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7:50 PM ET, May 7, 2008

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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Star Jones Responds to Barbara Walters' Memoir  —  Star Jones is speaking out against Barbara Walters for including her in her new memoir, Audition.  —  In the book, Walters claims Jones forced her to lie about her gastric bypass surgery on The View.
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Rep: Barbara Walters “Will Not Dignify” Star Jones' Comments  —  Barbara Walters is staying quiet about Star Jones' recent comments on her new memoir, Audition.  —  Jones spoke exclusively to Usmagazine.com about Walters' tell-all, which chronicles her affair with a married senator in the 1970s.
Liz McNeil / People.com:
EXCLUSIVE: See Mariah & Nick's Wedding Photo!  —  Yep, they did it!  If there was any doubt Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon's wedding was the real deal, they answer the question once and for all in this week's issue of PEOPLE, speaking for the first time about their surprise nuptials …
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The Sun:
Amy arrested over crack video  —  AMY WINEHOUSE was arrested yesterday over The Sun's sensational video showing her smoking crack.  —  The pop diva looked anguished and dishevelled as she arrived at a police station in a people carrier driven by a minder.  —  She was held on suspicion …
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
BREAKING NEWS: Amy Winehouse Arrested  —  British singer Amy Winehouse has been arrested and is being questioned at a police station in east London about alleged drug use, her rep tells Usmagazine.com.  —  “Amy Winehouse voluntarily attended a London police station today by appointment,” her rep said in a statement.
Daily Mail:
Troubled singer Amy Winehouse arrested and held over ‘crack smoking’ video  —  Amy Winehouse was arrested today on a drugs charge.  The troubled singer saw the inside of a police station for the second time in under two weeks.  —  Scotland Yard said the arrest was in connection with a video of the star passed to them in January.
Hollyscoop:
Ashlee Simpson To Be Married Next Week  —  Ashlee Simpson has a lot on her plate, a new album, a baby on its way and a wedding.  The singer is set to have a shotgun wedding next weekend in California to her rocker beau Pete Wentz.  —  A source close to the couple has told Hollyscoop exclusively …
Liz McNeil / People.com:
Elisabeth Hasselbeck Bares Her Body After Baby  —  Just six months after the birth of her second child, The View's Elisabeth Hasselbeck is ready to show off her bikini body.  —  “Body image has nothing to do with scale numbers, it's how you feel inside,” Hasselbeck, who turns 31 this month, told Fitness magazine.
New York Post:
ARMS AND THE MAN  —  A RIGHT TO BARE ARMS LOPEZ'S HUNKIER FLUNKY COVERS UP  —  DOES Mario Lopez suffer from biceps envy?  —  This Disease of the Vain usually strikes hunky guys who come into close contact with even hunkier guys.  They see a set of biceps larger then theirs, and they go bananas.
Discussion: Perez Hilton, Gold Derby and MollyGood
OK! Magazine:
World Exclusive: Inside Jamie Lynn's Baby Shower!  —  With Britney Spears embroiled in a seemingly neverending custody battle and 17-year-old sis Jamie Lynn Spears expecting her first child very soon, it's hard to imagine a family under more scrutiny these days than the Spears clan.
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Gossip Girl Gets Super Season  —  So...yay!  Inside sources confirm to me that Gossip Girl will indeed be having an extralong season next year (to make up for the episodes we missed this year due to the strike).  —  Though nothing will be made official until next week when the CW announces …
Discussion: Perez Hilton, Jossip and TV Squad
Daily Mail:
Pregnant Nicole dumped as the face of Chanel in favour of French beauty Andrey Tautou  —  It is sure to cause a stink with her fans, but pregnant Nicole Kidman has been dumped as the face of perfume giant Chanel.  —  The 40-year-old actress has been replaced as the face of Chanel No.5 …
Richard Huff / NY Daily News:
Miley ratings nothing to smile about  —  Is the TV spotlight fading for “Hannah Montana”?  —  The audience for Sunday's new episode of the Disney Channel phenom fell 24% from the previous fresh episode, which aired just under two months earlier, according to the Nielsen Company.
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Gawker
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: DWTS' Mark Ballas & Sabrina Bryan Split  —  Dancing With the Stars pro dancer Mark Ballas and Cheetah Girl Sabrina Bryan have split, Ballas tells Usmagazine.com.  —  “She is too busy for me,” he says.  “We are just friends now.”  —  The pair met in November 2007 when they were partnered together on season five of DWTS.
 
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New York Post:
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Daily Mail:
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