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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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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.
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 …
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 — The dolphin man visited the Playboy Club in Las Vegas last night and demonstrated his excellent backstroke on one of the resident hos there. Although, in Vegas they call it the “ass stroke.” A couple of minutes after this picture was taken, the chick's ass turned to solid gold.
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The Blemish
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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POPSUGAR, The Superficial, The Hollywood Gossip, Deceiver.com and Mark Pasetsky's Cover Awards
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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.
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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Perez Hilton, Cele|bitchy, Webster's Is My Bitch, Celebrity Dirty Laundry, What Would Tyler Durden Do?, Bossip and Dlisted
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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.
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 …
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The Superficial
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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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Brian Orloff / People.com:
Mary-Kate Rocks Out at Rooftop Bash — Mary-Kate Olsen — Mary-Kate Olsen raised the roof (by partying on it!) during a pre-Fashion Week bash in New York Thursday night. — The fashionista was among the first guests to arrive at Dazed & Confused magazine's MINI rooftop bash, held in a converted loft space.
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POPSUGAR
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
