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10:00 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 …
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Jessica Simpson Booed at First Country Concert  —  Jessica Simpson's first country concert was met with mixed reactions.  —  Audiences booed and clapped as the singer, 28, opened for Sara Evans on Satturday at the Country Thunder USA festival in Randall, Wisconsin.
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
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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
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.
Access Hollywood:
Jessica Simpson's First Country Concert Draws Mixed Reactions
Discussion: Celebrity Mound
Joal Ryan / E! Online:
The Dark Knight Reigns: $155.3 Mil Weekend  —  Stephen Vaughan/Warner Bros. Entertainment  —  [Spider-Man] Batman forever.  —  The Dark Knight chased Spider-Man 3 from the record books with a $155.3 opening weekend gross, per Exhibitor Relations Co. estimates today.
Discussion: iVillage
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Joshua Rich / EW.com:
‘Dark Knight’ Nabs Biggest Debut Ever
Discussion: Splash News Online
David Germain / Associated Press:   ‘Dark Knight’ sets weekend record with $155.34M
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!!
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 …
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
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Phil Taylor / News of the World:
Blake's parents beg judge to make him live with them..
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
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 …
TMZ.com:
ABC Family Frat Boy Done for DUI  —  The star of ABC Family's frat-house series “Greek” may have taken his TV role a lil' too far.  —  The LAPD tells TMZ that Scott Michael Foster was popped for DUI early this morning in Hollywood.  Foster — who plays Kappa Tau prez Cappie on the show …
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.
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.
 
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