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6:40 PM ET, July 4, 2008

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NY Daily News:
A-Rod under Madonna's spell, wife tells pals  —  Pop icon Madonna is using kabbalah to brainwash Yankee star Alex Rodriguez into believing they are “soulmates,” the ballplayer's estranged wife is telling friends.  —  Cynthia Rodriguez, who has bolted to rocker Lenny Kravitz's Paris pad …
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
A-Rod's Wife: Madonna Broke Us Up  —  A-Rod's wife Cynthia Rodriguez believes Madonna used kabbalah to brainwash her husband and convince him to leave her, according to a new report in New York's Daily News.  —  “I feel like Madonna is using mind control over him,” Cynthia, 34, told a pal, according to the News.
Discussion: Love B. Scott and omg!
Cele|bitchy:
Young mistress of Christie Brinkley's husband had affair with Diddy  —  After tearful testimony in which she described the moment she learned of her husband's affair with a teenager, which she said “completely shattered” her world, Christie Brinkley told press waiting outside the courtroom …
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People.com:
Christie Brinkley on Husband's Mistress: ‘I Forgive Her’  —  Although her divorce trial from Peter Cook is getting increasingly ugly, Christie Brinkley is making peace with her husband's former teenage mistress.  —  After a long day on the witness stand, Brinkley told reporters she wanted …
Discussion: Jossip
Jeff Truesdell / People.com:
John Mayer's Shocking Confessions (Sadly NOT About Jen)  —  Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer were together again for the second stop on his summer tour, which hit St. Louis Thursday night.  But rather than acknowledge her presence in the crowd, Mayer teased his audience about interest in his personal life.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Defamer
Joey Bunch / Denver Post:
Youngest “Brady” interview unflattering  —  Here's the story of a girl named Brady, who was drinking too much for morning radio.  —  Susan Olsen, the 46-year-old who once played the youngest of the “Brady Bunch,” nearly vomited in the studio of an oldies radio station in Colorado Springs this morning.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and The Blemish
Just Jared:
Lindsay Lohan Does Disneyland  —  Lindsay Lohan makes a trip to Disneyland a day after her 22th birthday with friends and family in Anaheim, Calif., on Thursday afternoon.  (She's riding the “Alice in Wonderland” ride, which is based on the animated Disney adaptation of the same name.)
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Lucy / Fametastic:
Lindsay Lohan: I want to spend this year with the person I care about  —  Lindsay Lohan has said she has simple wishes for the next year of her life: to be happy, healthy and surrounded by the people she cares about.  —  The actress spoke on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM show on Thursday …
Discussion: Gabby Babble and The Bastardly
FemaleFirst:
Nicole Richie pregnant?  —  Nicole Richie is rumoured to be pregnant again.  —  The 26-year-old star - who already has a five-month-old daughter Harlow with partner Joel Madden - is said to be expecting her second child, after deciding she wanted a companion for her baby.
Just Jared:
Maddox Visits Mommy Angelina  —  Maddox Jolie-Pitt, the 6-year-old son of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, is carried into Lenval Hospital in Nice, southern France by a bodyguard on Friday.  —  Brad was seen carrying Zahara, 3, and Shiloh, 2, into the hospital on Wednesday.
Discussion: Us Weekly
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People.com:
Angelina Prepares for Extended Hospital Stay
Michael K / Dlisted:
Is Crazy Abdul's Ex Going To Be The Next Bachelor?  —  This is definitely excellent news.  The New York Post reports that Paula Abdul's bug-eyed ex-boyfriend, J.T. Torregiani, is in talks to be the next “The Bachelor.”  He talks?!  I just assumed he communicated through grunts and pointing.
Discussion: Right Celebrity and New York Post
Starpulse:
Diddy Befriends Alzheimer's Patient  —  Music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs became the target of a confused Alzheimer's Disease sufferer during a recent stay in a Beverly Hills hotel.  The unnamed elderly man approached Diddy as if he was an old friend, and then lashed out at the rapper-turned-style guru.
 
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