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2:00 PM ET, August 5, 2010

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Nicole LaPorte / The Daily Beast:
Salahi Accuses Whoopi of ‘Abuse’  —  After her appearance on The View to promote The Real Housewives of D.C., Michaele Salahi claims that co-host Goldberg verbally attacked her, prompted by the “White House crashers” controversy last year.  —  Whatever you do, don't call Michaele and Tareq Salahi White House party crashers.
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Real Housewives' Michaele Salahi: The White House Party Was The …
Discussion: X17 Online
Lisa de Moraes / Washington Post:
Michaele Salahi claims she was verbally attacked and abused by Whoopi Goldberg
Discussion: Pop Crunch
RADAR:
Whoopi & White House Gatecrasher Clash Backstage At ‘The View’
Discussion: The Marquee Blog and Pop Crunch
Kate Meyers / PARADE Magazine:
8 Things You Need To Know About Jillian Michaels … PREVIOUS  —  Teen Skin Cancer Risk, Olive Oil's Breast Cancer Benefit, and Riding Your Way to Weight Loss
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TMZ.com:
Jillian Michaels Sued — ‘Potentially Lethal’ Diet Product  —  “Biggest Loser” star Jillian Michaels was just slapped with another multi-million dollar lawsuit over her weight loss products — and this time, it's about a detox supplement that allegedly “might kill you.”
Us Weekly:
Jillian Michaels Reveals She Had a Nose Job
TMZ.com:
Enrique Gets Naked for World Cup Bet — On Water Skis  —  Enrique Iglesias is a man of his word — 'cause dude just got naked and busted out the water skis to satisfy a bet he made regarding the World Cup ... and lucky for you ... we got it all on tape!  —  OK, so the footage is pretty grainy …
Simon Perry / People.com:
British Singer Lily Allen Is Pregnant  —  Lily Allen has new reason to “Smile” - she and her boyfriend are to become parents, PEOPLE has confirmed.  —  “Lily Allen and Sam Cooper are very happy to confirm that Lily is expecting their first child,” her rep said in a statement to PEOPLE.
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Daily Mail:
Lily Allen ‘expecting her first child with boyfriend Sam Cooper’
Fashion:
Julia Roberts  —  ELLE's September cover girl opens up  —  On her family with husband Danny Moder: “The children became the shooting stars of him, of that thing we have.  How lucky we are that we love each other so much that we burst into three pieces.”  —  On her acting skills: “I have no acting technique.
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
Inside Nigel Lythgoe's plans for ‘Idol’  —  Exec producer wants to bring back Abdul  —  Now that he's back as an “American Idol” exec producer, Nigel Lythgoe has an idea — or 20 — about how to reboot the franchise.  —  First up: Lythgoe told Daily Variety on Wednesday that he'd like to find …
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
Nigel Lythgoe Inks Deal To Return To ‘Idol’
Discussion: Perez Hilton and New York Magazine
Joe Flint / Show Tracker:
Music producer Jimmy Iovine to be part of “American Idol” next season
New York Post:
Beach Boys take on Katy Perry's ‘Gurls’  —  Reps for the Beach Boys are threatening to sue Katy Perry after she included their classic line “I wish they all could be California Girls,” in her song “California Gurls.”  —  Rondor Music has fired off a letter to Perry's label, Capitol Records …
Charles Taylor / BBC:
Model tells Taylor war court of ‘dirty stones’ gift  —  Campbell was given a few ‘dirty-looking stones’ in a pouch  —  Model Naomi Campbell says she was given “dirty-looking” stones after a dinner attended by ex-Liberian leader Charles Taylor which she was later told were likely to be diamonds.
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Reuters:
Supermodel Campbell tells court of “dirty pebbles”
Discussion: X17 Online
PopEater:
Tila Tequila Denies Sex Tape Rumors  —  Hours after reports that Tila Tequila was set to star in a porn video, the sex-charged Internet starlet took to her blog to vehemently deny everything.  —  “I finally got online and saw that there are FALSE RUMORS that I made a deal for a SEX TAPE!
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MissTilaOMG!:
CLEARING UP RUMORS! THERE IS NO TILA TEQUILA “SEX TAPE!!!!”
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and CelebNewsWire
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Amy Adams Joins Viggo Mortensen For ‘On The Road’ Trip  —  EXCLUSIVE: Francis Ford Coppola has been working for 30 years to turn Jack Kerouac's seminal Beat Generation novel On the Road into a movie.  It is starting to look like it was worth the wait.  Amy Adams and Viggo Mortensen are joining …
New York Post:
Mark Wahlberg's penis dedication no longer funny  —  Mark Wahlberg regrets writing his 1992 memoir, “Marky Mark,” and dedicating the book to his penis.  “I thought it would be funny,” he told Time's Belinda Luscombe during the magazine's Live 10 Questions panel on Monday.
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Crushable
PopEater:
‘Transformers 3’ Babe Rosie Huntington-Whiteley at Center of Biggest Bra Launch in History  —  This week, Victoria's Secret is launching what it expects to be its biggest bra in the company's history — the Incredible by Victoria's Secret, a new seamless wonder that features memory fit and comes …
