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10:35 AM ET, August 7, 2013

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TMZ.com:
Usher's Son Hospitalized in ICU After Pool Accident  —  After Pool Accident  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Usher's son Usher Raymond V is in the ICU at an Atlanta hospital after a serious accident in a residential pool Monday, TMZ has learned.  —  Sources tell TMZ, the accident occurred yesterday just after 2 PM in Atlanta.
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I WANT CUSTODY  —  Usher's ex-wife has just filed legal docs asking for an emergency hearing later this week ... to wrestle child custody away from him, on grounds he's creating a dangerous environment ... TMZ has learned.  —  Tameka Raymond filed the docs in Fulton County, Georgia …
TMZ.com:
Usher's Son — The Frantic 911 Call
Discussion: Sandra Rose
Jonathan Landrum Jr / Associated Press:
Police: Usher's son nearly drowns in Atlanta pool
Discussion: Gawker
X17 Online:   USHER'S 5-YEAR-OLD SON HOSPITALIZED AFTER NEARLY DROWNING
Mary Margaret / People.com:
Usher's Son Hospitalized After Pool Accident
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop
Julie Jordan / People.com:
Dustin Hoffman Successfully Treated for Cancer  —  Dustin Hoffman has been successfully treated for cancer, his rep Jodi Gottlieb tells PEOPLE exclusively.  —  “It was detected early and he has been surgically cured,” she says.  “Dustin is feeling great and is in good health.”
TMZ.com:
HE SUCKER PUNCHED ME  —  Terrence Howard's ex-wife filed legal docs with a graphic allegation — that the actor sucker punched her in the face, grabbed her by the neck and threw her against the wall.  —  In the docs — obtained by TMZ — Michelle Ghent alleges the brutality occurred during a trip last week to Costa Rica.
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Jeff Sneider / The Wrap:
Alexander Skarsgard, Cameron Monaghan in Talks to Join Meryl Streep in ‘The Giver’ (Exclusive)  —  Philip Noyce is directing the movie, which stars Jeff Bridges and Brenton Thwaites  —  The stars of HBO and Showtime are colliding, as Alexander Skarsgard ("True Blood") and Cameron Monaghan …
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Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline.com:
Meryl Streep To Play Chief Elder In ‘The Giver’  —  EXCLUSIVE: Meryl Streep is poised to join Jeff Bridges and a fast growing cast in The Giver, an adaptation of the Lois Lowry novel that Phil Noyce will direct.  Streep is in talks to join a shoot that starts in eight weeks in South Africa …
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.
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.
Discussion: Gossip Cop, Daily Mail and Cele|bitchy
Fawnia Soo Hoo / Fashionista:
Kendall and Kylie Jenner Get Design Advice from Kanye  —  If you're in New York and aren't a screaming tween or an inappropriate Kardashian-creeper, you may want to think twice about venturing near the PacSun pop-up shop in SoHo today because the youngest siblings of America's favorite reality …
Cathy Horyn / Harper's BAZAAR:
THE GIRL JUST WANTS TO HAVE FUN  —  In or out of the city, Sarah Jessica Parker is always in fashion.  Plus, see her exclusive September cover fashion shoot.  —  She brings a book to lunch—Susan Choi's My Education—and she wears a yellow T-shirt that says NEW YORK CITY, slim gray jeans, and ballet flats.
Alison Maloney / The Sun:
This news Justin...Mark Wahlberg advises Bieber in Sun+ webchat  —  MARK WAHLBERG had some sound advice for JUSTIN BIEBER in our live webchat last night.  —  The actor, who shot to fame as rapper MARKY MARK in the Nineties, told the pop scrotum: “Justin, are you listening?  Don't be so naughty, yeah.
Tara Palmeri / New York Post:
I'm a guy again!  ABC newsman who switched genders wants to switch back  —  ‘Amnesia’ awakening  —  He thought he was a woman trapped in a man's body — but it turns out he's “just another boring straight guy.”  —  ABC News editor Don Ennis strolled into the newsroom in May wearing …
Christopher Rosen / The Huffington Post:
Sylvester Stallone Slams Bruce Willis On Twitter; Harrison Ford Replaces ‘Die Hard’ Star In ‘Expendables 3’  —  “The Expendables 3” just got a little bit more Harrison Ford.  That's the word from “Expendables” kingpin Sylvester Stallone, who tweeted on Tuesday that Ford had joined the cast …
Hollywoodtuna:
Joey Fisher Busts Out Big Time In Nuts!  —  If you thought those Lucy Pinder pictures I posted earlier were mind boggling, then this Jodie Fisher photoshoot from NUTS magazine will cause you pants to explode.  I don't know what they feed the broads over in the UK, but whatever diet they are consuming our ladies in the US should adopt.
Andy Joannou / Digital Spy:
Britney Spears can't hold a conversation, says Adrienne Bailon  —  Former Cheetah Girls star Adrienne Bailon has said that Britney Spears is unable to hold a conversation.  —  Speaking on new talk show The Real, the panel addressed childhood stars and their meltdowns.
Christie D'Zurilla / Los Angeles Times:
With a tweet, Raven-Symone quietly outs herself as a lesbian  —  Raven-Symone came out Friday on Twitter with a note expressing excitement over more states allowing gay marriage.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times / June 27, 2011)  —  Raven-Symone, darling of “The Cosby Show” and …
Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline.com:
Warner Bros, Appian Way Set Pitch For Viking Epic On ‘King Harald’  —  EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros has made a preemptive acquisition of King Harald, a pitch that Mark L. Smith is writing as a potential vehicle for Leonardo DiCaprio.  The subject: Harald Hardrada, the 11th Century conqueror who has been called the last great Viking king.
Discussion: I Watch Stuff
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
‘Bates Motel’, ‘Reign’ Add Recurring Players  —  Meet Norman's new romantic interest.  Paloma Kwiatkowski has booked a recurring role on the second season of A&E's Bates Motel.  She will play Cody Brennan, a small town party girl who befriends Norman (Freddie Highmore) and bonds with him …
 
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TMZ.com:
Charlie Sheen — Meet My ‘Angels’ ... Now Meet Their Boobs
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Peter Mikelbank / People.com:
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