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Portia to Ellen: I Want to Be a DeGeneres! — TMZ has learned ... Portia de Rossi will become Portia DeGeneres. — Portia has filed a petition to legally change her name to Portia Lee James DeGeneres. She filed the papers in L.A. County Superior Court last Friday.
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Mel Gibson's Dad — The Pope is a ‘Homosexual’ — TMZ has obtained a new Gibson recording — this one featuring Mel's father on a talk radio show this weekend ... blasting the Catholic Church and declaring that Pope Benedict is a “homosexual.” — Hutton Gibson — a 91-year-old former …
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Charlie Sheen — ‘Train’ Song Sparked Aspen Fight — Charlie Sheen claims the infamous Christmas Day incident with his wife Brooke Mueller all started after she learned that Charlie and one of his daughters shared “an affinity” for a song by the band Train, this according to new legal documents obtained by TMZ.
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People.com:
Hayden Christensen & Rachel Bilson Call Off Engagement — Rachel Bilson and Hayden Christensen have officially ended their engagement. — Reports surfaced a couple months ago that the duo were on a break, but now the split is permanent. “Yes, the engagement is off,” Bilson's rep tells PEOPLE …
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Levi Johnston — Lost a Fiancee, Gained a Reality Show — Levi Johnston is no longer engaged to Bristol Palin — but he's got a sweet new reality show deal to help him get over it. — Sources close to Johnston tell TMZ he signed a new reality deal this weekend, one that doesn't include …
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Levi's on the stump — Reality series spotlights Palin player's run for mayor — Levi Johnston is setting his sights on the dysfunctional family business. — Johnston will run for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska — yes, the same job that propelled Sarah Palin to governor of that state …
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Us Weekly:
Levi Johnston to Run for Mayor of Wasilla — Vote for Levi Johnston? — The former Playgirl cover model, 20, is running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska — and documenting it in his reality show, Loving Levi: The Road to the Mayor's Office, the executive producer, Canaan Rubin, tells UsMagazine.com in a statement.
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THE AGONY OF ZAC EFRON — WOULD YOU BELIEVE THE CHARLIE ST. CLOUD STAR HAS BIGGER PROBLEMS THAN POISON OAK ON HIS NETHER REGIONS? TURNS OUT, BEING THE NICEST ACTOR IN HOLLYWOOD IS TORTURE. — Zac Efron refuses to shake my outstretched hand. “Oh, dude, I can't,” he says. “I've got a bad case of poison oak.”
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Fantasia: I Am ‘Not Responsible’ For Divorce — Fantasia Barrino says she is “not responsible” for breaking up a marriage ... despite allegations from a North Carolina woman named Paula Cook who claims Fantasia made sex tapes with her husband. — Fantasia's manager, Brian Dickens …
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Eunice Oh / People.com:
Fantasia Barrino: I'm Not Responsible for Breaking Up a Marriage
Fantasia Barrino: I'm Not Responsible for Breaking Up a Marriage
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Dan Reilly / Spinner:
Weezer Reveal ‘Hurley’ Album Cover — Exclusive — After putting a flying dog on the cover of ‘Raditude,’ Weezer are one-upping themselves for their upcoming eighth LP, ‘Hurley.’ This time 'round, they're forsaking an airborne animal for a celebrity: actor Jorge Garcia …
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Kate Gosselin Is Going to the Emmys?! — The Emmys are right around the corner. — And we're happy to report that things seem to be coming along quite nicely. — Make that quite hilariously. We just got some major scoopage on plans for the big show, happening on August 29.
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MTV:
“I'm too pretty to be in jail,” Snooki said. “I'm a good person. I'm not a criminal, and I will never go back there.” — “You can't even contain me,” she added with a laugh. “When I was in there, I was like, 'Can I come out? I can't breathe!' Not a fun place. I will never go back.”
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Pamela McClintock / Variety:
Witherspoon in tune with Peggy Lee — Actress circles Fox biopic, which Ephron will write — Reese Witherspoon and Fox 2000 are mounting an untitled biopic of singer Peggy Lee starring Witherspoon, with Nora Ephron writing and attached to direct. — Witherspoon — the driving force behind …
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Bazaar.com:
Rachel Zoe: “I Die” — The much-talked-about stylist has developed a cult following for her look, her reality show, and her dramatic turn of phrase. But what would happen if she really did die for fashion? America's top designers go in for the kill. Click here to see Rachel Zoe's finest red-carpet moments.
