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10:00 PM ET, August 15, 2008

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New York Post:
BLAME MY NAME  —  RUMER Willis used to hate her name.  The daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis tells this Sunday's Page Six Magazine that when she was 12, she realized she “got screwed.”  “My sisters, Scout and Talullah, had cute nicknames,” she says.  “When I was 12 and had crushes on guys …
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Cassandra Zink / People.com:
Rumer Willis Shocked to Make PEOPLE's Most Beautiful List  —  Rumer Willis  —  Rumer Willis didn't grow up thinking of herself as glamorous - despite her famous parents - and says she was shocked to be included in PEOPLE's Most Beautiful issue.  —  “After being compared to Jay Leno for so long …
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip and Gabby Babble
Starpulse:
Rumer Willis Laughs Off Lesbian... Rumors
Discussion: Geno's World
The Sun:
Amy goes back to whack  —  JUST when I thought AMY WINEHOUSE was putting those grubby hands to good use and knuckling down to record a new album, she lays one on another random victim.  —  The Rehab singer was out in Camden on Thursday supporting her favourite boozer The Hawley Arms at their benefit gig at nightspot Dingwalls.
Ted Casablanca / E! Online:
Tom Cruise's Career in the Hands of 2-Year-Old?  —  Everybody's wondering what the ef's happening with Tom Cruise.  Like this is anything new, what with the couch-jumping, dimpled dude's past episodes of wacky behavior.  I mean, the annals of T.C.'s skit-like histrionics are approaching legendary status, let's face it.
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Michael Cieply / New York Times:
Memo Re Tom Cruise: The Star Is Staying Here
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Kim Kardashian: I'm Trying “to Lose Weight in My Butt”  —  Kim Kardashian wants to lose some junk in the trunk.  —  “I love that I'm curvy, but I'm on this major kick to try and lose weight, especially in my butt,” she tells Radar magazine.  “I'm just so over it!
TMZ.com:
Office-r Busts “Office” Star for Hardcore Drugs  —  TMZ has learned Craig Robinson — Darryl the warehouse guy from “The Office” — was arrested June 29 for possession of a multitude of drugs, including meth and ecstasy.  —  Cops in Culver City, Calif. say they pulled over a vehicle …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Defamer
OK! Magazine:
Is Lindsay a Faux-mosexual?  —  Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson may be inseparable, but following weeks of arguments, friends tell OK! they fear that Linds will leave her DJ girlfriend — for a man.  —  Apparently LiLo has already been flirting with guys, and cracks are seem to be appearing in the relationship.
Access Hollywood:
CORRECTION: Fact Or Fiction: Is Jennifer Aniston Dating A Model?  —  CORRECTION: Originally AccessHollywood.com wrote that The National Enquirer reported that Aniston was “dating” Felker — instead, we are debunking their report that Aniston was (in their words) seen “putting the moves on” …
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Nick / Celebslam.com:
Angelina Jolie has hardcore friends  —  Porn star?  I would have never guessed.  —  Apparently Angelina Jolie is friends with hardcore porn star (and Celebslam personal fave *wink*) Tera Patrick.  Jolie's been emailing Patrick lately seeking advice on her career.  Wait, what?
Discussion: Holy Taco
Andrei Harmsworth / Metro.co.uk:
Queen Kate shines after late night  —  Shining bright, Kate leads out her stripy Prince  —  Here's Kate Middleton showing off the pose of a young queen as she steps out with her Prince charming, William of Wales, after a 3.30am night on the tiles.  —  Looking magnificently tanned …
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Mirror.co.uk:
Madonna declares she's actually 36 according to Kabbalah - on the eve of her 50th birthday  —  We've spent weeks shopping for outfits and decorating the cake in time for our favourite pop queen's big 5-0 tomorrow, only to discover that we've got it all wrong.  —  Noooo!
Steve Helling / People.com:
Felicity Huffman Admits Madonna's Thong Didn't Fit  —  When Desperate Housewives' Felicity Huffman made her Broadway debut in David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow in 1988, she made an interesting discovery in her dressing room: A thong belonging to Madonna.  —  “I was like, 'This is Madonna's underwear …
Discussion: Defamer and Dlisted
Daily Express:
MUM JO DEFENDS SIENNA'S LOVE LIFE  —  The mother of actress Sienna Miller has defended her daughter over her much criticised relationship with married oil heir and actor Balthazar Getty.  —  Jo Miller, who met father-of-four Balthazar, 33, for the first time during a trip to Los Angeles earlier this month, tells us:
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Vidya Rao / MSNBC:
Too young?  Preteen girls get bikini waxes  —  Moms are bringing daughters to spas for hair removal before puberty  —  Philadelphia aesthetician Melanie Engle, whose specialty is eyebrow shaping, is no stranger to odd requests.  But nothing prepared her for being asked by one client to book …
Discussion: Hollywood BFF, Cityfile.com and Jezebel
Hillary Shenfeld / People.com:
Bernie Mac's Wife: ‘I Knew This Could Be It’  —  When Bernie Mac was admitted last month into a Chicago hospital with a fever and trouble breathing, his wife, Rhonda, thought he'd get treatment and would be home in a week.  But after no signs of improvement, she faced her biggest fear.
Ann Brenoff / Los Angeles Times:
Donald Trump to buy Ed McMahon's house  —  Trump will allow McMahon, who was facing foreclosure, to continue living in the home.  —  It's “The Donald” to the rescue.  —  Mega-developer and TV personality Donald Trump has agreed to buy Ed McMahon's Beverly Hills house for an undisclosed amount …
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Cele|bitchy:
Mary-Kate Olsen's bodyguard tells all & it's not as bad as you might expect  —  My favorite gossip rag, the National Enquirer, has a new cover story featuring inside stories of Mary-Kate Olsen's excesses from one of her ex bodyguards.  It's pretty much what you'd expect given the stories …
 
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Metro.co.uk:
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Extra:
Shaq and Shaunie Back On!  —  Giant news!  After filing …
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Cele|bitchy:
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