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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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Jennifer Garcia / People.com:
Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush Spotted Together  —  Are Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush keeping up with each other?  —  Just three weeks after they amicably split, the pair were “all smiles” as they walked together Monday into a Ruth Chris Steak House in New Orleans, an observer tells PEOPLE.
Discussion: Sandra Rose and Showbiz Spy
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Kim Kardashian Seen With Reggie Bush in New Orleans  —  Three weeks after their split, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star was spotted with her ex in New Orleans, a source tells Usmagazine.com.  —  She was in Louisiana for an appearance at a Dress for Success charity fashion show on Saturday.
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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Montreal Gazette:
Céline Dion pregnant at 41: report
Rennie Dyball / People.com:
Céline's Motherhood Dream Comes True
Discussion: Showbiz Spy and EW.com
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
Discussion: Reuters and omg!
TMZ.com:
Tarantino — I Hashed It Out with Brad Pitt
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”
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.
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: AfterElton.com, tressugar and Jezebel
TMZ.com:
‘So You Think...’ Star Charged with Rape  —  A former choreographer for “So You Think You Can Dance” was arrested again for allegedly sexually assaulting four women — but this time he's actually being charged with a crime ... or eight, to be exact.  —  Cops say Alex Da Silva was arrested …
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Johnny Knoxville to Have Another Baby  —  Jackass star Johnny Knoxville is going to be a dad for the second time, his rep confirms to Usmagazine.com.  —  His girlfriend of nearly a year, Naomi Nelson, is three months pregnant.  —  “Yes, they are expecting and very excited,” his rep tells Us.
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: Popeater, X17 Online, TMZ.com 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.
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
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 …
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.
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Atlanta Housewives's NeNe Reveals: I Was a Stripper  —  No need for her castmates to do any digging!  The outspoken Real Housewives of Atlanta star NeNe Leakes is coming right out with a revelation from her past: She was a stripper.  And she's not ashamed.
David Caplan / People.com:
Kourtney Kardashian: How I Told My Family I'm Pregnant  —  Once Kourtney Kardashian learned in May that a fling with her then-ex boyfriend Scott Disick had resulted in an unplanned pregnancy, the reality TV star had to face her next hurdle: Telling her sisters and mom, who's distrust of Disick …
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
Michael K / Dlisted:
Hazmat, Take Her Away!  —  It's been over 48 hours since I've seen pictures of LiLo, so I figured she was actually working a job or something.  LiLo was spending time in Austin, TX recently to shoot that Machete movie with Robert Rodriguez, but she managed to hitch a ride …
 
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Hellomagazine.com:
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Trade body data: copyrighted music revenue was $45.5B in 2023, above cinema box office spending of $33.2B in 2023 and $41.9B in 2019; record labels made $28.5B

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
The music industry is entering a cycle of consolidation, driven by a slowdown at the major labels, the growing market for independents, and the rapacity of PE

Geneva Abdul / The Guardian:
Internal email: the UK's Reach plans to merge staff at The Daily Mirror and celebrity magazine OK! to cut costs, but the move won't result in cutting of roles

 
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