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TMZ.com:
Joey Kovar Dead — ‘Real World’ Star's Family Suspects Drug Overdose — ‘Real World’ Star DEAD — Family Suspects Drugs — EXCLUSIVE — Joey Kovar — the troubled “Real World” star who appeared on “Celebrity Rehab” — was found dead at a friend's home near Chicago this morning …
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TMZ.com:
Paul Ryan — THE TOPLESS PHOTO — THE TOPLESS PHOTO — EXCLUSIVE — Here it is ... the very first photo of Paul Ryan's mysterious athletic physique ... REVEALED!!! — TMZ has (finally) obtained a photo of Mitt Romney's running mate — sans shirt — taken roughly 6 years ago ... right before Ryan got hooked on the P90X workout.
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Towleroad News #gay, The Hollywood Gossip and Gawker
Allison Corneau / Us Weekly:
Exclusive Video: Robert Pattinson's Pals “Begging Him to End It” With Kristen Stewart — Jon Stewart made his feelings known to Robert Pattinson during the actor's August 13 Daily Show appearance when suggesting that he “kick [Kristen Stewart] to the curb.”
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The Hollywood Gossip and PerezHilton
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Amy Kaufman / Los Angeles Times:
Robert Pattinson finds himself in a 'can't win' situation
Robert Pattinson finds himself in a 'can't win' situation
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Oh No They Didn't!, Us Weekly, Cele|bitchy, Gossip Cop and People.com
Zach Johnson / Us Weekly:
Maksim Chmerkovskiy Denies Slapping Hope Solo During Dancing With the Stars Rehearsals — Tensions were running high behind the scenes of Dancing With the Stars, according to Hope Solo. — In her new book, Solo: A Memoir of Hope, the 31-year-old soccer player accuses her former partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy …
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Will Self / New York Times:
The Graduate — The actress Emma Watson wears a Bottega Veneta jacket, $3,200; (212) 371-5511. Harry Winston earrings, price on request; harrywinston.com. Nars Cosmetics eyeliner Stylo in Carpates, $27; narscosmetics.com. — Emma Watson, the onetime co-star of the most successful movie franchise ever …
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OK! Magazine, Style News, Cele|bitchy, Dailyfill and Just Jared
TMZ.com:
Colleen Shannon — Playboy Playmate ARRESTED for Smuggling Man into U.S. — Playboy Playmate ARRESTED — for Smuggling Man into U.S. — EXCLUSIVE — Colleen Shannon — a 2004 Playboy Playmate — was ARRESTED last night after allegedly trying to smuggle an unidentified male into the U.S. through the Canadian border.
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PerezHilton
Style News:
Taylor Swift Brings ‘Red’ to Life in New Fragrance Ad — Taylor Swift is “really excited” about her new album — so excited, in fact, that she brought its theme, Red, into the first ad for her new fragrance, Wonderstruck Enchanted. — “I love the look of my ad,” Swift tells PEOPLE.
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The Hollywood Gossip and PopWatch
Zach Johnson / Us Weekly:
John Mayer Embraces Bikini-Clad Girlfriend Katy Perry — John Mayer and Katy Perry's recent romance is no summer fling! — The new couple were photographed getting hot and heavy at a pool party in Beverly Hills August 4, openly kissing and cuddling for all to see.
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OK! Magazine and Just Jared
Chris Chase / Yahoo! Sports:
Michael Phelps could get in trouble for Louis Vuitton photos — Michael Phelps could be in hot water — not the cold bathtub he appears to be in — for his recent photo shoot with the French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton. — Photos of Phelps taken by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz …
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The Hollywood Gossip
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
JR Bourne Joins ‘Revenge’ As Recurring, ‘Do No Harm’ & ‘Golden Boy’ Add Players — JR Bourne (Teen Wolf) has booked a recurring role on the upcoming second season of ABC's soap Revenge. He will play Kenny, a magnetic, self-assured, Hamptons resident who tries to hide his rough edges behind his fancy clothes and Mercedes.
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TV Fanatic and AfterElton.com
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Sarkozy's new nest — Obviously he's into twins. Olivier Sarkozy, 42, the much older beau of elf-like Mary-Kate Olsen, 26, has plunked down $6.25 million for a storied East 10th Street townhouse, which, like the “Full House” star, has a twin. The half-brother of the former French president bought …
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Dlisted, Crushable and What Would Tyler Durden Do
David Amsden / New York Times:
Kerr Goes Kiwi — Miranda Kerr was 18, just out of high school, a girl from the Australian countryside curious about what the rest of the world had to offer, when she first visited New Zealand. Along with a close friend from Gunnedah, the pastoral town where she grew up …
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Style News, Celebrity Scandals and PopSugar
The Superficial:
Lindsay Lohan's Body Just Won't Quit — Somehow there's been a Lindsay Lohan post every single day this week, so to cap off that achievement, here's her body in peak physical condition while shopping in Venice yesterday, and for a 40-year-old mother of two who breastfed both her kids, she looks fantastic.
TMZ.com:
Vanessa Bryant — I'd Support Kobe ... Even If He Was a Loser — I'd Support Kobe ... Even If He Was a Loser — EXCLUSIVE — Vanessa Bryant claims she's not a shallow gold-digging, championship-hoarding basketball wife ... insisting she would have married Kobe Bryant even if he NEVER won an NBA title.
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Vanessa Bryant: Kobe Better Be Winning If He's Going to Be Away
Vanessa Bryant: Kobe Better Be Winning If He's Going to Be Away
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Celeb Gossip … and TMZ.com
Jason Serafino / Complex:
Shia LaBeouf To Have Sex “For Real” While Filming Scenes For Lars Von Trier's “Nymphomaniac” — During an interview with MTV, Shia LaBeouf confirmed that he will indeed be working with director Lars von Trier on his next project, Nymphomaniac. Not only that, but he also revealed …
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Dlisted, The Blemish, The Wrap and Gawker
Matt Webb Mitovich / TVLine:
Matt's Inside Line: Scoop on Once's Mad Return, Glee, Fringe, NCIS, Political Animals and More — Will Once Upon a Time go mad again? What should we make of an NCIS promotion? Is a Glee couple still heading for a wedding? How wild is the Animals finale?
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Oh No They Didn't!
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Former Spitzer call girl Ashley Dupre is engaged and pregnant — Ashley Dupre has given a lot of happy endings in her day, but now the former Eliot Spitzer call girl has one of her very own. — Dupre is seven months pregnant, Page Six can exclusively reveal, and engaged to be married to New Jersey asphalt scion Thomas “TJ” Earle.
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