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12:50 PM ET, August 14, 2012

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TMZ.com:
Robert Pattinson — Passes on Blasting Kristen Stewart for Cheating Scandal  —  Passes on Blasting Kristen  —  for Cheating Scandal  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  The interview just aired ... and RPatz pretty much came to one conclusion — he needs a publicist asap.  But like we told you, he still did NOT bash Kristen.
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Suzy Byrne / omg!:
Robert Pattinson survives his first awkward post-cheating scandal interview and red carpet appearance  —  Robert Pattinson faced the music last night!  The British hunk made his first TV appearance since his long-time girlfriend, Kristen Stewart, humiliated him last month after she was caught cheating with a married director.
Discussion: PerezHilton and X17 Online
Kimberly Nordyke / Hollywood Reporter:
Robert Pattinson Breaks Silence on Kristen Stewart Cheating Scandal  —  The actor, who is promoting his new movie “Cosmopolis,” tells “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart that he really needs to “hire a publicist.”  —  A good-natured Robert Pattinson on Monday night made his first TV appearance …
Discussion: Us Weekly and MoeJackson
Us Weekly:   Jon Stewart Consoles Heartbroken Robert Pattinson — with Ice Cream!
TMZ.com:
Evelyn Lozada — Chad Johnson Needs Professional Help  —  Chad Needs  —  PROFESSIONAL HELP  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Evelyn Lozada has few words for Chad Johnson after his arrest for allegedly head-butting her — first, stop blaming me ... and second, get help for your problems, now.
Discussion: Hollyscoop and Sandra Rose
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Chad Johnson's Wife — Evelyn Lozada Rocked by Death in the Family  —  Rocked by Death  —  in the Family  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Evelyn Lozada is mourning her brother-in-law, who died tonight after a long battle with cancer ... TMZ has learned.  —  Anthony Ochoa who was married to Evelyn's sister Sylvia …
Discussion: Bossip
Antoinette Bueno / ETonline.com:
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Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip and Bossip
TMZ.com:
VH1 — We're PULLING Chad Johnson's Reality Show
Discussion: Hollywood.com and USA Today
TMZ.com:
Jean-Claude Van Damme — I Had an Affair with Kylie Minogue ... in 1994  —  JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME  —  I Had an Affair With  —  Kylie Minogue ... in 1994  —  The movie “Street Fighter” will now be known for more that just being one of the worst movies of all-time …
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Jennifer Lopez's Next Stage in Life: Mixing Work with Pleasure  —  Perhaps the next reality show that Jennifer Lopez should star on is Survivor.  —  “I live by the mantra that God doesn't give you anything you can't handle,” says the former American Idol judge and PEOPLE's 2011 Most Beautiful …
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Instylecom / InStyle.com What's Right Now:
Jennifer Lopez's September InStyle Cover: Inside the Issue!
Discussion: Hollyscoop and Celebrity Scandals
omg!:
Zach Galifianakis Marries Quinn Lundberg (Reports)  —  Zach Galifianakis is reportedly a married man!  —  The 42-year-old funnyman wed Quinn Lundberg, 29, in Vancouver, Canada, multiple sources told Us Weekly.  —  PLAY IT NOW: Will Ferrell & Zach Galifianakis Stump For The Campaign
Discussion: X17 Online
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Zach Johnson / Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Confirmed: Zach Galifianakis Marries Quinn Lundberg!
Alison Schwartz / People.com:
Kelly Clarkson: I'm in Love  —  Come September, Kelly Clarkson will have to balance two loves: boyfriend Brandon Blackstock - and football.  —  But the Texas-born Dallas Cowboys fan, who recorded a self-penned anthem for the team in collaboration with the NFL and Pepsi …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Daily Mail:
Bottoms up!  Katy Perry shows off a bit too much as she suffers a major wardrobe mishap going down a water slide  —  Yesterday as Katy Perry enjoyed a trip to Raging Waters in San Dimas she showed off a little bit too much of her enviable bikini body as she took to a ride in a two-piece.
Discussion: Gawker
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The Superficial:   Katy Perry's Bikini Fell Off
Grady Smith / EW.com:
Taylor Swift releases single ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together’, announces new album ‘Red’  —  Taylor Swift took to the Internet on Monday night to make a much buzzed-about announcement via live web chat with her fans, and as pretty much everyone guessed, the starlet announced …
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com/hollywood:
Hilary Duff Signs Talent/Development Deal With 20th Century Fox TV  —  EXCLUSIVE: Hilary Duff is eying a return to series television.  The Lizzie McGuire alumna has signed a talent/development deal with 20th Century Fox TV.  Under the rich pact, the studio will develop a half-hour comedy vehicle …
Yael Kohen / Marie Claire:
Chelsea Everywhere  —  How the audaciously funny Chelsea Handler parlayed a successful cable talk show into a money-minting media empire.  And she's only just begun.  —  I'm a little afraid of Chelsea Handler.  We're having an early dinner at the Brentwood hot spot Katsuya …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Us Weekly
Andrea Mandell / USA Today:
Jennifer Garner cherishes ‘The Odd Life of Timothy Green’  —  LOS ANGELES - America's most relatable celebrity mom, Jennifer Garner, has just made an unremarkable solo entrance at her favorite watering hole, Tavern, where the actress recently shared an anniversary dinner with her husband, Ben Affleck.
Margalit Fox / New York Times:
Gave ‘Single Girl’ a Life in Full (Sex, Sex, Sex)  —  Helen Gurley Brown, who as the author of “Sex and the Single Girl” shocked early-1960s America with the news that unmarried women not only had sex but thoroughly enjoyed it — and who as the editor of Cosmopolitan magazine spent …
omg!:
Why Did Prince William & The Queen Miss The Olympics Closing Ceremony?  —  Prince Harry and Duchess Catherine cheered on a host of British pop and rock stars at the 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremonies on Sunday night in London, but notably absent were Prince William and The Queen.
Discussion: PerezHilton and X17 Online
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Rebecca Merriman / Entertainmentwise:
One Direction's Zayn Malik ‘Asks Dancer For Her Number’ At Olympic Closing Ceremony
Discussion: Crushable
Michael K / Dlisted:
Open Post: Hosted By The Spice Girls' Closing Ceremony Performance
Discussion: Stereogum and Gawker
 
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