a deep blue state, and was almost assured to go the way of Barack Obama on Election Day.  Still, as Diddy cast his ballot for the Democratic presidential candidate Tuesday, he couldn't help but feel that he had made a difference.
Extra:
Lindsay: Lesson Learned  —  Lindsay Lohan has gone from a hard-partying It girl in the fast lane to self-confessed couch potato — and she's grateful for how she's wised up.  “I've learned my lesson at an early age and I am very thankful for that,” Lindsay confesses to “Extra.”
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Hollyscoop
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The Superficial:   Lindsay Lohan just cost Barack Obama some more votes
Angelina Jolie / People.com:
Angelina Jolie Teaches Her Kids Real vs. Movie Brutality  —  Angelina Jolie loves shooting things up onscreen, but she wants to make sure her kids understand the difference between make-believe and reality.  —  “We don't take war and violence lightly, but we don't hide it from anybody,” …
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Angelina Jolie: I Am Still Just a “Punk Kid With Tattoos”
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
Michael K / Dlisted:
Saint Angie Is Still A Punk Kid With Tattoos
Discussion: MSNBC
Korin Miller / NY Daily News:
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is ‘high maintenance,’ ex Holly Madison says  —  Hugh Hefner's former No. 1 girlfriend is excited about her future dating prospects - just as long as they're not like her famous ex.  —  “It might be refreshing to date someone who is not high maintenance,” …
New York Post:
H'WEEN TREAT  —  JUSTIN Long is in a downward spiral when it comes to women.  After Drew Barrymore broke up with him, Long took up with Kirsten Dunst, maintaining an on-again, off-again relationship for months with the “Marie Antoinette” star.  But on Halloween, the “Mac Guy” hooked up with trampy bisexual Tila Tequila in Las Vegas.
Perez Hilton:
Anne Hathaway's New Man - REVEALED!!!  —  While Raffaello Follieri's got 4 and a half years in prison to contemplate his sings, Anne Hathaway is happily consumed with all the giddiness of a brand new relationship!  —  Life & Style caught up with Hathaway's new squeeze, actor Adam Shulman in New Orleans …
Hollywoodtuna:
Ivanka Trump's Got Real American Cleavage  —  Earlier I posted some pictures of Paris Hilton's impressive pushed up, taped up skinny girl cleavage but I didn't think that would satisfy my readers so here's Ivanka Trump at the 2008 Library Lions benefit in New York City showing us what cleavage should look like.
Discussion: COED Magazine
Hollywoodtuna:
Monica Bellucci Topless Pictures From GQ Magazine  —  I don't know how old Monica Bellucci is, but after seeing these pictures of her in the latest GQ Italy, she's definitely not old enough to be considered irrelevant.  I mean, she makes most girls half her age look old and battered.
Perez Hilton:
Ivana Trump's 20-years Younger Husband Caught Cheating!!!  On TV!!  —  Italian reader Max tuned us onto some juicy stuff!  —  For her sake, we hope Ivana Trump has an ironclad prenup because her young, stud-muffin husband, Rossano Rubicond, was caught red-handed cheating on her while participating …
Discussion: NY Daily News
Donna Freydkin / USA Today:
‘Twilight’ fans show some blood lust for star Robert Pattinson  —  NEW YORK — You'd think Brad Pitt had shown up.  —  Instead, it was Twilight's brooding vampire Robert Pattinson, accompanied by director Catherine Hardwicke, who drew a packed and very loud crowd at the Soho Apple store Monday night …
Yahoo! News:
Heidi Klum faces flak from Hindus for posing as Goddess Kali in Halloween bash  —  Washington, Nov 4 (ANI): Heidi Klum, who dressed up as Hindu goddess Kali, who symbolises death and destruction, for her Halloween bash, has left the Hindu community in America fuming.
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Charlize Theron plans ‘Tourist’ trip  —  Actress in talks to costar with Tom Cruise in pic  —  Charlize Theron is negotiating to star with Tom Cruise in “The Tourist,” the Bharat Nalluri-directed remake of the 2005 French thriller “Anthony Zimmer.”  —  In the Julian Fellowes-scripted drama …
New York Magazine:
Anna Wintour, Rest of City Turn Out to Vote  —  OMG!  It's Anna Wintour waiting to vote in Soho.  Isn't there just something hilarious about this photo?  Wonder if she voted for Obama, because she prefers style over substance, or for McCain, because Sarah Palin showed enviable restraint with accessories?
Discussion: L.A. Rag Mag, Gawker and fashionologie
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Jessica Simpson: Nick Wasn't “the Right One”  —  In December's Cosmopolitan, Jessica Simpson says Tony Romo is different from past men she's romanced — including ex-husband Nick Lachey.  —  “I'd always fall for guys I wanted to save,” she says.  “For the first time, I fell in love with someone who saved me.”
Audrina Patridge:
On My Mind: The Hills Season 4 Episode 14  —  Tonight's episode was about me moving out, along with other issues as well.  I had been looking for a place for months and I finally found a house in the hills that I loved that wasn't too big or too small.  Although Lauren knew I had been thinking …
Discussion: Us Weekly and PEOPLE TV Watch
Stuff.co.nz:
Conchords star becomes a dad  —  Flight of the Conchords Kiwi comedy star Jemaine Clement and his new wife are celebrating the birth of their first child together.  —  Clement's wife, Wellington actress and playwright Miranda Manasiadis, gave birth to their son, Sophocles Iraia Manasiadis Clement, in New York last month.
Discussion: Dlisted and The Shallow End
 
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