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TMZ.com:
Prejean Sex Tape Triggers Settlement  —  Carrie Prejean demanded more than a million dollars during her settlement negotiations with Miss California USA Pageant officials — that is, until the lawyer for the Pageant showed Carrie an XXX home video of her handiwork.
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DailyFill.com:
Carrie Prejean Sex Tape Exists. …
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The Superficial:   Carrie Prejean sex tape forced a settlement
TMZ.com:
Prejean Settlement — Like Kissing Your Sister
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RADAR:
WORLDWIDE EXCLUSIVE: Lindsay Lohan's Desperate Cry For Help - Hear Her Dramatic Call!  —  It's a shocking side of actress Lindsay Lohan we've never heard or seen before — three minutes of a recorded audio tape revealing her heart-wrenching and desperate plea for help.  —  PHOTOS: Lindsay Channels A Glam Bathing Beauty
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Lindsay Tells Lawyer: Muzzle My Dad!
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Karen Valby / Hollywood Insider:
Kristen Stewart sounds off about Robert Pattinson romance rumors: 'We are.  We aren't.  I'm a lesbian.'  —  Kristen Stewart, the 19-year-old star of the Twilight franchise, knows that she can come across as sullen and self-conscious in the public eye.  But during an exclusive EW roundtable in Vancouver …
Discussion: Popeater, ROBsessed™ and Just Jared
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Cindy Crawford / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Lawyer: Josh Duhamel “Bragged About” Fling With Stripper  —  As Fergie's #1 single goes, big girls don't cry.  Of adultery allegations involving actor husband Josh Duhamel and a stripper, a pal tells Us, “Fergie says nothing is wrong.  Every time I ask her how married life is, she says, ‘Awesome!’”
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Liz McNeil / People.com:
Josh & Fergie Have a Date Night in Atlanta  —  Fergie and Josh Duhamel  —  Josh Duhamel and wife Fergie, who are battling an allegation of infidelity, spent a cozy and affectionate night out together in Atlanta on Tuesday.  —  The couple have denied claims made by stripper Nicole Forrester …
Popeater:
Sandra Bullock Battles for Custody of Kids  —  Actress Sandra Bullock and her husband Jesse James are facing a fierce custody battle with James' ex-wife Janine Lindemulder.  Although Bullock has been helping her husband raise his 5-year-old daughter Sunny while Lindemulder was in prison for tax evasion …
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Michael Y. Park / People.com:
Kim Kardashian Takes a Punch to the Face
Discussion: Socialite Life and Lifeline Live
DailyFill.com:
Kim Kardashian Swears She's Not Jealous Of Her Sisters, Punches …
Discussion: omg! and Perez Hilton
Jo Clements / Daily Mail:
Nicole Kidman reveals her love life has been kinky as she opens up about ‘strange sexual fetish’ encounters  —  She has always remained tight-lipped about her ten-year marriage to actor Tom Cruise and vows she will take all her secrets to the grave.  —  But in one of her most revealing-ever interviews …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Nicole Kidman Is Kinky
Discussion: Gone Hollywood
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
VIDEO: Taylor Swift Ribs Kanye West in SNL Promo  —  This week's Saturday Night Live is still days away, but Taylor Swift is already getting comedic mileage over being interrupted by Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards.  —  According to MTV News, Swift says in an SNL promo that she'll be the host …
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Hollywoodtuna:
Rachel Bilson Works It In Flaunt  —  This just made my day a whole lot better: Rachel Bilson in Flaunt Magazine.  I don't know why she was holding out “the sexy” for so long but I'm glad she's finally putting it out there.  Enjoy fellas!  —  Related Articles:
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Laura Kalnicky / Life and Style:
Eddie is cheating on LeAnn already!  —  LeAnn Rimes is about to learn a very tough lesson about love: What goes around comes around.  As the world knows, the blond country star, 27, fell for actor Eddie Cibrian, 36, on the set of Northern Lights, a Lifetime TV movie that aired in March.
Kara Warner / Popeater:
Did Rihanna Wait Too Long to Talk?  —  When news of Chris Brown's attack on Rihanna broke last February — on the night of the Grammy Awards, no less — the entertainment world was completely and utterly shocked.  That is, until photos of Rihanna's battered face were leaked for all the world to see.
Discussion: Reuters, Fan Fare, omg! and OK! Magazine
Mike Fleming / BFDealmemo:
Depp Charges “The Tourist”  —  Johnny Depp is in talks to star with Angelina Jolie in “The Tourist,” a film that is undergoing another major shift of elements as it heads toward a February production start.  —  Graham King's GK Films is financing and distributing through his multi-picture output deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Discussion: E! Online (AU), Cinematical and EW.com
TMZ.com:
No Doubt Sues — Gwen Is Not a Man!  —  Gwen Stefani is not a man and wants nothing to do with hookers — but according to a new lawsuit, Gwen claims she's being manipulated into all sorts of manly, unGwen-like behavior for a new “Guitar Hero” video game.  —  The band No Doubt is suing …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and OK! Magazine
Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
Exclusive: ‘Real Housewives’ Teresa and Jacqueline check into ‘Mercy’  —  And the award for wackiest cross-promotional stunt of the season goes to... The upcoming crossover between NBC medical drama Mercy and Bravo's Real Housewives of New Jersey.  —  No joke!
Peter Rowe / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Obituary: Sheldon Dorf; Comic-Con co-founder  —  Dick Tracy, Charlie Brown and the entire comic strip pantheon lost a friend yesterday, with the death of a Comic-Con founder.  Sheldon “Shel” Dorf succumbed to diabetes-related complications at Sharp Memorial Hospital.  He was 76.
Discussion: me
Brenna Ehrlich / Popeater:
Blogs Battle to Out Anderson Cooper  —  “Is Anderson Cooper gay?”  That's the big question once again circulating around the Web ... only this time it's not so much is he, but who is he dating and why hasn't he come out yet.  Last week, Gawker, Page Six and Perez Hilton started buzzing …
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler
Katey Rich / Cinema Blend Feeds:
Gentlemen Broncos' National Release Cancelled  —  The rule of platform releases is that the movie you're releasing has to actually be good.  When you've got a Juno on your hands, for example, you open it in a few theaters, get everyone in that city excited enough to tell their friends elsewhere …
Telegraph:
Russell Brand will cut hair for career's sake  —  Russell Brand, the actor and comedian, said he will cut his hair cut because it is limiting his acting opportunities.  —  The actor, 34, denied he was ordered to visit the barber to play the lead in a remake of Dudley Moore's Arthur …
Access Hollywood:
‘Gossip Girl’ Threesome Has Parents Television Council Up In Arms  —  Gossip Girl,MTV,Michelle Trachtenberg,Sex And The City,CW,Pop,TV,Britney Spears  —  “Sex and The City,” “Californication” and “Swingtown” have all steamed up the small screen with on air threesomes - and next week …
TMZ.com:
Britney Spears — The High Price of Sanity  —  Britney Spears blew through $1.32 MILLION on lawyers in a recent 7-month span — but the result was priceless.  —  The money has been used to pay off the lawyers who represented Britney's conservatorship — the group of people who have essentially restored Britney.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
 
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