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3:00 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.
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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.’
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 …
Laura Kalnicky / Life and Style:
Heidi Montag's nose tape explanation: 'I don't want my face to fall off'
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler, TVgasm and TheFABlife
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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Us Weekly:
Levi Johnston: I Regret Apologizing to Sarah Palin  —  If Levi Johnston could take back anything, it would be... posing for Playgirl?  His on-off, on-off relationship and engagement to Bristol Palin, mother of his son Tripp, 20 months?  —  Nope.  For Johnston, his biggest and only regret …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Perez Hilton
Joan Sedley / People.com:
Levi Johnston: Bristol Palin Loves the Limelight Just as Much as I Do
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Deceiver.com
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:
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.
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?
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 …
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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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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Julio Iglesias / Contactmusic.com:
Julio Iglesias - Iglesias Marries In Spain
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com and Perez Hilton
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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
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,” …
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!
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Michael Lohan To Open Rehab Center, ‘God Will Be A Major Element’  —  Michael Lohan says he's moving to California to open a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, he told RadarOnline.com.  —  “Yes, it's, true, I'll be running it,” Lohan told us in an exclusive interview.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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
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
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 …
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 …
Bmad / !! omg blog !!:
!! OMG, He's Naked: Kevin Smith !!  —  No, not that Kevin Smith.  (Though I'm sure there are at least a few readers who would appreciate it!)  It's Kevin Smith aka Xena's ARES.  And while I know we all think of Xena as strictly for the lickly, wherever there are Greek gods you know there are going to be hunky shirtless men!
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
The Daily What:
Late Links of the Day  —  Late Links:  — Russian spy Anna Chapman's first public appearance since her deportation is a sexy photoshoot because of course it is.  — Bikini Thursday: Britney Spears, Sophie Monk, Geri Halliwell, and Sadie Frost.  — Pretty In Print …
Discussion: TheGloss and Best Week Ever
Vibe:
Newest Atlanta Housewife Phaedra Parks Defends Husband's Criminal Past  —  Phaedra Parks is the newest castmember on Bravo's Real Housewives Of Atlanta, which returns for its third season on October 4.  Parks is an attorney who's represented Bobby Brown and Jermaine Dupri, among others.
Heat Vision:
‘Kung Fu Panda’ writers to pen ‘Karate Kid’ sequel (exclusive)  —  Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reiff are moving from kung fu to karate.  —  The duo, who wrote 2008's “Kung Fu Panda,” have been tapped to pen the sequel to “The Karate Kid,” Sony's surprise summer hit that Will Smith produced and starred his son Jaden Smith.
Jim Lockwood / New Jersey Online:
Remy Gonzalez, ‘Cake Boss’ brother-in-law, is charged with sexually assaulting teen in N.J.  —  The brother-in-law of “Cake Boss” Buddy Valastro, and a main character in the TLC show based on Carlos Bakery in Hoboken, has been arrested on charges he sexually assaulted a teenager in Morris County, authorities said.
 
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