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11:50 PM ET, September 1, 2008

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Virginia Wheeler / The Sun:
Truth of Amy's TWO overdoses  —  SHOCK details of Amy Winehouse's drug use emerged last night - she binged on crystal meth and may have brain damage after a 36-HOUR pot marathon.  —  The singer, 24, suffered two major overdoses, with such bad convulsions that they were “like a scene from The Exorcist”.
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Daily Mail:
Amy Winehouse ‘may have brain damage after two drug overdoses’  —  Amy Winehouse may have brain damage after suffering two major overdoses in the past 12 months where she binged on crystal meth, heroin and cocaine, it emerged today.  —  The singer also smoked pot in a 36-hour marathon session …
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed and Gabby Babble
CNN:
Oscar winner Helen Mirren: I was date-raped  —  (CNN) — Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren has revealed that she was date-raped when she was a student.  —  In an interview with Britain's GQ magazine, the 63-year-old also admitted to using cocaine at parties until she was forced to quit in the early 1980s.
Discussion: Socialite Life and WOW Report
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Mark Jefferies / Mirror.co.uk:
Helen Mirren: I loved cocaine
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Mikey Mars
Telegraph:
Dame Helen Mirren admits date-rapes
Discussion: Dlisted, Canadian Press and Cele|bitchy
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Pop Tarts: VMA Staff Prepping for Britney Spears to ‘Gimme More’  —  LOS ANGELES — Despite denials from manager Larry Rudolph that Britney Spears will be “performing” at the Video Music Awards this weekend, whispers are that she is still making an appearance as a presenter in the highly anticipated awards show.
Josh Hartnett / Mirror.co.uk:
Josh Hartnett's saucy hotel romp with a mystery girl caught on CCTV  —  He's no stranger to performing in front of a camera - but Josh Hartnett's latest role left his audience truly speechless.  —  The Pearl Harbor star took a mystery lady back to his hotel and their steamy shenanigans were caught on CCTV.
Duncan Larcombe / The Sun:
The Kate frame robbery  —  Check ... Sun man Larcombe, centre, views snaps of Wills  —  A PLOT to sell intimate stolen photographs of Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton has been smashed — thanks to The Sun.  —  The snaps showed the pair relaxing on a Caribbean hol.
Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Joey Fatone: Justin Timberlake Could “Spend His Life” With Jessica Biel  —  Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are the real deal.  —  “I think he finally met somebody that he wants to spend the rest of his life,” Timberlake's long time friend Joey Fatone told Usmagazine.com …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Kim Kardashian official web site:
OMG: Khloe's new tattoo is inspiring me!  —  You guys are never going to believe this!  I am actually thinking of getting a tattoo!  —  Khloe just got a tattoo of my dad's handwriting.  You can read all about her experience here on her blog!  —  I am so absolutely touched by it and think this is the coolest idea ever!
Discussion: OH NO!!
Daniel Kilkelly / Digital Spy:
Madonna's tour crew ‘close to a walkout’  —  Madonna's world tour crew are said to be on the verge of a walkout after being treated like “second-class citizens”.  —  The 250 employees who are working on her concerts were furious after they were put on an easyJet flight to Nice for the second night of the tour.
Discussion: WOW Report
Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Tiffani Thiessen on Joining 90210 Spin-off: “I Don't Think So”  —  Is Tiffani Thiessen secretly yearning to return to 90210 as bad girl Valerie Malone?  —  “I don't think so, I mean I wish them all the luck, but I'm just so in a different place right now,” Thiessen, 34, told Usmagazine.com at the Nike + Human Race in L.A. on Sunday.
Discussion: omg!
Elisabeth Rappe / Cinematical:
Johnny Depp Responds to ‘Riddler’ Rumors  —  At last, the focus of at least one obsessive Batman 3 rumor has adressed.  Johnny Depp was recently on a Florida radio show promoting the reunion show of his band, The Kids.  (I know how the girls love Johnny, you can listen to the entire interview in two parts here.)
Discussion: Comic Book Cynic, /Film and Mikey Mars
Eunice Oh / People.com:
Jerry O'Connell: Rebecca Has ‘Some Crazy Cravings’  —  Forget pickles and ice cream.  Rebecca Romijn has her own unusual cravings.  —  “Lemonade always has to be in our fridge,” husband Jerry O'Connell told PEOPLE Sunday night before participating in the Nike + Human Race in Los Angeles.
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog and omg!
 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
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