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10:55 AM ET, August 1, 2011

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Mirror.co.uk:
Amy Winehouse: Fixer who claims he helped her buy drugs on eve of tragedy faces new cop quiz  —  THE fixer who says he met Amy Winehouse the night before she died claimed yesterday he was terrified of the “Mr Big” drug dealer he hooked her up with.  —  Tony Azzopardi is due to be re-interviewed …
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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.
Colin Daniels / Digital Spy:   Amy Winehouse ‘was adopting girl from St Lucia’
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.
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NY Daily News:
Al Pacino's daughter, Julie, busted for drunken driving in Manhattan Saturday morning
Discussion: Bossip and Pop Crunch
New York Post:
Al Pacino's daughter arrested on DWI charge
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Brandi Fowler / E! Online:
Arnold Schwarzenegger Celebrates Birthday With Maria Shriver  —  Talk about a birthday surprise.  —  Just a month after filing for divorce from Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver accompanied her former hubby to lunch to celebrate his 64th birthday.  —  And they weren't alone...
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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.
Discussion: Girls Talkin Smack
Allie Merriam / PopSugar:
Brad Pitt Watches as Angelina Jolie Accepts Honors at the Sarajevo Film Festival  —  Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were together in Bosnia yesterday to attend the Sarajevo Film Festival.  It was there that Angelina, in Elie Saab, was awarded with the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo distinction during the closing ceremonies.
Discussion: Daily Mail, People.com and BabyRazzi
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Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Rap stars ‘Throne’ by feud  —  A battle royal has broken out behind the scenes of Jay-Z and Kanye West's new album, “Watch the Throne.”  —  Sources say the rappers — who call themselves The Throne and are releasing their expected blockbuster collaboration Aug. 8 on iTunes …
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.”
Discussion: omg! and Girls Talkin Smack
People.com:
Kat Von D & Jesse James's Relationship Lives On - But Only on L.A. Ink  —  There was no happy ending, but Kat Von D will not shy away from replaying her romance with Jesse James on L.A. Ink.  —  “Kat wants to show that this was a fairy tale and that she was truly in love,” the TLC show's executive producer Gil Lopez tells PEOPLE.
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Hollywood.com
The Daily Beast:
When Reality-TV Fame Runs Dry  —  Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag made millions via MTV's hit docusoap The Hills.  But they admit to Kate Aurthur that they were wrong—being famous for nothing can't last forever.  —  Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag—the whoriest of the famewhores …
Discussion: The Clicker and Gawker
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.
Just Jared:
Fantasia: I'm Pregnant!  —  Fantasia has announced that she is expecting a child!  —  The 27-year-old American Idol winner sang at a charity event over the weekend for the opening of the Riverview Apartments in Jacksonville, Florida, when she announced the news.
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Lindsay Lohan Parties With Paris Hilton Until 4 AM  —  Lindsay Lohan seems to have become a non-stop party animal.  For the third day in a row, the troubled starlet partied down in Malibu with her new BFF (and former enemy) Paris Hilton.  —  Saturday night's bash became Sunday morning's, and Lindsay didn't leave until 4 AM!
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and The Superficial
Kate Stanhope / TVGuide.com:
Exclusive: Grey's Alum T.R. Knight Plots TV Return on Law & Order: SVU  —  In his first TV appearance since leaving Grey's Anatomy, T.R. Knight will guest-star on an upcoming episode of Law & Order: SVU, TVGuide.com has learned.  —  Knight, 38, will play a suspected serial rapist …
Discussion: afterelton.com, TV Fanatic and TVLine
 
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From Mediagazer:

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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