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3:10 AM ET, July 21, 2008

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Megan Schmidt / Kenosha News Online:
Country fans turn into critics  —  RANDALL - Country music fans are probably the toughest music critics around.  —  Skepticism was elevated hours before Jessica Simpson's debut country performance, opening for Sara Evans, Saturday night at Country Thunder.
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Jessica Simpson's First Country Concert Draws Mixed Reactions  —  RANDALL, Wisc.  Jessica Simpson's gone country - but can she stay there?  —  The aspiring crossover singer made her country concert debut at the Country Thunder USA Festival in Randall, Wisc. on Saturday, where she reached out to an unsure audience.
Brianm / Us Weekly:
Britney Spears Makes Surprise Appearance at Jenny McCarthy Fundraiser  —  Britney Spears made a surprise appearance at a fundraiser for Jenny McCarthy's autism charity Generation Rescue Saturday in Los Angeles.  —  As guests like McCarthy's beau and Charlie Sheen and wife Brooke Mueller made the rounds, Spears, 26, sipped on red wine.
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Mary Margaret / People.com:
Britney Spears Steps Out For a Good Cause  —  From left: Jenny McCarthy, Jim Carrey and Britney Spears  —  With her divorce settlement behind her, Britney Spears took time out on Saturday night to do something for the kids, adding star wattage to Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey's fundraiser …
Discussion: CelebWarship
Just Jared:
Nahla Aubry: First Pictures of Halle Berry's Daughter!  —  Here are the first pictures of Halle Berry's four-mouth-old daughter Nahla Ariela Aubry!  —  Mama Halle, 41, was seen carrying Nahla around Los Angeles on Thursday.  Halle's mother, Judith Ann, was also around to lend a helping hand.
Discussion: OH NO!! and Lifeline Live
People.com:
Jerry O'Connell & Rebecca Romijn Are ‘Trying to Get Pregnant’  —  Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O'Connell, who celebrated their first wedding anniversary July 14, are not expecting a baby - yet!  —  “We're trying to get pregnant,” the actor told PEOPLE Saturday at the Playboy Mansion …
Caroline Graham / Daily Mail:
John Cleese's fling with a blonde HALF his age  —  Monty Python star John Cleese is dating a blonde magazine executive half his age.  —  Luckily for 34-year-old Veronica Smiley, the man who created hapless hotelier Basil Fawlty decided not to take her to Torquay, where Fawlty Towers was set, for their first trip away together.
David Germain / Associated Press:
‘Dark Knight’ sets weekend record with $155.34M  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Batman has sent Spidey packing as king of Hollywood's box-office superheroes.  —  “The Dark Knight” took in a record $155.34 million in its first weekend, topping the previous best of $151.1 million for “Spider-Man 3” …
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‘Dark Knight’ sets weekend record with $155.34M
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Just Jared:
Tom & Katie's Motorcycle Mania  —  Tom Cruise and wife Katie Holmes bring a bit of Hollywood to the pit lane at the Red Bull US MotoGP World Championship on Sunday at the Laguna Seca track in California.  —  MotoGP is the world's premier motorcycling championship, with a season of 18 Grand Prix in 16 countries.
Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Angelina Jolie, Twins Leave Hospital  —  Angelina Jolie and her twins, Knox and Vivienne, have left the hospital.  —  According to a statement released by the Fondation Lenval - the Nice, France, clinic where Jolie, 33, delivered the babies by Cesarian section last Saturday - the three left before dawn Saturday.
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Ramin Setoodeh / Newsweek:
Gillian's Still a Bit Spacey  —  Anderson reprises her role as Agent Dana Scully in ‘X-Files’ sequel.  —  From the magazine issue dated Jul 28, 2008  —  Gillian Anderson reprises her role as Agent Dana Scully in “The X-Files: I Want to Believe.”  She spoke to Ramin Setoodeh.  —  I've got to confess.
Discussion: Gawker
WSB-TV:
Atlanta Rapper Lil Scrappy Stabbed During Argument, Taken To DeKalb Jail  —  Rapper Treated, Then Taken To Jail  —  STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — Atlanta rapper Lil Scrappy, whose real name is Darryl Richardson, was injured Friday night in a stabbing in DeKalb County.
Discussion: Bossip
Associated Press:
‘Mini-Me’ settles sex tape lawsuit  —  LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — Actor Verne Troyer has settled a lawsuit he filed against a porn broker that will prevent the distribution of a sex tape depicting Troyer and a former girlfriend, court documents filed Friday show.
 
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Internal memo: TikTok has signed a deal to sell its US unit; Oracle, Silver Lake, MGX will collectively own 45% of the US entity, and ByteDance will retain ~20%

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