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This still May/September romance STILL disturbs me - TMZ
I wonder what Whitney will think when in less than two weeks, Vivid Video is set to release video of poor little rich girl Kim Kardashian getting dirty with Whitney's boy toy - Bumpshack
Salma Hayek is not only engaged, but preggers! Her soon-to-be hubby is uber rich Frenchman Francois-Henri...is it me or does he look a little like Kevin Spacey? - poponthepop
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We all felt it coming. The long awaited David Lee Roth fronted Van Halen reunion tour will be put on hold indefinitely because Eddie Van Halen checked himself into rehab again - Glitterati
A former Nanny who worked for Madonna is shopping around a tell-all book, which is said to include details about Madge and Guy's marriage, the kids, and her controversial Malawi adoption - EW
I smell another Nicole Ritchie-instigated feud, just read Hillary's new lyrics - Celebrity Nation
Just in case you didn't get enough, here are some more Antonella Barba pics - Yeeeah
Foxy Brown just can't get a break - NY Daily News
Three stars, two babies - ExtraTV
K-Fed is shopping around a new reality- based sitcom about his life as a single Dad raising two young boys...and two other kids from before. I just hope it is as good as Chaotic was - National Enquirer
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Prison Break star to be charged with vehicular manslaughter for his involvement in the Beverly Hills car crash this past December, that left a seventeen year old boy dead - TMZ
The week in celeb birthdays - DListed
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