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Ken Lee / People.com:
Robin Wright Penn Files for Divorce  —  Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn  —  Robin Wright Penn has filed for divorce from her husband Sean Penn, PEOPLE has learned.  —  The papers, filed in Marin County, Calif., on Aug. 12, state that “both parties have already agreed to [shared] custody” …
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Esther Haynes / MORE Magazine:
Robin Wright Penn Goes It Alone  —  “I know what I don't want.”  —  Actress Robin Wright Penn, 43, has no plans to reconcile with husband Sean Penn.  In the September 2009 issue of MORE magazine, on newsstands now, the cover girl tells Karen Breslau, “I hit that crossroad a while ago.
TMZ.com:
Eric Dane — I Did Not Have Sex With that Woman!  —  Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart did not have sex with Kari Ann Peniche — but according to Peniche, they had plenty of fun.  —  Kari Ann — a dethroned Miss United States Teen — tells TMZ the video featuring the whacked-out naked trio …
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Gabriel Snyder / Gawker:
Dane's Anatomy: McSteamy, His Wife and a Fallen Beauty Queen's Naked Threesome  —  “How did these people end up here?” is the implied question of every sex tape.  Especially with the druggy romp Eric Dane (Grey's Anatomy's “Dr. McSteamy") and his wife Rebecca Gayheart filmed with beauty-queen-turned-Hollywood- madam Kari Ann Peniche.
People.com:
Eric Dane's Lawyer: This Is Not a ‘Sex Tape’  —  A video showing Grey's Anatomy star Eric Dane, his wife Rebecca Gayheart and another women in apparently compromising positions is ancient history and had better not be used for commercial purposes, says an attorney for the married couple.
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Eric Dane Nude Tape “Done in Good Fun”
Discussion: Starpulse and Socialite Life
Montreal Gazette:
Céline Dion pregnant at 41: report  —  Couple consulted team of fertility experts  —  More Images »  —  Watch Celine Dion perform ‘Taking Chances’ at Caesars Windsor.  —  Céline Dion is reportedly expecting her second child.  —  A report in Tuesday's Journal de …
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People.com:
Celine Dion Is Pregnant with Second Child  —  Making good on her expressed desire to have more children, Céline Dion is pregnant.  —  A family member tells PEOPLE, “We learned this morning.”  While a rep for the 41-year-old singer confirmed the news to various outlets saying …
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Brad Pitt to Play Superhero for His Kids' Sake  —  In his current movie opening Friday, Quentin Tarantino's R-rated WWII movie Inglourious Basterds, Brad Pitt plays a southern lieutenant whose squadron, among other bloody deeds, scalps Nazis.  —  “Yeah,” Pitt, 45, confirmed to interviewer Ann Curry …
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
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X17 Online:
Pitt Didn't Quit Pot, Says Tarantino
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TMZ.com:
Tarantino — I Hashed It Out with Brad Pitt
Cynthia Wang / People.com:
Kim Kardashian to Guest Star on New FOX Sitcom Brothers  —  Kim Kardashian, who split last month from New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush, is about to contend with more NFL dating rumors - but this time willingly - when she tapes a guest appearance on the new FOX sitcom Brothers, PEOPLE confirms exclusively.
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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Hailey Glassman Trying to Be Happy With Jon in a “Dirty, Dirty World”  —  Hailey Glassman is just “a normal 22-year-old girl.”  So how did she turn into “the goldfish that was put in the piranha tank”?  —  The admitted college-era weed smoker (it happens) exclusively tells E! News that …
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Jon Gosselin's Girlfriend Slams TLC as “the Lying Channel”
Perez Hilton:
Katherine Jackson Wants To Run Things Her Way  —  The struggle to take control of Michael Jackson's estate isn't going to end any time soon!  —  Reports are now surafcing that Michael's mom, Katherine Jackson, will be fighting to become an executor of his estate, though MJ did not appoint her to such a role.
Discussion: X17 Online, Popeater and omg!
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Bob Meadows / People.com:
Britney Spears to Present Letterman's Top 10 List  —  Britney Spears hasn't appeared on The Late Show in nearly three years, but Tuesday she'll deliver one of the show's classic bits: the Top 10 list.  —  Spears last appeared on David Letterman's show when she made a surprise cameo in November 2006.
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Michael Jackson to Be Buried in Grand Mausoleum  —  The late singer's birthday burial will take place at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 29, at the same L.A. cemetery where his funeral was held back in July.  —  The private ceremony — which comes more than two months after the King of Pop died …
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Dave Itzkoff / ArtsBeat:
Burial Plans for Michael Jackson Are Announced
Bob Meadows / People.com:
Mila Kunis: Macaulay Culkin Is My ‘Steady Rock’  —  Mila Kunis on the Cover of Women's Health Magazine  —  Mila Kunis has acted opposite some of Hollywood's hunkiest stars.  But she only has eyes for her boyfriend of seven years, Macaulay Culkin.  —  “I don't know if I met him at 27 …
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
Lynn Sweet:
Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times Columnist, “Prince of Darkness” died Tuesday  —  Please check back here; I am updating through the day.  —  WASHINGTON—Chicago Sun-Times columnist Robert Novak, one of the nation's most influential journalists, who relished his “Prince of Darkness” …
Discussion: TVNewser
Thomas Rogers / Salon:
Ladies: I'm not your gay boyfriend  —  Sean Hayes, Debra Messing and Eric McCormack in “Will & Grace.”  —  The first time somebody wanted to be my fag hag, it was the year 2000, I was 16 years old, and I was sitting in the back of a high school physics class.
Discussion: tressugar and Jezebel
Lew Harris / The Wrap:
'Time Traveler's Wife' Series Travels to ABC  —  “Friends'” Marta Kauffman to adapt the novel for the small screen.  —  By Josef Adalian  —  ABC is teaming with “Friends” creator Marta Kauffman and Warner Bros. Television to adapt “The Time Traveler's Wife” as a weekly series.
Marc Graser / Variety:
James McAvoy is ‘With Cancer’  —  Nicole Holofcener to helm Reiser adaptation  —  James McAvoy has checked into Mandate Pictures' comedic adaptation of the Will Reiser novel “I'm With Cancer.”  Nicole Holofcener will direct, and the pic will co-star Seth Rogen, who is also producing.
New York Post:
DAD WANTS ALL LINDSAY'S TIME  —  LINDSAY Lohan didn't look happy to see her father, Michael, Saturday night at the breast cancer benefit at fotog Steven Klein's Bridgehampton horse farm.  While she was trying to talk to Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Kim Cattrall and Andrew Balazs …
Michael Vick / Global Grind:
What I Did Was Horrendous  —  SOURCE:  —  **GLOBAL GRIND EXCLUSIVE** I'm sorry.  That's the place where I need to begin.  My feeling of remorse.  I ain't never written a blog before, so putting my thoughts down on paper is a challenge - however it's a challenge I must face.
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Brad Pitt: I Don't Have to Be a Nazi to Beat Ass  —  Brad Pitt may have turned into a humanitarian hottie since hooking up with Angelina Jolie, however the star of Quentin Tarantino's WWII flick “Inglourious Basterds” still gets a kick of it kicking others.  Literally.  —  “I just like kicking ass period.
Discussion: Pop Crunch, Just Jared and Cele|bitchy
 
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X17 Online:
Lady Gaga To Tone It Down In Israel
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Larry Carroll / MTV Movies Blog:
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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:
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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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