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1:00 PM ET, August 19, 2008

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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
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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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.
Cele|bitchy:
Christina Applegate had a double mastectomy, wants to have a baby  —  Christina Applegate is shown in stills from her movie with Rainn Wilson, The Rocker  —  The National Enquirer broke the story of Christina Applegate's double mastectomy two weeks ago, but I made the decision not to cover …
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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Access Hollywood:
Phelps On Kellogg's Box, Not Wheaties
Discussion: Us Weekly and Lifeline Live
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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X17 Online:
Bills, Bills, Bills!  —  Britney Spears may have hired the best lawyers in town for her custody battle with Kevin Federline - but as recent court filings show, they sure don't come cheap!  —  The AP reports that the Spears owes over $460,000 in legal fees to attorneys Stacy Phillips …
Discussion: omg!
TMZ.com:
Britney to Birkhead: I Feel Your Pain
Discussion: Flawed Hollywood
Jay Bird / Cele|bitchy:
Heidi & Spencer want to adopt; compare themselves to Brangelina  —  Heidi Montag.  Ew.  Spencer Pratt.  Double ew.  I really don't even need to write the rest of this story.  I can pretty much just mix up the following words in a semi-coherent jumble and it'll apply to absolutely anything Heidi Montag …
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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.
Dawn / Marie Claire:
DITA VON TEESE WONDERBRA PHOTOS  —  Available to buy from mid September, the collection was created by Dita herself and includes three different ranges - Multi-Teese, Spot-Teese and Satin-Teese - all inspired by lingerie from the '40s and '50s.  —  'I am very proud of the lingerie …
Discussion: The Superficial
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Jefferson Reid / E! Online:
Dita: Her Body Is a Wonderbra
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
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 …
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 …
Helen / Cele|bitchy:
Donnie Wahlberg and his wife file for divorce  —  Donnie Wahlberg, the brother not famous for his physique but for being part of the original 90s boy band New Kids on the Block, is getting divorced from his wife of nine years Kim Fey. … People  —  People reports that the couple separated in January.
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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, Videogum and Mollygood
 
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Daily Mail:
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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

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