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1:45 PM ET, August 19, 2008

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Julie Jordan / People.com:
FIRST LOOK: Ellen & Portia's Wedding Album  —  It was an evening of love, laughter, and a few tears for Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, who exchanged personal wedding vows in front of their closest family and friends on Saturday at their home in L.A.  —  In an exclusive interview and photos …
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X17 Online:
X17 XCLUSIVE - Ellen & Portia's First Post-Wedding Interview!  —  Is this what the future holds for LiLo and Sam?  —  Mr. and Mrs. Ellen DeGeneres chatted with X17 before grabbing lunch together (with Portia's mom Maggie) at Real Food Daily in West Hollywood today...
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Portia de Rossi: Married Life Is “Amazing”
Discussion: X17 Online and Fancast
People.com:
Christina Applegate Cancer-Free After Double Mastectomy  —  Christina Applegate, who was diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer this month, revealed on ABC's Good Morning America Tuesday that she has undergone a double mastectomy - even though cancer was only detected in one of her breasts.
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Lee Ferran / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Christina Applegate ‘100%’ Free of Breast Cancer  —  ‘Samantha Who?’  Star Now ‘100 Percent Clear and Clean’  —  Just a month after being diagnosed with breast cancer, actress Christina Applegate is perfectly healthy and cancer-free, she told Robin Roberts of “Good Morning America” …
ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Applegate Underwent Breast Removal to Stop Cancer  —  Actress Christina Applegate Had Double Mastectomy, Is Now ‘Free’ of Cancer  —  A month after being diagnosed with breast cancer, actress Christina Applegate, 36, is “100 percent” cancer-free, she told “Good Morning America's” Robin Roberts in an exclusive interview.
Discussion: Us Weekly
Associated Press:
Applegate calls double mastectomy a ‘tough’ choice  —  NEW YORK - Christina Applegate is taking the long view of her battle with breast cancer — the really long view.  —  Speaking on ABC News' “Good Morning America” in her first interview since announcing her diagnosis earlier this month …
Cele|bitchy:   Christina Applegate had a double mastectomy, wants to have a baby
NY Daily News:
Christina Applegate: 'I'm clear' of cancer
Rod Gilmour / Telegraph:
Michael Phelps' girlfriend: Amanda Beard or Lily Donaldson?  —  Michael Phelps has made all the headlines in the pool after going one better than Mark Spitz's record, now his girlfriend looks just as likely to be thrust into the spotlight.  —  She previously had to wrest her man from the pool …
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OK! Magazine:
Avril “Too Sexy” For Malaysia  —  Avril Lavigne's Malaysian fans are going to have to wait to see her live, after her show was deemed “too sexy” by the country's Muslim majority.  The country's Arts, Culture and Heritage ministry canceled the Aug. 29 performance amid protests from the youth wing …
Discussion: The Superficial
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Josh Grossberg / E! Online:
Avril “Too Sexy” for Malaysia?
Discussion: Dlisted and The Blemish
Henry Winter / Telegraph:
David Beckham musical set for West End stage  —  Such is old 'Goldenballs" phenomenal appeal to the public that a librettist is talking to West End producers this week about staging a musical entitled David Beckham - The Theatre of Dreams.  —  “Beckham's story is a modern-day fairytale of heroes …
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Caris Davis / People.com:
David Beckham: The Musical?
Discussion: Allie Is Wired
Jarett Wieselman / POPWRAP:
Lauren Conrad: ‘The End Has Come’  —  Whether you equate it with “Sex and the City,” “A Tale of Two Cities” or the end of civilization as we know it, there is no denying that “The Hills” is reality TV at its finest.  There has never been another program so equally loved and loathed by the American public …
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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Britney Owes Big Money for Custody Battle  —  Who said getting back on track was cheap?  —  Stacy Phillips, one of the shorter-term members of Britney Spears' legal team, has let it be known that shoring up one's defenses can be downright bank-breaking.  —  According to a declaration filed Monday …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and CelebWarship
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Nikki Finke / Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily:
SAVE US!  Warner's ‘Watchmen’ In Legal Peril After Judge Won't Dismiss Fox Suit  —  UPDATED with Warner Bros response.  —  EXCLUSIVE: A federal judge has denied a Warner Bros motion to dismiss 20th Century Fox's legal battle over the rights to develop, produce and distribute a film based on the graphic novel Watchmen.
Daily Mail:
Big Brother star Jade Goody breaks down after being told she has cancer - in the Diary Room  —  Jade Goody, who became famous from her stint on reality television show Big Brother, received the devastating news that she has cancer while in the Diary Room of the Indian version of the show, it has emerged.
Daily Mail:
Wild Lily Allen lashes out at a woman during a heavy night out  —  Lily Allen threw a punch at a passer-by during a drinking session in London's Soho early this morning.  —  Witnesses suggested Lily reacted after being heckled as she left Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club at 2am.
Fox News:
Report: Heath Ledger's Co-Stars Donate Film Earnings to His Daughter  —  Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell have donated the money they made for completing Heath Ledger's final film role to the late actor's daughter Matilda, The Sun reports.  —  The three actors played versions of Ledger's character …
 
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Financial Times:
Sources: WBD's board wanted a proposal it could sign immediately, and Netflix was the only bidder whose paperwork was fully executable the night of December 4

Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi agree to part ways and let her contract expire at the end of the year, following new allegations about her affair with RFK Jr.

Kat Tenbarge / Wired:
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