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2:00 AM ET, August 26, 2009

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TMZ.com:
Judge to Brown — I've Heard the ‘Chatter’  —  Chris Brown was just sentenced to 5 years probation and 6 months hard labor, and the judge threatened Brown by talking about the “chatter” she hears.  —  Judge Patricia Schnegg said during the sentencing, “I am not immune to the chatter on the airwaves.”
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TMZ.com:
Rihanna Attack — The Official Blow-by-Blow  —  The court has released the officer's report from the night Chris Brown beat up Rihanna — describing the entire incident in graphic detail.  —  According to the report, cops responded to a “screaming woman” — and when they arrived, they noticed a …
Alan Duke / CNN:
Chris Brown sentenced for Rihanna assault  —  LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Pop singer Chris Brown was sentenced Tuesday to serve five years probation and to spend more than 1,400 hours in “labor-oriented service” for assaulting his pop star girlfriend, Rihanna.
Discussion: Gawker and The Wonderful World …
Ken Lee / People.com:
Chris Brown Ordered Not to Contact Rihanna for 5 Years  —  Chris Brown at a court hearing in June  —  Chris Brown will spend 1,400 hours removing graffiti and washing cars for assaulting Rihanna.  —  Brown, 20, was formally sentenced in a Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday to six months …
Discussion: Dlisted and Evil Beet Gossip
TMZ.com:
Chris Brown Sentenced — Live Blog  —  ***** THE JUDGE JUST SAID SHE IS AWARE OF THE “CHATTER” ON THE AIRWAVES — SHE IS CLEARLY REFERRING TO THE TALK THAT BROWN HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH RIHANNA.  SHE SAYS SHE MEANS BUSINESS AND WILL VIOLATE HIS PROBATION IF HE DARES VIOLATE THE TERMS.
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Chris Brown Involved in Previous “Domestic Violence” Incidents With Rihanna
Discussion: TMZ.com, Socialite Life and X17 Online
Associated Press:   Chris Brown sentenced in Rihanna assault case
Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
‘Gossip Girl’ exclusive: Chuck Bass goes gay?!  —  Spotted: Chuck Bass sucking face with a dude!  —  It's true!  Multiple Gossip Girl insiders confirm to me exclusively that the CW phenom is currently shooting an episode for its upcoming third season in which Ed Westwick's legendary lothario kisses another man.
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Jon Gosselin: “I Don't Want” to Tape Jon & Kate “Anymore”  —  Jon Gosselin wouldn't mind punching the clock instead of appearing on a hit TLC reality show.  —  “I wish I had a 9 to 5 job instead of the nightmare I'm living.  This is 24/7,” he told Usmagazine.com outside his $1.1 million Pennsylvania home Monday.
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EXCLUSIVE: Jon and Kate Gosselin In Money War
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Jessica Herndon / People.com:
Eddie Cibrian's Wife Sensed Attraction Between Husband & LeAnn Rimes  —  Long before Eddie Cibrian and LeAnn Rimes took their relationship public last week, Cibrian's wife Brandi Glanville had an inkling that her husband was attracted to the singer.  —  Recalling when she and Cibrian went …
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E! Online:
Eddie Cibrian and Wife “Both Happy”...Now That They're Getting Divorced
Discussion: AceShowBiz.com
Kelly Will / BettyConfidential.com:
Gwyneth Paltrow is the Yoko Ono of Coldplay!  —  The Oscar winner is trying to convince her rocker husband to leave his band mates behind  —  Back in 2004 newlywed Gwyneth Paltrow was asked whether she would consider singing with her new husband Chris Martin's band, Coldplay.
Larry Carroll / MTV:
‘New Moon’ Stars Kristin Stewart, Taylor Lautner Discuss Killer Breakups  —  A ‘Twilight’ breakup ‘literally kills you,’ Stewart says of sequel's complex love triangle.  —  SAN DIEGO — Taylor and Kristen sitting in a tree ... A-C-T-I-N-G?  —  Calling November's “New Moon” the one …
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DailyFill.com:
Kristen Stewart Says Shooting New Moon Almost Killed Her
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't! and omg!
TMZ.com:
