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12:40 PM ET, September 18, 2010

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TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan Fails Drug Test  —  Lindsay Lohan has failed a drug test in her criminal case ... TMZ has learned.  —  We're told the court-mandated drug test in question occurred last week.  According to the terms of Lindsay's probation, she will get 30 days in jail for a positive drug test.
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Lindsay Lohan / TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan tested positive for cocaine last week and that is why she failed her drug test ... sources tell TMZ.  —  As we first reported, Lindsay failed the court-mandated drug test — and according to the terms of her probation, she will go back to jail for 30 days as a result.
TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan Had Multiple Dirty Drug Tests  —  Lindsay Lohan failed more than one drug test ... sources tell TMZ.  —  TMZ broke the story that Lindsay tested positive for cocaine last week.  Sources connected with the case tell us Lindsay failed another test as well …
People.com:
Source: Lindsay Lohan Fails Drug Test, Faces More Jail  —  Lindsay Lohan has failed a court-mandated drug test, a source tells PEOPLE.  The actress could now be facing 30 days in jail.  —  The actress, 24, was released from rehab Aug. 24 after serving almost two weeks in jail for violating probation in a DUI case.
Us Weekly:
BREAKING NEWS: Lindsay Lohan: Failed Drug Test Report Is “Nuts”  —  More trouble for Lindsay Lohan?  —  According to TMZ, the 24-year-old actress failed a court-mandated drug test taken last week.  As per the probation terms set last month, Lohan is supposed to serve 30 days in jail for any positive drug test.
Johnny Lopez / TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan Blows Through Town
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Russell Brand / TMZ.com:
Russell Brand In Custody — Citizen's Arrest  —  Russell Brand has just been arrested for allegedly attacking paparazzi at LAX airport ... TMZ has learned, and it was a citizen's arrest.  —  As we first reported, Brand and Katy Perry were going through Delta security when he allegedly began pushing and striking paparazzi.
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Us Weekly:
Russell Brand Charged With Battery After Photog Attack  —  Russell Brand was arrested at LAX on Friday afternoon, L.A. Airport Police confirmed to UsMagazine.com.  —  The British comic, 35, and his fiancee Katy Perry were going through airport security when Brand reportedly began pushing …
Marco / X17 Online:
X17 EXCLUSIVE - Photographers Attacked By Russell Brand At LAX, Pap To Press Charges
Discussion: PopEater
TMZ.com:
Russell Brand Allegedly Attacks Photogs at LAX
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Which Jersey Shore Star Is Stripping for Playboy?  —  She's got the bod, the boobs and the fame.  —  It's not wonder Playboy has been hot for JWoww.  —  So just how close is the Jersey Shore star to closing the deal to strip down for the mag—and just how undressed will she get?
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The Superficial:
JWoww's Doing Playboy
Discussion: COED Magazine
Francis McCabe / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Paris Hilton to get probation in plea deal in drug possession case  —  Celebrity socialite Paris Hilton has agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanors in her pending drug possession case, netting her a year of probation but no jail time.  —  Hilton is scheduled to formally plead guilty Monday …
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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Paris Hilton Agrees to Plead Guilty in Drug Case, Gets Suspended Jail Sentence  —  C'est la vie, Paris Hilton.  —  The recently busted heiress has accepted a plea deal, agreeing to cop to misdemeanor drug possession and obstructing an officer in order to avoid a felony cocaine rap.
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com
Us Weekly:
Paris Hilton Adopts 20 Bunnies
New York Magazine:
Kyle Chandler and Elle Fanning Cast in Super 8  —  The cloak of secrecy surrounding the J.J. Abrams/Steven Spielberg collaboration is starting to be lifted, ever so slightly: Vulture has exclusively learned the names of the first two actors cast in Super 8 — and one of them is going to send fans of Friday Night Lights into a tizzy.
TMZ.com:
Octomom Gets 2nd Porn Offer for $500k  —  In the wake of her new financial crisis, Octomom has a new opportunity to earn enough cash to save her house and feed her 14 kids ... if she'll do a little porn.  —  TMZ has learned Vivid Entertainment has fired off a letter to Nadya Suleman …
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Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
‘Big Bang Theory’ extends hiatus, Kaley Cuoco to miss ‘a few’ episodes  —  First the good news: Big Bang Theory star Kaley Cuoco is expected to make a full recovery in the wake of a weekend horseback-riding accident that left her with a fractured leg.  —  Now the bad news …
Discussion: From Inside the Box and TV Squad
TMZ.com:
Miley Cyrus Allegedly Hits, Runs ... But Hit-and-Run?  —  Miley Cyrus banged up her mom's Mercedes-Benz SUV, totaled another car and then left the scene ... according to the alleged victim's attorney.  —  The owner of the other car — a Los Angeles restaurant parking attendant …
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: LeAnn Rimes' Ex: I Was “Content and Satisfied” With Our Marriage  —  Dean Sheremet is firing back at his ex-wife LeAnn Rimes, who tells the October issue of Shape that they wed too young and she cheated because their nearly seven-year marriage wasn't “fulfilling.”
Alex Pappademas / GQ:
Almost Famous  —  Remember that guy from The Hurt Locker, the badass you'd never seen before, who quietly dismantled car bombs and owned every inch of the screen?  That guy deserves an Oscar.  And he just might get it for his next act  —  “The first one, and the craziest one,” Jeremy Renner is saying, “was Sean Penn.
Michael Starr / New York Post:
Judge Judy knocks Oprah off top spot  —  Tweet  —  Move over, Oprah — there's a new daytime queen in town.  —  “Judge Judy” was daytime's top-rated show last season — knocking “Oprah” off its perch for the first time since the 2000-2001 TV season.  —  For the 2009-10 season, “Judge Judy” …
 
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Julie Watson / The Huffington Post:
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New York Post:
Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger joining ‘X Factor’
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Taylor Momsen Strips Down The Street In The Pretty Reckless' “Make Me Wanna Die”
Discussion: EW.com
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John Mitchell / PopEater:
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TMZ.com:
Miley Cyrus Intruder — Just a Boy
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Financial Times:
Sources: New York Sun owner Dovid Efune is close to striking a deal to buy The Telegraph for £550M+, more than what others like National World offered

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Kamala Harris, who has mostly avoided interviews over the past few months, readies a media blitz, including the Call Her Daddy podcast, The View, and 60 Minutes

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