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Britney Spears Does Top 10 List on Letterman

2 hours ago

And the number one reason to read this story ... Britney Spears in a bikini! The pop star stripped down to a little black bathing suit and tucked a red hibiscus in her hair to deliver the Top 10 list Tuesday night in her return to The Late Show with David Letterman. In her first appearance since a cameo three years ago, Spears struck one sexy pose after another, crossing and uncrossing her legs, in the pre-taped segment in which counted down the way things would be different if she were president. "Three words: Vice President Diddy," she proclaimed, according to audience members. »

- Joyce Chen

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More Paula Replacements: A JoBro and the Original American Idol

2 hours ago

Who knows if American Idol is going to suck without Paula Abdul next season, but her empty chair will be getting quite the workout regardless. The original Idol, season-one winner Kelly Clarkson, and teen dream Joe Jonas are the latest hitmakers who will be pulling guest-judge duty on the Fox series' upcoming ninth season, the L.A. Times' Showtracker blog reported Tuesday. Like Victoria Beckham, Katy Perry, Mary J. Blige and, most recently, Shania Twain, the pop stars have signed on to critique a set of wannabes during one of the audition rounds. »

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Richard Hatch: I Was Sent to Jail Because I'm Gay

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Former Survivor winner Richard Hatch says he thinks he was sentenced to jail because he's gay.

Speaking out for the first time since serving nearly four years in prison for tax evasion, Hatch told Matt Lauer on Tuesday's Today that he thinks the judge in his case had a bias against him. The judge refused to let potential jurors be questioned about their feelings toward homosexuals.

"My personal opinion — he was trying to discriminate against me," Hatch said. "I don't think you or anyone else can deny that we, as homosexuals, face discrimination."

Hatch, who is under house arrest »

- Joyce Eng

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Obit: Political Columnist Robert Novak Dead at 94

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By Amy Kaufman

 

Longtime political columnist Robert Novak, known for his conservative views and for being the first to publish Valerie Plame’s name in the CIA leak case, died at his home in Washington, D.C., Tuesday after a battle with brain cancer.   Known as the “prince of darkness” – a label he was so proud of that he used it as the title of his 2007 memoir -- Novak, was co-host of CNN's ''Crossfire'' and, with his partner of three decades, Rowland Evans, was auth...

- Lew Harris

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Malcolm Tucker Mouths Off

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Armando Iannucci's In The Loop was a great piece of filmmaking all round but there's no disputing the fact that the movie's highlight was Peter Capaldi's sweary Scottish spin doctor, Malcolm Tucker. In honour of this most profane of anti-heroes and as a tribute to some of cinema's most creative expletives, here's an unedited, uncensored, utterly offensive clip reel of In The Loop's best Tucker insults.Warning: may contain more foul language than every Tarantino film combined. In The Loop is available to buy on DVD from Monday 24 August.

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Poll: Majority of Americans Just Pretending to Know Why Mad Men Is So Awesome

17 August 2009 3:44 PM, PDT

Many Americans do not understand why the TV series "Mad Men" is considered so amazing but nonetheless are pretending that they do. That's the conclusion of a new survey conducted by the University of Minnesota's Opinion Research Institute, which for the past two years has been studying the attitudes of »

- Andy Borowitz

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Unnamed 'Eclipse' Characters Named As Shooting Gets Underway In Today's Dailies -- 8/18/09

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-- Along with Summit Entertainment's announcement that "Eclipse," the third movie in the "Twilight" series, has started shooting comes confirmation that Jodelle Ferland will play Bree and Julia Jones will play Leah. (Hollywood Crush)

-- Rosario Dawson has joined the cast of Tony Scott's "Unstoppable," »

- Adam Rosenberg

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Inglourious Basterds Actress Diane Kruger Gets Starstruck

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Partygoers. Clockwise from top left: Quentin Tarantino; Diane Kruger and Melanie Laurent; Eli Roth and Christoph Waltz; Lorenzo Martone and Marc Jacobs; Lindsay Lohan; Emmanuelle Chriqui and Michelle Monahan. From PatrickMcMullan.com. What did Inglourious Basterds's Diane Kruger think the first time she »

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James McAvoy says I'm With Cancer

21 hours ago

James McAvoy has joined the adaptation of Will Reiser's novel I'm With Cancer. Friends With Money director Nicole Holofcener will be calling the shots in January for the film, which already stars Seth Rogen. Unusually for Rogen, he didn't write this one - that »

- James White

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"25 New Face" Ian Olds' Fixer On HBO Tonight

17 August 2009 12:52 PM, PDT

With his partner, the late Garrett Scott, Ian Olds made the excellent Iraq war doc, Occupation: Dreamland. This year Olds completed his first solo doc, Fixer, a riveting story of the capture and execution by the Taliban of Ajmal Nadshbandi, whose job was to aid foreign journalists »

- Scott Macaulay

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