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TMZ.com:
Oksana: Mel's Lawyers Went Nuclear Over Chernobyl — Oksana Grigorieva is pissed that Mel Gibson's lawyers insinuated she pocketed money during a trip she took to Moscow to help victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. — As TMZ first reported ... Oksana was grilled during her deposition last week about her finances.
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EXCLUSIVE: Gloria Allred's Open Letter To Whoopi: Don't Blame …
EXCLUSIVE: Gloria Allred's Open Letter To Whoopi: Don't Blame …
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TMZ.com:
With Lindsay in Rehab, Assistant in Dina & Ali Hell — There is actually a job more insane than being Lindsay Lohan's assistant — tending to the needs of her mom and sister! — Sources close to Elinore, Lindsay's long-suffering assistant, tell TMZ she is “miserable,” “super-stressed” …
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Audrina Patridge — Bikini Bikini in Bora Bora — Sporting matching hairless chests, former “Hills” star Audrina Patridge and her sometimes boyfriend Justin Bobby Corey Bohan turned up the heat while on vacation in Bora Bora this weekend. — Smooth. — See also — Audrina's Alleged Stalker — Check Your Head
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Steven Avalos / PopEater:
Lady Gaga's Wild, Nearly Naked Crowd Surf At Lollapalooza — Lady Gaga returned to Lollapalooza this past weekend for the first time since 2007, and it's safe to say the crowd was just a bit bigger this time around. Gaga went from playing a humble singer-songwriter set on a side stage …
NY Daily News:
JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops — The plane had just landed, but he was ready to take off. — A JetBlue flight attendant blew his top, grabbed a beer and bolted out an emergency slide at Kennedy Airport on Monday - then headed home to have sex with his boyfriend.
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Anita Singh / Telegraph:
Audrey Hepburn 'couldn't sing and couldn't act', says Emma Thompson — She is regarded as one of the Hollywood greats. But Audrey Hepburn couldn't act, couldn't sing and was “fantastically twee”, according to Emma Thompson. — Thompson is writing the screenplay for a remake of My Fair Lady …
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Cristina Gibson / E! Online:
Ke$ha Debuts New Aussie Boyfriend at Lollapalooza — Ke$ha's love is apparently her new boyfriend's drug of choice! — The “Your Love Is My Drug” singer headed to Chicago this weekend with her new man, Alex Carapetis, in tow for Lollapalooza. The new twosome hit up the Music Lounge together and couldn't hide their affection.
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ETonline:
JENNIFER ANISTON ON MOTHERHOOD: ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE — ET's Samantha Harris enjoyed some girl-talk with Jennifer Aniston, who opened up about motherhood and if she's ever considered going down the path of her character in ‘The Switch’ by looking into artificial insemination.
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Cole Stryker / Urlesque:
Sexy Sign Language Interpreter at Black Eyed Peas Concert — A lot of times I think, man, how hard it would be, being deaf. But then I see a video like this and I think it wouldn't be so bad after all. — This woman does a sexy ASL interpretation of the Black Eyed Peas' “My Humps.”
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Rennie Dyball / People.com:
Rod Stewart to Be a Dad - Again — Congrats are in order for Rod Stewart: The rock legend and father of six - who said last fall that he was hoping for one more child - and his wife, Penny Lancaster, are expecting a baby. — “We were thrilled and delighted to be able to tell Alastair …
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Paul Chi / People.com:
24's Annie Wersching Welcomes a Baby Boy — Annie Wersching's latest mission: Motherhood. — The 24 actress, 33, gave birth to her first child with husband Stephen Full Sunday at 4:46 PM in Los Angeles. — Baby Freddie (middle name: Wersching) Full, who weighs 7 lbs., 15 oz. …
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Us Weekly:
Jake Pavelka: “I'm Looking for a Sweetheart” — Bachelor Jake Pavelka isn't exactly torn up about his split from Vienna Girardi. — “You know what, being single sometimes isn't a bad thing. It gives you time to worry about you and work on yourself,” Pavelka, 32, told UsMagazine.com …
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