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12:30 PM ET, September 17, 2012

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Perez Hilton:
Lindsay Lohan Versus Amanda Bynes!  LiLo Throws Serious Shade & A War Ignites On Twitter!  —  Hell hath no fury like a former Disney princess scorned.  —  If you're keeping track, you're one step ahead of Amanda Bynes, who seems to be derailing so hard, her story could become the plot of Unstoppable 2!
Discussion: TMZ.com, Celebslam and Dlisted
TMZ.com:
Amanda Bynes — I'm Not Crazy  —  I'M NOT CRAZY  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Amanda Bynes is ADAMANT ... she's not crazy AND she definitely doesn't smoke weed in her car ... that's what the actress is telling close friends.  —  Amanda's friends have been reaching out lately because they want to help her …
Champ Clarke / People.com:
Amanda Bynes's Car Impounded  —  Amanda Bynes, who has been ordered by a judge not to drive, was pulled over and had her car impounded Sunday morning.  —  Victor Gill of the Burbank Airport Police confirms to PEOPLE that the actress, 26, was stopped and cited for driving with a suspended license.
Discussion: Hollywood.com and Gawker
Richard Dennen / Daily Mail:
Fergie calls topless photos of Kate ‘a devastating invasion’ (and she should know, she was snapped topless too)  —  Sarah Ferguson, who was photographed topless while sunbathing at a remote villa in the South of France 20 years ago, has expressed ‘total sympathy’ for the Duchess of Cambridge.
Discussion: OK! Magazine and Crushable
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People.com:
Kate and William Take Legal Action over Topless Photos  —  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's legal team has filed charges against Closer, a French magazine that was the first to publish photographs of the couple outside a secluded villa in Provence, including shots of Kate sunbathing topless.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Alison Schwartz / People.com:   Duchess Sarah Ferguson: Topless Photos of Kate Are ‘Devastating’
Rebecca Adams / The Huffington Post:
Kate Middleton, Prince William Receive Awesome Greeting In Solomon Islands (PHOTOS)
Discussion: PopSugar, E! Online and Socialite Life
TMZ.com:
Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey — Already at Each Other's Throats on ‘American Idol’  —  NICKI MINAJ AND MARIAH CAREY  —  Already At Each Other's  —  THROATS  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Mariah Carey wasted no time proving what we told you 2 weeks ago — there's only room for one diva on “American Idol.”
Discussion: PerezHilton
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Dominic Patten / Deadline.com:
‘American Idol’ Officially Names Keith Urban & Nicki Minaj As New Judges
Discussion: TVgasm and Hollywood.com
Bill Keveney / USA Today:
‘Idol’ names its judges: Minaj, Urban
Discussion: Celeb Gossip …
Erin La Rosa / E! Online:
NEWS/Keeping Up With the Kardashians Finale Recap: Kourtney Gives Birth  —  Everyone, come quick—Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick are about to have their baby!  —  Oh, wait, there's like, a bunch of stuff that happens before that.  —  Like Bruce Jenner's Olympic achievements being honored …
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Bruna Nessif / E! Online:   NEWS/Kim Kardashian Has Mercy: Meet Her Adorable New Kitten
Zach Johnson / Us Weekly:
PICS: Kim Kardashian Names New Kitten After Kanye West's Song “Mercy”
TMZ.com:
Miley Cyrus Fight — Surveillance Video Clears Singer  —  MILEY CYRUS FIGHT  —  Surveillance Video  —  Clears Singer  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Miley Cyrus did not commit a criminal battery at Beacher's Madhouse theater in Hollywood last weekend ... and the surveillance video proves it ... TMZ has learned.
TMZ.com:
‘A Different World’ Star Jasmine Guy — My Deadbeat Ex ... Owes $40k In Child Support  —  $40k In Child Support  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  “A Different World” star Jasmine Guy says her ex-husband totally dropped the ball on paying his child support for the last two years to the tune of nearly $40,000, this according to court docs.
Discussion: Bossip
John Jannarone / Wall Street Journal:
The Return of Facebook's Winklevoss Twins  —  The Winklevoss twins lost the biggest social-network showdown ever when their rival, Mark Zuckerberg, walked away with Facebook.  Now they are trying again—with a social network for professional investors.  —  Flush with at least $65 million …
Michael Walsh / NY Daily News:
Minnesota pub allows female patrons to order up a pregnancy test along with a cold brew  —  Barroom pregnancy test dispensers aimed at reducing alcohol-related birth defects.  —  Healthy Brains for Children's portable pregnancy test vending machine.  —  Now you can order a beer and get a pregnancy test all at the same location.
Discussion: Dlisted and Neatorama
 
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Alyssa Toomey / E! Online:
NEWS/Eva Longoria, Ryan Lochte and More: Five Reasons to Watch the 2012 ALMA Awards!
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Crushable
TMZ.com:
Kandi Burruss — Taking Her Sex Toy Biz Door-to-Door
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Paul Millar / Digital Spy:
‘Downton Abbey’ series three premieres with 8.6 million
Discussion: Deadline.com
BBC:
Criminal case over topless photos
Discussion: PopSugar
Joyce Chen / NY Daily News:
Robert Pattinson forgives Kristen Stewart for Rupert Sanders cheating scandal, couple has reunited: report
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Prince William & Kate ‘Very Important’ to Solomon Islands
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