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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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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.
Access Hollywood:
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.
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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Michael Cieply / New York Times:
Batman Rules the Night, and the Whole Weekend — LOS ANGELES — Fevered fans pushed “The Dark Knight,” the sixth of the Warner Brothers series of “Batman” movies, to record three-day ticket sales of $155.3 million over the weekend, shoring up what so far had been a wobbly year at the box office.
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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.
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.
