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8:30 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.
Discussion: Gossip Cop and X17 Online
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Usher's Son — Smiling, Laughing, Eating After Near-Death Pool Accident
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TMZ.com:
Usher's Ex-Wife Tameka Raymond — I Want Custody ... Our Kids Are In Danger
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 …
Marjua / CONCRETELOOP.COM:
LAILA ALI APOLOGIZES FOR CALLING ‘NORTH WEST’ A “STUPID” NAME - “IT WAS A POOR CHOICE OF WORDS THAT I USED.”  —  While all of Twitter universe had something to say about Kimye's new baby, North West, Laila Ali was one celebrity whose comments solicited more negative attention than good.
Discussion: X17 Online
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Egypt / EgyptSaidSo.com:
Exclusive: Laila Ali Apologizes To Kanye & Kim Kardashian
Discussion: Bossip
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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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.
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Exclusive: Cops probing whether Justin Bieber directed his security to beat up clubber  —  Justin Bieber is under investigation by police over whether he directed his bodyguards to beat up a man while acting “like he was in ‘Die Hard’ ” outside a Southampton club.
Zayda Rivera / NY Daily News:
Leonardo DiCaprio takes a high-flying adventure above the ocean in Ibiza, Spain  —  The actor was spotted taking a ride on a Flyboard, which launched him several feet above the ocean.  —  Leonardo DiCaprio was propelled high above the ocean on the futuristic gadget, bearing a striking resemblance to Iron Man.
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Lee Hernandez / People.com:   Leonardo DiCaprio Soars High Above the Waves
TMZ.com:
CHILD PORN JOKES  —  “Big Brother” contestant Spencer Clawson just learned a valuable lesson about child porn ... don't even joke about that crap ... because cops will go after you.  —  In case you didn't see the clips from this week — Clawson grabs the microphone attached to McRae …
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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Nicole Eggenberger / Us Weekly:
Lea Michele: How She's Helping Glee Writers Address Cory Monteith's Death  —  Lea Michele hopes her heartbreak will help others.  Devastated by the July 13 overdose of love Cory Monteith, Michele, 26, offered her input to Glee creator Ryan Murphy, who is writing the October 10 episode …
Discussion: PerezHilton and VH1 Celebrity
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Maggie Coughlan / People.com:
Lea Michele: ‘Feels Good to Be Home’ on Glee Set
Discussion: Us Weekly and Socialite Life
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: Bossip, Gawker, PerezHilton and Daily Mail
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 …
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: Bossip and X17 Online
TMZ.com:
You're Killin' Us Smalls!!!  —  “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.  He was arrested for headbutting a cop ... after trying to kick him in the face.  —  The story is crazy.
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: Bossip, New York Post and PerezHilton
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.
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: Queerty and Bossip
 
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