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• "Idol's" Simon Cowell voted top reality TV villain

  Reuters - 49 minutes
  Simon Cowell 's scathing critiques of " American Idol " contestants made him the favorite reality TV villain in America, but cohort Paula Abdul was declared the worst reality TV judge in a poll released on Thursday. Ratings juggernaut " American Idol " itself was judged the best reality show on U.S. television, ranked No. 1 by 33 percent of viewers taking part in an AOL Television survey that drew more than 1.3 million votes. Cowell drew 39 percent of the vote for more »

• What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?

  E! Online - Thu Jul 24, 3:56 AM PDT
  Sarah Silverman was all smiles yesterday while shooting her Comedy Central series The Sarah Silverman Program, which really brought some sunshine into our fluorescent-lit cubicle. We took the Silverman-Kimmel breakup news pretty hard last week (they really seemed like a perfect, darling couple). But heck, if Sarah can pull it together, we can too. Unless she's just keeping it together for us and there are some seriously puffy red eyes under those Wayfarers. In which case, more »

• Stephanie Pratt: I Didn't Hook Up With L.C.'s Ex

  E! Online - Thu Jul 24, 3:56 AM PDT
  For the record, Stephanie Pratt doesn't do sloppy seconds. With season four of The Hills set to debut Aug. 18, Spencer's little sis dropped by E!'s Hollywood Party Girl radio show yesterday to set the record straight on her so-called date with Lauren Conrad 's ex and her feud with her brother. Despite what next season's trailer suggests, Steph says her "date" with Doug Reinhardt was more friendly than romantic...  "He was giving me boy advice and, you more »

• Miley Goes to the Birds

  E! Online - Thu Jul 24, 3:34 AM PDT
  The eaglet has landed flown the coop. Two 14-week-old apparently well-connected bald eaglets, who earlier this year were christened "Hope" and "Tennessee" by Miley Cyrus and papa Billy Ray following the birds' births at Dolly Parton 's Dollywood park, have been released into the wild by the nonprofit American Eagle Foundation. Neither Cyrus was on hand to witness the event, which took place today at Tennessee's Douglas Lake near the Great Smoky Mountains. A group more »

• Matt LeBlanc: Manager Is Mental

  E! Online - Thu Jul 24, 3:35 AM PDT
  Matt LeBlanc isn't a shrink—he just plays one in court. Facing a breach-of-contract complaint from ex-business manager Camille Cerio, the former Friends star has struck back, filing a motion this week in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking a mental examination of his former pal. In a petition filed Tuesday and obtained by E! News, LeBlanc's camp argues that a psychological evaluation by a court-appointed psychologist is warranted since his onetime money manager made more »

• Paris Never Too Busy to Knock Rumors

  E! Online - Thu Jul 24, 3:31 AM PDT
  Paris Hilton has vowed to address all false rumors about herself on her MySpace blog. She's also a regular caller to Ryan Seacrest 's KIIS-FM show to denounce these reports, like the one she denied today about crawling over 10 soccer players at Villa just to get close to Cristiano Ronaldo last Wednesday—only to be dissed by the star athlete. (Listen to the interview) So then why did she feel the need to tell Ryan that she has "learned to not pay attention"? "[Benji more »

• Amy Adams' Enchanting Engagement

  E! Online - Thu Jul 24, 3:30 AM PDT
  Score one for normalcy. Oscar-nominated actress Amy Adams has confirmed, without fanfare or baby bump, that she is engaged to her boyfriend of six years, actor Darren Legallo. Adams' rep Megan Moss confirmed to E! News that the thespian couple will tie the knot sometime next year. Legallo reportedly popped the question with an assist from a diamond bauble by French jewelry designer Jean Dousset of Beverly Hills. It's unclear when the bended-knee request took place, but more »

• Bale Stays Silencio in Barcelona

  E! Online - Thu Jul 24, 1:56 AM PDT
  The Dark Knight has decided to keep everybody in the dark when it comes to allegations of assault lodged by his Batmom and Batsis. During a press conference promoting The Dark Knight in Barcelona last night, Christian Bale decided to keep his private life private when faced by relentless queries from the press about what went down in a London hotel room that resulted in him being questioned for more than four hours by police. "It's a deeply personal matter," Bale said. "I more »

• Weekly wrap-up of entertainment quotes

  Associated Press - Thu Jul 24, 9:30 AM PDT
  "It's a deeply personal matter. I would ask you to respect my privacy in the matter." -- Christian Bale, on allegations that he assaulted his mother and sister at a London hotel. ___ "On the first one we knew we were good songwriters, but we didn't know we were good country songwriters. It was almost like a stab in the dark. With the second it was, `Can we keep this up, or was it a fluke?' With the third one we're saying `Yes, we can, so let's expand.'" more »