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3:30 PM ET, August 16, 2010

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Amy Larocca / New York Magazine:
What Are You Looking At?  —  Amid a perpetual storm of attention, Katie Holmes stays almost preternaturally calm.  —  Katie Holmes has not lived the typical Hollywood story.  She's a Catholic schoolgirl from Toledo, Ohio, who went to L.A. for the first time when she was 16 …
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What Are You Looking At?  —  She's often with you on set, right?  —  Her first set was Lions for Lambs, when she was 9 months old, and now she's 4 and she's so creative and she's so bright and so special.  Whatever she wants to do, I know she's going to be amazing at it.
Eunice Oh / People.com:
Katie Holmes: I'm Still Starstruck by Tom Cruise
Discussion: The Frisky
TMZ.com:
Mel Gibson in Car Crash  —  Mel Gibson acclimated back into L.A. life by getting into a car accident yesterday ... this according to law enforcement sources.  —  Sources tell TMZ it happened at 8:35 PM in Malibu.  Gibson, we're told, lost control of his car and ended up striking the rocky hillside on Malibu Canyon Road.
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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Key Witness In Mel Gibson Assault Case Dies  —  Mel Gibson has been spared the eyewitness testimony of the babysitter who saw his rage first-hand — the same woman who the bigoted actor labeled a “wetback” — because she has passed away, RadarOnline.com has learned.
Us Weekly:
Mel Gibson Crashes His Maserati in Malibu
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Rooney Mara Gets Coveted Lisbeth Salander Role In ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’  —  UPDATE: Sony Pictures Entertainment has issued a press release on Mara.  I've included it after Deadline's story break.  —  EXCLUSIVE: Ending one of the most drawn out and closely watched casting searches …
Telegraph:
Marilyn Monroe film to star Angelina Jolie  —  Author Andrew O'Hagan has said that his novel The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe will be turned into a film starring Angelina Jolie as the screen siren.  —  George Clooney will play Frank Sinatra, Mr O'Hagan said.
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Us Weekly:
Report: Angelina Jolie to Play Marilyn Monroe
TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan — Early Release  —  Turns out Lindsay Lohan will indeed be getting out of the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital ... as early as this week, according to sources familiar with the situation.  —  Our sources say Lindsay's doctors have not written their final report …
TMZ.com:
George Clooney — Did He Put a Ring On It?  —  George Clooney might finally be ready to take the plunge with hottie girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis — cause she was spotted flaunting what looks to be a giant engagement ring ... emphasis on “looks like.”  —  The notoriously single star was dining …
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Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:   George Clooney poses shirtless for W Mag to promote ‘The American’
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Snooki's New Boyfriend Revealed; He Turned ‘Guido’ For Pint-Sized Star  —  Snooki's got a new man — and only RadarOnline.com has the exclusive details of who he is and their hot hook-up.  —  EXCLUSIVE: Snooki's New Boyfriend Revealed; Turned ‘Guido’ For Pint-Sized Star
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Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Neil Patrick Harris' Twins: It's A...  Break out the blue...and the pink: Neil Patrick Harris is gonna get the best of both worlds.  —  A source tells E! News that the late-breaking Emmy nominee is expecting a boy and a girl with longtime partner David Burtka this October.
TMZ.com:
Adrianne C — I Was ‘Molested’ Outside Star Wars Expo  —  Former “America's Next Top Model” champ Adrianne Curry called police in Orlando this weekend ... claiming an allegedly drunk man reached up her skirt and “molested” her outside of a Star Wars convention.
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Oliver Platt Joins ‘X-Men: First Class’  —  EXCLUSIVE: Add Oliver Platt to the cast of X-Men: First Class, the Matthew Vaughn-directed spinoff that 20th Century Fox puts into production next month in London.  I'm told that Platt will play a role called The Man in Black, who is not a mutant.
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Us Weekly:
Millionaire Matchmaker: Why We Called Off the Engagement  —  Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger is opening up to UsMagazine.com about recently ending her engagement to real estate exec Andy Friedman.  —  “I'm fine,” she told Us Sunday at the 2010 Breakthrough of the Year Awards (presented by Crest 3D) in West Hollywood.
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Steven Avalos / PopEater:
Justin Bieber's Revenge: Tweets Phone Number to 4.5 Million Followers  —  Justin Bieber has a serious Twitter following — 4.5 million strong and growing larger by the second.  So what would happen if he blasted out your phone number to these frenzied masses?
Discussion: DailyFill.com and Perez Hilton
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Jane H. Furse / NY Daily News:
Zsa Zsa Gabor, 93, asks for a priest to administer last rites at L.A. hospital  —  Zsa Zsa Gabor - in extremely serious condition at a Los Angeles hospital - asked for a priest Sunday to administer last rites.  —  Describing the situation as “very sad,” publicist John Blanchette said Gabor's husband …
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PopEater:   Priest Gives Ailing Zsa Zsa Gabor Her Last Rites
Rob Shuter / PopEater:
Julia Roberts Could Learn a Lot From Kim Kardashian  —  With Sly Stallone crushing Julia Roberts in this weekend's box office, Hollywood is asking what the heck happened to America's favorite pretty woman?  Experts tell me that surprisingly (okay, more like shockingly) …
Discussion: Inside Movies
 
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Us Weekly:
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Discussion: DailyFill.com
Cele|bitchy:
Kourtney Kardashian and her boyfriend post photos of themselves ‘fat’
Discussion: L.A. Rag Mag
New York Post:
Kim Kardashian & Paris Hilton silent foes at Vegas bash
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and The Blemish
Marco / X17 Online:
Tyra Banks Apologizes For Controversial America's Next Top Model Promo
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TMZ.com:
Fantasia's Married BF — Time to Pack Up
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Tim Nudd / People.com:
Jersey Shore's Ronnie Arrested for Not Paying Parking Tickets
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Kristen Bell cast in indie ballet comedy
Mark Gray / People.com:
Stephanie Pratt: I Haven't Spoken to My Brother in Nearly a Year
Discussion: Celebrity Gossip … and popbytes
People.com:
Jesse Csincsak: My Soon-to-Be Father-In-Law Almost Ruined My Proposal
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
TMZ.com:
Tila Tequila Attack — Caught on Tape
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
eMarketer: Google's share of the US search ad market is expected to drop below 50% in 2025 for the first time in 10+ years, as Amazon, TikTok, and others rise

Matthew Jordan / The Conversation:
As Congress tries to force carmakers to install AM radios as a matter of public interest, it should push licensed stations to abide by public interest standards

Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Former NYT investigative reporter David Burnham, whose work uncovering corruption in the NYPD during the 1970s inspired the movie Serpico, dies at the age of 91

 
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