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Samantha Ronson may be spending most of her time making headlines with a Razzie winner, but soon she's going to be spending at least one night with the possessor of a more prestigious piece of hardware.

The celebrity spinner has been tapped to get the VIP crowd primed for Oscar winner Julia Roberts and the Dave Matthews Band, who will be taking the stage Sept. 10 at Madison Square Garden as part of the Stand Up for a Cure's 2008 concert series.

The charity, which raises money for lung cancer research and treatment, confirmed Wednesday that Ronson would be deejaying the preshow party and Roberts has signed on to host the event.

"We are thrilled at the range of artists who have opted to shine a light on the need for funding and awareness this year," Stand Up for a Cure founder and executive producer Jordan Belkin said.

And these were obvious choices all around: Roberts will be there to give the cause a world-class face and no one knows more about finding a glimmer of hope where none existed before than Ronson.

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• Brad Pitt won an award at the Venice Film Festival for having twins. Forget movies, this whole thing is about those babies.

• Haley Joel Osment is indeed still around, and he'll be making his Broadway debut in American Buffalo. Choose your own Sixth Sense reference to go here.

• Solange Knowles slipped up and confirmed Beyoncé and Jay-Z's marriage, which they were trying really hard to keep a secret from us. We're exactly not sure why.

• Just so you know, Janice Dickinson had a transgendered model on her model show way before Tyra ever thought of it.

• Michael Phelps is scheduled to appear on the VMAs as well as host SNL's premiere. Anyone had enough yet?

• And because you really do need more photos from Speidi's grocery store adventure, here you go. These kids know how to do it.

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Tim Gunn is out talking to everyone today—well, except us (what’s up that, Tim?)—and he’s got plenty to say.

Let's start with Us Weekly: Tim likes Michelle Obama’s fashion choices over Cindy McCain’s. "She epitomizes class and American style. She looks approachable." Meanwhile, Cindy, "with her button-down suits and blouses—looks like she's duct-taped."

All right, now it’s People’s turn. Apparently, he disapproves of Katie Holmes’ pegged jeans. “I have to say, Katie Holmes has become so much more sophisticated in so many ways, but I think she’s in a dip right now. I can’t explain it.” We can explain it—it's an acquired taste, and after a slow gossip month, Katie's jeans are pretty exciting.

And what does he think about a certain Disney Channel star? You gotta jump first...

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Despite rumors that Hilary Duff and her hockey player boyfriend Mike Comrie may be engaged, a source close to the couple tells E! News it's not true.

"He got her a ring, but it's not an engagement ring," says the source. "They're not engaged."

Duff was spotted leaving dinner with Comrie on Fri.,  Aug. 15 at Il Sole, with a sparkly yellow ring on her left ring finger, sparking engagement rumors.

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Is Woody Allen’s Scarlett Johansson obsession sliding into a Friends fetish?

Perhaps, as Allen may be courting Jennifer Aniston for an upcoming film. Allen and Aniston, joined by his wife Soon Yi, were spotted dining at Beverly Hills staple Madeo last night.

There's speculation Allen may be interested in featuring Aniston in a forthcoming project, and E! News can confirm that Woody indeed has a new film brewing.

“It’s top secret, we’ve barely heard anything,” industry sources tell us. “But he’s definitely writing it.”

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Time will tell if Eden proves heavenly for CBS' ratings.

The network has unveiled the 18th castaways for the 17th installment of its time-tested and slightly ratings-worn reality stalwart, Survivor Gabon—Earth's Last Eden.

Befitting its verbose title, the new season marks the Emmy-winning show's first time broadcasting in high definition and will, per host Jeff Probst, live up to its name.

"In a strange coincidence to Earth's Last Eden, good vs. evil emerges as a major theme this season. I think the audience will quickly identify with one group or the other."

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Marion "Suge" Knight's life is broken record at this point. Make that a series of bad raps.

The deposed Death Row Records kingpin was arrested early this morning in Las Vegas on drug and assault charges after allegedly beating up his girlfriend and threatening her with a knife.

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The FBI is gunning for the Guns N' Roses leaker.

A Los Angeles-area blogger who admittedly posted nine tracks in June from the forever-in-the-works Chinese Democracy album was arrested today on suspicion of violating federal copyright laws.

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Forget daisies, ABC is pushing pies.

To coincide with the second-season premiere of Pushing Daisies, the network is launching a mouthwatering marketing scheme sure to ingratiate itself to hungry fans across the nation—or send them into a diabetic shock trying—by kicking off the Pushing Daisies Touch of Wonder Tour.

The tour will hit 10 cities across the U.S., with pop-up facsimiles of Ned's bakery, The Pie Hole, offering free pie to all comers.

Even those without a Nielsen box.

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Jessica Simpson gets a cover story in the upcoming People dedicated to how in love the reinvented country star is at the moment. In fact, she’s so in love right now, she doesn’t journal in black notebooks anymore—she uses pink and white ones.

The interview was like any other chronicling her love life, because that's all this girl seems to be about. Divorcing Nick Lachey was sad times, dating John Mayer was weird and Tony Romo is currently perfect.

About this perfect man, she has this to declare: “I just told him today, ‘You’re the love of my life.’ ” Oof, last time she said that about someone, it ended one of MTV's greatest reality shows.

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