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9:45 AM ET, August 22, 2008

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People.com:
Gwen Stefani & Gavin Rossdale Have a Boy!  —  Gavin Rossdale, Gwen Stefani and their son Kingston in April  —  It's a rock band in the making: Gwen Stefani and her rocker husband Gavin Rossdale welcomed their second child, a son, on Thursday in Los Angeles, PEOPLE has learned.
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E! Online:
Gwen and Gavin Birth Baby Zuma  —  UPDATE: E! News has confirmed Gwen Stefani gave birth this morning.  We still don't know whether it's a boy or girl, but sources say the baby's name is Zuma.  More details to come as we get them!  —  Love, angel, music...baby?
Elisabeth / X17 Online:
Gwen Welcomes A Baby Boy Named Zuma!
Discussion: Hellomagazine.com and omg!
Associated Press:   Gwen Stefani gives birth to second child
Chris Beanland / The Sun:
Sienna's house vandalised  —  Offensive ... Miller's house with ‘SLUT’ insult on wall  —  An exterior wall of Sienna's home in North London was daubed, in capitals, with the word ‘SLUT’.  —  The black spray-painted graffiti also included an unsettling circular symbol - which looks like an attempt to recreate the sign for Satan.
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Caris Davis / People.com:
‘Sporty Spice’ Expecting First Baby  —  Melanie Chisholm is ready to spice up her life - with a baby!  —  The sometime Sporty Spice, 34, and her boyfriend of six years, property developer Thomas Starr, confirmed the pregnancy on her Web site Friday morning.  —  “Some happy news,” she wrote.
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Alex Fletcher / Digital Spy:
Spice Girl Mel C confirms pregnancy  —  Popstar Melanie Chisholm has confirmed that she is expecting her first child.  —  The singer, 34, is the final Spice Girl to become a mum.  Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown and Geri Halliwell already have children.
Discussion: Hellomagazine.com
Courtney Hazlett / MSNBC:
Scoop: Broadway fans not warming to Holmes  —  Plus: Swayze staying healthy; Trump not only McMahon house bidder  —  Katie Holmes is set to star in the Broadway production of “All My Sons,” which opens Oct. 16.  —  The Scoop  —  One needs to look no further than the successes of …
New York Post:
PHELPS SUCKS FACE WITH AUSSIE  —  Michael Phelps doesn't have a girlfriend, but he celebrated his record-breaking eight gold medals in Beijing by sneaking off for a sizzling game of tonsil hockey with one of Australia's hottest Olympians.  —  Phelps, fresh from shattering Mark Spitz's 36-year-old record …
Discussion: Hot Momma Celebrity … and Gawker
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NEWS.com.au:
Now Stephanie Rice linked to Michael Phelps
ETonline:
ET EXCLUSIVE: MILEY CYRUS' SWEET 16 AT DISNEYLAND!  —  ET breaks the news that Miley Cyrus will celebrate her Sweet 16 birthday during a once-in-a-lifetime bash at the Happiest Place on Earth — Disneyland!  —  The “Hannah Montana” star is also sharing the spotlight during the private party …
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Perez Hilton:
Whoring It Out (For A Good Cause)  —  Disney is trying hard …
Discussion: omg!
In Touch Weekly Magazine:
Lindsay Lohan's run-in with her exes  —  Talk about awkward: Lindsay Lohan was celebrating the grand opening of West Hollywood club Apple Lounge with Samantha Ronson on August 14 when she ran into two ex-boyfriends - and an ex-girlfriend!  “Lindsay chatted with her ex Harry Morton for a few minutes …
Jennifer Cady / E! Online:
More Rumblings of a Britney VMA Performance  —  First it was the VMA promos (did anyone else who watched them feel slightly uncomfortable for Britney?), then it was rumors of a VMA performance in a British tabloid, and now it's a chatty hairdresser—all giving us hope that the Britney Spears we know and love is indeed coming back.
People.com:
Joe Jonas and Taylor Swift: New Couple?  —  Taylor Swift says that Joe Jonas is just a friend.  But the Jonas Brothers cutie fueled all those “Are they an item?” rumors when he turned up at the country star's concert on Sunday night.  —  Hiding among a group of people, Jonas, 19 …
Anna Faris / Access Hollywood:
‘House Bunny’ Anna Faris: ‘Hef Just Stared At My Chest!’  —  Anna Faris may only be playing a Playboy model in “The House Bunny,” but Hugh Hefner himself still made sure she measured up.  —  “Hef just stared at my chest,” she told Access Hollywood at the film's premiere on Wednesday in Los Angeles.
Discussion: omg!
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Graham Smith / Daily Mail:
Rumer Willis goes public with new boyfriend at premiere and Demi …
Flawed Hollywood:   THE HOUSE BUNNY PREMIERES IN LA
Fashionista:
Whitney Port to Leave People's Revolution; Going to DVF?!  —  So here's something we heard last night:  —  Whitney Port is leaving People's Revolution, probably sometime during Season 4 which just premiered, to do in-house PR for an unnamed designer.  —  No word on whether she leaves happily …
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Paris Hilton's Hairy Situation  —  The Paris Hilton empire just keeps on growing.  —  Guess what's she's coming out with next?  —  Something called the Bandit, which is described in a press releases as “the first interchangeable hair extension headband.”
Sean Webby / Mercury News:
Child molester dies in custody  —  TERI HATCHER HELPED SEND EX-UNCLE TO PRISON  —  The former Sunnyvale engineer who “Desperate Housewives” star Teri Hatcher helped put in prison for molesting two young girls, one of whom committed suicide, has died of colon cancer.
Discussion: Us Weekly and Perez Hilton
Access Hollywood:
No Duet For Britney & Justin  —  Britney and Justin - together again?  —  Unfortunately for fans of the former pop couple, it's not to be, as Access Hollywood has learned that the pair will not be recording a duet for Brit's upcoming album, contrary to reports.
Discussion: iVillage, Love B. Scott and OH NO!!
 
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Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Emmy Scoop: Melrose Place Reunion?
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Hollywood Rag:
Nicole Richie Wants Joel To Stay Away From Mary-Kate Olsen
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and OH NO!!
Valerie Nome / OK! Magazine:
ELISABETH ROHM'S DAUGHTER NAMED HERSELF
New York Magazine:
Gemma Ward Is NOT Retiring, But Still Not Walking This Season
BET.com:
SHO'NUFF DIES  —  Posted Aug. 20, 2008 - Actor Julius J.Carry III …
Discussion: Dlisted
Rolling Stone:
Young Jeezy: “Michael Phelps Is the Young Jeezy of the Swim World”
1055online.com:
JOHNNY DEPP LIVE IN SOUTH FLORIDA
Contactmusic.com:
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Jennifer Wren / People.com:
Revealed: Katie Holmes's Broadway Play Poster
Contactmusic.com:
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Mark Gray / People.com:
Tila Tequila's Girlfriend Cited For Battery
Cele|bitchy:
Jennifer Love Hewitt postpones her wedding
Discussion: Geno's World
Donna McConnell / The Mail on Sunday:
Leon actor Jean Reno rushed to hospital after suffering a ‘massive heart attack’
Just Jared:
Jake Gyllenhaal to Romance Abbie Cornish?
Associated Press:
Sanjaya of ‘American Idol’ on Nationwide's side
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Late-night TV hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert criticized FCC Chair Brendan Carr for the FCC's new guidance on “equal time” rules for political candidates

Zach Montague / New York Times:
Unsealed court documents show the Trump administration revoked Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk's visa based on her op-ed in the Tufts Daily student paper

 
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