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2:25 PM ET, September 5, 2008

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New York Post:
LINDSAY LO-DOWN  —  IT'S once nude, twice shy for Lindsay Lohan.  The Sapphic-leaning star has turned down a $700,000 offer to do an eight-page topless spread in Playboy's 55th-anniversary issue this January.  “If there's nudity, then the answer's no . . . She's not going down the [New York] …
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E! Online:
Lohans Bury Hatchet With Family Funeral  —  Jemal Countess/Getty Images; Jeff Frank/ZumaPress.com  —  Despite a brief, and quite public, war of words, it seems that all is once again well in the Lohan household.  Or at least on its way to being so.  —  Lindsay Lohan's father, Michael …
Elisabeth / X17 News:
Lindsay Lohan Turns Down $700,000 Playboy Offer
Discussion: X17 Online and omg!
Drudge Report:
BIG DILEMMA: OPRAH BALKS AT HOSTING SARAH PALIN; STAFF DIVIDED  —  Oprah Winfrey may have introduced Democrat Barack Obama to the women of America — but the talkshow queen is not rushing to embrace the first woman on a Republican presidential ticket!  —  Oprah's staff is sharply divided …
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TMZ.com:
Oprah to Palin: I Can Pencil You In Later  —  Oprah has issued a statement to TMZ — she won't put Sarah Palin on her show until after the election.  —  Here's the statement: “The item in today's Drudge Report is categorically untrue.  There has been absolutely no discussion about having Sarah Palin on my show.
Discussion: Pop Crunch, Gawker and Us Weekly
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Oprah: Sarah Palin Not Invited on My Show Until After the Election
RADAR:
MICHAEL PHELPS SQUEEZES OUT ANOTHER VICTORY AT THE PLAYBOY CLUB  —  Radar Staff Writer Neel Shah spent the evening in Las Vegas (more on that later), and was kind enough to send along these fine photos of Olympic hero Michael Phelps “massively skeeving on girls at the Playboy Club” in that city's Palms Casino.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Phelps Gets Some Ass In Vegas
Discussion: The Blemish
OK! Magazine:
Christina Aguilera Confirms VMA Performance  —  Less than a day after it was announced that Britney Spears would be making an appearance — but not performing — at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards, it was confirmed that another singing superstar mom, Christina Aguilera, would both be showing …
Discussion: The Superficial
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Bill Hutchinson / NY Daily News:
Britney Spears lost her virginity when she was 14, mom writes in tell-all book  —  Britney Spears didn't lose her virginity to Justin Timberlake after all.  —  In a tell-all book, Spears' mother, Lynne, reveals her daughter surrendered her chastity to a high school football stud when she was just 14.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Top Model's Nigel Barker: We're Having a Girl!  —  America's Next Top Model judge Nigel Barker will welcome his own little catwalker this winter.  —  He tells Usmagazine.com that he and wife, model Christen Chin Barker, are having a girl.  —  “We found out it's going to be a little girl …
Daily Mail:
Posh's A-list pals give little Romeo Beckham a party fit for a Hollywood hero  —  Hollywood's next generation turned out to celebrate Romeo Beckham's 6th birthday in LA yesterday.  —  Posh called on her A-list friends, including Project Runway host Heidi Klum and Gwen Stefani's rocker husband Gavin Rossdale …
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FemaleFirst:
Rumer Willis' Bruce blame  —  Rumer Willis blames her father Bruce for her angular jaw.  —  The 20-year-old star - the daughter of ‘Die Hard 4.0’ star Bruce and his ex-wife Demi Moore - can't stand her unusually large chin, and thinks she inherited it from her dad.
Kay West / People.com:
Jessica Simpson's Nerves Take Center Stage in Nashville  —  You'd think Jessica Simpson would be an old pro at performing.  But at the Nashville listening party for her new country album, Do You Know, on Thursday night, the singer was just a bit freaked out.
Richard White / The Sun:
Back to Jack  —  HAGGARD AMY WINEHOUSE sparked new fears for her health last night after she ordered in a staggering 48 bottles of Jack Daniel's for a weekend gig.  —  Recovering junkie Amy stunned Bestival organisers with her demand for two crates of the 40 per cent spirit.
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TMZ.com:
Wino Gets Jacked for Another Gig
Discussion: Cinema Blend Feeds
TMZ.com:
Lil' Racist, Homophobic Schmuck  —  Struggling to keep his eyes open, a trashed Lil' Wayne spewed some serious hate language in NY last night when he noticed one of the photographers trying to get a shot of him was a black guy.  —  Click here to live chat!  —  See Also  — Lil' Wayne's Big Medical Mystery
Starpulse:
Keira Knightley Left Shaken After Fan's Heckling  —  Keira Knightley was left physically shaken after a fan turned on her with an expletive loaded rant while she was out in public alone.  —  The Pirates of the Caribbean star was walking alone close to her London home when she was surprised …
Discussion: Crabbie's Hollywood
Damien Doyle / MTV UK:
Pete Doherty Speaks Out!  —  MTV News caught up with Pete Doherty in the early hours of this morning at the Rhythm Factory venue in Whitechapel and spoke exclusively about the media claims that he nearly died earlier in the week due to an overdose.  —  Pete played a completely acoustic show …
Discussion: Seriously? OMG! and WOW Report
 
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Michael Fleming / Variety:
De Niro exits ‘Edge of Darkness’
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Young: ‘Dunst had me banned from set’
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