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11:25 AM ET, August 5, 2010

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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.”
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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
Us Weekly:
Jillian Michaels Reveals She Had a Nose Job  —  Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels admits that being constantly teased about her appearance led her to go under the knife.  —  “In eighth grade, I weighed 175 pounds and my nose was the size of a softball,” Michaels, 36, tells the new issue of Parade's Healthy Style.
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’  —  Pop singer Lily Allen and boyfriend Sam Cooper are expecting their first child, it was revealed today.  —  A recent scan revealed the chart topper, 25, was three months' pregnant, she told The Sun.
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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Eunice Oh / People.com:
Why Julia Roberts Refuses to Get Botox
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 and RADAR
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
Nigel Lythgoe Inks Deal To Return To ‘Idol’  —  It looks like Fox will be able to confirm shortly at least one new member of the American Idol team for next season, returning executive producer Nigel Lythgoe whose deal has been completed and is expected to be announced tomorrow.
Discussion: Perez Hilton and New York Magazine
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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 …
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 …
In Touch Weekly Magazine:
Trouble for Angelina Jolie at home  —  In a slew of uncharacteristically personal interviews, Angelina Jolie has been telling the world what a “happy home” she has, and how she makes a point of spending concentrated time with her six children, bragging that she makes them bacon and eggs every morning.
Discussion: Dlisted and Crazy Days and Nights
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Us Weekly:
Angelina Jolie Buys Son Pax a Manicure Kit
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and TheFABlife
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
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.
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 …
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.
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.
Us Weekly:
Kim Kardashian, Ellen DeGeneres Praise Overturning of Prop.  8  —  After a federal judge in San Francisco struck down Proposition 8 on Wednesday — which previously denied same-sex couples the right to marry in the state of California — celebrities such as Kim Kardashian …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, People.com and iVillage
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Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Davis Guggenheim Drops Justin Bieber Pic  —  Even though Justin Bieber these days might be a bigger deal than global warming, An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim has dropped out of directing the young singer's 3D concert film for Paramount Pictures.  Guggenheim withdrew last night.
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.
People.com:
Rudy Giuliani's Daughter Arrested for Shoplifting  —  Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani's daughter was arrested for allegedly shoplifting Wednesday at a Manhattan beauty store.  —  Caroline Giuliani, 20, a student at Harvard University who lives in N.Y.C. with her mother …
Deadspin:
‘Brett Favre Once Sent Me Cock Shots’: Not A Love Story  —  Here's another reason Brett Favre should stay retired this time: Turns out The Daily Line's Jenn Sterger has kept a ridiculously disturbing (but HILARIOUS) secret about her interactions with The Gunslinger while they were both part of the Jets organization.
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Maggie Grace In ‘Lockout’ Mode With Luc Besson  —  EXCLUSIVE: Frenchman Luc Besson has built Europacorp by hatching moderately priced thrillers, and populating them with casts, writers and directors he works with over and over.  Maggie Grace, last seen as the kidnapped teenager …
Marie Claire:
GIVEAWAY-A-DAY  —  Enter for a Chance to Win a Gift a Day from French Connection!  —  LATEST BLOG ENTRIES  —  Plus, check out what other sites and stories we've been clicking on today.  —  Soften and firm your, um, assets!  08/04/10  — Why We Heart the New Gap 1969 Jeans
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 …
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!
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Hypnotist: ‘I Treated Mel Gibson Two Weeks Ago’  —  Mel Gibson With Hypnotist Rick Collingwood  —  Mel Gibson underwent hypnosis just two weeks ago to help him deal with the stress of the scandal that has erupted around his breakup with Oksana Grigorieva, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.
Discussion: PopEater and Hollywoodnews.com
Details:
SETH MACFARLANE SOUNDS OFF  —  THE OUTSPOKEN FAMILY GUY CREATOR HAS AMASSED A LEGION OF LOYAL FANS AND ALMOST AS MANY MORTAL ENEMIES—AND HE HAS A HUNDRED MILLION REASONS TO KEEP THE FART JOKES COMING. … Seth MacFarlane: I have the same job.  I go to the same place every day and work with the same people.
DarkUfo / Spoiler TV:
Welcome to SpoilerTV  —  We aim to bring you a comprehensive and up to date spoiler service on all the major US TV shows, Movies and Celebrity Photos.  You can drill down to your show by clicking on the “Select your show” pulldown menu or via the menu system at the top of the screen.
Discussion: Perez Hilton and TV Fanatic
 
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Us Weekly:
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NBC Buys ‘Zombies Vs. Vampires’ Spec
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has met with Hollywood talent representatives to propose a new performance-based compensation regime, as Amazon and Netflix work on similar plans

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