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9:00 AM ET, August 10, 2010

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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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Us Weekly:
Rep: Rachel Bilson, Hayden Christensen's Wedding Officially “Off”
Discussion: Celebrity Gossip …
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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TMZ.com:
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 …
TMZ.com:
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.
Eunice Oh / People.com:
Portia de Rossi Wants to Be Portia DeGeneres
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and ImNotObsessed.com
Us Weekly:
Portia de Rossi to Take Ellen's Last Name After 2 Years of Marriage
Discussion: Hollywoodnews.com
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 …
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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.
Michael Schneider / Variety:
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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Eunice Oh / People.com:
Fantasia Barrino: I'm Not Responsible for Breaking Up a Marriage
Discussion: EW.com
X17 Online:
Fantasia Faces Legal Troubles In Sex Tape Scandal
Discussion: BettyConfidential.com
Details:
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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PopEater:
Zac Efron: 'It's Real' With Vanessa Hudgens
Discussion: X17 Online
PopSugar:
Zac Efron Shows His Cool Side in the Desert For Details
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
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 …
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!
Discussion: PopEater
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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 …
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.”
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
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.
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
Discussion: Right Celebrity
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” …
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.
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.
Comic Book Movie:
EXCLUSIVE: Green Lantern Movie's Kilowog Revealed  —  Direct from the art department of the recently wrapped Green Lantern movie set, here is the first official look of the ring-slinging drill instructor Kilowog!  —  Although Warner Bros' superhero film, Green Lantern …
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 …
 
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Associated Press:
Marc Anthony Debuts In TNT's ‘Hawthorne’
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler
Us Weekly:
Jake Pavelka: “I'm Looking for a Sweetheart”
Discussion: Hollywoodnews.com
TMZ.com:
Charlie Sheen — I Gave Cops False Identification
Discussion: Hollywoodnews.com and Perez Hilton
Anita Singh / Telegraph:
Audrey Hepburn 'couldn't sing and couldn't act', says Emma Thompson
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Oh, The Scandal!
Perez Hilton:
JWOWW Firing Back At EX-BF, Files Police Report!
Discussion: TheFABlife and Hollywoodnews.com
RADAR:
Hell's Kitchen Mistress To Publish Tell-All Book About ‘Flash’ Gordon Ramsay
Discussion: Perez Hilton and National Enquirer
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Sofia Vergara complains about women getting freakish surgeries, “like Madonna”
Discussion: Celebrity Gossip
 Earlier Picks: 
Access Hollywood:
‘Glee’ Stars: Mr. Schuester Likely Won't Shave His Head For Britney Episode
Discussion: Movieline and Perez Hilton
TMZ.com:
Jesse James' Ex — I'm Following Jesse to Texas!
Cole Stryker / Urlesque:
Sexy Sign Language Interpreter at Black Eyed Peas Concert
Discussion: New York Magazine and Videogum
Paul Chi / People.com:
24's Annie Wersching Welcomes a Baby Boy
Mia McNiece / People.com:
VIDEO: Lindsay Lohan on Playing a Porn Star
Discussion: Hollywoodnews.com, Extra and Movieline
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Janko Roettgers / The Verge:
Redbox's owner, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, files for bankruptcy protection; Chicken Soup took on $325M in debt when it acquired Redbox in 2022

Silla Brush / Bloomberg:
BlackRock has agreed to buy Preqin, a UK-based provider of private markets data, for £2.55B in cash

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The two California bills to help fund local journalism would penalize Google and Meta for news' decline and benefit hedge funds that are destroying newspapers

 
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