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11:20 AM ET, August 10, 2010

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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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TMZ.com:
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 …
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Look Out, Wasilla: Levi Johnston Eyes Run for Mayor
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Bumpshack.com
James Hibberd / The Hollywood Reporter:
Levi Johnston to run for mayor in reality pitch
Discussion: Hollywood.com and TMZ.com
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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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
One Tree Hill Actress' Marriage Over After a Month  —  Jana Kramer's marriage didn't make it over the first hill.  —  The One Tree Hill star and Johnathon Schaech, who tied the knot in Michigan on July 4, are already going their separate ways.  —  Talk about nipping something in the bud!
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Laura Kalnicky / Life and Style:
L&S exclusive - Rep confirms: Johnathon Schaech and Jana Kramer: It's over!  —  Actor Johnathon Schaech and One Tree Hill actress Jana Kramer have split after only a little more than a month of marriage.  —  The couple got engaged in 2009 and were married Fourth of July weekend in Michigan.
New York Post:
Kelsey Grammer ‘in love’ with young blonde  —  Kelsey Grammer is “deeply in love” with a young blonde just weeks after his divorce was filed.  —  The “Frasier” star, who's now starring in Broadway's “La Cage Aux Folles,” was spotted holding hands in town this weekend with the woman, who sources tell us is British and is called Kate.
TMZ.com:
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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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 …
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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PopEater:
Kate Gosselin to Appear at the Emmys
TMZ.com:
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
Discussion: EW.com
Sydney Morning Herald:
‘He told us how to have sex’: DiCaprio  —  Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio played a husband and wife in Revolutionary Road, directed by Winslet's then-husband Sam Mendes.  —  Leonardo DiCaprio has revealed Kate Winslet “freaked out” when they had to film love scenes for Revolutionary Road.
Heat Vision:
Elvis' granddaughter eyeing role in fourth ‘Mad Max’ film (exclusive)  —  Riley Keough, the granddaughter of Elvis Presley, is in talks to nab a role in “Fury Road,” the fourth installment of the “Mad Max” movies from writer-director George Miller.  —  Miller also is producing with Doug Mitchell.
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 …
PopSugar:
Ashley Greene and Joe Jonas Take Their Possible Summer Romance Public!  —  Ashley Greene and Joe Jonas stopped by an AT&T store together in Sherman Oaks, CA yesterday.  Rumors have swirled about the duo's relationship status since they reportedly went on a lunch date last month …
Discussion: PopSugar UK and PopSugar Rush
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.
Sean Michaels / Guardian:
Van Halen recording new album with David Lee Roth  —  Twenty-six years after they last recorded together, the 80s hard rockers are back in the studio with their original singer  —  Van Halen are working on their first album in more than a decade, and they're runnin' with David Lee Roth.
Discussion: Gawker
TMZ.com:
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
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.”
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Lindsay Lohan “Got Special Treatment” Says Former Jail Inmate  —  Lindsay Lohan spent 13 days in jail, but was hardly treated like a typical inmate says a woman who was at Lynwood Correctional Facility during Lohan's stay.  —  “Lindsay had a lot of special treatment …
Frank Micelotta / People.com:
Caught in the Act!  —  David Beckham and sons Brooklyn, Cruz and Romeo  —  • Even before spending time at the Teen Choice Awards, David Beckham was keeping things youthful.  The soccer stud spent a boys-only weekend with his sons Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz, as well as good pal Gordon Ramsay and his son Jack.
Discussion: Just Jared
PopEater:
Zac Efron: 'It's Real' With Vanessa Hudgens  —  Zac Efron sometimes wonders why he isn't a Hollywood playboy, but it suits him just fine.  —  “I think a lot of guys would enjoy that.  But I'm not really like that.  Believe me, I rack my brain thinking ‘Why am I not out there playing the field?’
Discussion: omg! and X17 Online
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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.
Discussion: Hollywoodnews.com
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Gloria Allred / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Gloria Allred's Open Letter To Whoopi: Don't Blame …
Discussion: msnbc.com and Cele|bitchy
 
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Eunice Oh / People.com:
Portia de Rossi Wants to Be Portia DeGeneres
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and ImNotObsessed.com
Us Weekly:
Jake Pavelka: “I'm Looking for a Sweetheart”
Discussion: Hollywoodnews.com
Anita Singh / Telegraph:
Audrey Hepburn 'couldn't sing and couldn't act', says Emma Thompson
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Oh, The Scandal!
RADAR:
Hell's Kitchen Mistress To Publish Tell-All Book About ‘Flash’ Gordon Ramsay
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Sofia Vergara complains about women getting freakish surgeries, “like Madonna”
Discussion: Celebrity Gossip
TMZ.com:
Jesse James' Ex — I'm Following Jesse to Texas!
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Cole Stryker / Urlesque:
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Discussion: New York Magazine and Videogum
Paul Chi / People.com:
24's Annie Wersching Welcomes a Baby Boy
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Ismail Shakil / Reuters:
Canada's Competition Bureau sues Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct in online advertising, seeking Google to sell two of its ad tech tools and more

Michael Gennaro / Courthouse News Service:
The First Amendment Coalition sued the CA AG and SF City Attorney for allegedly punishing journalists who publish info related to sealed arrest records

Asif Shahzad / Reuters:
Pakistani TV host Matiullah Jan was picked up off the street and charged with terrorism after investigating claims of casualties in a protest march in Islamabad

 
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