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4:40 PM ET, August 7, 2013

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TMZ.com:
Tameka Raymond — Usher's Decisions Almost Killed Our Kid  —  USHER'S DECISION ALMOST KILLED OUR KID  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Usher's ex-wife, Tameka Raymond, has filed legal docs — obtained by TMZ — in which she blames the singer for the near-death pool accident that landed their 5-year-old in ICU.
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Usher's Ex-Wife Tameka Raymond — I Want Custody ... Our Kids Are In Danger  — Usher's Son Hospitalized in ICU After Pool Accident  —  See More: TAMEKA FOSTER , USHER , EXCLUSIVE , 7 More  —  USHER'S EX-WIFE  —  Our Kids Are In Danger  —  I WANT CUSTODY  —  EXCLUSIVE
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The Superficial:
Adrienne Bailon: 'Britney Spears Can't Hold A Conversation'  —  There's a lot of money to be made in pretending Britney Spears is just your normal celebrity who went through a rough patch and never once getting into the fact the has to be borderline, if not legally, retarded for her dad to have a conservatorship over her.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Adrienne Bailon Says That Brit Brit Can't Hold A Conversation
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Andy Joannou / Digital Spy:   Britney Spears can't hold a conversation, says Adrienne Bailon
Nicole Eggenberger / Us Weekly:
Simon Cowell Began 4-Year Affair With Lauren Silverman in 2009  —  Twisted love triangle!  As exclusively revealed by Us Weekly on July 31, Simon Cowell is expecting a baby with friend Andrew Silverman's estranged wife, Lauren Silverman.  Though the pregnancy came as a surprise …
Zach Johnson / Us Weekly:
Jennifer Aniston Gets Frustrated With Pressure to Have a Baby  —  Jennifer Aniston got a taste of life as a pseudo-mom in her latest comedy, We're the Millers.  Because she plays a stripper who poses as a married mother of two, the 44-year-old actress has often been asked about when she plans …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
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RADAR:
New Lamar Odom Cheating Scandal: ANOTHER Mistress Reveals Six Week Affair, Passes Lie Detector Test To Prove Claims  —  How much more humiliation will Khloe Kardashian take?  —  Just three weeks after Star magazine revealed her husband, Lamar Odom, had a yearlong affair with 29-year-old Jennifer Robinson …
NY Daily News:
Jay Z carries a heavy load as Jemima Kirke won't back down at video shoot  —  Zachary Quinto and hot model Miles McMillan get a closeup; Chris Brown hits jail and nightclub back-to-back  —  Jemima Kirke's got back — or at least Jay Z's back — at a video recording session.
Discussion: PerezHilton, Bossip, Daily Mail and Gawker
TMZ.com:
Nicki Minaj ANNIHILATES Rapper — ‘Get Off My Metaphorical Penis!’  —  ANNIHILATES RAPPER  —  ‘Get Off My Metaphorical Penis!’  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Nicki Minaj WENT BALLISTIC last night — dropping some atomic hatred on a rapper who may have been talking smack about her ... depending on who you believe.
Discussion: X17 Online and Bossip
TMZ.com:
‘Sandlot’ Star Tom Guiry Arrested for Headbutting Cop — You're Killin' Us Smalls!  —  You're Killin' Us Smalls!!!  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  “Sandlot” star Tom Guiry (who played Smalls in the movie) has taken the name “Colossus of Clout” to a new level — law enforcement sources tell TMZ.
Zach Johnson / Us Weekly:
Paula Deen Turned Down Dancing With the Stars Offer  —  Paula Deen is passing on the paso doble.  In the Aug. 19 issue of Us Weekly (on stands Friday), a Dancing With the Stars source says the former Food Network star, 66, turned down an offer to compete on the ABC smash.
Discussion: Celeb Gossip … and The Wrap
James Gandolfini / TMZ.com:
ROLEX THEFT VICTIM IN DEATH  —  James Gandolfini suffered an indignity after he died in Rome — someone apparently stole his expensive Rolex watch within hours after he died ... TMZ has learned.  —  We've obtained an insurance form filed by James' people.  According to the form and family sources …
Discussion: PerezHilton, Bossip and New York Post
lifeandstylemag.com:
Bethenny Frankel Tells Life & Style: 'It's Been Difficult to Stay Sane' Through Messy Divorce  —  Bethenny Frankel talks to Life & Style about her divorce.  —  Although Bethenny Frankel and husband Jason Hoppy split in December, their heated divorce is still raging.
Discussion: PerezHilton
XXL:
Drake On The Cover Of XXL's 150th Issue  —  XXL celebrates a very special issue this month: It's the magazine's 150th and 16th anniversary issue and Drake's first solo cover.  Yeah, it's a big deal, and this is a great issue.  It's been 16 years since Jay Z and Master P both graced split covers of the first XXL.
Adam Rogers / Wired:
How Marvel Unified Its Movie Universe (And Why That Won't Be Easy for DC)  —  In the midst of the massive geek Mecca that is San Diego Comic-Con, the big Marvel Studios movie panel had all the theater of a presidential campaign rally.  Tom Hiddleston appeared in costume as Loki …
Anya / People.com:
French Stewart Welcomes Daughter Helene Claire  —  He may be starring in the new series Mom this fall, but French Stewart is all about dad — because he is one!  —  The actor and his wife Vanessa, an actress, welcomed daughter Helene Claire at 7 a.m. on Friday, June 28 in West Hollywood, Calif., Stewart's rep confirms to PEOPLE.
Discussion: Celeb Gossip …
Gabrielle Olya / People.com:
Amanda Seyfried Found Lovelace Nude Scenes ‘Liberating’  —  When it came to filming the more risqué scenes for the biopic Lovelace, Amanda Seyfried had no problem with the nudity involved.  —  “It's funny, because I felt liberated when I was doing it,” the actress, 27, told reporters at the movie's Los Angeles press day.
Aili Nahas / People.com:
Bachelorette's Brooks Forester: ‘I Made the Right Decision’  —  In one of the most surprising moments in Bachelor history, standout suitor Brooks Forester left Desiree Hartsock blindsided when he said goodbye just days before the Bachelorette's final rose ceremony.
Discussion: Reality TV Magazine
TMZ.com:
Transgender B. Scott Sues BET For Forcing Him Into Men's Clothes  —  SUES BET FOR FORCING HIM INTO MEN'S CLOTHES  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  B. Scott — an openly gay transgender person — is suing BET, claiming the network humiliated him during the recent BET Awards by yanking him off the show because he was wearing women's clothes.
Discussion: Bossip
raddestmom.com:
Pregnancy Announcement!  —  Jack and I are super excited to share with you all that we are expecting our second baby!  I am in my second trimester, feeling great & trying not to eat everything in sight.  We feel so blessed that our family is growing & Pearl will have a little brother or sister to play with.
TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan — SOBER Family Fun Night  —  SOBER Family Fun Night  —  (So, Minus Dina?)  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Lindsay Lohan is true to her word — going out for some SOBER fun with everyone in her family ... except Dina Lohan.  —  Sources close to LiLo tell TMZ ... the recently rehabbed actress went …
Discussion: Us Weekly and The Hollywood Gossip
 
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X17 Online:
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TMZ.com:
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

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