Discussion: Hollywood Life
Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
Wyclef Jean: Why I'm Running for President of Haiti  —  Ronald Reagan did it.  Clint Eastwood, too.  And the Terminator himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is currently serving as governor of California.  —  Now Grammy-winning hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean is hoping to become the next successful entertainer-turned-politician.
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The Smoking Gun:
IRS Hits Wyclef With $2.1 Million In Tax Liens
Discussion: Sandra Rose
Daily Mail:
Amy Winehouse recovers from marathon pub crawl to attend restaurant launch with boyfriend  —  As one of Britain's most controversial singers, she's never out of the spotlight for very long.  —  And last night Amy Winehouse was lapping up the limelight again, having recovered …
ETonline:
MARY HART ANNOUNCES HER FINAL SEASON WITH ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT  —  Mary Hart, the host of Entertainment Tonight, announced today that her final year on the show will be ET's upcoming 30th season, which launches September 13, 2010.  Hart joined ET in 1982 and was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall …
Deadline.com:
‘Breaking Bad’ Won't Be Back Until July 2011: Plans For Mini-Episodes Online  —  Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline's Emmy coverage.  UPDATE: Emmy-nominated AMC/Sony TV drama Breaking Bad won't premiere fresh episodes for its fourth season until July 2011.
Rob Shuter / PopEater:
‘Bachelorette’ Brass Praying That Ali and Roberto Last  —  A record number of viewers tuned in to ABC this week to watch Ali pick Roberto in her final rose ceremony.  However, no one was happier watching America's newest favorite couple find true love than the producers of the hit TV show, who are praying that these two make it.
Discussion: Crushable
Steve Zeitchik / 24 Frames:
An American werewolf goes back to London, this time with a number  —  Before Taylor Lautner gave shirtless life to Jacob Black in “Twilight,” before Michael J. Fox got all hairy and started taking jump shots in “Teen Wolf,” David Naughton was getting lupine in London for John Landis.
Michael K / Dlisted:
This Could Be A Beautiful Piece of Shiny Crap  —  Dear Showgirls, Glitter, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and Coyote Ugly, spray a little Jean Nate on your wet parts, because you've got company.  Hopefully.  —  There might be a new piece of sequins-covered caca to enjoy on Starz at 3am …
Discussion: Inside Movies and !! omg blog !!
In Touch Weekly Magazine:
Tara Reid falls off the wagon - again  —  Just four months ago, Tara Reid was busy planning her wedding to German entrepreneur Michael Axtmann - and insisting to the world she'd left her party-girl days far behind.  “My life is totally different,” Tara, who went to rehab for alcohol in 2008, told In Touch in March.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and The Blemish
Gunnar Rehlin / Variety:
Skarsgard in talks to join ‘Tattoo’  —  Swedish thesp would play murder suspect  —  STOCKHOLM — Swedish thesp Stellan Skarsgard is in negotiations to join the cast of the U.S. remake of Swedish hit film “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” to be helmed by David Fincher.
Steve Zeitchik / 24 Frames:
Tony Scott could get Grisham-ed  —  EXCLUSIVE: Tony Scott has directed a lot of commercial pictures in his prolific career — action movies set amid fighter pilots, hostage movies set on trains, thrillers set in high-level government agencies.  But he's never taken on the pinnacle of commercial pictures: a John Grisham thriller.
 
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Us Weekly:
J-Woww Cheats on Boyfriend, Dumps Him
RADAR:
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Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Maggie Grace In ‘Lockout’ Mode With Luc Besson
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Maxine Shen / New York Post:
Oprah costs Discovery a fortune
Us Weekly:
Khloe Kardashian Already Has a Baby Name Picked Out
DarkUfo / Spoiler TV:
Welcome to SpoilerTV  —  We aim to bring you a comprehensive …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and TV Fanatic
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
NBC Buys ‘Zombies Vs. Vampires’ Spec
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Davis Guggenheim Drops Justin Bieber Pic
In Touch Weekly Magazine:
Trouble for Angelina Jolie at home
 

 
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Priyanka.G / Reuters:
Tencent Music reports Q1 revenue down 3.4% YoY to $937M, profit up 27.5% YoY to $212M, music subscription revenue up 39.2% YoY to $501M, and 113.5M paying users

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts says Comcast will launch StreamSaver, a bundle with Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+, later this month at a “vastly discounted price”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku gets exclusive multiyear rights for MLB's Sunday Leadoff live games, starting May 19, a package previously held by NBCUniversal's Peacock

 
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