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8:25 AM ET, September 2, 2008

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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 …
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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Amy Winehouse ‘may have brain damage after two drug overdoses’
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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.
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.
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Telegraph:
Dame Helen Mirren admits date-rapes
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Mark Jefferies / Mirror.co.uk:
Helen Mirren: I loved cocaine
Discussion: Mikey Mars and Perez Hilton
People.com:
Dad-to-Be Pete Wentz Serenades Baby  —  Pete Wentz is already facing his first daddy dilemma.  As a Chicagoan, will his baby with wife Ashlee Simpson root for the Cubs or the White Sox?  —  “If my dad has anything to say about it, I'm sure he will be a Cubs fan.” the Windy City native told PEOPLE Sunday …
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
Chris Willard / People.com:
Téa Leoni Cancels Toronto Film Fest Appearance  —  The show must go on, but leading lady Téa Leoni is sitting this year's Toronto International Film Festival out.  —  Just days after David Duchovny announced that he has entered a rehabilitation center for sex addiction, Leoni …
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 …
Discussion: Lifeline Live and TRY JM
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.
Tim Nixon / The Sun:
A bum deal for Kevin Spacey … KEVIN SPACEY shocked revellers at a wild party in Croatia when he pulled a male pal's trousers down and groped his buttocks.  —  The American Beauty star was snapped on holiday in Hvar getting to grips with the bare butt as his friend lay across his lap.
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.
Discussion: /Film
Associated Press:
Lewis telethon raises record $65 million for MDA  —  LAS VEGAS - Jerry Lewis raised a record $65 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in his annual Labor Day telethon, a benefit that also made a pitch for those inconvenienced by Hurricane Gustav.  —  This year's 22-hour telethon added …
Discussion: TV Squad
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 …
 
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Agence France Presse:
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Contactmusic.com:
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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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