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8:30 PM ET, August 1, 2009

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Alaska Report News:
Todd and Sarah Palin to divorce  —  Affairs on both sides  —  AlaskaReport has learned this morning that Todd Palin and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin are to divorce.  Multiple sources in Wasilla and Anchorage have confirmed the news.  —  A National Enquirer story exposing previous affairs …
Jennifer Garcia / People.com:
Jaime Pressly Is Engaged!  —  Jaime Pressly and entertainment lawyer Simran Singh are engaged, her rep confirms to PEOPLE.  No wedding date has been set.  —  The pair checked into San Diego's Hard Rock Hotel on Thursday for a celebration toasting the actresses 32nd birthday Friday night, a day after her actual birthday.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Jaime Pressly Is Engaged  —  My Name Is Earl actress Jaime Pressly is getting married, her rep confirms to Usmagazine.com.  —  The star is engaged to entertainment lawyer Simran Singh, her rep tells Us, adding that a wedding date is still to be determined.  —  Pressly and Singh checked into the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego Thursday.
Discussion: PopEater
Louis Mason / mason360.com:
Drake injured at concert  —  We are receiving reports that Drake has been injured at his latest concert, “America's Most Wanted” in Camden.  —  UPDATE: According to witnesses, Drake and Lil Wayne were performing “Best I Ever Had” when Drake was moving across the stage and did a spin move …
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Miss Info / MissInfo.tv:
Breaking News: Drake twists injured knee and collapses onstage in Camden, NJ  —  My girl Marisa is backstage tonite at the “America's Most Wanted” show in Camden, New Jersey and just filled me in on the worst-case scenario that just happened onstage : (  —  According to her and other witnesses …
Aaron Foley / MLive.com:
Baatin of Detroit's Slum Village dead at 35 … Baatin, a Detroit rapper and member of Detroit rap collective Slum Village, has died.  Tim Maynor, tour manager for Slum Village, confirmed his death in an e-mail to MLive.  —  Maynor did not comment any further, only saying his death is “too fresh right now.”
Serena Kappes / People.com:
Jude Law's Baby-to-Be's Name Revealed  —  After Jude Law announced that he was going to become a father for the fourth time on Wednesday, now lawyers for mom-to-be Samantha Burke reveals in an exclusive statement to PEOPLE that they'll be having a little girl named Sophia.
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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Samantha Burke Had To Go Through Publicist To Tell Jude Law …
Discussion: Socialite Life
People.com:
From PEOPLE Magazine  —  TRACEY GOLD'S MOTHER, BONNIE, VIVIDLY remembers the moment she realized the gravity of her daughter's illness.  That was last Nov. 10, Bonnie's 45th birthday, when she visited the set of the ABC sitcom Growing Pains, on which Tracey has played wholesome Carol Seaver since 1985.
Discussion: L.A. Rag Mag
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Tyra Banks Joining Gossip Girl  —  The America's Next Top Model host will guest star on one episode of Gossip Girl's upcoming third season, her rep confirms to Usmagazine.com.  —  Banks will play Ursula Nyquist, a larger-than-life actress who Serena (played by Blake Lively) …
Discussion: Extra
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Jennifer Godwin / E! Online:
Tyra Banks Eats Gossip Girl
Discussion: coverawards.com
Jeff Truesdell / People.com:
The Second Bachelor Getting Married  —  Aaron Buerge and fiancée  —  At the end of the second season of The Bachelor in 2002, Aaron Buerge presented a final rose - and a ring - to elementary school psychologist Helene Eksterowicz.  But as the year came to an end, so did their romance.
Ken Lee / People.com:
Doctor Warned Michael Jackson about Propofol in April  —  Michael Jackson was recently warned against the dangers of the powerful anesthetic propofol by one of his former doctors, according to a lawyer for the physician.  —  Dr. Allan Metzger, an L.A.-based rheumatologist who also specializes …
In Touch Weekly Magazine:
In Touch Exclusive:Mark Wahlberg to wed this weekend!  —  Mark Wahlberg to wed this weekend!  —  Mark Wahlberg and his girlfriend, Rhea Durham, have been dating since 2001, have three children together and they're now ready to tie the knot!  In Touch can exclusively reveal that the actor …
 
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Daily Mail:
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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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