Top News:
TMZ.com:
R. Kelly — Cancels Concert Cruise ... I Don't Sing For Free! — Cancels Concert Cruise ... I Don't Sing For FREE! — EXCLUSIVE — R. Kelly just pulled out ... of his highly anticipated act aboard a cruise ship ... telling TMZ it's all because the company couldn't cough up the cash they originally promised.
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PerezHilton
Sarah / People.com:
Brandon Routh and Courtney Ford Welcome Son Leo James — Superman has a son! — Partners star Brandon Routh and actress Courtney Ford welcomed their first child on Friday, Aug. 10, a rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively. — Leo James Routh weighed 8 lbs. and measured 20½ inches.
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E! Online, Us Weekly, Celebrity Baby Scoop and Just Jared
Seth Abramovitch / Hollywood Reporter:
Marilyn Manson Goes Through LAX Security with ‘F—K YOU’ Scrawled on Face — The singer was apparently trying to thwart paparazzi by rendering the photos obscene. — No one at Los Angeles International Airport was chanting “the beautiful people, the beautiful people” …
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PerezHilton, World Of Wonder and Gawker
Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:
Lorne Michaels Will Not Produce the Oscars — The Saturday Night Live veteran had been courted to shepherd the 85th annual Academy Awards in February. — Lorne Michaels has decided not to produce the 2013 Academy Awards show, well-placed sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
Discussion:
PerezHilton and FishbowlLA
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
‘Cleopatra’ Drama From Producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura And Writer Michael Seitzman Lands At NBC With Put Pilot Commitment — EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation with two networks bidding, NBC has landed Cleopatra, a period drama about the famous Egyptian queen produced by Di Bonaventura Pictures TV and ABC Studios.
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Lindsay Lohan crashed Francesca Eastwood's party, threw a crackie hissy fit — When I come into work first thing in the morning ("come in to work" = stumble to the computer while I'm still half-asleep), I spend the first 20 minutes of my workday checking all of the main celebrity news sites.
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Gawker
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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Wedding Rumors Flare Up - Cool Down Fast — Forget garden-variety buzz. The possibility that Brad Pitt is marrying Angelina Jolie this weekend in France is getting “real buzz.” — So says an excited but unnamed source to the U.K's Sun, based on rumors …
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Reuters, What Would Tyler Durden Do, X17 Online and PerezHilton
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Alexis Tereszcuk / RADAR:
50 Cent Slams Kanye West's Love Of Kim Kardashian: One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure — 50 Cent and Kanye West have always been rivals when it comes to their music but now they might have more to fight about since 50 seemed to diss Kanye's girlfriend Kim Kardashian.
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Bossip, Daily Mail and VH1 Celebrity
Yale Breslin / Life + Times:
Playlist: Gwyneth Paltrow's Summer Jams — We have less than one month until summer is (officially) over. That means soaking it up, literally. But before September hits, Life+Times turns its megaphone over to Gwyneth Paltrow to fill us in on the songs that have been accompanying her throughout the heat.
The Cheese / Hollywoodtuna:
Kelly Brook's Sexy Lingerie Video! — It's Friday, I'm tired, and I needed something to get me riled up for the weekend. That's where these pictures come in. Here's busty British hottie Kelly Brook showing off her big boobs in sexy lingerie for some scene from something called Keith Lemon the Film.
Dan Warp:
Victorious — Hey guys! If I misspell anything in this post, please forgive me - I'm in the back seat of a car, typing on my phone! — Okay, first things first... There is a whole NEW season of Victorious coming your way. We just finished shooting 15 new episodes, and they're amazing.
Discussion:
Deadline.com and The Wrap
Celebslam:
Kelly Ripa is gonna look like a freak when she gets older — Kelly Ripa out and about in New York (6/28) — Kelly Ripa tells the new issue of In Touch Weekly that she can't get enough botox in her face. Uh oh, this is not going to end well, says every freaky-looking old chick in Beverly Hills:
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Celebrity Blog …