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Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Dancing With the Stars Duo Karina & Maks Split! — Welcome to today's episode of Splitting With the Stars. — I just learned that the dance-happy duo of Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy have uncoupled and called off their long-pending nuptials. — “I am confirming that they did indeed break up,” Karina's rep tells me.
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Maksim & Karina Split! — Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Karina Smirnoff — It looks like Dancing With the Stars' Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy will be performing their next dances solo. — The pair, who just last month gushed about how they do everything together …
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Clooney Shows Off His New Brunette — World, meet Elizabetta Canalis. Elizabetta Canalis, meet the world and the ever-curious paparazzi that are about to take over your life. George Clooney brought his new gal pal in tow to the Venice Film Festival, marking the first time he's been out publicly …
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George Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis Go Public — George Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis in Venice — His hand still bandaged from a motoring accident last month, George Clooney was spotted arriving in Venice Monday sporting something that's all the rage in Italian trends - TV presenter Elisabetta Canalis.
Peter Mikelbank / People.com:George Clooney's Getting Married (It's a Joke)
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Us Weekly:
Jon Gosselin: I “Despise” Kate — In more of his interview with ABC News, Jon Gosselin continues to trash estranged wife Kate, claming she took his wedding ring and may have had an affair with her bodyguard. — Jon, 32, says their relationship has gotten so sour they have to film their hit TLC reality show separately.
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Kathy Griffin confesses all about torrid, gross Jack Black affair — For fans of Kathy Griffin's My Life on the D-List, this news is nothing new. Kathy talked about her brief, torrid affair with comedian-actor Jack Black a couple of times, and she was always surprisingly nice about it.
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Lynn Elber / Associated Press:
Tyra goes back to her (hair) roots on TV talk show — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tyra Banks is getting back to her roots for the season debut of her TV talk show, and she doesn't mean that as a figure of speech. — On Tuesday's fifth-season premiere of “The Tyra Show” on the CW network …
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TMZ.com:
Milian and The Dream — Secret Wedding in Vegas — TMZ has learned Christina Milian officially tied the knot with music producer The Dream in Vegas last week ... at a place famous for its “Drive-Thru Tunnel of Vows.” — It all went down close to midnight at the legendary Little White Wedding Chapel …
Mark Dagostino / People.com:
Soap Star Michelle Stafford Expecting — Thanks to the help of a surrogate, The Young and the Restless star Michelle Stafford is expecting her first child this December. — Stafford, 43, who has won two Emmys for her role as scheming Phyllis Summers on the CBS daytime drama …
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Lady GaGa: ‘My father saved me from a deadly cocaine addiction’ — Lady GaGa has revealed her tough no-nonsense father save her from drug addiction. — GaGa admitted spending long periods snorting cocaine alone in her cramped New York apartment, playing music by The Cure.
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Aubrey O'Day Defends Dyeing Her Dog — Doggone it, there's nothing wrong with dyeing a dog, according to Aubrey O'Day. — The former Danity Kane singer, 25, has been criticized on some websites for constantly dyeing her 1-year-old teacup Maltese Ginger. — “She likes to have looks,” O'Day tells Usmagazine.com.
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Pregnant Heidi Klum: My “Thighs, Butt” Have Exploded — Heidi Klum — who is due in October with her fourth child, a girl — says the last month of pregnancy is the worst. — “The last month is unbelievable, how rapidly your stomach goes. It's huge,” Klum, 36, tells Page Six magazine (out Sept. 10).
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Tila Tequila Claims Alcohol Allergy — Reality starlet Tila Tequila has claimed that NFL star and boyfriend Shawne Merriman choked her, TMZ reports. Merriman's lawyer says that his client was trying to keep an “extremely inebriated” Tila from unsafely leaving the apartment.
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More True Blood Stars Hooking Up — But this time, we are not happy about it! — Sources are telling us that Evan Rachel Wood and the delectable Alexander Skarsgard are more than just co-stars. — That whore! — A Perezcious reader sent us this tip about the newly happy saddening couple:
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Janet Jackson — If the Glove Fits — Janet Jackson has been busting her butt rehearsing for a Michael Jackson tribute at the MTV Video Awards this weekend — and it promises to be a nipple-free affair. We think. — Ms. Jackson is set to put on a huge MJ-honoring performance featuring 20 backup dancers …
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Desperate Spin-Off! — Product tie-ins at their finest (or worst)! — Deperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry has been tapped by ABC to produce eight, 35-second spots for Sprint that will play out as if it were a weekly soap opera. — WTF?! — “They're kind of like the old Taster's …
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Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:Exclusive: ABC plots groundbreaking ‘Housewives’ spin-off
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Elaine Aradillas / People.com:
Teri Hatcher Training for Triathlon — Teri Hatcher and a friend were recently discussing what would be on her “bucket list,” a list of things to do before she dies. — So what's on it? “I want to learn to play a couple of songs on the guitar. I want to learn a few of those fancy dances …
