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5:40 PM ET, July 31, 2011

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Graeme Culliford / Mirror.co.uk:
EXCLUSIVE: Amy Winehouse was adopting girl of 10  —  Amy and Dannika  —  Amy Winehouse was in the middle of adopting a poor St Lucian girl before she died.  —  The troubled singer had started the process of becoming a mum to 10-year-old Dannika Augustine, who she met on the idyllic Caribbean island.
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TMZ.com:
Amy Winehouse — Was Planning to Adopt 10-Year-Old Girl  —  Amy Winehouse was preparing to adopt a 10-year-old girl from the island of St. Lucia, the girl and her grandmother told a British paper today.  —  The girl — Dannika Augustine (seen above with Amy) — says she met the singer during …
Colin Daniels / Digital Spy:   Amy Winehouse ‘was adopting girl from St Lucia’
Jo Macfarlane / Daily Mail:
Now Zara dazzles on HER day as a wedding princess: The Queen's granddaughter ties the knot with rugby ace Mike Tindall  —  In a single tender moment, their love was plain to see.  Standing in the warm Edinburgh sunshine, Zara Phillips sealed her marriage to England rugby star Mike Tindall yesterday with a gentle kiss.
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Royal Family / Telegraph:
Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall marry in Edinburgh sunshine  —  At 3.51pm the newly married couple, Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall, emerged from the church surrounded by friends and (royal) family.  —  The Edinburgh weather was uncharacteristically kind to the wedding party that gathered outside …
Colin Daniels / Digital Spy:
Zara Phillips hosts pre-wedding cocktail party
Discussion: Reuters
People.com:
Al Pacino's Daughter Arrested for DWI  —  Al Pacino's daughter, Julie Pacino, 21, was arrested for DWI on Saturday in N.Y.C., an NYPD spokesman confirms to PEOPLE.  —  The arrest occurred 1:35 a.m. after the actor's daughter drove her black Mercedes Benz through a DWI checkpoint on West Houston Street in Manhattan.
Discussion: Digital Spy, Reuters and Pop2it
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New York Post:
Al Pacino's daughter arrested on DWI charge  —  Al Pacino's 21-year-old daughter was busted in lower Manhattan this morning for DWI after admitting she threw back a few beers and smoke pot, police sources told The Post.  —  Julie Marie Pacino, an aspiring film director …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
TMZ.com:
Kings of Leon — Rescheduling Texas Concerts  —  The band Kings of Leon has not only scheduled a make-up concert for their Houston show that was canceled completely last night, but they are also going back to Dallas to make up the show that ended abruptly on Friday ... TMZ has learned.
Casey Anthony / TMZ.com:
Casey Anthony — No Interviews, I'm Getting Treatment  —  Casey Anthony won't be sitting down with ABC .. NBC ... CBS or any other network for at least a couple of months — TMZ has learned Casey will be seeking professional treatment for serious mental issues instead.
TMZ.com:
Soulja Boy — Accused of $55 Million Lie About Private Jet  —  Soulja Boy — along with several members of his inner circle — perpetuated a lie about purchasing a $55 million G5 jet ... at least that's what a spokesperson for Soulja is now saying.  —  Earlier this week, TMZ spoke with Soulja …
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Walsten / RADAR:
Soulja Boy Owes $26,000 In Taxes - Maybe He Should Return That $55 Million Jet!
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Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Lunch with the FT: Angelina Jolie  —  Watching Angelina Jolie stride through a restaurant is to be given a lesson in how to avoid attracting attention in public.  She looks ahead impassively, her back is straight and she walks at speed so that she will have moved on before any diners …
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X17 Online:
ANGELINA JOLIE: “I DON'T LOVE ACTING AS MUCH AS I DID”
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Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2’ Hits $1 Billion at Global Box Office … In a fitting farewell to one of the most magical film series in Hollywood history, Warner Bros.' Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is the first film in the franchise to reach the $1 billion mark worldwide.
ATLien / StraightFromTheA [SFTA]:
I HEARD: The Real Housewives of Atlanta Have All Flown The Coop...  Word on the streets of the “A” is that Bravo has sent several of the Atlanta “housewives” packing for a while.  —  As proof, you may have noticed that Kandi Burruss cancelled “Kandi Koated Nights” (her online talk show) this week.
 
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