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PopEater:
Lady Gaga Explains Why She's Been Wearing Meat — Following her triumph at the MTV VMAs, Lady Gaga sat down with Ellen DeGeneres and revealed the reasoning behind her latest clothing fabric of choice. Yes, we're talking about the meat. The positively squeamish DeGeneres, who is vegan …
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Philiana Ng / Hollywood Reporter:
Chelsea Handler panned as VMA host — Comedian among 'worst in show's history,' writes N.Y. Times — When MTV announced last month that E!'s Chelsea Handler would be hosting this year's Video Music Awards, it was met with some surprise. So how did she do Sunday on one of music's most star-studded nights?
Jon Caramanica / New York Times:
At MTV Awards, Taylor vs. Kanye Part 2 — For the second year running at the MTV Video Music Awards, Kanye West got the last word. — Last year, he took it by force, snatching the microphone from Taylor Swift as she made her acceptance speech for the Best Female Video award …
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Click Track, MTV Buzzworthy Blog, PopWatch, Pink is the New Blog, EW.com, Movieline, Sound of the City and ArtsBeat
Us Weekly:
Lady Gaga Accepts VMA Award Covered in Meat — Raw-raw-ah-ah-ah! — When Lady Gaga accepted her award for Video of the Year at the VMAs Sunday, the “Bad Romance” singer turned heads with her meaty ensemble. — “I never thought I'd be asking Cher to hold my meat purse,” Gaga, 24, giggled as she picked up her moonman.
Doug / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Why Lady Gaga Refused To Tour With ‘Grade-A Disaster’ Kanye West
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National Enquirer
Us Weekly:
Lady Gaga: I Meant “No Disrespect” Wearing Meat Dress to VMAs
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Celebrity Gossip …, omg! and Perez Hilton
John Mitchell / PopEater:
Lady Gaga Doesn't Need to Be a Sex Object to Be An Awesome Pop Star
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Oh No They Didn't!, The Awl and Federal Eye
Brian Orloff / People.com:
Lady Gaga Sings for Cher (and Her Fans) at the VMAs
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Bumpshack.com, Cele|bitchy, Style News and Celebrity Gossip …
Willlee / Hollywood Life:
BREAKING NEWS! PETA Tells Lady Gaga: You're Lucky You Weren't Covered in Maggots!
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Examiner and TeddyHilton
Rob Shuter / PopEater:
Taylor Swift a ‘Wreck’ Before Performing Kanye Song — On Sunday night, Taylor Swift once again found herself in the company of the man that made her cry. Not only was the young Taylor seeing Kanye West for the first time since the rapper's infamous ambush at last year's VMAs …
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Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Source: Kanye West, Taylor Swift Call Truce Backstage at VMAs — The Kanye-Taylor war is officially over! — Before each of their talked-about performances, Kanye West and Taylor Swift secretly met backstage at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, a source tells UsMagazine.com.
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INF Daily, Examiner, Idolator.com, omg!, ImNotObsessed.com, Perez Hilton and DailyFill.com
Us Weekly:
Michael Lohan on Lindsay's VMAs Comeback: “My Prayers Were Met” — Michael Lohan totally loved his daughter Lindsay's comeback skit at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards. — Recently out of rehab, the actress made a surprise appearance in a pre-taped segment that poked fun at her SCRAM bracelet and troubles with alcohol and drugs.
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The Superficial, Movieline, ImNotObsessed.com, Celebrity Dirty Laundry, X17 Online and FemaleFirst
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Rob Shuter / PopEater:
We'll Do It Taped! MTV Didn't Want a Live Lindsay
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omg! and The Blemish
Richard Huff / NY Daily News:
Lindsay Lohan in talks for ‘Saturday Night Live’ …
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Celebrity Dirty Laundry
Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:
JLo Getting Overall Fox Deal Along With $12M ‘American Idol’ Judging Job — But Her Most Diva Demands Were Refused — EXCLUSIVE: I've learned that Jennifer Lopez had been negotiating for a guaranteed “go” motion picture and TV pilots at Fox to accompany an asked-for $15 million American Idol judging paycheck.
PopEater:
Joaquin Phoenix vs. David Letterman Rematch Set — The last time Joaquin Phoenix appeared on the ‘Late Show with David Letterman,’ the interview was testy and awkward, and helped add yet another wrinkle to Phoenix's bizarre transformation from respected actor to amateur rapper.
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Reuters, TV Squad and Gabby Babble
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Alison Schwartz / People.com:
Sofia Vergara's Old Complaint: ‘I Look Like a Stripper’ — Modern Family's Sofia Vergara has come a long way from the girl she was when she was 13 - a natural blonde bombshell-in-training who had yet to embrace her, um, assets. — “I wanted surgery,” she tells Self magazine in its October issue.
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Cele|bitchy, X17 Online, CelebNewsWire, ImNotObsessed.com and Just Jared
Lynn Hirschberg / Wmagazine.com:
Michelle Williams & Ryan Gosling: Heart to Heart — MICHELLE WILLIAMS & RYAN GOSLING TALK ABOUT MESSY SEX, BAD BODY ART, AND THE LONG ROAD TO THEIR NEW FILM, BLUE VALENTINE. — Lynn Hirschberg: Michelle, you're in Toronto making a movie called Take This Waltz, with Seth Rogen and directed by Sarah Polley.
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Just Jared, X17 Online, Hollywood Crush, PopSugar, dailystab.com and The Huffington Post
omg!:
Oprah Winfrey sending audience of 300 to Australia — CHICAGO - They shrieked, they gasped, they cried, they hugged — and that was before Oprah Winfrey's studio audience got a trip to Australia. — Winfrey kicked off her 25th and final season of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on Monday with promised surprises.
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X17 Online and PopEater
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TMZ.com:
Heidi and Spencer — Reunited and it Feels So Bad — Heidi and Spencer, please ... just divorce already. We got these photos, which were taken yesterday just north of Los Angeles, and the rat we're smelling is really beginning to stink. — Although Heidi insists she's divorcing Spencer …
Us Weekly:
Will.i.am Slammed for Blackface VMA Performance — Back in black? — When Black Eyed Peas bandleader Will.i.am joined Nicki Minaj during the VMA pre-show Sunday, outraged fans slammed the 35-year-old rapper for appearing in blackface. — “Will.i.am. wearing blackface!? What a racist!” fakeart123 tweeted.
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Dlisted, Yeeeah!, AceShowBiz.com, Allie Is Wired, Hollywood Dame, Cele|bitchy and IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com
hellomagazine.com:
Rod and Penny open up about their pregnancy battle with HELLO! and reveal baby's sex — Music legend Rod Stewart and his lovely wife Penny Lancaster are over the moon. — As they joyfully revealed on hellomagazine.com, the couple are expecting a sibling for their four-year-old Alastair.
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People.com, Celebrity Baby Scoop and The Huffington Post
TMZ.com:
Montana Fishburne Seeks Inpatient Professional Help — Montana Fishburne — aspiring sex tape star and daughter of Laurence Fishburne — is checking herself into an inpatient facility that specializes in anger management, behavioral problems and mental illnesses ... sources tell TMZ.
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The Superficial, Bitten and Bound, The Hollywood Gossip, The Blemish and Bossip
