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5:10 PM ET, August 18, 2011

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Tony Radar / RADAR:
Taylor Armstrong Was Hospitalized After Husband Russell Allegedly Hit Her In The Face  —  The violence between Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Taylor Armstrong and her husband Russell was allegedly so bad that she wound up in a hospital after he brutally hit her just weeks ago, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.
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Tony Radar / RADAR:
Bravo Execs Hold ‘Crisis’ Meeting At Adrienne Maloof's Mansion To Discuss Russell Armstrong Suicide  —  Bravo TV executives called a mandatory “crisis” cast meeting Wednesday, at Adrienne Maloof's mansion, to discuss the suicide of co-star Taylor Armstrong's estranged husband Russell, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.
Extra:
Was Russell Armstrong Distraught Over Gay Secrets?
Alla Byrne / People.com:
Gwyneth Paltrow Saved a Life on Sept. 11  —  Gwyneth Paltrow is already an Oscar winner, cookbook author, mother of two and wife of a rock star - and now she can add lifesaver to her list of accomplishments.  —  Lara Lundstrom Clarke believes her life was saved by a chance encounter …
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Summers McKay / The Morton Report:
How Gwyneth Paltrow Saved My Life on 9/11  —  My true Sliding Doors moment.  —  Lara Lundstrom Clarke's life was saved by a Sliding Doors chance encounter with Gwyneth Paltrow on September 11, 2001.  —  It was one of those pristine blue-sky New York mornings, and Lara Lundstrom …
The Superficial:
Gwyneth Paltrow ‘Saved a Life’ on 9/11 is One Way To Read This, I Guess
Discussion: VladTV.com Video
Lauren / X17 Online:
BREAKING NEWS - KAT VON D'S REALITY SHOW GETS CANCELED  —  Kat Von D's TLC reality show, LA Ink, has been canceled, the network confirms.  —  Says TLC:  —  “TLC has decided that the current season of LA Ink will be its last.  The network is proud of what the series has accomplished in its four seasons …
Discussion: omg!, TMZ.com and Perez Hilton
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Walsten / RADAR:
Kat Von D's Reality Show LA Ink Canceled  —  This has been a tough year for Kat Von D. Her house burned down, killing her beloved pet cat, her engagement to Jesse James was called off and now RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned that her reality show LA Ink has been canceled.
Us Weekly:
Khloe Kardashian's Wedding Day Advice for Kim  —  The last big Kardashian wedding was nearly two years ago — when Khloe wed Lamar Odom in L.A. in late September 2009.  —  With Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries tying the knot in less than three days (!), what does Khloe, 26, advise for her big sister?
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Lauren / X17 Online:   KARDASHIAN CLAN WORKS THE CAMERAS AT SEARS LINE LAUNCH PARTY
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Ridley Scott Ready To Direct New Version Of Seminal Sci-Fi Film ‘Blade Runner’  —  EXCLUSIVE: After revisiting his classic Alien with the upcoming 3D Fox film Prometheus, Ridley Scott is committing to direct and produce a film that advances his other seminal and groundbreaking science fiction film.
Brian Moylan / Gawker:
Bridal Shop Refuses to Sell a Lesbian a Wedding Gown  —  Thanks to the New York State Legislature, gay marriages are all the rage right now, but someone might want to tell the owner of Here Comes the Bride, a bridal shop in Somers Point, on the Jersey Shore (the actual shore, not the show).
Discussion: Queerty
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Ronnie Polaneczky / Philly.com:   Store dresses down bride for being a lesbian
Lynette Rice / Inside Movies:
Joe Manganiello near deal to join stripper movie — EXCLUSIVE  —  Steven Soderbergh's movie about male strippers is just sick with hotties now.  EW has learned exclusively that True Blood's Joe Manganiello is in final talks to join the flick that already stars Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey and Matt Bomer.
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Jan Moir / Daily Mail:
So long thongs!  They're as sexy as a cheese wire cutting through 4lb of Stilton... with sales plunging, good riddance to the gruesome G-string  —  Just a thong at twilight, when the lights and the VPL are low?  Not any longer, ladies.  Not any more.  —  For the most excellent news is that there is a lingerie god, after all.
Discussion: Hollywood Rag and The Stir
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Sandra Bullock No Longer in Contact with Ex Stepdaughter Sunny James  —  So long, Sunny.  —  Sandra Bullock and ex-hubby Jesse James' daughter Sunny are no longer in contact.  The actress, 47, seems to be cutting all ties to James, even if that means distancing herself from his adorable 7-year-old.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
The Most Beautiful Sound I Ever Heard  —  At the end of every day, I throw myself on top of my bed and stare at the water spot on my ceiling while trying to exorcise all the KardashianLohanStoddenFishsticks foolishness from my head so it doesn't follow me from my daymares into my nightmares.
Discussion: Starcasm
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Oh No They Didn't!:
Anderson Cooper has a giggle fit while Ridiculist-ing Gerard Depardieu
Discussion: The Daily What
Nona Willis Aronowitz / GOOD:
Nivea's Racist Ad “Re-civilizes” a Black Man  —  Nivea must have a serious lack of diversity on their marketing team, because there is no other explanation for why an ad like this got approved.  The ad (see full image here) features a preppy, groomed black man holding the head of his former self …
Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Daniel Radcliffe Debuts Mystery Girlfriend in NYC  —  Forget The Woman in Black.  What we really want to know is, who's the lady in lavender?!  —  Daniel Radcliffe seemed to have no problem working some of that Harry Potter magic on the fairer sex and was spotted around New York …
Discussion: OK! Magazine
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
David Letterman Gets Death Threat  —  A jihadist has marked David Letterman for death and ordered followers to “cut the tongue of the lowly Jew and shut it forever.”  —  The demand, part of a rant on the Shumukh al-Islam Web forum, claims the Late Show host - who is Protestant …
Discussion: Bitten and Bound and Gawker
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Celeste Katz / NY Daily News:
David Letterman A Terrorist Target
TMZ.com:
After Pepper Spray Attack  —  Lil Wayne was attacked with pepper spray last night in Canada — after some jerk snuck into his after party and put the excruciating substance in the air ducts.  —  It all went down last night at a club in Montreal called La Mouche — where Weezy was hosting the afterparty for his show.
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Allie is Wired
Dahvi Shira / People.com:
Chelsea Settles: MTV's New Star Is Fabulous, Fashionable - and 324 Lbs.  —  There's a new reality TV starlet coming to Tinseltown in pursuit of a career in the fashion industry.  But this girl doesn't exactly fit the Lauren Conrad mold.  —  For starters, she weighs 324 lbs.
Discussion: The Wire and New York Magazine
 
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