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10:45 AM ET, October 15, 2007

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New York Post:
JUST ASKING  —  WHICH reality star turned rocker recently had major work done after a minor weight loss?  Following in the footsteps of her plastic surgery-addict mother, the young starlet got her tummy tightened and her breasts lifted . . . WHICH pint-sized cable...
Discussion: Dlisted
Ben Widdicombe / NY Daily News:
HIV bias charge hits 'Runway'  —  'Project Runway's" season-four debut is still four weeks away, and if you don't want to know what happens ... stop reading now.  —  Two challenges will include designing for Sarah Jessica Parker and Jon Bon Jovi.  —  But there is also a controversy around …
Discussion: Spilled Inq and reality blurred
TMZ.com:
Britney Wants YOU for Some Ding Dang Dancin'!  —  Talk about getting your freak on: TMZ has learned that Britney Spears will be holding an open casting call this afternoon for dancers for her new video and upcoming tour.  And by "open," Britney really means it — anyone can show up at Millennium Dance Studio to audition from 5-9 PM.
Discussion: Gawker, F-Listed, GlossLip and Celebrific
Hellomagazine.com:
Kate joins Wills for an intimate family weekend at Balmoral  —  After their romantic holiday in the Seychelles this summer, Kate Middleton and Prince William have upped the stakes in their relationship with a family holiday in Balmoral.  The 25-year-old fashion buyer and her royal beau spent …
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New York Post:
POLITE PARTIER  —  TARA Reid knows a bimbo when she sees one.  "I think the reason I never ended up in as much trouble as Paris [Hilton] or Lindsay [Lohan] is that I'm not stupid, so I'd never do a lot of the things those girls do," she tells FHMonline.  "You'll never read a story …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Tara Reid Is Funny
Discussion: Gone Hollywood
People.com:
Jim Carrey: Don't Google My Girlfriend  —  You can ogle Jenny McCarthy - just don't Google her, says her protective boyfriend, Jim Carrey.  —  The funnyman, 45, effectively played it for laughs at a recent fundraiser, held at a private home in Pacific Palisades, Calif., for a UCLA program specializing in early autism intervention.
POPSUGAR:
The Afflecks Temporarily Take Manhattan  —  The Jolie-Pitts may have left NYC, but the Afflecks are settling in to their new home rather quickly.  This weekend Ben and Jen took Violet out for a little stroll around the city.  Looks like Violet is adjusting to her new urban lifestyle and getting ready for the Fall weather.
Discussion: Gabby Babble
TMZ.com:
Britney Wants to Bring Sexy Back  —  Looks like Britney is a Justin Timberlake fan after all!  The popwreck arrived at Virgin Megastore in Hollywood yesterday, where she had a pap buy her JT's CD.  —  It's been out since late last year, but Britney's probably been too busy with other "issues" to buy it until now.
Discussion: GlossLip, Celeb Warship and Dlisted
Mark Wallington / Metro.co.uk:
Amy's dad wrote funeral speech  —  Amy Winehouse's father wrote a speech for his daughter's funeral, fearing she would die from a serious overdose.  —  Cab driver Mitch Winehouse, 54, said he wrote a eulogy for his daughter in August after well-publicised allegations of drug taking.
Discussion: Faded Youth Blog
Ben Widdicombe / NY Daily News:
Kate Hudson and Dax Shepard call it quits  —  Aaaaand ... they're done.  —  Kate Hudson and her boyfriend Dax Shepard officially called it quits last week, a friend of the couple tells us.  —  "They weren't working out, and she got bored," says the friend.  "She's telling people it's a clean break."
Splash News Online:
Rosario Dawson Might Be Cold  —  Rosario made an appearance at the "Shop 'Til It Stops" at Loews Hotel in Los Angeles with her mother last night, but I couldn't help but think that she may have been a little cold in her gown.  Rosario didn't seem to mind, though, and smiled at the usual circus of photogs on her way inside.
Discussion: OH NO!!
TMZ.com:
Girls Gone Contrite — Fla. Floozies Apologize to Joe  —  The two girls who sued "Girls Gone Wild" sexecutive Joe Francis for using their footage without their consent, but then had their stories refuted by video evidence, have dropped their suit against Francis and his company.
Discussion: MollyGood and Jossip
Richard Simpson / Daily Mail:
Sienna shares an intimate kiss with Rhys  —  They have insisted, despite all the rumours, that they are nothing more than friends.  —  Yet pictures of Sienna Miller and Rhys Ifans which emerged over the weekend in Notting Hill, where Miss Miller has a home, seem to leave no doubt that the pair are indeed an item.
Discussion: Gabby Babble
Emily Smith / The Sun:
I'm Lily Allen's secret sister  —  To buy this picture for your mobile text SUN PICS to 85080  —  THE secret sister of LILY ALLEN yesterday told how she has been abandoned by their dad, actor KEITH ALLEN.  —  Gala Talbott, whose identity has never been revealed until now …
Discussion: Dlisted and Gone Hollywood
X17 Online:
Vanessa: Fully Clothed... In Purple!  —  The sexy and sultry - well, at least in her mind - Disney star Vanessa Hudgens was spotted out and about in Hollywood this weekend in a fairly tight-fitting purple sweatshirt.  (Hey, at least she didn't change outfits and her hair five minutes later!)
Discussion: Just Jared and OH NO!!
Charlotte Triggs / People.com:
The View's Elisabeth Hasselbeck Taking Maternity Leave  —  Elisabeth Hasselbeck plans to go on maternity leave next month, a spokesman for The View says.  —  Hasselback, 30, who announced her pregnancy in April, intends to work right up to her due date.  She plans to leave on Nov. 8 or 9, ABC spokesman Karl Nilsson confirmed.
USA Today:
Box office: Why did these films get buried?  Tyler Perry  —  George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Mark Wahlberg, say hello to Tyler Perry.  —  This weekend was expected to be a showdown between A-list stars in award-hopeful films.  —  CHART: The weekend's top 10 films
 
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VERY PRETTY DEAL  —  VANESSA Williams is riding high.
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People.com:
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The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount CEO Bob Bakish steps down; Brian Robbins, Chris McCarthy, and George Cheeks will run Paramount on an interim basis as an “Office of the CEO”

Timothy B. Lee / Asterisk:
Tech journalism is often characterized by scandals, sensationalism, and shoddy research, and publishers are reluctant to invest in it without a clear ROI

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: NBCUniversal is prepared to pay an average of about $2.5B per year to air a package of NBA games, as WBD makes last-ditch efforts to keep those rights

 
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