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Simon Reynolds / Digital Spy:
Jessica Simpson appears in sex tape?  —  Rumours have emerged that a sex tape starring Jessica Simpson will appear online.  —  According to the Daily Sport, the home movie, which features popstar and actress Simpson engaging in a number of sex acts with her ex-husband Nick Lachey …
Roger Ebert / Chicago Sun Times:
Statement from Roger Ebert  —  After 33 years on the air, 23 of them with Disney, the studio has decided to take the program named “Siskel & Ebert” and then “Ebert & Roeper” in a new direction.  I will no longer be associated with it.  —  The show was a wonderful experience.
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Phil Rosenthal / Chicago Tribune:
Ebert, Roeper split with Disney's ‘At the Movies’  —  Chicago Sun-Times movie critic Roger Ebert today said he, like Sun-Times columnist Richard Roeper, is severing ties with Disney-ABC Domestic Television's “At the Movies” in anticipation of major changes for the nationally syndicated program.
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Associated Press:
Ebert and Roeper leaving ‘Ebert & Roeper’
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G is for Gossip / Bauer-Griffin:
Brangelina Go Greek!  —  After leaving the Lenval Hospital in the wee hours of Saturday morning, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie spent the day relaxing with their kids, friends, and family.  Looks like the new twins won't be want for the affection of doting grandparents.  Brad's parents, Bill and Jane Pitt, were also present!
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Beth Hilton / Digital Spy:
Winehouse's husband jailed for 27 months
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New York Post:
LANCE'S GUY HOT AND MARRIED  —  LANCE Bass has found love with a hot trainer, but there's a catch - the muscle-bound hunk is married.  Bass stepped out with personal trainer and aspiring actor Sebastian Leal at a Malibu party recently, confirming rumors that they're an item.
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Brand New Miley  —  Disney star Miley Cyrus is moving past her scandalous “Vanity Fair” photo brouhaha.  The 15-year-old singer/actress is showing off a brand new look for her album, “Breakout” — and the busy starlet took time to talk to “Extra” about her new CD, saying …
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Khloe Kardashian: Released Early for Being “a Threat to the Prison”  —  Khloe Kardashian says she was released from jail after just 173 minutes on Friday because of bomb threats.  —  The reality star, 24, was originally slated to serve time for a 2007 DUI at a county jail in downtown Los Angeles …
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People.com:
Patrick Swayze Calls His Recovery a ‘Miracle’  —  In the midst of fighting cancer, Patrick Swayze is looking like his old self again - healthy, happy and hot.  —  “I'm a miracle dude ... I don't know why,” he told photographers and fans as he left Los Angeles Airport on Sunday afternoon.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Patrick Swayze Is A Miracle
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Liz Hull / Daily Mail:
Tight Bond: You won't get a penny of my millions, Sean Connery told son  —  He was raised in a two-bedroom house with no bathroom and left school at 13 to push barrows for a little over £1 a week.  —  After rising from such humble beginnings to become a fabulously-rich movie star …
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Tori Spelling to Write Book About Motherhood  —  Tori Spelling is writing book tentatively titled Mommywood, a followup to her best-selling memoir sTori Telling, publisher Simon Spotlight Entertainment announced Monday.  —  Mommywood will focus on her life as mom to one-year-old son Liam …
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Hollywoodtuna:
Fergie And Her Sweet Ass In Mom Shorts  —  Unlike Jessica Simpson and her Daisy Dukes, Fergie decided to wear some mom shorts.  Obviously Jessica wins, but this is the first time that mom shorts look somewhat hot on a broad.  And surprisingly that broad is Fergie.
Discussion: Best Week Ever
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Halle Berry Debuts Newborn Daughter  —  Halle Berry offered her first glimpse of daughter Nahla Ariela Aubry.  —  Mom and daughter cuddled in Los Angeles on Thursday.  Berry's mother was also photographed doting on her new granddaughter.  —  It was Nahla's first public outing since her March 16 birth.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
People.com:
Office Star Gets Hitched  —  Time for another Office party!  —  Paul Lieberstein - a star, writer and executive producer on the NBC hit - got married Saturday, the New York Times reports.  —  Lieberstein, 41, (whose character Toby appeared to depart the show in last season's finale) …
TMZ.com:
Mick Fleetwood's Daughter Nearly Drowns  —  The six-year-old daughter of Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood was rushed to the hospital Friday afternoon after a pool accident at his L.A. area home.  —  According to police sources, Fleetwood's daughter was doing cartwheels near the pool, hit her head, and fell in.
 
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