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Michelle Tan / People.com:
Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel Call It Quits - Again  —  Silverman (left) and Kimmel  —  A second chance at love didn't work.  —  Despite a reconciliation that gave them both cause for laughs, late-night talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel, 41, and comedian Sarah Silverman, 38, have split, a source confirms to PEOPLE.
Access Hollywood:
Jimmy Kimmel & Sarah Silverman Break Up Again
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Linda Marx / People.com:
Britney Spears Visits Sick Children in Miami  —  After rolling into Miami, Britney Spears's Circus Tour featured a sideshow for a worthy cause.  —  The pop star paid a visit to 40 sick children at Miami Children's Hospital on Saturday.  “She took pictures with the kids and gave them autographed pictures …
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BRITNEY SPEARS SURPRISES KIDS AT MIAMI HOSPITAL  —  Pop star Britney Spears flew into Miami today via private jet and landed in the hospital—but it's not what you think.  —  Spears stopped by Miami Children's Hospital for a surprise visit with sick kids and to donate $100,000 …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Octo Mom's New Publicist Quits: She's “Nuts”  —  Octo Mom Nadya Suleman is without a publicist — again.  —  Victor Munoz tells Usmagazine.com that he quit as Suleman's rep Friday night.  —  “It just got to be too much,” he says.  “It's pretty much a free for all over there right now.
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Source: Bachelor's Melissa Rycroft to Join Dancing With the Stars  —  Jilted by Jason Mesnick on the season finale of The Bachelor, Melissa Rycroft will rebound nicely — on Dancing With the Stars, PEOPLE has learned.  —  Rycroft, 25, is to fill the slot vacated by Access Hollywood host Nancy O'Dell …
News of the World:
NICE grass, love!  There's bound to be a pitch invasion when Chantelle Houghton supporters see this.  —  The WAG wobbled up and down the beach in an Astroturf-look bikini, proving to the world that beneath the surface, she's got cracking personalities.  The 32DD hottie, 25, showed off her footie-themed kit on a break in Mexico.
New York Post:
DIDDY SET UP  —  SEAN “Diddy” Combs had no idea Chris Brown was going to use his home on Star Island to stage his reconciliation with Rihanna for the paparazzi.  A music industry insider tells us, “Chris called and said he needed to crash at Diddy's house while he was recording.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Sandra Rose
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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Rihanna Allowed to Tape Record Calls from Chris Brown
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Access Hollywood:   Do Chris Brown & Rihanna Have A $10M Deal In The Works?
News of the World:
Harry takes Chelsy lookalike to his pad at 3.15am  —  PRINCE Harry spent the night partying with a stunning blonde pal of brother William's girlfriend Kate Middleton.  —  He was clubbing till 3am yesterday with Astrid Harbord, 27.  Then he took her back to his Clarence House flat.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Robert Jobson / News of the World:
Boozy Jacko goonwalks  —  Staggering star has to be held up by minders  —  POP legend Michael Jackson was told to beat it when he turned up in the lobby of his posh hotel looking like a Rockin' Robin.  —  Staff thought the melty- faced star looked off his face as he lurched around …
Discussion: Hollywood Rag and popdirt.com
People.com:
Dakota Fanning Set to Star in New Moon  —  It's (finally!) official: Dakota Fanning is getting her fangs.  —  The 14-year-old actress is set to star in New Moon as Jane - a sinister vampire with an angelic exterior who works for the Volturi, a rep for Summit Entertainment confirms to PEOPLE.
Dan Wootton / News of the World:
It's over for the 'babes  —  A SPOONFUL of the sweet stuff may have helped the medicine go down for that Poppins lady — but it's not helped me.  —  For it's my sad, sad, duty to report (with a wobbly bottom lip) that the SUGABABES are no more.  —  The sweetest things to ever happen to pop are hanging up their sparkly mics for good.
Sarah Michaud / People.com:
M.I.A.: Don't Call My Baby ‘Ickitt’  —  M.I.A.  —  To those Internet reports claiming M.I.A. named her 3-week-old boy Ickitt, the rapper responds: Ick!  —  In a humorous message on her MySpace Celebrity Blog, the “Paper Planes” songstress shot down the rumors while poking fun at a few …
Discussion: Pop Crunch
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