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Tyler Perry Will Buy, Demolish Your Dream House

A bittersweet story in the Sunday NYT recounted the sale of Dean Gardens, an Atlanta estate known more for its gaudy, tacky, rich-person excesses (and an 18-hole golf course) than anything resembling good taste. Even Tyler Perry can’t stand it; the filmmaker and mogul dropped $7.6 million for the 58-acre sprawl just so can raze the dump and build a new house that is “environmentally friendly and made of concrete.” Especially the closets. [ NYT ]

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Tyler Perry Will Buy, Demolish Your Dream House

Betty White Continues Her Merciless Ascent To Victory At The Creative Arts Emmys

Yesterday the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences held their sorta-Emmy Awards ceremony for various technical and individual achievements, including Best Reality Program, Best Guest Stars and Best Reality Show Hosts. Click through to see who won in television’s second biggest night.

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Betty White Continues Her Merciless Ascent To Victory At The Creative Arts Emmys

Justin Bieber — How I Got a Movie Deal

Filed under: Justin Bieber TMZ has learned … Justin Bieber is so serious about a career in the movies — that dude used his current concert tour as a bargaining chip to get funding for a screenplay he wants to develop. According to a minor’s contract filed in L.A. County… Read more

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Weekend Forecast: Who Has the Juice to Wipe Out The Expendables?

Hint: It’s a trick question. Which isn’t to say there might not be a few surprises in today’s Weekend Forecast, but you’re going to need to see some serious attrition and infighting from the five new wide releases (not to mention an avalanche at the art house) before Stallone and the boys will give up their testosterone throne. Let’s check out the radar…

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Weekend Forecast: Who Has the Juice to Wipe Out The Expendables?

The Cake Show Phenomenon

Flour, sugar … drama? Conor Knighton takes a look at the growing trend of reality cake shows.

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The Cake Show Phenomenon

Top Five: Killer Animals in the Movies

Ah, the grand cinematic tradition of wild animals going … well, wild. Brett Erlich counts down the top five killer animals in the movies.

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Top Five: Killer Animals in the Movies

TV Bites: Chelsea Handler to Host the VMAs for MTV

Also in this morning’s TV Bites: a View co-host adds a game show to her resume… a Parks and Recreation writer gets a new deal… and slightly more ahead (it’s August, folks).

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TV Bites: Chelsea Handler to Host the VMAs for MTV

Fake Last Exorcism Attack on Chatroulette Still Kind of Funny

Unless there’s some terms-of-service stipulation that entitles studios to use Chatroulette users’ likenesses in marketing campaigns, let’s just presume that everything in this viral video promoting The Last Exorcism is fake. That said: Hey, did you see the borderline NSFW Chatroulette viral video promoting The Last Exorcism ? Amusing!

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Late Night Highlights: Stephen Colbert Retires, Jennifer Aniston Clears Up Those Pregnancy Rumors

Jimmy Fallon, Craig Ferguson and the rest of the network late night personalities were still on vacation last night but there was plenty of fun to be had on cable. On Comedy Central, Stephen Colbert ripped a page out of Brett Favre’s playbook and a Daily Show correspondent professed his disappointment with Julia Roberts’ Eat, Pray, Love and its demonic Home Shopping Network products. Meanwhile over on E!, Jennifer Aniston addressed the many fictional rumors about her home life with MTV’ s latest VMA host .

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Late Night Highlights: Stephen Colbert Retires, Jennifer Aniston Clears Up Those Pregnancy Rumors

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