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11:55 AM ET, July 2, 2014

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Duchess Kate bonds with youngsters on visit to north London school  —  The Duchess of Cambridge, née Kate Middleton, won hearts as she paid a visit to a north London school on Tuesday morning.  —  Kate, 32, was seen arriving at the Blessed Sacrament School in Islington with comedian John Bishop.
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Rebecca English / Daily Mail:
Curly Kate's pretty in pink! …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Madeline Boardman / Us Weekly:
Kate Middleton Stuns in Gorgeous Pink Dress for Visit to Blessed Sacrament School: Pictures
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity and MoeJackson
Sheila Cosgrove Baylis / People.com:
Robin Williams Back in Rehab to ‘Focus on Continued Commitment’ to Sobriety  —  Robin Williams is back in rehab, but not because he fell off the wagon - he's sober and wants to make sure he stays that way.  —  “After working back-to-back projects, Robin is simply taking the opportunity …
Discussion: Digital Spy
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Madeline Boardman / Us Weekly:
Robin Williams Checks Into Renewal Center, Believed to Be Minnesota's Dan Anderson Center
Jacqui Meddings / Cosmopolitan UK:
Nicole Scherzinger's Cosmopolitan interview: “You're meant for such great things!”  —  Nicole Scherzinger is back with some very addictive music AND a gorgeous summer vibing Cosmo covershoot.  In the exclusive interview she reveals her vulnerable side talking about relationships and beating …
TMZ.com:
COPS DRAW WEAPONS  —  Katt Williams drew a gun on someone at the Comedy Store in West Hollywood Tuesday night ... triggering a 911 emergency that ended with deputies racing to the scene with guns drawn.  —  Eyewitnesses tell TMZ ... Katt was inside the club when a heckler started talking smack about the comedian's height and race.
Discussion: Bossip and The Hollywood Gossip
Justin Ravitz / Us Weekly:
Kendra Wilkinson Threw Wedding Ring in Toilet When She Discovered Hank Baskett's Affair With Transgender Model  —  Post-baby heartbreak.  Just five weeks after giving birth to daughter Alijah, Kendra Wilkinson was forced to face a bitter, shocking truth: As rumored, husband Hank Baskett …
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Rachel Maresca / NY Daily News:
Beyonce sparks Jay Z cheating rumors during On the Run Tour, changes lyric to 2006 ‘Resentment’ track about infidelity  —  The 32-year-old singer belted out an emotional song Saturday while on tour with her rapper husband about a woman being cheating on.  Bey swapped out a line that could possibly be directed at her own marriage.
Discussion: Bossip
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Stephanie Chan / Hollywood Reporter:
GWYNETH PALTROW BECOMES MADONNA, AUDREY HEPBURN FOR MAX FACTOR … Gwyneth Paltrow as Madonna, representing the 1980s  —  by  —  In celebration of Max Factor's 100 Years of Glamour campaign, Gwyneth Paltrow is channeling four style icons for the beauty brand.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Oh No They Didn't!
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Michael K / Dlisted:
This Is Supposed To Be Goopy Paltrow As Brigitte Bardot
Discussion: Daily Mail
Lauren Milligan / Fashion Magazine:
Beckham's Vogue Country Garden  —  view GALLERY  —  VICTORIA BECKHAM appears on August's Vogue cover, captured by Patrick Demarchelier as you truly have never seen her before - in wellington boots and pushing a wheelbarrow.  The designer, who has featured on two previous Vogue covers …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, Daily Mail and Digital Spy
In Touch Weekly:
Portia De Rossi Secretly Spent 30 Days in Rehab … In Touch has exclusively learned that Ellen DeGeneres' wife, Portia de Rossi, secretly checked into rehab in early May.  —  A source exclusively says in the new issue of In Touch that Portia entered the Passages Malibu rehab facility in early May for a 30-day treatment.
Colette Fahy / Daily Mail:
Katherine Heigl oozes sex appeal in nothing but a plunging sweater as she admits feeling ‘betrayed’ by her career's downward spiral  —  She was once Hollywood's sweetheart but reports of her diva-like behaviour and her own vocal criticism of Grey's Anatomy, the show which made her famous, left Katherine Heigl's career in a freefall.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:
Scott Disick Shares Insanely Expensive List of “Summer Essentials” Costing Over $450,000 Via Snupps App  —  A summer fit for a Lord!  Scott Disick's been enjoying the summer in Southampton while filming E! reality show, Kourtney & Khloe Take The Hamptons, and Us Weekly has the exclusive look at the …
Discussion: Dlisted and Oh No They Didn't!
TMZ.com:
Lil Eazy-E — My Dad Would Be Outraged I Was Rejected in N.W.A. Flick  —  MY DAD WOULD BE OUTRAGED  —  I Was REJECTED in N.W.A. Flick  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Lil Eazy-E thinks Ice Cube has BETRAYED the wishes of his former N.W.A. crew member by casting some no name to play Eazy-E rather than his own flesh and blood.
Sara Vilkomerson / Inside Movies:
First look: Christian Bale as Moses in Ridley Scott's ‘Exodus’  —  Thou Shall Not Attempt to Outdo Charlton Heston.  Okay, so that's not an official Hollywood commandment, but the prospect of taking on the role of Moses in Ridley Scott's Exodus: Gods and Kings (in theaters Dec. 12) did give Christian Bale pause.
Discussion: I Watch Stuff
TMZ.com:
Jeremy Meeks Gets A Modeling Contract  —  Jeremy Meeks, AKA Hot Mugshot guy, has a career if and when he ever gets out of jail!  Doing what?  Modeling!
Discussion: Gawker
 
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