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8:20 AM ET, July 21, 2008

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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 …
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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Helen / Cele|bitchy:
Jessica Simpson country crossover fails, possibly has sex tape  —  Jessica Simpson's country music crossover hasn't been as successful as she and her record company might have hoped, despite her breasts working overtime to promote it.  Not being a country music connoisseur I'm no judge, but her single seemed okay.
Discussion: Stuff.co.nz and TMZ.com
Access Hollywood:
Jessica Simpson's First Country Concert Draws Mixed Reactions
Discussion: Celebrity Mound
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
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The Gossip Girls / Celebrity Scandals:
Halle Berry Offers First Glimpse Of Baby Nahla  —  She opted against selling off pictures of her baby daughter to the highest bidder.  But at last, the very first photos of Halle Berry with Nahla Ariela Aubry have been released!  —  The 41-year-old “Catwoman” actress was seen carrying …
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler and Love B. Scott
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” …
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
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Michael Cieply / New York Times:
Batman Rules the Night, and the Whole Weekend
Nikki Finke / Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily:
‘DARK KNIGHT’ BREAKS EIGHT RECORDS; $155.3M Weekend Will Beat …
Discussion: That Other Blog and OH NO!!
Phil Taylor / News of the World:
Blake's parents beg judge to make him live with them..  —  NOT Amy Winehouse  —  AMY WINEHOUSE'S jailed husband could be freed today (MONDAY) —but his parents are plotting to STOP him being reunited with the drug-addled singer.  —  Watch video of Blake in street attack
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
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Korin Miller / NY Daily News:
Wino's in-law plays the blame game  —  Amy Winehouse's mother-in-law is speaking out against the troubled singer - and blaming the 24-year-old for her son's drug problems.  —  “I don't want him to go straight back to Amy,” Georgette Fielder-Civil told Britain's News of the World of her incarcerated son …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Lifeline Live
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.
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 …
People.com:
Carey Hart on Pink: ‘I Miss Everything About Her’  —  Pink and Hart on March 21  —  Carey Hart and Pink may have split, but that doesn't mean they're not still close.  —  “We talk all the time and try to stay connected as much as possible,” Hart told PEOPLE at the opening of his new Las Vegas club …
Bill Carter / New York Times:
Fallon Will Start ‘Late Night’ on the Web  —  LOS ANGELES — With a new round of shake-ups in late-night television set to begin next year, Lorne Michaels has decided to try to get a jump on things by starting NBC's next edition of “Late Night,” with its new host Jimmy Fallon, as a nightly entry on the Internet.
Hollywoodtuna:
Ashlee Dupre Bikini Pictures  —  You know, I'm really warming up to this ho' Ashley Dupre.  When the Elliot Spitzer scandal broke out and I first saw her, I thought to myself how in the world did he or anyone else consider this broad a high class hooker.  But after seeing her rockin' this bikini I'm thinking maybe I was wrong.
 
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