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6:05 PM ET, August 26, 2009

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Ken Lee / People.com:
Chris Brown and Rihanna Had a History of Violence  —  Chris Brown and Rihanna  —  Photo by: Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic; Gilbert Flores / Celebrity Photo  —  Rihanna and Chris Brown had two previous violent episodes before the Feb. 8 fight, which ultimately led to Brown's arrest and felony conviction, court documents reveal.
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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 …
TimeOnHands / RADAR:
Shocking Photos: Chris Brown Parties After Being Sentenced For Beating Rihanna
TMZ.com:
Rihanna Attack — The Official Blow-by-Blow
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:
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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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  —  We now have the poop on the Gerard Butler dog attack that occurred Monday afternoon in New York.  —  Here's the lowdown — Gerard was walking his female pug Lolita when a woman with a greyhound sauntered by.  We're told the greyhound attacked the pug, biting it twice.
Discussion: PetSugar and Crabbie's Hollywood
TMZ.com:
Fall Out Boy Singer Falls Into Jail  —  The lead singer of the group Fall Out Boy was arrested tonight in Hollywood.  —  TMZ has confirmed cops took Patrick Stump into custody on a traffic warrant out of Beverly Hills.  —  Nothing screams rock ‘n’ roll like being wanted in Bev Hills.
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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.
Brenda Rodriguez / People.com:
Megan Fox Not Set To Play Catwoman  —  Megan Fox will have to claw her way into another role.  —  The sexy starlet, next seen in the thriller Jennifer's Body, has not been cast as Catwoman, PEOPLE confirms.  —  “It's rumor.  It's not true,” said a studio rep. “There is no script.
Discussion: Celebrity Smack!
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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
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
3am.co.uk:
Lily's “friends” basically call her a drunk old slapper.  Nice.  —  Specials  —  Search:  —  Oh, how lovely it must be to be a famous person - there you are, minding your own business, knocking back tequilas and snogging inappropriate men, and before you know it, your supposed friends …
Michael Fleming / Variety:
‘Soul Train’ coming to the bigscreen  —  WB taps Spellman to write film based on show  —  Warner Bros. has hired Malcolm Spellman to write a feature based on the classic TV show “Soul Train.”  —  Darryl Porter and Aaron Geller of Porter/Geller Prods. will produce with Don Cornelius …
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
 
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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

Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:
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