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6:00 PM ET, August 26, 2010

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Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Exclusive: Bristol Palin Is Coming to Dancing With the Stars  —  It's the Dancing With the Stars casting that no one saw coming!  —  We can report to you exclusively that Sarah Palin's 19-year-old daughter Bristol Palin has been cast on the 11th season of DWTS, set to premiere Sept. 20, according to sources.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
The Rumored “Dancing With The Has-Beens” Cast Is A Mess  —  Bristol Palin, The Hoff, Mop Head, The Situation and Ceiling Eyes all sitting in a room together wearing enough sequins to make Johnny Weir's sparkly fart bubbles feel inadequate.  No, I did not just to describe a scene to you from the mind of M. Night Shyamalan.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Dave Itzkoff / ArtsBeat:
Will Forte Is Leaving ‘Saturday Night Live’  —  It looks like MacGruber has accidentally detonated his last explosive device for now.  Will Forte, the longtime “Saturday Night Live” cast member who portrayed that incompetent adventurer, among a wealth of other eccentric characters …
entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Linsday Lohan cashing in on post-incarceration interest  —  Lindsay Lohan is making bank, but not at the box office.  —  A source tells FOX411.com that the deals her mother Dina Lohan is making for her involving post-rehab interviews and product placement are keeping the actress solvent …
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X17 Online:   X17 EXCLUSIVE - Lindsay's Assistant Picks Up Meds Less Than 48 Hours …
Us Weekly:
Mariah Carey Speaks Out on Pregnancy  —  Is she, or isn't she?  —  Mariah Carey — rumored to be expecting her first child with husband Nick Cannon — won't say yet.  —  “I appreciate everyone's well wishes.  But I am very superstitious,” she wrote on her website Wednesday.
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Vicky / Mariah Carey Connection:
Mariah Sends Us A Message About Pregnancy Rumors: Exclusive
Discussion: Perez Hilton
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE DETAILS: Glee's Naya Rivera Threw Dog Food And Eggs At Co-Star's Car Before Keying It  —  It's almost like Glee star Naya Rivera took Carrie Underwood's song Before He Cheats too literally when she took not a Louisville slugger to her ex's car, but keyed the luxury vehicle.
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RADAR:
Glee's Mark Salling Denies Co-Star Naya Rivera Vandalized His Car …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Perez Hilton
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Glee's Naya Rivera Keyed Mark Salling's Lexus in Jealous Fit
Just Jared:
Blue Power Ranger David Yost: I'm Gay  —  David Yost, who played the Blue Ranger on the hugely successful kids series Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, recently admitted that he was discriminated against over his sexuality.  —  The actor, now 41, says he quit the show because he was harassed.
Discussion: Queerty and Gawker
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TMZ.com:
Blue Power Ranger: I Quit Show Over Gay Insults
Discussion: Movieline
one forty plus:
Huffington Post FULL OF S**T?  (Yes!)  —  Ahh, Huffington Post, the internet Death Star.  The world's first spectator banking website.  Come watch a site's intelligence move in and out like bellows of accordion depending on whether or not there's ad dollars to be sucked out of any willing orifice.
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Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Picks 'Hurt Locker's Jeremy Renner To Co-Star With Tom Cruise In ‘Mission: Impossible 4’  —  BREAKING: Paramount Pictures has chosen Jeremy Renner to infuse new blood in its Mission: Impossible franchise.  Renner, the Oscar-nominated star of The Hurt Locker …
Matthew Belloni / Hollywood Reporter:
WHAT CONAN O'BRIEN CAN AND CAN'T SAY AT THE EMMYS  —  EXCLUSIVE: Memo to Conan O'Brien: Watch your mouth at the Emmys.  —  If O'Brien wins Sunday in the outstanding variety, music or comedy series category for his aborted “Tonight Show” — a distinct possibility, given the strong Hollywood …
TMZ.com:
Spencer to Heidi — We Need Couples Counseling!  —  TMZ has learned ... Spencer Pratt still believes there's a chance to save his marriage to Heidi Montag as long as they get some “relationship counseling” — and sources close to the couple tell us Heidi is totally on board.
Star:
Miley & Liam Split!  Plus: His Flirty Night with An Older Woman  —  Earlier today Liam Hemsworth confirmed that he ended his relationship with Miley Cyrus — and Star can report that the Aussie hunk is already moving on!  —  As we report in our Sept. 6 issue, on sale today, Liam, 20 …
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Kevin Winter / People.com:
Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth Split
Michael Slezak / PopWatch:
This week's cover: The ultimate Sexy Beast is...  When EW.com launched its ultimate Sexy Beast tournament on July 19, we were simply looking to have a little summertime fun: Take 64 of the hottest vampires, werewolves, aliens, mutants, monsters, and machines ever to grace the pop-culture landscape …
