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· Ultimately, it wasn’t the drugs, the booze, or the rock and roll lifestyle that nearly did in Keith Richards. It was a coconut tree. Good thing he survived today's brain surgery. That would’ve been an embarrassing obit. [E!]
 
· Oprah had a pair of her earrings turned into diamond-encrusted platinum rings which she gave to best friend Gayle King and nine others. Jewelry sloppy seconds or a Big Love situation going on? You make the call. [R&M]
 
· Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Garner, and Cicely Tyson are part of a delegation of women touring New Orleans together to meet with Hurricane Katrina survivors. [Yahoo! News]
 
· Britney Spears is not only refusing to bankroll K-Fed’s trip to Vegas, but she’s cut off his allowance. Hopefully, he has some cash stashed away in the Federline Reserve, or we may never be privy to his Vegas shenanigans again. [Page Six]
 
· New father Adam Sandler blogs on his website: "Sandler had a kid!!! Kid is healthy!! Wife is healthy!! He's still a moron, and that's all that counts!!!" It’s nice how Adam doesn't always have to bring it back to him, isn't it? [Adam Sandler's official web site]

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