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- Be careful what you wish for. Paris Hilton wanted to be popular and loved - well now she might become the most popular and loved inmate in a local jail thanks to her insistence of driving with a suspended license. Didn't we tell her that all she has to do is call us and we'll take her anywhere she wants to go? - CBS2
- Quentin Tarantino recalls the Carson movie theater that he went to back in the day that was the inspiration to his New Beverly series of grindhouse flicks - LAT
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- Beyonce didn't eat at the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue party catered by the dude with the hepatitis A. That illness apparently wasn't her destiny - AP
- The Oscars joins the Stupid People Club of productions that don't seem to understand the power of YouTube for good - Variety
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