Lisa Marie: Don't Hire Self-Entitled Nannies!  —  Lisa Marie Presley says it takes some gall for a nanny who she treated like a celebrity to turn around and sue her.  —  Lisa Marie tells TMZ Christine White has “self-entitlement” issues.  White just sued Elvis' daughter for not getting meal breaks …
Bill Zwecker / Chicago Sun Times:
Blame spreads to family  —  Michael's M.D. not off hook, but Jacksons turning on selves  —  Not only are things looking very menacing for Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, I've learned the expected indictment of the King of Pop's personal physician is causing quite the stir within the Jackson family.
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Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Britney Spears Still Pining for Ex Adnan Ghalib  —  Britney's Secret Love Revealed  —  Just when we all thought that Britney Spears was finally back, it seems instead she's slipping backwards.  —  The pop princess's long-standing conservatorship under her father Jamie's reign may come …
People.com:
Shia LaBeouf & Carey Mulligan Costarring Off-Screen Too?  —  Carey Mulligan and Shia LaBeouf  —  They're starring together in producer-director Oliver Stone's Wall Street sequel, Money Never Sleeps, now shooting in New York , but Shia LaBeouf and Carey Mulligan are also awakening rumors of a possible budding romance.
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Mark Gray / People.com:
TLC to Play First U.S. Concert in 7 Years  —  From left: TLC's Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas and Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, with Justin Timberlake (inset)  —  TLC, the record-breaking, four-time R&B Grammy winners who were a mainstay on the Billboard charts in the 1990s …
The Huffington Post:
Jessica Biel Named ‘Most Dangerous Celebrity’ On The Web  —  NEW YORK — Jessica Biel is the most dangerous celebrity on the Web.  —  Security technology company McAfee Inc. on Tuesday reported that searches for the 27-year-old actress are more likely to lead to online threats such as spyware …
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The Huffington Post:
Glamour's Plus-Sized, Tummy-Baring Model: ‘My Normal Is This’ (VIDEO)  —  Huffington Post via NBC  —  A single photo used for an article on self confidence in September's issue of Glamour magazine has caused a buzz in the modeling world.  Meet Lizzi Miller: a 20-year-old, 180-pound …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Evil Beet Gossip
The Sun:
TROUBLED AMY WINEHOUSE is suing her former mother-in-law for selling one of her love letters.  —  The steamy note was written for Amy's then-husband BLAKE FIELDER-CIVIL while he was jailed for assault and perverting justice.  —  Blake's mum Georgette flogged it.
Amy Odell / New York Magazine:
Elle Gives Homeless Girl an Internship  —  E. Jean.  —  A homeless girl and sometime blogger named Bri just secured an internship at Elle under advice columnist E. Jean.  Her journey from the Wal-Mart parking lot she lives in to Jean's East Coast mountain office started five months ago …
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Cosby Mom Drops 35 Lbs. in 8 Months  —  Check out Clair Huxtable!  —  Since signing on as the Jenny Craig spokesperson last December, Phylicia Rashad, best known as the lovable mom on the iconic sitcom The Cosby Show, has lost an impressive 35 pounds in eight months.
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
Marc Snetiker / E! Online:
What's Got the Desperate Housewives in Shock?  —  The latest scoop from those prudeass suits over at Desperate Housewives comes right on the heels of our story about über-conservative smoking habits over on the Wisteria Lane.  So what's today's goss?  —  Turns out one of our favorite Housewives …
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed and TV Fanatic
 
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TMZ.com:
Rapper Allegedly Threatens to Kill Wife, Arrested
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From Mediagazer:

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

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Economist introduces AI translations into French, German, Mandarin, and Spanish for Espresso, its budget-friendly, “snack-sized” journalism app

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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