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4:15 PM ET, June 5, 2011

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Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Walters grilling burns Paris  —  Paris Hilton's television comeback hit the pause button this week after a disastrous interview on “The View,” canceled press appointments and lackluster ratings for the premiere of her Oxygen reality show, “The World According to Paris.”
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Tellmethetruth / RADAR:
Paris Hilton Not Happy With Barbara Walters Grilling On The View  —  All the oxygen was sucked out of the studio Wednesday when Barbara Walters grilled Paris Hilton during an interview on The View.  —  The reality star and her mother, Kathy Hilton, were on the ABC chat show to promote her show series, The World According to Paris.
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Bossip
Reality TV World:
Ratings: The world just doesn't care about Paris Hilton anymore
Christine Fenno / PopEater:
Piers Morgan and Wife Expecting a Baby  —  CNN star Piers Morgan has news.  The British host and his wife, fellow journalist Celia Walden, are expecting a baby.  It will be the couple's first child together.  —  Morgan is already father to three sons from his previous marriage, which ended in divorce in 2008.
Discussion: Digital Spy
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George Arbuthnott / Daily Mail:
No wonder Piers Morgan is smiling: Wife Celia is four months pregnant with his child  —  The wife of the former Britain's Got Talent judge Piers Morgan is four months pregnant, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.  —  The news comes a year after she tied the knot with flamboyant Morgan …
Discussion: Seriously? OMG!
Us Weekly:
Piers Morgan, Wife Expecting First Child Together
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Tennessean.com:
Country star Trace Adkins' Brentwood home burns  —  Singer is out of town  —  A fire destroyed the Brentwood home of country star Trace Adkins, claiming all of his music awards and his family's possessions within minutes Saturday afternoon, according to his wife, Rhonda Adkins.
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Crystal Compton / WSMV-TV:
Country Star Trace Adkins' House ‘Total Loss’  —  Wife Rhonda Adkins: ‘Stuff Is Stuff; Everyone Is Safe’  —  The Brentwood Fire Department has been battling a fire at country star Trace Adkins' house on Millsford Court in the Bon Brook subdivision since about 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon.
Discussion: Celebrity Gossip and TMZ.com
Sarah / People.com:
Gavin Rossdale: Zuma's Accidental Fall Was ‘Horrific’  —  It ranks among the scariest things you can experience as a parent — you turn around for a second and something happens.  —  That was Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale's reality late Thursday after their 2½-year-old son Zuma accidentally took …
Discussion: PopEater and Pink is the New Blog
Rap-Up / Hip-Hop and R&B Music, News …:
Rihanna Gives Female Fan a Lap Dance at Tour Kickoff [Video]  —  We all knew Rihanna was a freak ("S&M" anyone?), but she showed just how freaky she can get during her “LOUD” tour kickoff at Baltimore's 1st Mariner Arena on Saturday night (June 4).  RiRi, dressed in the white bondage-inspired outfit …
Discussion: The Young, Black … and Popdust
TMZ.com:
‘X Factor’ to Cheryl Cole: For Money, Not Love  —  Sources at “X Factor” tell TMZ ... FOX and Fremantle (the producers of the show) are trying to get Cheryl Cole back on the program, a week after giving her her walking papers ... but it's more about the bottom line than about loving Cheryl.
Bryan Alexander / USA Today:
Spike TV celebrates Jennifer Aniston  —  Chalk it up to yoga.  —  Wearing a stunning short black mini-dress, Aniston wowed at the Spike TV Guys Choice Awards on Saturday night as she made her way onstage to accept her Decade of Hotness award .  —  The actress vowed to “keep downward dogging until the fat lady sings.”
Discussion: MoeJackson.com
Us Weekly:
PHOTOS: Sweaty Pippa Middleton Collides With Topless Man at Triathlon  —  Run, Pippa, run!  —  Pippa Middleton didn't so much sweat as glisten at a triathlon in Woodstock, England on Saturday.  —  Clad in a tank top, running shorts and sneakers, Princess Kate's little sister, 27 …
Discussion: Socialite Life and Jezebel
TMZ.com:
‘16 and Pregnant’ Star's Mom Busted on Drug Charges  —  The mother of Whitney Purvis — who was featured on the first season of “16 and Pregnant” — was arrested early this morning for possession of marijuana and meth.  —  April Purvis, along with a man named Victor Clement, were busted by Floyd County Police in Georgia.
Discussion: Hollywood Hiccups
Mike Hess / Celebuzz:
Exclusive: Blake Lively Will ‘Poke Fun’ at Nude Photo Scandal at MTV Movie Awards  —  The MTV Movie Awards are always a place for celebrities to make fun of themselves and the messes they've found themselves in — and according to Celebuzz sources, Blake Lively plans on getting some laughs from her recent photo scandal.
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