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9:25 AM ET, August 19, 2008

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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” …
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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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PEOPLE TV Watch:
Heidi & Spencer Would Love to Take Over The Hills from LC  —  The Hills promises to pack plenty of drama as its fourth season begins Monday on MTV (10 p.m. ET).  But as usual some of that drama is unspooling off camera-at least when it comes to the reality-couple-people-love-to- hate, namely Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt.
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William Keck / Chicago Sun Times:
What a friend we have in Heidi  —  SANTA MONICA, Calif. — “The Hills” are alive with the sounds of Montag.  —  Depending on whom you ask, Heidi Montag is the villainess on the hit MTV reality show “The Hills.”  But ask Montag, and she'll sing a different tune: She's merely the outcast friend …
Discussion: CelebWarship and New York Magazine
Just Jared:
Heidi & Spencer To Air “Live TV Wedding”
Discussion: OH NO!!
Michael K / Dlisted:
Heidi Montag Has A New Song......
Discussion: Defamer and Jezebel
Ken Lee / People.com:
Donnie Wahlberg's Wife Files for Divorce  —  Kim Fey and Donnie Wahlberg, in November 2007  —  Donnie Wahlberg's wife, Kim Fey, has filed for divorce, Los Angeles court documents show.  —  Citing irreconcilable differences, Fey is seeking sole physical and legal custody of their two sons …
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TMZ.com:
Wife Puts New Kid on the Chopping Block
Discussion: omg! and Evil Beet Gossip
Adam Nutburn / Showbiz Spy:
Madonna “Disappointed” by Friends' Birthday Snub  —  Madonna admitted she was “disappointed” that several of her close showbiz pals failed to attend her 50th birthday celebrations at the weekend.  —  The Material Girl, who turned 50 on Saturday, celebrated her big day at the swanky Volstead nightclub …
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The Sun:
I'm still Madonya  —  Planning a shindig for the dancefloor …
Discussion: Dlisted and POPSUGAR
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: Seriously? OMG!
Brian Steinberg / AdAge:
Advertisers, Media Left in the Dark About New ‘90210’  —  To Build Buzz, CW Won't Screen Series Before Premiere — but Will It Turn Away Buyers?  —  NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The CW is taking the unusual step of not screening its buzzed-about remake of “Beverly Hills 90210” …
Discussion: Gawker and Mollygood
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 …
Courtney Hazlett / MSNBC:
Phelps, Schmelps!  J.Lo's also in training  —  Plus: Avril's too sexy for Malaysia; Jonas Brothers send D.C. into tizzy  —  Sure, Michael Phelps has eight gold medals, but Jennifer Lopez is convinced she's the real athlete of the moment.  —  The Scoop  —  Poor Jennifer Lopez.
Hollywoodtuna:
Lindsay Lohan Kissed A Girl, And I Liked It  —  Lindsay Lohan was dyking it up with the girls this weekend in Capri.  Especially with Courtenay Semel.  Now I have no clue who Courtenay is, but I thought she was scissor sisters with Tila Tequila.  Anyway, it'd be a lot more interesting …
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Urmee Khan / Telegraph:
Gwyneth Paltrow in fur row with animal activists  —  Gwyneth Paltrow, the actress, has angered animal rights campaigners by endorsing a new collection of luxury goods using fur.  —  The Hollywood star has been signed up by Italian designer Tod's and is pictured draped in fox fur …
Variety.com / Thompson On Hollywood:
Superman Status Update  —  The debate continues to rage about what Warner Bros. should do with Superman.  The last movie, Bryan Singer's Superman Returns, paid hommage to the Richard Donner Superman movies without completely updating the franchise the way Christopher Nolan did with Batman Begins.
Discussion: Cinematical and /Film
 
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Fox News:
Report: Heath Ledger's Co-Stars Donate Film Earnings to His Daughter
James Hibberd / Hollywood Reporter:
Food Network eyes competitive eating
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Hollywood Reporter:
‘Goosebumps’ for two scribes  —  Larry Karaszewski, Scott Alexander to pen film adaptation
Ben Williams / New York Magazine:
The Beefcake in the Backcourt
Black Entertainment:
LISARAYE'S PUBLICIST SETS RECORD STRAIGHT' …
Jefferson Reid / E! Online:
Dita: Her Body Is a Wonderbra
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
New York Post:
GET OVER HIM  —  SOMEONE should tell Cassie that she could do better …
TMZ.com:
Britney to Birkhead: I Feel Your Pain
Discussion: Flawed Hollywood
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Strong in line for ‘Holmes’ villain role
The Superficial:
Roseanne Barr goes on insane offense against Angelina Jolie & Brad …
Discussion: Shine and The Shallow End
POPSUGAR:
LC and Her Boy Go on a Friday Night Non-Date
Discussion: OH NO!!
Variety:
‘Voltron’ facing a Relativity reboot
People.com:
Phil Collins Divorce Settlement a Record Breaker
Forbes:
Hip-Hop's Cash Kings 2008
Discussion: Stereohyped
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Ted Sarandos met with President Trump in November, and both agreed WBD should go to the highest bidder; Sarandos argued that Netflix wasn't a monopoly

Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch:
A look at Hamlet, a startup that uses AI to process local government meeting videos and which plans to provide the tool to local journalists for free

Kat Tenbarge / Wired:
Some Reddit moderators say a surge of AI slop on the site is eroding its authenticity and could lead to a feedback loop of AI models training on AI content

 
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