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We feel so fooled.

If even the least scandalous details of the whole Jesse James affair story are true, there goes our view of him as a teddy bear in Sons of Anarchy clothing who happens to be in love with the homecoming queen.

The way he looked at Sandra Bullock during awards season as he walked the red carpet with her, holding her shiny miniaudieres while she gave interviews and clapping heartily every time she won... So sweet.

And just when we thought the dirtiest business of the week would be South Park spoofing Tiger Woods, Bullock cancels an appearance in London and gets the heck out of dodge, aka the Seal Beach, Calif., home where she had stuck by James' side through stalkers and lost puppies and custody battles with porn star ex-wives.

It's like there's nothing to believe in anymore, except the Best Actress curse...

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Two things we know about Ellen DeGeneres: She's gay and she loves to dance.

So when she heard about Mississippi teen Constance McMillan, whose senior prom was canceled after she caused a stir by planning to wear a tux and go with another girl, DeGeneres took action.

During an appearance on Ellen Friday, McMillan was presented with a $30,000 scholarship from Tonic.com, which also offered the 18-year-old an internship this summer.

"It's always easy to be quiet," DeGeneres told her. "Especially when you know that somebody might tell you no or it's going to cause a scene. I love that you're not trying to do anything other than go to prom. That's what everyone deserves to do. Go to prom, it's a big deal."

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We're about to see just how much legal counsel that reported $30,000 can buy.

While Michelle "Bombshell" McGee clearly had no problem cashing in on her alleged affair with Sandra Bullock's hubby, Jesse James, it seems she may not have fully thought through the repercussions of pimping out such personal information.

McGee's ex-husband, emboldened by her made-for-the-tabloids story, turned up in San Diego court this morning, to file an emergency motion seeking full-time custody of Avery.

For those keeping track at home, Avery would be the former couple's 5-year-old son, not McGee's stripper alter ego.

"I've known about all this, everything. I think it's a horrible thing for a person to do," Ronald Shane Modica exclusively tells E! News. "She told me she's made the money and she's planning on taking off so I'm like, 'What do I do?' "

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Poor Dannielynn. Literally.

A judge said today that the estate of Anna Nicole Smith is not entitled to the $300 million-plus judgment previously awarded from her late oil tycoon hubby's billion-dollar estate.

The ruling caps a long-running court battle that dates back to 1995—shortly after J. Howard Marshall II died and Smith sued for half of his $1.6 billion. She eventually won $449 million which was subsequently reduced on appeal, and the case continued after she died of a drug overdose in 2007.

Breaking News...more to come.

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Is the Fame Monster about to bite Lady Gaga in the ass?

A New Jersey-based songwriter, record producer and self-professed former lover of the "Poker Face" purveyor is seeking a whopping $35 million—claiming that her outsized persona and even her stage name were his creations.

Rob Fusari says in his lawsuit, filed yesterday in New York Superior Court, that he discovered and mentored the chanteuse back when she still just Stefani Germanotta, a struggling performer trying to make a splash in the New York club scene.

Fusari, whose credits include Destiny Child's "Bootylicious" and Will Smith's "Wild Wild West" for Will Smith, claims he dreamed up the Gaga name because he was a big fan of Queen's "Radio Gaga" and his cell phone had software issues.

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Even behind bars, Weezy just can't seem to stay out of trouble.

An Arizona judge issued a warrant this morning for Lil Wayne's arrest after he failed to turn up for a court date in his drug and weapons case.

Yuma County Superior Court Judge Mark Wayne Reeves ordered the "Cash Money" rapper be taken into custody after missing out on a final pretrial management conference stemming for a 2008 arrest in which border patrol officers allegedly found marijuana, Ecstasy and several handguns on Wayne's tour bus.

Of course, Lil Wayne has a pretty good excuse of course for why he didn't show.

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Jake Harris went trawling for trouble, but lucky for him, his net came up mostly empty.

The Deadliest Catch crab fisherman was charged Tuesday with reckless driving and driving with a suspended license in connection with his Feb. 18 arrest, which occurred while he was driving his late father's BMW.

Cornelia Marie skipper Phil Harris worked the waters off Alaska with his sons, Jake and Josh, until his death on Feb. 9, 11 days after suffering a stroke while unloading his final haul.

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Two and a Half Men is back to full capacity.

Charlie Sheen returned to the set of his hit CBS sitcom this morning and production resumed after being shut down for the last three weeks to accommodate his stint in rehab, according to a rep for Warner Bros. Television.

Sheen sought what his publicist, Stan Rosenfield, said was voluntary in-patient treatment at an undisclosed facility as a "preventive measure" to deal with his personal issues. CBS released a statement in support of Sheen's move.

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The Two and a Half Men star has entered three whole pleas—all of them not guilty.

Nearly a month after checking into rehab, Charlie Sheen reemerged today in an Aspen court to proclaim his innocence on charges stemming from a Christmas Day altercation with wife Brooke Mueller.

If convicted on all counts—felony menacing, misdemeanor assault and misdemeanor criminal mischief—he would face up to five years behind bars. But will the case even go to trial?

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Erin Andrews is still going Dancing With the Stars. The dude who shot her in the nude is just plain going away.

The ESPN reporter turned up at U.S. District Court in Los Angeles to watch a judge sentence her peeping/camcordering Tom to more than two years in federal prison.

Michael David Barret, a 48-year-old insurance executive had until now been under house arrest in his native Illinois on a $100,000 bond.  Barrett had copped to stalking Andrews in December.

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Country music lyrics have nothing on Sara Evans' life story.

Nearly four years on, the country cutie and Dancing With the Stars dropout is still battling it out with her now ex-hubby Craig Schelske, today adding a temporary injunction to the temporary restraining order she obtained against him last month.

Acrimony, thy name is...these two.

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Corey Haim's death just crossed the county line.

A prescription with the actor's name on it was found during the course of an ongoing investigation into the purchase of bogus prescription pads by a San Diego vendor, California Attorney General Jerry Brown announced Friday.

Haim's death, which authorities at first tentatively attributed to a drug overdose, appears to be linked to an "illegal and massive prescription drug ring," Brown said.

Therefore, the 38-year-old's tragic passing has now become a matter of state interest.

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