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1:15 PM ET, August 22, 2008

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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 …
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 …
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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Chris Johnson / Daily Mail:
‘Happy’ Mel C confirms she's expecting a Baby Spice  —  Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm has confirmed that she is pregnant by her partner of six years, Thomas Starr.  —  The 34-year-old singer announced the news on her website today.  —  Mel C said: 'Some happy news.
Alex Fletcher / Digital Spy:
Spice Girl Mel C confirms pregnancy
Discussion: Hellomagazine.com
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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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Gwen & Gavin “So Happy” With Son Zuma  —  Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale are thrilled with their new son Zuma.  —  “Everyone is just so very happy,” Rossdale's father Douglas told Usmagazine.com Friday morning.  “It's fantastic news, and I'm just so happy.”  —  He said he “can't wait” to meet the little guy.
TMZ.com:
I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With that Woman  —  Lindsay Lohan denied lesbian rumors!!!!!  —  Ok, truth in advertising.  She wasn't talking about Sam Ronson.  It's about the whole thing with Tila Tequila's new GF, Courtenay Semel.  —  And you want to get creeped out?
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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 …
Chandler Brown / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Rapper Da Brat gets 3 years for nightclub attack  —  She was convicted of striking a woman with a bottle, causing permanent facial damage  —  A DeKalb County judge sentenced rapper Da Brat to three years in prison Friday for striking a woman with a rum bottle at an Atlanta-area nightclub.
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TMZ.com:
Da Brat — Rum and Soap  —  Da Brat will go where a lot of rich white criminals don't — prison...over rum.  —  She was just sentenced to three years for hitting a woman with a rum bottle last October.  She'll get an additional seven years probation.  —  The victim — a former Atlanta …
Discussion: CONCRETELOOP.COM
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Teri Hatcher's Abusive Uncle Dies in Prison  —  Teri Hatcher's uncle — whom she helped put in prison for molesting her, as well as two young girls — has died.  —  Richard Hayes Stone, 70 — who had been serving a 14-year sentence at Chuckawalla Valley State Prison in Blythe, Calif. …
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Sean Webby / Mercury News:
Child molester dies in custody
Discussion: omg!, Lifeline Live and Perez Hilton
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Emmy Scoop: Melrose Place Reunion?  —  Reunited and it feels so good.  —  Get ready for some of your ol' favorites to come together at the Emmys next month.  —  I just got word that producers are putting together cast reunions to help celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Emmy Awards...
Discussion: Flawed Hollywood
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Michael K / Dlisted:
A Melrose Place Reunion?
Discussion: OH NO!!
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Pop Tarts: Woody Allen: ‘Scarlett Johansson in No Way My Muse’  —  LOS ANGELES — For years, Scarlett Johansson has been dubbed Woody Allen's, muse and while the veteran director greatly admires his “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” starlet, he made it quite clear to Pop Tarts that Johansson is not his central source of inspiration.
Sara Hammel / People.com:
Britney Is ‘Pulling It Together,’ Says JC Chasez  —  JC Chasez (left) and Britney Spears  —  Britney Spears is back to making music - and that may just be the best medicine for the troubled singer, says her old friend JC Chasez.  —  “As far as Britney getting back in the studio, [it's] …
Discussion: X17 Online and Jezebel
Cele|bitchy:
David Blaine to hang upside down for three days in public  —  I'm confused as to whether I want to respect or mock David Blaine.  He does stunts that push his body to the point where he could easily die, and they're usually uncomfortable to watch.  The guy is talented, though …
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.
David Jenison / Yahoo! News:
Idol Wild: Archuleta “Crushes” Cook on Charts  —  Los Angeles (E! Online) - David Cook topped David Archuleta in their American Idol showdown, but now the little D has gotten some extra-large revenge.  —  The 17-year-old Archuleta's “Crush” has debuted at No. 2 on the Hot 100 singles chart …
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People.com:
Caught in the Act!  —  • Ashley Olsen, snuggling …
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Roger Friedman / Fox News:
Edwards' Lover: Betrayed Again?
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‘Wire’ actress arrested on minor drug charge
Discussion: TMZ.com
Hollywoodreporter / The Live Feed:
Sci Fi orders ‘Stargate’ spin-off
Discussion: TV Squad and OH NO!!
Kendra Wilkinson / Fancast:
What's It Like To Be A Sex Icon? …
Discussion: The Blemish and Fancast
FemaleFirst:
Jessica Simpson lashed out over Tony Romo
Discussion: Gabby Babble
X17 Online:
X17 XCLUSIVE: Brit's Kids Have A Playdate With Gwen Stefani's Son Kingston!
Access Hollywood:
Amanda Beard: Phelps Is ‘Like My Little Brother’
Discussion: Mollygood
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No Duet For Britney & Justin
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Paris Hilton's Hairy Situation
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
BET.com:
SHO'NUFF DIES  —  Posted Aug. 20, 2008 - Actor Julius J.Carry III …
Discussion: Dlisted
People.com:
Joe Jonas and Taylor Swift: New Couple?
Jennifer Cady / E! Online:
More Rumblings of a Britney VMA Performance
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
WBD CEO David Zaslav, criticized for cutting costs, scrapping movies, and laying off thousands, may end up having the last laugh thanks to the Netflix-WBD deal

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.

 
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