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5:40 PM ET, August 21, 2009

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Karen Nickel Anhalt / People.com:
Brad Pitt Calls Tom Cruise's Nazi Flick ‘Ridiculous’  —  Pitt and Cruise in character  —  Photo by: Francois Duhamel / The Weinstein Co.; Frank Connor / Babelsberg Studio AG / AP  —  As far as Brad Pitt is concerned, his new film Inglourious Basterds is the be all and end all of Nazi movies.
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie Take Boys Shopping for Gerbils  —  After arriving at their chateau in the South of France, they took sons Maddox, 8, and Pax, 5, to a local pet and garden shop to buy gerbils and goldfish on Thursday.  —  While at the Brignoles, France, store …
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
The Hills' Spencer Pratt Wants to Be the Next Brad Pitt  —  Could Spencer Pratt be the next Brad Pitt?  —  That's what The Hills star is hoping!  —  In his new book, How to Be Famous, the reality star discusses his desire to be like the Inglourious Basterds actor.  —  What impresses him most?
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Manager: Brad Pitt Never Called Tom Cruise's Movie “Ridiculous”
Discussion: Crabbie's Hollywood
Access Hollywood:
Heidi Montag Talks Being A ‘Pop Galaxy,’ …
Discussion: X17 Online
X17 Online:
Brad Pitt Calls Tom Cruise's Valkyrie “Ridiculous”
Discussion: omg!
TMZ.com:
Blow-By-Blow of Jasmine Fiore's Murder  —  Sources connected with the Jasmine Fiore murder investigation tell us authorities believe Jasmine Fiore was strangled last Friday, sometime after midnight, and surveillance video shows Jenkins leaving a hotel with a suitcase that may have been the receptacle for Fiore's body.
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TMZ.com:
Cops Searched Hotel in San Diego  —  We have more details of what happened leading up to the murder of Jasmine Fiore.  —  Fiore and her accused murderer, husband Ryan Jenkins, drove to the San Diego area on August 13 in a white Mercedes and checked into the L'Auberge Del Mar — which was two days before she was found dead.
Discussion: Celebrity Smack!
TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan — Cop Drama at the Deli Shop  —  Lindsay Lohan went ballistic last night after she “lost” her precious cell phone in a NY deli — a situation so dire, she dragged the NYPD to the scene.  —  It all went down at Mott Corner Deli, where after buying some stuff and leaving …
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
LeAnn Rimes, Eddie Cibrian Debut Relationship  —  The one-time Lifetime movie costars — both recently separated from their respective spouses — spent the day at a golf course in Valencia, Calif.  —  Until now, the pair only saw each other in secret.  —  (Us Weekly broke the news …
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Natasha Stoynoff / People.com:
Miley Cyrus Spotted Kissing Aussie Actor  —  Liam Hemsworth and Miley Cyrus  —  It looks like Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are more than just friendly costars.  —  Last Wednesday, as Cyrus bid Australian actor Liam Hemsworth goodbye at the Nashville airport, the two kissed - and were …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Was Michael Jackson A Chubby Chaser?  —  If you're ever bored, just come back to this picture and try to count all the chins.  That should keep you busy for a few hours.  Anyisthatsharonglessinthatpicture, the buxom rosy-cheeked bear all the way to the left is claiming that he was Michael Jackson's gay lover and soulmate.
Discussion: Movieline
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Daniel Kilkelly / Digital Spy:
Jackson film will have two-week run
Discussion: TMZ.com and omg!
Hostwise / RADAR:
Michael Jackson's Brother To Testify Against Proposed Nostalgia Tour
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Perez Hilton
Perez Hilton:
True Blood Baby On The Way?!  —  If only Sookie was preggo!  —  As Anna Paquin and her fiance, Stephen Moyer, exited the Byron and Tracey salon in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, it looked like the True Blood femme fatale was carrying more than just her hat!  —  Her tummy sure looks sperminated!
Discussion: Gossip Cop
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Just Jared:   Stephen Moyer & Anna Paquin Carry Coffee Beans
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Will Heather Locklear Reprise Melrose Place Role?  —  Earlier this month, an exec on the CW's new Melrose Place announced that “the door is always open” for Heather Locklear to return.  —  Now, it looks like Locklear is taking a tentative step toward her old address.
Nikki Finke / Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily:
SHOCKER!  Paramount Moves Scorsese's ‘Shutter Island’ To February 19, 2010  —  EXCLUSIVE: This Shutter Island decision is now the second major studio pic to jump from Fall 2009 to February 2010 (after Universal's The Wolfman recently moved off November).  But Paramount's adaptation …
Amanda Covarrubias / L.A. Now:
LeAnn Rimes questioned in Brentwood hit-and-run  —  Country singer LeAnn Rimes was questioned Thursday by LAPD officers after she was accused of a misdemeanor hit-and-run in Brentwood, officials said today.  —  Officers with the West Traffic Division went to Rimes' home to question her following …
Ray Rogers / BlackBook Magazine and City Guides:
Claire Danes: Danger, High Voltage!  —  She came of age as the quietly brooding Angela Chase in TV's cult series My So-Called Life.  Now, after years spent turning Juliet on her head, romancing Steve Martin, dodging tabloid scandals and finding true love in the fine form of fiancé Hugh Dancy …
X17 Online:
Another Pharmacy Raided In Jackson Case  —  Law enforcement officials are currently at Mickey Fine Pharmacy in Beverly Hills with a warrant looking for more information about what prescription drugs were provided to Michael Jackson.  As X17online first reported, a pharmacy employee confirmed …
Discussion: Associated Press and TMZ.com
New York Post:
SECRET GRUDGE OF NY ‘SKANKIES’  —  SLIMER THOUGHT MODEL STARTED TRASH-TALK WAR  —  If you can't say anything nice ...  A brunette beauty anonymously slimed model Liskula Cohen — creating a blog called “Skanks in NYC,” whose sole purpose was to blast the cover girl …
Lindsay Robertson / New York Magazine:
Finally, a Porn Based on 30 Rock  —  Oh, twist!  The gang's all here.  —  New Sensations, the company that brought us (the general “us,” as in “the people of the world”!) porn movies based on The Office, Scrubs, and Seinfeld, has just released a Spanktravision-appropriate X-rated version of 30 Rock.
Discussion: Gawker, L.A. Rag Mag and Videogum
 
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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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