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1:45 PM ET, June 5, 2011

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Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Walters grilling burns Paris  —  Paris Hilton's television comeback hit the pause button this week after a disastrous interview on “The View,” canceled press appointments and lackluster ratings for the premiere of her Oxygen reality show, “The World According to Paris.”
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Christine Fenno / PopEater:
Piers Morgan and Wife Expecting a Baby  —  CNN star Piers Morgan has news.  The British host and his wife, fellow journalist Celia Walden, are expecting a baby.  It will be the couple's first child together.  —  Morgan is already father to three children from his previous marriage, which ended in divorce in 2008.
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George Arbuthnott / Daily Mail:
No wonder Piers Morgan is smiling: Wife Celia is four months pregnant with his child  —  The wife of the former Britain's Got Talent judge Piers Morgan is four months pregnant, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.  —  The news comes a year after she tied the knot with flamboyant Morgan …
Discussion: Us Weekly and Seriously? OMG!
Rap-Up / Hip-Hop and R&B Music, News …:
Rihanna Gives Female Fan a Lap Dance at Tour Kickoff [Video]  —  We all knew Rihanna was a freak ("S&M" anyone?), but she showed just how freaky she can get during her “LOUD” tour kickoff at Baltimore's 1st Mariner Arena on Saturday night (June 4).  RiRi, dressed in the white bondage-inspired outfit …
Discussion: Popdust and The Young, Black …
Bryan Alexander / USA Today:
Spike TV celebrates Jennifer Aniston  —  Chalk it up to yoga.  —  Wearing a stunning short black mini-dress, Aniston wowed at the Spike TV Guys Choice Awards on Saturday night as she made her way onstage to accept her Decade of Hotness award .  —  The actress vowed to “keep downward dogging until the fat lady sings.”
Discussion: MoeJackson.com
Crystal Compton / WSMV-TV:
Country Star Trace Adkins' House ‘Total Loss’  —  Wife Rhonda Adkins: ‘Stuff Is Stuff; Everyone Is Safe’  —  The Brentwood Fire Department has been battling a fire at country star Trace Adkins' house on Millsford Court in the Bon Brook subdivision since about 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon.
Discussion: Celebrity Gossip and TMZ.com
TMZ.com:
Kim Kardashian/Kris Humphries Negotiating Prenup  —  Kim Kardashian and her fiancé Kris Humphries are hedging their bets — they're hammering out a prenup before they tie the knot ... TMZ has learned.  —  Sources close to the couple tell us ... both Kim and her NBA star hubby …
TMZ.com:
‘X Factor’ to Cheryl Cole: For Money, Not Love  —  Sources at “X Factor” tell TMZ ... FOX and Fremantle (the producers of the show) are trying to get Cheryl Cole back on the program, a week after giving her her walking papers ... but it's more about the bottom line than about loving Cheryl.
Simon Perry / People.com:
The Royals Head to the Races  —  Duke of Cambridge, Prince Harry and the Duchess of Cambridge  —  Prince William and new bride Kate led the way in showing their support for his grandmother's horse at a prestigious race meeting Saturday.  —  The newlyweds were on hand to give Queen Elizabeth …
Discussion: Socialite Life and PopEater
TMZ.com:
Whitney Houston — 30 Days of Rehab Ain't Enough!  —  Whitney Houston is voluntarily seeking additional treatment for drug and alcohol addiction ... TMZ has learned — after completing a 30-day out-patient rehab program earlier this week.  —  Sources close to Whitney wouldn't elaborate …
Mike Hess / Celebuzz:
Exclusive: Blake Lively Will ‘Poke Fun’ at Nude Photo Scandal at MTV Movie Awards  —  The MTV Movie Awards are always a place for celebrities to make fun of themselves and the messes they've found themselves in — and according to Celebuzz sources, Blake Lively plans on getting some laughs from her recent photo scandal.
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Christine Fenno / PopEater:
Naomi Campbell Receives Apology for ‘Racist’ Cadbury Chocolate Ad  —  The Cadbury chocolate company has now issued an official apology for an advertisement that named — and offended — supermodel Naomi Campbell.  —  The controversial print ad paired Cadbury's Bliss chocolate bar with text that instantly drew fire from Campbell.
Us Weekly:
PHOTOS: Sweaty Pippa Middleton Collides With Topless Man at Triathlon  —  Run, Pippa, run!  —  Pippa Middleton didn't so much sweat as glisten at a triathlon in Woodstock, England on Saturday.  —  Clad in a tank top, running shorts and sneakers, Princess Kate's little sister, 27 …
Discussion: Jezebel and Socialite Life
 
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