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5:50 PM ET, August 6, 2014

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Daniel Gates / Gossip Cop:
REP: Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser MARRIED Secretly!  (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser are married!  —  The couple quietly wed earlier this summer, Gossip Cop has learned.  —  A rep confirmed the news to us on Wednesday.  —  We hear that the nuptials took place in June in California.
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Star:
EXCLUSIVE: Alexis Bledel & Vincent Kartheiser's Secret Wedding!  —  They're hitched!  Star can exclusively reveal that Mad Men costars Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser tied the knot in an intimate ceremony at a high-end resort in Ojai, Calif. on June 7.
Discussion: Dlisted and Defamer
Alexis L. Loinaz / People.com:
Vincent Kartheiser and Alexis Bledel Are Married  —  They've gone from Mad Men costars to man and wife!  —  Vincent Kartheiser and Alexis Bledel are married, PEOPLE confirms.  —  The two exchanged “I do"s during a hush-hush ceremony in California back in June, her rep tells PEOPLE.
Discussion: Us Weekly
TMZ.com:
Kanye West — 'I'm the Smartest Celebrity You've Ever F***ing Dealt With!'  —  Kanye West swears under oath, “I'm the smartest celebrity you've ever f***ing dealt with.  I'm not Britney Spears.”  —  We got hold of a transcript of Kanye's deposition in the case where he's accused of beating a photog and smashing his camera.
Esther Lee / Us Weekly:
Katie Holmes Talks Life After Tom Cruise Divorce, Being Mom to Suri: “I Never Really Look Back”  —  Trudging forward!  Almost exactly two years after her headline-grabbing divorce from Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes stopped by the Today show on Wednesday, Aug. 6, to discuss her new role in The Giver …
Discussion: Dlisted
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Andrea Billups / People.com:   Katie Holmes's Top Priority: Giving Daughter Suri a Normal Life
PopWatch:
This week's cover: Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus swap POTUS places  —  It seems that no two TV presidents have held the same job while being as drastically different as Frank Underwood and Selina Meyer, played to patriotic perfection by House of Cards' Kevin Spacey and Veep's Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
Discussion: Dlisted, Lost Remote and The Wrap
Becky Freeth / Daily Mail:
Mischa Barton admits she sometimes wishes she'd never done The O.C. as she's revealed as lead judge of a style campaign  —  Mischa Barton shot to fame as Marissa Cooper in teen sitcom favourite The O.C.  —  But the 28-year-old has now admitted that she regrets taking the part …
Discussion: PerezHilton
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Madeline Boardman / Us Weekly:   Mischa Barton Regrets Doing The O.C., Fronts E-Cig Ad Campaign
Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:
Beyonce, Jay Z Are Avoiding Each Other on Tour, She Househunts Solo: Details  —  Not so crazy in love?  Beyonce and Jay Z may look cozy on stage, but in private, the two have continued to spend time apart amidst reports that their marriage is in trouble, multiple sources reveal in the new issue of Us Weekly.
Michael K / Dlisted:
George Clooney And Amal Alamuddin Got Their Marriage License  —  Dlisted reader Susan sent in this picture she took today outside of Chelsea Town Hall in London of the announcement that Amal Ramzi Alamuddin and George Timothy Clooney got their asses a marriage license and plan to get married in Italy.
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Rich Juzwiak / Gawker:
George Clooney Put a Picture of His D**k on the Roseanne Refrigerator
Discussion: Queerty
TMZ.com:
‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Star Marilyn Burns Dies — Found Dead at Home  —  ‘TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE’  —  MARILYN BURNS DIES  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  The heroine of the original “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” ... Marilyn Burns was found dead today at her home in Texas ... TMZ has learned.
Discussion: Us Weekly
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Mike Vulpo / E! Online:
NEWS/ Texas Chainsaw Massacre Star Marilyn Burns Dead at 65
Discussion: World of Wonder
The Wrap:
Warner Bros. Blinks in Marvel Showdown: ‘Batman v Superman’ Avoids ‘Captain America 3’  —  Just days after Marvel showed the strength of its brand with a $94 million haul for “Guardians of the Galaxy,” Warner Bros. has decided to release “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” in 3D on March 25 …
Discussion: Variety and The Moviefone Blog
Anna Chan / Today:
‘Apparently’ not!  #NoahTheReporter admits he doesn't know meaning of the word  —  Noah Ritter's 15 minutes of fame are still going strong after a TV interview with the show-stealing 5-year-old went viral on Tuesday, and the kindergartner has apparently had enough.
Martha Stewart / The Martha Stewart Blog:
A Memorial For My Sister Laura  —  My youngest sister, and the youngest of the six Kostyra siblings, Laura Kostyra Plimpton, passed away today in Norwalk Hospital.  Laura worked for me and the company for more than 25 years.  For the past several years Laura edited, researched and often wrote …
Alyssa Toomey / E! Online:
NEWS/ Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting Talks Big Bang Theory, Reveals Why “It Would be the Greatest Thing” to be Typecast  —  Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting calls herself an “open book” in the latest issue of Women's Health magazine—and the Big Bang Theory beauty certainly isn't kidding.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Anna Peele / Esquire:
OH LORD, THERE GOES THAT DAMN PRATT BOY AGAIN, BLESS HIS HEART  —  You know! … Guardians of the Freakin' Galaxy?!  Married to Anna Faris?  No?  Well, then you're in for a ride.
Maroon 5 - Facebook:
MAROON 5 TO PERFORM AT THE MTV “VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS”  —  FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER LIVE FROM THE FORUM IN INGLEWOOD, CA ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 24 AT 9:00 P.M. ET/PT  —  New York, NY (August 6, 2014) - Adding to the rapidly growing list of not-to-be-missed live musical performances …
Discussion: PerezHilton and Just Jared
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Benedict Cumberbatch made Vanity Fair's ‘Best Dressed’ list: #AlltheVelvet  —  Vanity Fair has released their annual Best Dressed List, which appears in their September “Style Issue” every year.  This year's Style Issue has a cover with Natalia Vodianova (go here to see).
 
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Madeline Boardman / Us Weekly:
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Discussion: Just Jared
Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:
Beyonce Visits Gwyneth Paltrow's Posh House While in Los Angeles: See the Photos!
Discussion: People.com and POPSUGAR Celebrity
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