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8:15 PM ET, August 17, 2007

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Allen forced to postpone US tour  —  Pop star Lily Allen has postponed her US tour and cancelled an appearance at the MTV Music Awards after her US work visa was revoked earlier this month.  —  Her tour was due to begin in San Diego on 6 September but a record company spokesman said reinstating the visa was …
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People.com:
Criss Angel: Britney and I Are 'Not Together'  —  Criss Angel is helping prepare Britney Spears for a possible MTV Video Music Awards performance, and their relationship is purely professional, the illusionist tells PEOPLE exclusively.  —  "It's amazing what people think," Angel said Friday.
TMZ.com:
Lawyer to Britney — Enough Already  —  TMZ has learned famed divorce lawyer Laura Wasser wants to quit Brit.  —  Sources connected to her divorce case tell us, Wasser is about to resign as Spears' attorney.  The disso-queen, who has repped scores of stars including Angelina Jolie and Nick Lachey …
New York Post:
PICTURE-SHY  —  NICOLE Richie knows how rumors get started, so she's nipping in the bud any chance of wicked whispers about her and boyfriend Joel Madden being on the outs.  Wednesday night, Madden went to celebrate the first anniversary of the Village Pourhouse on...
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Kimberley Dadds / Digital Spy:
Jessica Simpson breaks her nose  —  Jessica Simpson has broken her nose after she accidentally hit herself in the face with a gun while shooting scenes for her new movie Major Movie Star.  —  The singer-turned-actress stars as an American Hollywood actress who decides to join the army in the film.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Broken Nose = New Nose  —  Don't be too surprised if you see Jessica Simpson with a new nose very soon.  She apparently royally effed up her nose on the set of "Major Movie Star."  Jessica reportedly accidentally hit her nose with a gun "severely disfiguring" it.
Access Hollywood:
Dina & Michael Lohan Reach Custody, Divorce Settlement  —  After a long and nasty divorce battle, Dina and Michael Lohan have finally come to a settlement - and more importantly, have also resolved their custody battle, Access Hollywood has learned.  —  Michael Lohan will be permitted …
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Megan Lynn / Us Weekly:
Lohans Reach Divorce Settlement  —  While their famous daughter continues to rehab in Sundance, Utah, Dina and Michael Lohan have finally settled their divorce agreement.  According to the AP, their split will become official within 60 days.  —  Though the terms of the agreement were not disclosed …
Diane Herbst / People.com:   Lindsay Lohan's Parents Reach Divorce Settlement
Lenn K / TMZ.com:
Uncle Kracker's Wacker Lands Singer in Slammer  —  Kid Rock's former DJ, who also had a double platinum selling album of his own a few years back, was arrested and charged with a second-degree forcible sex offense outside Raleigh, North Carolina this morning.
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Cops: Kracker Threatened to Bolt
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Hollyscoop:
Paris Causes Chaos At Clothing Line Launch  —  Do you like the clothes you see up there?  If so, Paris Hilton's new clothing line is just for you.  —  The heiress caused total chaos yesterday as she arrived at Kitson to unveil her new 'affordable' fashion line.
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IS THIS THAT CHICK AND WHATS HIS NAME?  —  It was widely reported that OK! magazine paid almost half-a-million dollars last month to make sure the Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo sex pictures never saw they light of day.  And those still haven't shown up, but unedited naked pictures of Vanessa from the same day finally have.
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Vanessa Minnillo Nude Pictures
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Allison Corneau / Us Weekly:
Spencer Pratt: 'I am K-Fed!'  —  One day after his girlfriend Heidi Montag's "first single" premiered on L.A.'s KIIS-FM, The Hills' Spencer Pratt is speaking out about how his "white rapper-boy" antics were never meant for air.  —  In an interview this morning with Ryan Seacrest, Pratt …
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Brooke Shields Admits that She's a Strict Mom  —  Surveying the current Hollywood landscape - and the mounting number of youthful casualties of late - former child star Brooke Shields says she has no particular advice to offer young stars.  —  "I think a lot of these girls are young …
New York Post:
SECOND EFFORT  —  HER first self-titled album bombed, but Carmen Electra still has music in her heart.  She's been secretly working on a new album in between modeling gigs, and it's just about ready.  On Sunday, Electra showed up to the Diesel BBQ party at the Polaroid...
New York Post:
LIQUID SOLUTION  —  JACK Nicholson has been drinking a lot - and we mean a lot - of water lately due to a serious case of dry mouth.  A friend of the legendary actor told us, "Jack's saliva glands stopped working, so he has to continually drink water to swallow anything...
Why Bother / TMZ.com:
Pervy Pap Creeps Up Paris' Skirt  —  Some photogs go to serious lengths to get their shot.  Others, like this degenerate, just take the lowest road possible, literally.  —  Paris strolled through a parking lot with the usual retinue of snapperazzi, but most of them, with the exception …
Discussion: The Superficial
Peter Sciretta / /Film:
Scarlett Johansson to star in Frank Miller's The Spirit  —  Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation) is in final negotiations to star as the femme fatale in Frank Miller's (Sin City, 300) big screen adaptation of Will Eisner's The Spirit.  Johansson has also signed on to star in Mary Queen of Scots and Into You, but who really cares?
Daily Mail:
Amy's back in rehab and out of the line-up for V Festival  —  Amy Winehouse was back into rehab today after she pulled out from performing at this weekend's V Festival.  —  The singer, who has been in and out of treatment since she collapsed last week, has returned to the Causeway clinic in Essex, having spent 24 hours away.
Discussion: Snarky Gossip and Celeb Warship
Wayne Ford / A Socialite's Life:
Who Has the Upper Hand?  Kate Hudson or Dax Shepard?  —  So apparently Kate Hudson has some catty-ass friends that are saying Dax is only with her to further his film career. … I wasn't really sure who has the better career at this point, so being the hard-hitting investigative journalist that I am, I did a little research.
Discussion: www.kansascity.com
TMZ.com:
Did Criss Angel Abra-Ca-Tap Dat?  —  Britney Spears and [mind]freak Criss Angel went into the W Hotel in Westwood last night around 3:00 AM — and didn't emerge until this early morning. *shuddering at the thought  —  This is the second night in a row we've spotted the unusual duo at a hotel together.
Discussion: Dlisted
 
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