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4:15 PM ET, August 27, 2010

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RADAR:
RADAR VIDEO INTERVIEW: Playmate Admits ‘I Made A Sex Tape With Heidi - And Spencer Stole It’  —  Playboy playmate Karissa Shannon is accusing Spencer Pratt of stealing her video camera containing the sex tape featuring herself and Heidi Montag, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.
CBS News:
Levi: Wish I Didn't Say Sorry to Sarah Palin  —  In Exclusive Interview, Johnston Says It Made Him Sound Like Liar and He's “Never Lied about Anything”  —  (CBS/ AP) Levi Johnston has been tight-lipped since his second engagement to Bristol Palin ended roughly a month ago — about a week after they announced they were getting married.
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Joan Sedley / People.com:
Levi Johnston: Bristol Palin Loves the Limelight Just as Much as I Do  —  Back on the outs yet again with the Palin clan, Levi Johnston - would-be Hollywood star and new candidate for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska - says Bristol Palin is just as hungry for the limelight as he is.
Us Weekly:
Levi Johnston: I Regret Apologizing to Sarah Palin
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Perez Hilton
Lara Martin / Digital Spy:
Johnston, Palin ‘share attitude to limelight’
Discussion: X17 Online
Eric Spitznagel / Vanity Fair:
Mary-Louise Parker Does Not Smoke Weed, but She Has Licked a Pot Lollipop  —  I can recall the exact moment I fell in love with Mary-Louise Parker.  It was during an Emmy roundtable last year hosted by The Hollywood Reporter, featuring Emmy-nominated actresses like Christina Applegate …
TMZ.com:
Paris Hilton's BF Pulled Gun on Intruder  —  TMZ has learned ... the man who allegedly attempted to break into Paris Hilton's L.A. home this week was thwarted by Hilton's boyfriend ... who pulled a gun on the suspect before the dude could get inside.  —  Law enforcement sources confirm …
TMZ.com:
Michael Jackson's Kids Get Schooled  —  Two of Michael Jackson's kids have taken a big step — leaving homeschool for one of the most exclusive private schools in the country.  —  TMZ has learned 13-year-old Prince and 12-year-old Paris started at The Buckley School in the San Fernando Valley on Wednesday.
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: More Plastic Surgery For Heidi Montag?  Pics Reveal Strange Bandage On Her Nose  —  Has Heidi Montag undergone yet another plastic surgery?  —  EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: More Plastic Surgery For Heidi Montag?  —  In brand new photos exclusively obtained by RadarOnline.com …
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PopEater:
PICS: Heidi Montag's Face Returns to Normal  —  Heidi Montag is beginning to look like herself again.  —  The reality starlet, who underwent two rounds of plastic surgery including more than 10 procedures, frolicked on the beach in Costa Rica with a face that reminded us of the Heidi we first met as Lauren Conrad's BFF on ‘The Hills.’
Us Weekly:
Julio Iglesias Weds Girlfriend After 20 Years Together  —  Endless love, indeed!  —  After 20 years and five kids together, Spanish crooner Julio Iglesias has married Dutch model Miranda Rijnsburger, the Associated Press reports.  —  Iglesias, 66, and Rijsnburger, 45 …
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler
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Elin Nordegren / People.com:   Julio Iglesias Marries Longtime Girlfriend
PopEater:
Joey Lawrence Stabbed in Eye With Script During Rehearsal  —  Joey Lawrence tore his cornea while rehearsing for his show, ‘Melissa & Joey.’  —  The actor was hit in the eye with a script, causing the tear, he wrote on his Twitter account.  —  “Hey my tweet peeps.  Sorry for being AWOL.
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TMZ.com:
Joey Lawrence — Painful Script Ripped My Cornea
Discussion: The Blemish and Crushable
INF Daily:
Katy Perry's Candy-Coated Performance on Today.  Why Isn't She Fat Yet?  —  Katy Perry must have a ridiculous amount of restraint.  If we were surrounded by as much candy as she has been lately, we'd be four times her size.  Those giant middle-finger waving gummy bears in her “California Gurls” video looked sooooo delicious.
Discussion: Starpulse and PopEater
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The Superficial:   Good Morning, Katy Perry
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?
Anthony McCartney / Associated Press:
Judge grants restraining order sought by DiCaprio  —  LOS ANGELES - Leonardo DiCaprio has been granted a temporary restraining against a woman he said claims to be his wife and carrying his baby.  —  Court records show Superior Court Judge Carol Boas Goodson granted the order Wednesday against Livia Bistriceanu, 41, of Chicago.