TMZ.com:
Gary Busey to the Rescue in Highway Crash  —  Gary Busey is being hailed a highway hero — after the actor witnessed a collision in Malibu earlier this week ... and rushed to the scene to help out a 21-year-old man who was injured in the wreck.  —  Law enforcement sources tell us Gary called 911 …
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Jim Carrey Film ‘I Love You Phillip Morris’ Finds Buyer And Gets December 3 Release  —  EXCLUSIVE: Roadside Attractions and Liddell Entertainment have acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to I Love You Phillip Morris.  Written and directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, the fact based film stars Jim Carrey …
PopEater:
‘Cake Boss’ Co-Star Arrested for Sexual Assault  —  ‘Cake Boss’ co-star Remy Gonzalez — brother-in-law of bakery owner Buddy Valastro — was arrested in New Jersey on charges of sexual assault, TMZ reports.  —  Gonzalez has been in the Morris County Jail since his Aug. 18 arrest.
Rich Juzwiak / Jezebel:
How A Kid-Lit Favorite Is Really About Trash Television  —  Katniss Everdeen is not here to make friends — she's here to win.  In fact, her livelihood depends on it.  —  Katniss is the reluctant heroine of Suzanne Collins' increasingly beloved Hunger Games trilogy, a young-adult book series …
Discussion: The Awl and Crazy Days and Nights
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Tiger Woods's Golf Game Shines after Divorce  —  Coincidence?  —  After struggling for months, Tiger Woods jumped out to an impressive start Thursday in his first golf tournament since finalizing his divorce from Elin Nordegren.  —  At The Barclays in New Jersey, Woods made a staggering seven birdies …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Hollywoodnews.com
Justin Harp / Digital Spy:
Facinelli ‘proud to be named worst vampire’  —  Peter Facinelli has declared that he is proud that a Rolling Stone writer called him the Twilight series' “worst vampire”.  —  The Insider reports that film critic Peter Travers criticised Facinelli's character Carlisle Cullen by asserting that he was …
Discussion: X17 Online, omg! and DailyFill.com
Michelle Shephard / Toronto Star:
Third terror suspect was ‘Canadian Idol’ contestant … OTTAWA— Two people were arrested Wednesday afternoon and a third terrorism suspect- one who moonwalked across a Montreal stage during an audition for Canadian Idol - was detained early Thursday, the Star has learned.
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Dlisted
Steven Avalos / PopEater:
Lady Gaga Waxworks to Debut At Madame Tussauds Locations Worldwide  —  Lady Gaga is the next celebrity set to be immortalized in wax by Madame Tussauds, with separate eccentric figures debuting simultaneously in the museum's New York flagship as well as many of its other locations worldwide.
Anya / People.com:
Zac Brown, Wife Expecting Baby No. 4 - a Girl!  —  Chalk one up for the pink team: Zac Brown and his wife Shelly are expecting their fourth child!  —  The Zac Brown Band country crooner will welcome another baby girl early next year, his rep reveals exclusively to PEOPLE Moms & Babies.
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Channing Tatum planning ‘Ten Year’ reunion  —  EXCLUSIVE: Ensemble drama centers on friends reuniting  —  A new generation of talent is getting ready to tackle the high school reunion movie.  —  Channing Tatum is working with Jamie Linden and producers Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey of Temple Hill on …
Dave McNary / Variety:
Warner Bros. gets a ‘Wife’  —  Steve Carell to produce, star in romantic comedy remake  —  Warner Bros. is seeking “A Boyfriend for My Wife,” setting up a remake of the 2008 Argentine romantic comedy with Steve Carell's Carousel Prods. as a starring vehicle for the actor.
 
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Matt / Warming Glow:
Tori Spelling Has Never Looked So Good
Discussion: BuzzFeed
TMZ.com:
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Verena von Pfetten / Styleite:
WATCH: Martin Scorsese Directed A Chanel Commercial
Discussion: TheGloss and StyleList
James Hibberd / Reuters:
“Jersey Shore” Producer Eyes Southern Spin-Off
Discussion: INF Daily
Joshua Neuman / Heeb Magazine:
So Much for Controlling the Media
TMZ.com:
Paris Hilton Suspect Charged — Felony Burglary
DailyFill.com:
Back To School! Kate Sends All Eight Kids Off To School
Discussion: INF Daily and Cele|bitchy
Jesse Spero / omg!:
ROLL CALL: Sherri Shepherd After Seeing Matt Damon: ‘I Just Got Pregnant!’
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Hollywood Dame
 

 
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
CNN confirms Kaitlan Collins as its chief White House correspondent; she will become CNN's first prime-time anchor to also serve as its top White House reporter

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
A group published a project on Hugging Face that seemingly granted brief access to OpenAI's Sora, protesting what it calls duplicity and “art washing” by OpenAI

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