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8:30 PM ET, August 26, 2009

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The Sun:
MEGAN FOX has signed up to play Catwoman in the next Batman movie.  —  And I have a strong feline she is the purrfect choice for the part - and thanks to a spot of computer wizardry here's how she might look.  —  Megan will need to get into practice with her talcum powder application.
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Megan Fox set to play Catwoman
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Brenda Rodriguez / People.com:
Megan Fox Not Set To Play Catwoman
Discussion: Celebrity Smack! and SCI FI Wire
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Kendra and Kourtney Still Want to Breastfeed Despite Implants  —  Despite having breast implants, both Kendra Wilkinson and Kourtney Kardashian still want to breastfeed, the moms-to-be tell the new issue of Us Weekly (on newsstands now).  —  “I was so scared that I wasn't going to be able …
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Chris Brown Performs Michael Jackson Dance After Sentencing  —  Chris Brown didn't seem too choked up Tuesday night after he was formally sentenced to five years of probation and six months of community labor for assaulting Rihanna.  —  Brown, 20, surprised guests at West Hollywood hot spot Guys …
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TimeOnHands / RADAR:
Shocking Photos: Chris Brown Parties After Being Sentenced For Beating Rihanna
Popeater:
Chris Brown Parties Post-Hearing
Discussion: omg! and People.com
TMZ.com:
Possible Link in Lindsay & Audrina Break-Ins  —  TMZ has learned law enforcement is looking at the possibility the burglars who hit Lindsay Lohan are the same people who broke into Audrina Patridge's Los Angeles pad.  —  Look at the striking similarities between the male burglar in both break-ins — down to the hat and t-shirt.
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X17 Online:
Lindsay Lohan: I Know Who Killed Robbed Me!
New York Post:
JEN'S CO-STAR IN A DOGFIGHT  —  RUFFED UP POOCH: QNS.  COUPLE  —  Jennifer Aniston's new leading man, Gerard Butler, is locked in a nasty pug-of-war with an elderly Queens couple.  —  The hunky actor claims that he got into a verbal tussle with Fred and Maria Varecka after their “huge …
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TMZ.com:
Gerard Butler — Pug You
Discussion: PetSugar and Crabbie's Hollywood
LiveLeak.com:
Michael Jackson still alive after helicopter transport to coroner  —  This video shows that Michael was still alive after his dead body was transported to the Los Angeles Dept. of Coroner I checked the license plate number and it looks like the King of Pop is jumping out of the same van, his dead body has been in.
TMZ.com:
Fall Out Boy — The Mug Shot  —  This is Patrick Stump striking a pose for cop cam early this morning, after he was arrested in Hollywood.  —  The Fall Out Boy lead singer was busted around midnight on a traffic warrant for driving without a license out of Beverly Hills court.
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Tim Nixon / The Sun:
'Lady GaGa won't be around for long'  —  TORI AMOS fears LADY GAGA has a limited shelf life, hinting fans will soon tire of the quirky New Yorker's novelty pop act.  —  The Cornflake Girl songstress - who's been selling out venues since 1991 - struggles to visualise GaGa playing on the same bill …
TMZ.com:
Cops — Travis & Shanna Fought Over ‘Pedophile’  —  Finally some clarity about Monday's epic battle between Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler — cops have released the dramatic report from the incident that centered around a convicted child molester.  —  According to the Barrington Police …
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Kate Gosselin: “I'm Lonely”  —  Kate Gosselin insists she won't be dating anytime soon.  —  “No. Too busy.  Sorry,” she said when asked on CNN's Larry King Live Tuesday night.  “I'm lonely, but I'm — I'm very busy and, actually, I'm all right.”  —  As for the well being of her eight children …
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Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Kirsten Dunst is still drinking despite rehab  —  Kirsten out with her brother in Soho on 8/22/09  —  Radar has an “eyewitness report” about Kirsten Dunst still being a sloppy drunk.  There were rumors about Kiki's drinking for years - and then she suddenly went to rehab in February of last year.
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RADAR:
EYEWITNESS REPORT: Kirsten Dunst Stumbling Drunk
Jim Dorey / MarketSaw:
Pandora's Box Opened - New AVATAR Stills!  Sigourney And Zoe As Avatars!!  SPOILERS!  —  **WARNING: SPOILERS!!  Jim here.  (Click to enlarge these!)  One of my awesome readers from the UK - Matthew, sent me scans of the new Empire Magazine issue with AVATAR on the cover.
Courtney Hazlett / msnbc.com:
Jon and Kate's ‘8’ revolt against being filmed  —  Plus: Farrah's son plans reality show; Britney concert a sad spectacle  —  Jon and Kate Gosselin's 5-year-old sextuplets and 8-year-old twins are starting to rebel against the constant taping of their lives.  —  Jon wants out of show
Vanity Fair:
Dominick Dunne: 1925-2009  —  Dominick Dunne, a best-selling author and special correspondent for Vanity Fair, died today at his home in Manhattan.  He was 83.  —  The cause of death was bladder cancer, said his son Griffin Dunne.  —  Dunne—who joined Vanity Fair in 1984 as a contributing editor …
Mary Beth Quirk / OK! Magazine:
Angie Tells Brad: Sleep on the Couch!  —  While Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt headed to France to work on their relationship — after all, it's where they shacked up when Angie was expecting their twins, Knox and Vivienne — a Jolie-Pitt insider reveals that the couple's retreat has gotten off to a very rough start.
Andrea Mineo / CNN:
Renee Zellweger: ‘I sort of disappear a little bit’  —  NEW YORK (CNN) — “My One and Only” begins with Renee Zellweger, playing a woman based on George Hamilton's mother Anne, discovering her husband with another woman.  —  Despite the initial heartbreak, Anne puts on a happy face …
Scott Tomford / Popeater:
Madonna Starts ‘Celebration’ With Jesus — Exclusive Video  —  ‘Celebration’ might be considered the ultimate Madonna retrospective when it hits shelves on September 29th: spanning two CDs, a jam-packed DVD and 27 years worth of music, there's never been a more comprehensive look at the legendary artist's body of work.
Discussion: Gawker and Queerty
RADAR:
Mel Gibson's Girlfriend Sues Over Lingerie Photos  —  The only person who gets to see Oksana Grigorieva in lingerie these days is Mel Gibson - and that's the way he wants it to  —  stay.  —  Oksana, pregnant by Mel, on Tuesday sued a man she claims sold photos of her in lingerie.
 
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Alex Dobuzinskis / Reuters:
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People.com:
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Frank Connelly / Bloomberg:
Vivendi says one of its small investors seeks to delay Vivendi's spinoff of Canal+, Havas, and Louis Hachette Group; shareholders were due to vote December 9

Daniel Kaplan / Awful Announcing:
The US DOJ and 17 state attorneys general file briefs for Fubo and against Venu Sports, which is trying to get an injunction lifted that blocked Venu's launch

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