Discussion: TMZ.com, Perez Hilton and EW.com
Sara Hammel / People.com:
Lindsay Lohan's Friends Worry About Her Recovery  —  Can Lindsay Lohan stay on the straight and narrow?  —  She made it through 13 days in jail and 23 days at an inpatient rehab program, but friends of the actress worry that she's in danger of sliding back into her old ways.
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Elin Nordegren / People.com:
Miley Cyrus ‘Laughing’ Off Breakup on Set  —  Miley Cyrus isn't sad about her recent breakup from Liam Hemsworth.  Quite the opposite: she's laughing it off - really.  —  Cyrus, 17, is busy at work on a new movie, LOL: Laughing out Loud, filming in Detroit.
Daily Mail:
‘Gay men on board’: Jersey Shore cast return from their shopping trip to find sign taped to their car  —  They spend much of their time working out at the gym, tanning and perfecting their hair to make themselves irresistible to the local ‘Guidettes.’  —  But it seems someone was having …
Ben Fritz / Company Town:
Blockbuster tells Hollywood studios it's preparing for mid-September bankruptcy  —  After dominating the home video rental business for more than a decade and struggling to survive in recent years against upstarts Netflix and Redbox, Blockbuster Inc. is preparing to file for bankruptcy next month …
The Superficial:
'I's Gonna Murry You in My Berkini.'  —  These are shots of Britney Spears and Jason Trawick scoping out the chapel at their hotel in Maui yesterday which seems to have set off the “Britney's Getting Married” alarm across the entire gossip circuit.  Now some of you might be wondering …
Discussion: Hollywoodtuna and Cele|bitchy
New York Post:
Taylor Swift finds romance with Brit actor  —  Taylor Swift has been gallivanting around Maine with British actor Toby Hemingway.  Sources said Swift has been spending time with the “Black Swan” star as she prepares for the release of her upcoming music video, “Mine,” on tonight's live CMT special.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
‘HIMYM’ Exclusive: Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger claws her way into Robin Sparkles' orbit  —  How I Met Your Mother is about to fill in a major piece of Robin Sparkles' pop-star backstory.  —  Sources confirm to me exclusively that Pussycat Doll-turned-Dancing With the Stars champ Nicole Scherzinger …
Us Weekly:
Jake Pavelka Admits Going on Match.com  —  Before going on The Bachelor, Jake Pavelka tried everything to find a mate.  —  “I've tried Match.com,” he tells UsMagazine.com.  “It is really hard to meet people, and the reason it's hard to meet people is timing.  You don't know where people are!
Cele|bitchy:
Betty White fantasizes about Robert Redford, won't make jokes about pot smoking  —  This week's Star Magazine has a really nice interview with America's octogenarian darling, Betty White.  As we heard last week, Betty White recently landed a two book deal through which she'll write her memoirs.
Discussion: Hollywood Reporter
Paul Thompson / Daily Mail:
Jennifer Aniston hoping to relight her box office credentials with new topless film role  —  If there was ever an actress in danger of being typecast, it was Jennifer Aniston.  —  But not for much longer.  —  In a significant departure from her syrupy, goody-goody rom-com roles …
Discussion: CityRag, Yeeeah!, TheGloss and COED Magazine
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Bachelorette Star Ali: Roberto and I Want to Elope  —  Ali Fedotowsky and Roberto Martinez aren't concerned with having an elaborate wedding: They just want to be husband and wife — ASAP.  —  “Planning a wedding is a lot, and we don't want to go through all the motions,” …
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
More Casting Intrigue On ‘Mission: Impossible’  —  UPDATE: I'm told that Kristen Kreuk will also test for the role.  EARLIER: Now that Jeremy Renner got the big male lead opposite Tom Cruise in the next Mission: Impossible, the focus of Paramount Pictures, director Brad Bird and producers Cruise …
Contactmusic.com:
Lady Gaga - Lady Gaga Inspired By Drugs  —  Lady Gaga Inspired By Drugs  —  Lady Gaga says her experiences with drugs helped inspire her music.  —  Lady Gaga says taking drugs inspired her music.  —  The ‘Poker Face’ singer began using illegal substances after she dropped out of a music course …
X17 Online:
Hilary Duff's Prescription For Happiness  —  Hilary Duff looked just as content as ever after she got a prescription from a Beverly Hills doctor yesterday afternoon.  We hope it's nothing like the haul of meds Lindsay's assistant picked up, but somehow, with Hil, we doubt it's for anything serious.
Discussion: omg!
 
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