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3:45 AM ET, August 1, 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’  —  Amy Winehouse was in the middle of adopting a 10-year-old girl from St Lucia before her death, it has been revealed.  —  The singer had started the process of becoming a mum to Dannika Augustine after meeting her in 2009 through …
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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Colin Daniels / Digital Spy:
Zara Phillips hosts pre-wedding cocktail party
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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: Pop2it and Reuters
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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.
Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Box Office Shocker: ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ gets Smurfed … In one of the biggest box office upsets in recent memory, Sony's kids pic The Smurfs tied with DreamWorks/Universal's Cowboys & Aliens for No. 1, with each pic claiming a $36.2 million opening.  The winner won't be decided until Monday morning.
Discussion: Us Weekly and 24 Frames
X17 Online:
ANGELINA JOLIE: “I DON'T LOVE ACTING AS MUCH AS I DID”  —  Angelina Jolie may have gotten rich being an actress, but she says she “doesn't love it” as much as she used to.  —  Jolie explains to the Financial Times:  —  “I've never not been grateful to be an actor.  But I think when I was younger I needed [acting] more.
Discussion: Girls Talkin Smack and omg!
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X17 Online:
MILEY CYRUS GETS TATTOO IN SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE  —  Miley Cyrus made a real commitment to supported gay marriage rights with a new tattoo on her middle finger — an equal sign like the one in the campaign launched by the Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby.  —  The singer-actress Tweeted this shot and wrote: “All LOVE is equal.”
X17 Online:
HOW MANY BODYGUARDS DOES A BODY LIKE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER'S NEED?  —  Seriously!  The guy's a former bodybuilding champion, yet he's got a team of bodyguards protecting him?!  —  The former governor of California had three big guys surrounding him during an outing Friday on his 64th birthday.
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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