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12:20 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.
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 …
NY Daily News:
Christina Applegate: 'I'm clear' of cancer
Jay Bird / Cele|bitchy:
Christina Applegate says she's “100 percent clear and clean' of cancer
Discussion: Allie Is Wired
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Christina Applegate “100 Percent 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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Phelps On Kellogg's Box, Not Wheaties
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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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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
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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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: CelebWarship
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TMZ.com:
Britney to Birkhead: I Feel Your Pain
Discussion: Flawed Hollywood
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 …
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.
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
Kyle / I'm Not Obsessed:
Rihanna Is Broke  —  Ok, well for a lot of people this isn't actually broke, but for an international superstar who should have millions to her name this is bad news.  Rihanna supposedly only has $20,000 in the bank.  She was so shocked when she found out that she accused her business manager …
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 …
Discussion: Jossip
 
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