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12:15 PM ET, September 2, 2008

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CNN:
‘In a world’ voiceover master dies at 68  —  (CNN) — Don LaFontaine, the voiceover king whose “In a world ...” phrase on movie trailers was much copied — and much parodied — has died, according to media reports.  He was 68.  —  LaFontaine died Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Best Week Ever
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ETonline:
DON LAFONTAINE DIES AT 68  —  Voiceover Master Don LaFontaine has died.  He was 68.  —  LaFontaine, far right, is pictured above with ET's Mark Steines and Mary Hart, and fellow voiceover artist Randy Thomas.  —  LaFontaine, known as the “King of Voiceovers,” died Monday afternoon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Fox News:
‘King of Voiceovers’ Don LaFontaine Dies at 68
Discussion: WOW Report and Dlisted
NY Daily News:
Bristol Palin's pregnancy was an open secret back home  —  He's a superhunky bad-boy ice hockey player from cold country; she's a chestnut-haired beauty and popular high school senior.  —  Soon the all-American teen twosome will make GOP vice presidential pick and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin …
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Bristol Palins Baby Daddy Identified
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Chris Jefferies / People.com:
Helen Mirren Shockers: I ‘Loved Coke’ & Was Date Raped  —  Helen Mirren makes some startling revelations - she was date raped more than once and has tried several illegal drugs - in a revealing new interview with the British edition of GQ.  —  “I was, yes.
Discussion: Celebrity Smack!
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gqmagazine.co.uk:
HELEN MIRREN TELLS GQ, ‘I LOVE COKE’  —  One can only wonder what the Queen would make of Dame Helen Mirren's revelation in GQ that she used to love taking cocaine.  Mirren, who won an Oscar for playing Her Majesty in the acclaimed 2006 film, made the frank confession to GQ's grand inquisitor Piers Morgan …
Discussion: Us Weekly
Chris Norris / Men's Fashion, Men's Clothing …:
DANIEL RADCLIFFE  —  There's only one thing the boy wizard wants now that he's all grown up—to play a drag queen.  —  It's a brilliant June day in Manhattan's Bryant Park.  Small white clouds dot the wide arc of midtown sky.  Children's voices mingle with music from a gilded carousel.
Michael Jackson / Mirror.co.uk:
Michael Jackson's secret dates with Pamela Anderson  —  We really shouldn't be surprised at anything when it comes to Michael Jackson.  —  But we have to admit we were shocked when we found out he'd been on a string of dates with Pamela Anderson.  —  The odd couple seem to have bonded …
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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NY Daily News:
Doctors say Amy Winehouse may suffer from brain damage
Discussion: Mollygood and WOW Report
Elisabeth / X17 News:
Lindsay Lohan Skips Out On Her Grandfather's Funeral  —  LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - For most of last week, Lindsay Lohan and her father Michael were feuding via statements to the media and blogs for all the world to see.  However, when Lindsay's paternal grandfather passed away on Thursday …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and X17 Online
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Tim Nixon / The Sun:
Lindsay skips wake for Sam date
Roger Friedman / Fox News:
David Duchovny Sex Scandal: No Affair  —  Duchovny Sex Scandal: No Affair  —  “X Files” star David Duchovny's announcement that was he was in rehab for sex addiction sparked a lot of rumors.  One of them was that he'd been caught having an affair with his tennis instructor (a woman) …
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Courtney Hazlett / MSNBC:
Scoop: Anonymous attempt to ‘save Katie’  —  Plus, Diddy blogs on McCain's VP pick; Jon Voight's St. Paul street theater  —  Katie Holmes is set to make her Broadway debut on Oct. 16 in “All My Sons.”  —  The Scoop  —  ST. PAUL, Minn. - When Katie Holmes' Broadway show “All My Sons” …
Discussion: Jossip and Pop Crunch
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Guy Ritchie: Ask Madonna If We'll Have More Kids  —  Is another baby on the way for Guy Ritchie and Madonna?  —  “You'll have to speak to her about that,” he told reporters at the London premiere of his new action flick RocknRolla (out October 31) on Monday.  “She makes those decisions.”
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Daily Mail:
He's still my Guy: Madonna's show of unity for husband Ritchie …
Discussion: POPSUGAR and WOW Report
Kelly Rondeau / People.com:
Matthew McConaughey Calls Camila ‘The Love of My Life’  —  They may not be married, but Matthew McConaughey calls the mother of his child, Camila Alves, “the love of my life.”  —  “I always wanted to be a father and thought it would be great, but it just took the right woman and the right …
Discussion: iVillage and Celebrity Baby Blog
Mark Gray / People.com:
Britney's Relaxing Vegas Weekend  —  One week after her ex husband Kevin Federline headed to Las Vegas, it was now Britney Spears's turn to hit Sin City this weekend.  —  Their visits to Vegas, however, couldn't have been more different.  While Kevin Federline bounced around from several clubs …
Linda Marx / People.com:
John Mayer Parties in Miami with a Blonde Waitress  —  John Mayer in West Palm Beach on Aug. 31.  —  How do you end a two-month world tour in West Palm Beach?  If you're John Mayer, with a beautiful blonde cocktail waitress waiting in the wings.  —  While stealing glances backstage …
 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, including debt, to close after WBD splits in two in Q3 2026

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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