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7:50 PM ET, August 21, 2012

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Nancy Dillon / NY Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO Prince Harry races Ryan Lochte at 3 a.m. in Vegas pool full of bikini-clad girls  —  Royal jumped in water at Wynn hotel's XS Nighclub pool and races Lochte as 5,000 revelers look on  —  Shirtless but still wearing his jeans, Prince Harry (c.) plunged into a Las Vegas pool …
TMZ.com:
‘American Idol’ Judges NOT A Done Deal — and Mariah Carey is PISSED  —  Judges Not a Done Deal  —  And Mariah is PISSED  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Nicki Minaj may well become a judge on “American Idol,” but it will be at the expense of Mariah Carey, who we're told hung up the phone when she was told Nicki was the top candidate.
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TMZ.com:
IN ‘IDOL’ TALKS  —  Kanye West is negotiating with producers to become an “American Idol” judge ... TMZ has learned.  —  Sources close to the production tell TMZ, “Idol” honchos reached out to Kanye recently about filling one of the open judging spots ... and Kanye expressed interest.
Josh Grossberg / E! Online:
NEWS/Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes Are Officially Divorced  —  Frazer Harrison/Getty Images, Dave Allocca/StarTraks  —  Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' five-year marriage is officially over.  —  The couple's divorce case was closed on Monday after a New York judge signed off on the final judgment …
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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes Divorce Is Finalized
Discussion: Hollywood.com
Associated Press:
Court documents show Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes divorce case is closed
Discussion: Just Jared
Ben Grossman / Broadcasting & Cable:
Exclusive: Michael Strahan to Be Named Cohost of ‘Live!’  Alongside Kelly Ripa  —  Former NFL star and current Fox Sports personality will assume ABC chair formerly held by Regis Philbin  —  ABC is expected to announce in early September that Michael Strahan will take over as the cohost of Live! …
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TMZ.com:
Michael Strahan To Join “Live” with Kelly Ripa  —  To Join “Live”  —  With Kelly Ripa  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  Michael Strahan was picked to partner with Kelly Ripa on her morning syndicated show ... this according to staffers at ABC in New York City.
Discussion: Us Weekly, tooFab.com and Just Jared
TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan — Allegedly Let Jewelry Thieves Into All-Night Party House  —  Allegedly Let Jewelry  —  Thieves Into House Party  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Lindsay Lohan brought 2 men to an uber-expensive Hollywood Hills mansion for an all-night house party, and the owner suspects the men robbed him blind ... TMZ has learned.
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X17 Online:
X17 EXCLUSIVE - POLICE INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE GUN USE IN HOLLYWOOD HILLS MANSION ROBBERY WHERE LINDSAY LOHAN WAS PRESENT
TMZ.com:
Amanda Bynes in ANOTHER Car Accident  —  In ANOTHER  —  Car Accident  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Amanda Bynes was involved in yet another car accident Monday night ... TMZ has learned.  —  Bynes was driving in the San Fernando Valley at around 8 PM when a car rear-ended her rental.
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The Superficial:   Amanda Bynes Was In Another Car Accident
TMZ.com:
Tony Scott — Death Video Being Shopped  —  Death Video  —  Being Shopped  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Tony Scott's fatal leap off an L.A. bridge was captured on tape by multiple cameras ... one showing Tony crouched the moment he began to jump ... and TMZ has learned the shots are being vigorously shopped around ... for a price.
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ABCNEWS:
Tony Scott Brain Cancer Report Appears in Doubt
Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:   Tony Scott Spent Final Days Working With Tom Cruise on ‘Top Gun 2’
Philiana Ng / Hollywood Reporter:
‘The Office’ to End After Season 9  —  UPDATED: NBC's long-running comedy will be ending after the upcoming season with Greg Daniels back as showrunner.  —  NBC's The Office will end after the upcoming ninth season, it was announced on a conference call to reporters on Tuesday.
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Celebslam:
Jonah Hill and Michelle Trachtenburg are fighting.  Um, okay.  —  Jonah Hill out and about in New York (8/10)  —  This is one of the more random Hollywood fights that I can remember, but apparently Michelle Trachtenberg is fighting with Jonah Hill because he was a dick to her years ago.
Discussion: Yeeeah!
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NY Daily News:   Miley Cyrus picks up the dinner check with Liam Hemsworth and Harrison Ford, and tips 30%
Us Weekly:
PIC: Liam Hemsworth, Amber Heard Join Forces to Film Paranoia
Discussion: PopSugar
Lauren Turner / PopSugar:
Exclusive: Kristen Stewart Emerges After Scandal - in a Crop Top!  —  Kristen Stewart emerged today in LA for the first time since her cheating scandal with Rupert Sanders late last month.  Kristen stayed low-key in a backward hat, though she did put her toned abs on display in a crop top.
Discussion: Crushable and Us Weekly
Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Kourtney Kardashian: “I Gained Nearly 45 Pounds” During Pregnancy  —  Blissed out with new daughter Penelope Scotland Disick, second-time mom Kourtney Kardashian is not sweating the post-baby body slimdown just yet, she recently told Us Weekly.  —  The 33-year-old reality star admits she's …
Discussion: Celeb Gossip …
Jane / X17 Online:
SNOOKI SHOWS OFF HER MASSIVE BABY BUMP  —  Looks like someone is ready to pop!  —  Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi posted this photo of her with fiance Jionni LaValle on her Instagram account yesterday, and the Jersey Shore star's baby bump was on full display in a white maxi dress.
Discussion: Dailyfill
The Superficial:
Scarlett Johansson Looks Awesome Again  —  “I see you over there, weird angles...”  —  Here's Scarlett Johansson and her boyfriend Nate Naylor (Who she apparently didn't leave for a dude from a 1989 Pert Plus commercial.  Whoops.) in Paris on Sunday where she looked absolutely awesome.
TMZ.com:
Gabriel Aubry — Halle Berry Could Die Like Princess Diana  —  Halle Berry Could Die  —  Like Princess Diana  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Halle Berry faces the same tragic fate as Princess Diana if she moves to France — so said Gabriel Aubry's attorney in L.A. court ... TMZ has learned.
The Superficial:
January Jones Has A New Boyfriend  —  Despite her penchant for birthing spite babies and making the maid pretend they're hers, January Jones apparently has a new boyfriend and don't worry, I had the same questions as you: Who's he's married to?  And when's the new baby coming?  Here's what I found out: 1.
 
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Natalie Portman / Us Weekly:
PIC: Natalie Portman Gets Naked in Sexy Dior Ad
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Tim / Dailyfill:
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Todd Phillips in Talks to Direct First Drama ‘The Gambler’ (Exclusive)
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Nancy Tartaglione / Deadline.com:
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Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Fashion magazines now airbrushing models to make them look ... fatter?
TMZ.com:
Rosie O'Donnell Receives Get-Well Message ... from Donald Trump?!!
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OpenAI and Reddit partner to bring Reddit content to ChatGPT and more via Reddit's Data API, bring new AI tools to Reddit, and make OpenAI a Reddit ad partner

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Memo: Gannett is adding AI-generated summaries to the top of some stories, with a disclaimer at the bottom; some USA Today stories already show the summaries

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