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7:05 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 …
X17 Online:
X17 EXCLUSIVE - Lindsay's Assistant Picks Up Meds Less Than 48 Hours After Lohan Leaves Rehab!  —  I know Lindsay Lohan has already paid her debt to society after going to jail (followed by some time in rehab at UCLA), but it's been less than two days and the 24-year-old is back behind …
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TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan's Midnight Maserati Run
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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The Huffington Post:
John Mayer & Jennifer Aniston BACK TOGETHER?  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  Are John Mayer and Jennifer Aniston back on?  Mayer seemed to indicate they might be when he spoke in front of a crowd of 18,000 at his concert on Sunday at the Hollywood Bowl in LA.  —  “I believe in second chances!” he said.
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Picks 'Hurt Locker's Jeremy Renner To Co-Star With Tom Cruise In ‘Mission: Impossible 4’  —  BREAKING: So Paramount Pictures won't be screen-testing any young actors to star opposite Tom Cruise after all.  I've learned that the studio has just chosen Jeremy Renner to infuse …
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Jay A. Fernandez / Risky Business:
Jeremy Renner has joined Tom Cruise's ‘Mission: Impossible’ team
Discussion: Hollywoodnews.com
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.
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 …
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Jersey Shore's Snooki: 25 Things You Don't Know About Me!  —  Snooki, 22, (who is seen on Jersey Shore on MTV Thursdays at 10 P.M.) shares the 25 things you don't know about her in the new Us Weekly (on newsstands now).  —  1. I was treasurer of my class.  —  2. I loved acting in plays in my English class.
Discussion: From Inside the Box and Movieline
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James Hibberd / Reuters:
“Jersey Shore” Producer Eyes Southern Spin-Off
Discussion: INF Daily and PEOPLE TV Watch
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 …
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
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.
Michelle Shephard / Toronto Star:
Third terror suspect was ‘Canadian Idol’ contestant … and Richard J. Brennan  —  OTTAWA—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.  —  Khuram Sher was arrested as part …
Discussion: Perez Hilton, Gawker and Dlisted
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 …
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 …
Matt / Warming Glow:
Tori Spelling Has Never Looked So Good  —  One of my favorite things on the Internet is the epic feud that happened between FilmDrunk and the simple-minded owners of a Neverending Story-themed van.  It's the first thing I thought of when I saw this “Beverly Hills, 90210″-themed trailer that's supposedly in Prague.
Discussion: BuzzFeed
The Huffington Post:
Nadja Benaissa Found GUILTY In HIV Spreading Trial  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  DARMSTADT, Germany — A German girl band singer broke down in tears Thursday as a court found her guilty of causing bodily harm to her ex-boyfriend by having unprotected sex with him despite knowing she was infected with HIV.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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
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.
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 …
Everett Collection / People.com:
Happy Birthday!  Macaulay Culkin Turns 30  —  Macaulay Culkin, at 10 (left) and at 30  —  It may not happen to Peter Pan, but it has to Macaulay Culkin - he's all grown up.  —  Forever known for his starring role as the abandoned 9-year-old Kevin McCallister in 1990's Home Alone …
Discussion: Bumpshack.com
In Touch Weekly Magazine:
J. Lo's a Country Club Diva  —  Are Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony turning into boring suburbanites?  The superstar duo recently moved into a huge new house in Hidden Hills, Calif., and according to a friend, the couple also interviewed to become members at the local Sherwood Country Club …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Hollywood Dame
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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Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Kelly Osbourne's Fashionable New TV Job
Discussion: PopWatch and CocoPerez
Mirror.co.uk:
Jay-Z wants to have children, after chat with Chris Martin
Lizzy Davies / Guardian:
Gerard Depardieu calls Juliette Binoche ‘nothing’ in provocative interview
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Anya / People.com:
Zac Brown, Wife Expecting Baby No. 4 - a Girl!
Discussion: Bumpshack.com and Backseat Cuddler
TMZ.com:
Octomom: I Was Born to Dance
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Tiger Woods's Golf Game Shines after Divorce
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Hollywoodnews.com
Joshua Neuman / Heeb Magazine:
So Much for Controlling the Media
 Earlier Picks: 
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
Steven Avalos / PopEater:
Lady Gaga Waxworks to Debut At Madame Tussauds Locations Worldwide
Dave McNary / Variety:
Warner Bros. gets a ‘Wife’
TMZ.com:
Larry King, Ryan Seacrest — Radio Silence
Discussion: From Inside the Box and Gawker
 

 
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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

Sam Tobin / Reuters:
Prince Harry's phone-hacking lawsuit against News Group Newspaper will go to trial in January 2026, with the parties' legal costs set to exceed £38M

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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