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5:50 PM ET, September 9, 2008

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People.com:
Usher, Tameka Foster Expecting a Baby  —  Tameka Foster and Usher  —  Usher is going to be a father for the second time, PEOPLE has learned.  —  The R&B star and his wife Tameka Foster are expecting their second child together, a source close to the singer confirms.
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Singer Usher and Wife Expecting Second Child  —  Usher and wife Tameka Foster are expecting their second child, Usmagazine.com has learned.  —  See photos of Us' bump hall of fame.  —  The R&B singer, 29, and Foster, 38, welcomed their first child, Usher Raymond V, in November.
Perez Hilton:   ANOTHER Hollywood Babe Is On Its Way
New York Post:
CLOSE CALL  —  PETE Wentz once played a scary game of Russian roulette while in a booze-and-pill stupor.  “I pulled a trigger on a gun aimed at myself,” the Fall Out Boy star and hubby of Ashlee Simpson confesses in next month's Playboy.  “My friend and I did one pull each.  We'd been drinking and had taken Ambien.
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Pete Wentz: 90% Sure “It's a Boy”  —  Break out the cigars for Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson.  —  “We know with 90% accuracy that it's a boy, and our due date is around Thanksgiving,” he tells the October issue of Playboy.  —  See photos of Ashlee Simpson's baby bump.
Michael K / Dlisted:   When Dumb Bitches Say Dumb Things
BBC:
Jonas Brothers react to Brand  —  American band The Jonas Brothers insist they haven't taken offence at comments made by Russell Brand during the MTV Video Music Awards.  —  The comedian took a pop at the band over the purity rings they wear which symbolise their virginity.
Daily Mail:
Short Beck-and-sides: Posh steals the show at New York Fashion Week with a Halle Berry inspired crop  —  Victoria Beckham is the talk of New York Fashion Week after unveiling a surprise new cut at the Marc Jacobs catwalk show yesterday.  —  Posh has abandoned her famous Pob in favour of a daring pixie crop …
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Ken Baker / E! Online:
Brody Jenner's New Playmate  —  Lauren Conrad now has even more competition if she ever hopes to get Brody Jenner back in her hands.  —  E! News has learned exclusively that Jenner is dating 2008 Playboy Playmate of the Year Jayde Nicole.  The couple is serious enough that Jenner took …
TMZ.com:
Diddy = Fraction of a Baller  —  Diddy blew a lot of hot air last week about going green by ditching his “own” private jet.  It was hotter than we knew.  —  Turns out P. doesn't even have his “own” private jet at all.  An extensive look through federal aviation records by the Palm Beach Post turned …
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Metro.co.uk:
‘New Kate Moss’ in ‘cocaine’ party pictures  —  Model Alice Dellal is in a new drugs scadal  —  She has been dubbed by the fashion world as the new Kate Moss - but now Alice Dellal is facing a storm of questions after pictures emerged of her with what appears to be cocaine a party.
Discussion: Right Celebrity and THE RAD REPORT
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Lucretia Munro / Daily Mail:   ‘Coke shame’ pictures of the new Kate Moss: Model Alice Dellal caught …
NY Daily News:
Rush & Molloy: Stern in virgin territory  —  Look for Howard Stern to shock again on Tuesday morning when he's due to kick off the auction of a 22-year-old beauty's virginity.  —  Expected to step on the block, so to speak, of Stern's Sirius radio studio is a San Diego woman who says she wants …
Lizzie Smith / Daily Mail:
What would Tom say?  Katie Holmes ‘gets surprise visit from first love Joshua Jackson’  —  As Dawson's Creek couple Joey and Pacey they were inseparable, with an onscreen love that spilled over into real life.  —  But while Katie Holmes now lives an A list lifestyle with superstar husband Tom Cruise …
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Jessica Simpson Stops Performance on Live TV  —  Jessica Simpson tripped up a rocky performance on live television Tuesday, the day of her latest album release.  —  “Hold on, I know this is live TV but I can't hear anything,” she said as she starting singing her quadruple platinum hit “With You” on Good Morning America.
BBC:
Josh Hartnett sues over sex claim  —  Hollywood actor Josh Hartnett is taking the Daily Mirror newspaper to court for alleging he had a “sexual dalliance” in a public area of a London hotel.  —  The 30-year-old, who is about to star in a West End production of Rain Main …
Ree Hines / MSNBC:
Tidbits: Jolie struggles with twin demands  —  Plus: Shannen Doherty's ‘90210’ feud; co-star bashes Sharon Stone  —  While Brad Pitt is out and about, hopping between film festivals to promote his latest flick, “Burn After Reading,” Angelina Jolie's remained in near-seclusion at their French home since giving birth to twins in July.
Jay Bird / Cele|bitchy:
Lynne Spears claims she didn't push Britney into show business  —  While some of the really “good” gossip that was supposedly going to be in Lynne Spears' book might not exist (there's no talk about her drug addictions or sex - so the whole “drinking at 13, sex at 14” stuff probably either …
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Lynne Spears to Britney: You're Still My “Brave Little Girl”
Discussion: Hollywood BFF
John McCain / Telegraph:
Sarah Palin dolls go on sale as John McCain's running mate's popularity soars  —  Two Sarah Palin action dolls portraying the Republican vice-presidential nominee as an executive and an action hero have gone on sale in the United States.  —  The dolls are an attempt to cash in on the popularity …
Discussion: Queerty, WOW Report and Best Week Ever
Ted Casablanca / E! Online:
Michael Phelps Gets Lucky After VMAs  —  The House of Hype Video Music Awards afterparty in Los Angeles played host to the majority of interesting celebs in town Sunday eve.  Chris Brown, Missy Elliot and Michael Phelps were some of the bigger bold-pusses in attendance, ready to cut loose after a tepid show.
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip and Jezebel
 
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Lisa Ingrassia / People.com:
Ashton Kutcher's New Role: High School Football Coach
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Hollywoodtuna:
Kendra Wilkinson Is A Dumb Blond Again!
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Lindsay Lohan's Breasts Are The New Winners!
Discussion: CelebNewsWire and FemaleFirst
Contactmusic.com:
MICHELLE WILLIAMS - WILLIAMS TAKES A YEAR OFF FROM HOLLYWOOD
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Todd / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:
Kelly Brook Has a New Boyfriend
Cele|bitchy:
Guy who scopes out David Beckham at urinal says he's well endowed
Ryan Adams / John Labatt Centre:
MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2008  —  Following an incident during …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Press Association:
I want to have children, says Naomi  —  Naomi Campbell spoke …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
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John R. Emshwiller / Wall Street Journal:
Financier Tied to Burkle Nears Plea Deal
ETonline:
JUST IN: TORI SPELLING EARNS THE NO. 1 SPOT ON BOOK LIST
New York Post:
IN BRIEF: JACKO'S UNDIES FOR SALE
OK! Magazine:
Kate Beckinsale's Balancing Act
WSYR-TV:
Barton secretly checked into rehab
New York Post:
LIL' WAYNE IN SECURITY RUCKUS
 

 
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