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4:40 PM ET, August 14, 2010

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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Source: Twins on the Way for Neil Patrick Harris  —  Neil Patrick Harris is going to have his hands full come fall.  —  E! News has exclusively learned that the ubiquitous actor and his longtime partner, David Burtka, are going to become the parents of twins, via a beautiful surrogate, this October.
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Daniel Sperling / Digital Spy:
Neil Patrick Harris to become a father  —  Neil Patrick Harris is about to become a father to twins, reportedly through a surrogate pregnancy.  —  E! Online claims that the Harold & Kumar actor and his partner of six years David Burtka will welcome the two new additions to their family in October …
Discussion: X17 Online and omg!
TMZ.com:
Tila Tequila Attacked at Rowdy Concert  —  TMZ has obtained incredibly gruesome photos of Tila Tequila — taken after she claims she was victim of crowd violence at a concert in Illinois.  —  According to Tila, she took the stage at the Gathering of the Juggalos in Illinois …
Discussion: Gossip Cop
Dahvi Shira / People.com:
Eliza Dushku and Rick Fox Love Living Together  —  Eliza Dushku and Rick Fox's relationship has reached a milestone - the couple now live together.  —  “I'm loving it,” Dushku gushed to PEOPLE at the 9th Annual InStyle Summer Soiree in Hollywood.  “It works.”
Discussion: TVgasm
Nate Chinen / New York Times:
Abbey Lincoln, Jazz Singer and Writer, Dies at 80  —  Abbey Lincoln, a singer whose dramatic vocal command and tersely poetic songs made her a singular figure in jazz, died on Saturday in Manhattan.  She was 80 and lived on the Upper West Side.  —  Her death was announced by her brother David Wooldridge.
Discussion: Rod 2.0:Beta
TMZ.com:
Joe Jonas — Ready to Fight Over Demi Lovato  —  Joe Jonas is prepared to go to war over a blog posting that insists he and his underage ex-girlfriend Demi Lovato are currently “friends with benefits” ... in fact, Joe's lawyers are already on the attack.  —  TMZ has learned …
Eunice Oh / People.com:
Fantasia Barrino and Antwaun Cook Meet Up - with Camera Crews  —  For the first time since the news broke of her alleged affair, Fantasia Barrino and Antwaun Cook, the man whose marriage she has been accused of breaking up, were seen together Friday near her Charlotte, N.C., home.
Discussion: AceShowBiz.com
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TMZ.com:
Mel's Babysitter: He Freaked Out Before Fight  —  Sources tell TMZ the babysitter for Mel Gibson and Oksana Grigorieva was front and center for the beginning of the now-famous January 6 blowup.  —  In the hours before the incident, Oksana went to a basketball game ... leaving Mel, baby Lucia and the babysitter at Mel's Malibu home.
PopEater:
Patricia Arquette and Thomas Jane Divorce  —  After filing for divorce and quickly making amends in 2009, Patricia Arquette and Thomas Jane are splitting up.  —  “The split is completely amicable and their prime focus is their daughter,” a rep tells PEOPLE.  “They ask that their privacy be respected at this time.”
Discussion: X17 Online, Dlisted and E! Online (CA)
New York Post:
A bum you can trust - honest!  —  A Manhattan homeless man had an emotional reunion yesterday with the kindhearted ad executive who lent him her American Express Platinum Card outside a SoHo restaurant, in what became a shining act of generosity, trust and honesty.  —  “I didn't have to thank him.
Eunice Oh / People.com:
Are Jamie Lynn Spears and Casey Aldridge Getting Back Together?  —  A reconciliation between Jamie Lynn Spears and former boyfriend Casey Aldridge may be in the works, a source tells PEOPLE.  —  The couple, who split at the beginning of the year, “are working on things between them,” according to the source.
Us Weekly:
Nicole Richie Welcomes New Member to Her Family  —  On Friday, Nicole Richie took to her Twitter page to announce that she and beau Joel Madden have welcomed a “new addition” to their “growing family”: Tabitha Jones Madden, a cat.  —  Richie, 28, writes on her website that she found Tabitha crying outside …
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Nicole / Nicole Richie official web site:   New Family Member  —  Introducing the new member of our family: Tabitha Jones Madden
 
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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

Associated Press:
A US federal judge dismisses a defamation lawsuit against Fox News by Ray Epps, who said Fox aired conspiracy theories about his January 6 riot involvement

 
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