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9:00 AM ET, September 8, 2008

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Brian Orloff / People.com:
Britney Wins Two Video Music Awards  —  Britney Spears at the MTV VMAs  —  Britney was back in fighting form at MTV's Video Music Awards Sunday night - opening the show and nabbing her first win.  —  A nervous Britney Spears opened the 25th edition of the VMAs, live from Paramount Studios in Los Angeles …
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Hellomagazine.com:
Britney is a poolside babe as she relaxes ahead of awards  —  Twelve months after appearing in a bikini to open the MTV video awards, Britney Spears is in another one - and looking better than ever.  —  Showing off her trim figure - the result of many hours working hard in the gym …
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omg!:
Britney sweeps at otherwise tame VMAs  —  LOS ANGELES - It took a year, but Britney Spears got the comeback she was seeking from the MTV Video Music Awards and she didn't even have to sing or dance.  —  Spears nabbed three VMAs, including video of the year, erasing last year's career-low performance.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, X17 Online and Lepaparazzi
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Britney Spears Sweeps VMAs, Thanks “My Beautiful Boys for Inspiring Me”  —  Britney Spears got off to a good start at Sunday's 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, scoring laughs during her opening and winning her first ever “moonman.”  —  She kicked off the show with Superbad's Jonas Hill in a pre-taped skit …
James Montgomery / MTV Buzzworthy Blog:
BRITNEY IS IN THE BUILDING!  REPEAT!  BRITNEY.  IS.  IN.  THE.  BUILDING!  (And Other Celebs Are Already Here At The VMAs Too!)  —  Sunday, September 7, 2008, 2:17 pm PT: Britney Spears is here!  Like, on the lot and everything!  She rolled up in a black limousine on the Paramount lot …
Marc Malkin / Yahoo! News:
Pal: Ashlee and Pete Expecting Twins  —  Los Angeles (E! Online) - Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson-Wentz could find themselves facing another round of twin rumors.  —  Pete's buddy, hip-hop artist Tyga, says that the parents-to-be are expecting not one, but two bundles of joy.
Libby Keatinge / Scandalist:
EXCLUSIVE: Dumped By Holly, Hugh Hefner Seeks Girls Next Door Replacements?  —  Amid rumors that Hugh Hefner's main squeeze Holly Madison has been hooking up with another major playboy (magician Criss Angel), a Playboy Mansion insider not only confirmed that the rumors are indeed true …
James Desborough / News of the World:
Mucca uncovered: Cloak and dagger meeting and web of deceit  —  ROCK legend Paul McCartney WAS the victim of a vicious SMEAR campaign by scheming ex Heather Mills in her divorce battle for his cash.  —  Last night her closest PR aide Michele Elyzabeth sensationally admitted: “That witch tricked me into spreading LIES about Paul.
James Brady / PARADE Magazine:
Heidi Klum  —  I don't know about you, but I'll always take a call from a chartered vacation yacht sailing off the Italian coast—especially when it's international cover girl Heidi Klum, the host of TV's Project Runway, who's phoning.  —  “Whenever I hear the name Jim Brady,” she began, “I think of The Brady Bunch.”
Michelle Nichols / Fan Fare:
Fur protesters crash Donna Karan's 20th anniversary party  —  Anti-fur protesters crashed designer Donna Karan's 20th anniversary show at New York Fashion Week on Sunday.  —  Two protesters were arrested after they ran onto the catwalk at the end of the show carrying signs that read “Donna: Dump Fur.”
Discussion: Hellomagazine.com
TMZ.com:
Coleman Strikes Man at Bowling Alley with Car  —  Gary Coleman blasted a man with his car yesterday after he and the victim allegedly argued inside a bowling alley — and both sides are telling completely different stories as to what really went down.  —  Coleman's bodyguard told KABC …
Lomi Kriel / MySanAntonio.com:
Tommy Lee Jones sues Paramount  —  READ  —  Prize-winning actor and director Tommy Lee Jones is suing the makers of “No Country for Old Men,” the 2007 West Texas crime thriller that garnered four Academy awards, claiming they have failed to pay him more than $10 million he is owed according to his contract.
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Associated Press:
Tommy Lee Jones seeks $10M in ‘No Country’ lawsuit
Discussion: Digital Spy and Evil Beet Gossip
AceShowBiz.com:
Video Premiere: David Archuleta's ‘Crush’  —  A music video in support of David Archuleta's new single called “Crush” has just been dropped.  The single, which carries the feeling of being mesmerized with love spell in which many of his fans can relate to, is scheduled to be listed in his forthcoming debut album.
Daily Mail:
KT Tunstall weds her drummer boy on the Isle of Skye  —  It resembled a music festival rather than a wedding, with folk-singing guests and outdoor chemical toilets.  —  But yesterday Scots singer KT Tunstall married her fiance, drummer Luke Bullen, on the Isle of Skye.
Discussion: AceShowBiz.com and Us Weekly
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