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11:30 AM ET, August 14, 2008

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Michael Fleming / Variety:
Paula Wagner leaves UA  —  CEO will retain co-ownership interest in studio  —  Is it all about the money?  —  Paula Wagner on Wednesday announced that she will be leaving her roles as chief executive officer of United Artists.  —  Her exit raises questions about the future of United Artists …
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Gregg Goldstein / Hollywood Reporter:
Tom Cruise in negotiations to play ‘Tourist’
Discussion: Cinema Blend Feeds and Cinematical
People.com:
Lindsay Lohan Slams ‘Sick’ Rumors About Her Sis  —  Lindsay (left) and Ali Lohan  —  Lindsay Lohan may be used to tabloid gossip about her own life.  But she's fighting mad over recent rumors swirling around her 14-year-old sister Ali.  —  The 22-year-old actress took to her blog Thursday …
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Lindsay Lohan Denies Sister Ali Had Implants
Jefferson Reid / E! Online:
Tommy Lee Upping the Dating Ante?  —  Maybe this is how Pamela Anderson and her ex Tommy Lee play dating poker.  Pam goes, “I'm dating a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family.”  Tommy goes, “I'll see your Arab prince and raise you one reality-TV vixen.”  Or maybe that's all just in our heads.
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Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Pamela Anderson's New Man!  —  If things go well for Pamela Anderson and her new man, she could soon become royalty.  —  Anderson has been quietly seeing a man from the United Arab Emirates.  And he's not just any man—the dude is a member of Abu Dhabi's royal family, a source exclusively tells me.
Virginia Wheeler / The Sun:
Madge and Guy WILL adopt girl  —  THIS is the orphan whom Malawian officials say pop goddess MADONNA is “on the very cusp” of adopting.  —  Madge originally scrapped her year-long battle for three-year-old Mercy James just four months ago as her marriage to British film director GUY RITCHIE, 39, hit the rocks.
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Cele|bitchy:
Madonna's rep denies adoption rumors - just like before Davie's adoption
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celebtv.com:   REP: MADONNA NOT ADOPTING ANOTHER CHILD FROM MALAWI
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Jennifer Love Hewitt Reveals New Thinner Body  —  In November, Jennifer Love Hewitt was criticized for weight gain after photos surfaced of her looking fuller-figured in a bikini in Hawaii.  —  “We know what you ate this summer, Love - everything!”  TMZ.com notoriously wrote.
Daily Mail:
Pictured: The horrific moment Olympic weightlifter turns his elbow back to front  —  This is the moment Hungarian weightlifter Janos Baranyai's first Olympics ended in agony when he dislocated his right elbow in the ugliest moment yet of the Olympic weightlifting competition.
People.com:
Caught in the Act!  —  Kate Hudson and son, Ryder  —  • Kate Hudson, eating with her little man Ryder, 4, at R+D Kitchen on Santa Monica's Montana Avenue.  The mother-son duo was especially playful during their meal, a source tells us.  After munching on chicken salad and chatting …
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
The Naked Truth About Anna Faris  —  From high school geek to hot blonde on the cover of Playboy!  —  Welcome to Anna Faris' life.  —  The funny bombshell has landed the cover of the men's magazine for two reasons: She stars as a Playboy Bunny who moves into a sorority house in the upcoming comedy …
Discussion: Celebri-Net, AceShowBiz.com and OH NO!!
Bill Zwecker / Chicago Sun Times:
Aniston: You're out!  —  Jennifer gave John Mayer three chances to stop messing around, but he couldn't stop swinging  —  Much is being made about John Mayer allegedly dumping Jennifer Aniston, but one of my best Hollywood sources — super-close to both Aniston and her best pals Courtney Cox …
Discussion: Dlisted and Perez Hilton
Faded Youth Blog:
BRITNEY: “EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE”  —  The Britney Spears bonanza continues!  —  Check out this just released snap of the comeback queen with her two boys, Jayden James and Sean Preston, during her first interview in two years.  —  FYB has a few more excerpts from her comeback chat.
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People.com:
Actor Gael Garcia Bernal to Be a Dad  —  Dolores Fonzi and Gael García Bernal  —  Gael García Bernal - the Mexican actor who starred in Babel, Y tu Mamá También and Amores Perros - is expecting his first child.  —  He and girlfriend Dolores Fonzi …
Carolyn Giardina / Hollywood Reporter:
Another ‘Madagascar’ sequel likely  —  DreamWorks previewed ‘Escape 2 Africa’ Wednesday  —  DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg expects at least one additional “Madagascar” sequel, the executive said Wednesday during a preview of the upcoming “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.”
Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
Jonas Brothers Reveal What They Want in Girlfriends  —  From left: Kevin, Joe and Nicholas Jonas  —  If you whine or are mean to your mom, forget ever dating one of the Jonas Brothers.  —  “If they are nagging and annoying, you're like, ‘Go away,’ ” Joe, 18, told the audience on MTV's TRL …
Discussion: iVillage
 
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From Mediagazer:

Ted Johnson / Deadline:
In a memo, Bari Weiss and Tom Cibrowski announce the closure of CBS News Radio on May 22 and attendant layoffs; CBS News Radio was founded in 1927

Erik Wemple / New York Times:
A district court judge rules in favor of the NYT in its suit challenging rules that limited press access to the Pentagon, citing the First Amendment

David Shepardson / Reuters:
Eight states ask a district court judge for a temporary restraining order to stop the Nexstar-Tegna merger, after Nexstar said the DOJ and FCC approved the deal

 
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