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12:05 PM ET, August 23, 2011

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In Touch Weekly Magazine:
In Touch Weekly Exclusive: Will and Jada Pinkett Smith SEPARATE!  —  After 13 years of marriage, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have decided to separate, an insider tells In Touch Weekly exclusively.  They have two children, Jaden and Willow, together.  And Jada is stepmother to Will's son, Trey, from a previous marriage.
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TMZ.com:
Report: Will Smith and Jada SEPARATE  —  Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have separated ... this according to In Touch Weekly.  —  Will and Jada have been married for 13 years and have two extremely famous children together — Jaden and Willow.  —  Will has another son, Trey, from a previous marriage.
Perez Hilton:
Shocking!!  Will Smith And Jada Pinkett Smith Separate??  —  Say it ain't so!!!  —  Time to bust out those ice skates because hell just froze over.  —  After 13 years of marriage, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have reportedly separated, according to In Touch Weekly.  —  This is SHOCKING to us!!
Discussion: X17 Online
Anthony McCartney / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Affleck, Garner expecting 3rd child  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner's family is growing — representatives for the actors say the couple are expecting their third child.  —  A one-sentence statement released Monday says the actors are “thrilled” to have another baby on the way.
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Tim Nudd / People.com:
Jennifer Garner Is Pregnant  —  Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are getting ready for another baby!  —  The couple, who are parents to two daughters - Violet, 5½, and Seraphina, 2½ - are “thrilled” to be expecting their third child, they confirm to the Associated Press.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and LilSugar
Us Weekly:
Jennifer Garner Pregnant With Third Child  —  Actress Jennifer Garner is pregnant, the couple confirm to the Associated Press.  —  This will the be the third child for the Arthur actress, 39, and her husband of five years, Ben Affleck, 39.  —  “She's always wanted three kids,” a source tells Us.
Perez Hilton:
Jennifer Garner And Ben Affleck Expecting! New Baby On The Way!
Discussion: omg!, INF Daily and X17 Online
Us Weekly:
Why Kim Kardashian's Wedding Was “Awkward”  —  Not everyone had the time of their lives at Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries' epic wedding on Saturday.  —  “It was awkward,” one insider admits to Us Weekly of the super-lavish bash at a private estate in Montecito, Calif., which was taped for an E! special airing in October.
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RADAR:
Kim Kardashian & Kris Humphries Leave For Quickie Italian Honeymoon — Check Out Her Ring!
Discussion: National Enquirer
Lisa Princ / Reality TV Magazine:
Kris Jenner Originally Wanted Christina Aguilera To Perform At Kim Kardashian's Wedding
Discussion: PerezHilton
Us Weekly:
NEW PIC: Kim Kardashian's Wedding Dress — More Details!
Discussion: omg! and INF Daily
Steve Jones / USA Today:
Motown songwriter Nick Ashford dies  —  Nick Ashford, who along with wife Valerie Simpson helped set the gold standard for R&B duets, both as songwriters and performers, died of throat cancer Monday in a New York hospital.  He was 69.  —  Ashford & Simpson — you can't think of one without the other …
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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Nick Ashford, of Motown Writing Duo, Dies at 70
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TMZ.com:
Winehouse Family — Amy Was NOT On Drugs When She Died  —  Amy Winehouse's family claims toxicology tests prove Amy was not on any sort of illegal drugs at the time of her death ... but she had been drinking.  —  According to the family, officials have not determined if the booze played a role in the singer's death.
Us Weekly:
Megan Fox: Why I'm Removing My Marilyn Monroe Tattoo  —  Gentlemen may prefer blondes — but Megan Fox would now prefer to have her giant Marilyn Monroe tattoo erased from her right forearm.  —  The 25-year-old star confirmed to Italian fashion magazine Amica that she is in the process of removing …
Discussion: Yeeeah!
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William Keck / TVGuide.com:
Keck's Exclusives: New Season Scoop on Private Practice, Hawaii Five-0 and More!  —  As part of Addison's baby-making plans, Kate Walsh says her character will be back “in the stirrups” in a scene that should leave viewers in “utter shock.”  Remember, adds Kate, “The last time we saw Addison …
Dan Snierson / Inside TV:
Lady Gaga to guest on ‘The Simpsons’ — EXCLUSIVE PHOTO  —  This should make all the little TV-watching monsters happy: Lady Gaga has recorded a guest spot for an episode of The Simpsons!  In “Lisa Goes Gaga,” the singer (seen here recording her lines on Aug. 22) makes a pit stop in Springfield …
Cristin / Trulia Luxe Living:
Reality TV Titan Bethenny Frankel Buys in TriBeCa  —  Bethenny Frankel, the former “Real Housewives of New York” castmember, turned solo reality TV breakout star with “Bethenny Ever After,” turned alcohol and product-pushing millionare, is moving on up in the New York City real estate game …
Discussion: PerezHilton
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Scott Harris / NextMovie:
First ‘Hunger Games’ Footage to Debut at MTV Video Music Awards  —  Over the last quarter century, MTV's Video Music Awards have provided the world with some of its most famous pop culture moments, from Britney's “comeback” performance to Kanye West crashing the stage during Taylor Swift's acceptance speech.
Bill Carter / Media Decoder:
Letterman Responds to Death Threats in Monologue  —  David Letterman responded on Monday to the threat posted against him last week on a message board used by Al Qaeda in his usual fashion: he made jokes about it.  —  In his monologue during Monday's taping of his CBS show …
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Perez Hilton:
David Letterman Returns After Death Threat
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Reuters
Virgin:
Fire on Necker Island  —  Thank you for all your kind messages after the fire on Necker.  We're thankful that everyone is ok.  —  Around 20 people were in the house and they all managed to get out and they are all fine.  —  We had a tropical storm with winds up to 90mph.
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Victoria Ward / Telegraph:
Kate Winslet escapes fire on Sir Richard Branson's Necker Island
New York Magazine:
Brad's Pitch  —  But this wasn't going to be Ocean's Fourteen: Soderbergh was just coming off the massive eccentric historical docudrama Che and was eager to continue playing with the gray area between drama and factual authenticity.  Where Pitt saw a story about justice, Soderbergh saw one about Justice …
Discussion: Us Weekly, PopSugar and goldenfiddle
The Superficial:
This is Brad Pitt's Assistant  —  Last week, the Internet was aflutter after photos surfaced of Brad Pitt with a comely young assistant, Lara Marsden, on the set of World War Z.  —  This is that assistant.  —  Now, while most people might be inclined to say Angelina Jolie better watch …
Discussion: DrunkenStepfather
 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
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