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4:50 PM ET, July 25, 2008

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John Leicester / Associated Press:
Police: Paparazzi, guards, fight at Jolie chateau  —  PARIS (AP) — It sounds like a scene from “Fight Club.”  French police say camouflaged paparazzi who got on to the grounds of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's chateau in southern France fought with the Hollywood couple's guards.
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Heather Mills Publicist Quits, Calls Her “Impossible”  —  Oh, snap!  —  Heather Mills' publicist issued a statement Thursday announcing that she has quit because Paul McCartney's ex has become too difficult.  —  “After working for Heather Mills for the past four years …
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Paper: Heather Locklear Got Daily Calls From Ex Richie Sambora in Rehab  —  Heather Locklear's ex-husband Richie Sambora (who struggled with alcoholism) called her daily during her recent four-week stint in rehab for depression and anxiety, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
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Locklear dear to patients
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Miley Cyrus Mocks Selena Gomez on YouTube  —  Miley Cyrus — a mean girl?  —  In a new YouTube video, Miley and her BFF Mandy mock Selena Gomez and her pal Demi Lovato.  —  Miley, 15, makes fun of a T-shirt Gomez, 16, wore and teases Demi, 15, about a gap she used to have in her teeth.
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E! Online:
“Distraught” Justin Withdraws From Drew's Film  —  Drew Barrymore apparently whipped him good.  —  A source tells E! News that Justin Long, who remains “distraught” over being dumped by the Charlie's Angels star, has dropped out of the roller derby comedy “Whip It!” which marks Barrymore's feature directorial debut.
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Jesse Spero / omg!:
ROLL CALL: Justin Long Drops Out Of Drew Barrymore Film After Split
Discussion: Perez Hilton
New York Post:
MISCHA SWITCH  —  MISCHA Barton, whose acting career has hit the skids, has new agents.  A source told Page Six that Barton “was dropped by Creative Artists Agency because she hasn't had any big roles since ‘The O.C.’ ” The wacky dresser got picked up by New York's Paradigm Agency …
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Molly / POPSUGAR:
Britney Spears Is Still a Big Shot  —  Britney Spears piled all that hair on top her her head and stepped out for a little shopping — including a stop at Victoria's Secret, which is good because she could use a bra — before heading to dance class in LA yesterday.
Discussion: TMZ.com
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Andrew Blankstein / Los Angeles Times:   Paparazzi arrested near Britney Spears' home
New York Post:
SHANNA GIVES KIM A SOAKING  —  IN a rumble of reality-show divas, Shanna Moakler and Kim Kardashian had a screaming catfight at Carmen Electra's party at the DKNY Jeans Beach House in Malibu Sunday night.  —  Moakler, the former Miss USA and co-star of MTV's “Meet the Barkers,” …
Brian Orloff / People.com:
Dixie Chick Martie Maguire Welcomes a Girl  —  Martie Maguire of the Dixie Chicks gave birth to a girl, Harper Rosie Maguire, on Friday in Austin, Texas, the musician announced.  —  The baby, who weighed 7 lb., 10 oz. and was 20.5 inches long, is the third child for Maguire, 38, and her actor husband, Gareth Maguire, 33.
TMZ.com:
LC's Designs — A Knock Off the Ol' Block?  —  It looks like LC's fashion designing career could be as fake as “The Hills”!  —  Sources close to the Lauren Conrad line tell us LC's claim that she's involved in every step of the design process is overstated.
Discussion: omg!, A Socialite's Life and OH NO!!
Bryan Alexander / People.com:
Bachelor Matt Grant & Fiancée Shayne Lamas Split  —  Bachelor Matt Grant and fiancée Shayne Lamas have ended their short and often-rocky relationship, they tell PEOPLE.  —  “We tried hard to make it work but we realized that we were both heading in different directions,” the two said in a statement to PEOPLE.
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Daily Mail:
Hollywood sweetheart Meg Ryan gains ten stone... after donning a fat suit  —  Hollywood sweetheart Meg Ryan has taken drastic measures to shed her saccharine image.  —  The actress, 46, has gained TEN STONE in a new movie comedy called 'My Mom's Hot Boyfriend.'
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Actor Gerard Butler: Madonna Told Me to “Drop My Pants”  —  Justin Timberlake's not the only guy who's had to drop trou for Madonna .  —  At a press conference Thursday for Guy Ritchie's new action flick RocknRolla, actor Gerard Butler revealed: “I got in a B-12 shot in my a— by...”  —  “My wife!”
Discussion: POPSUGAR and MollyGood
 
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