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Cindy Crawford's the only one who takes photos for money in this bunch.

The supermodel and husband Rande Gerber were targeted by a would-be extortionist who had in his possession a "sexy" photo of the couple's then 7-year-old daughter and wanted to make a deal so the pic "wouldn't end up in the tabloids," according to a federal criminal complaint filed Tuesday.

The couple told investigators that Edis "Eddie" Kayalar, who has since been deported back to his home country of Germany, called them in July, claiming to be a "good person" who just wanted to help them out.

According to the complaint, Kayalar told them that the photo, in which their young daughter was gagged, dressed in shorts and a T-shirt, and tied to a chair, "just wasn't right" and he was "bothered" by it.

Presumably pretty horrified, Gerber and Crawford say that they had no idea such a photograph, which the family's former nanny has admitted to taking "as a prank," even existed.

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Oprah Winfrey is no Katie Couric. Which, for Sarah Palin, has got to be a blessing.

The former vice presidential candidate has completed her much-hyped interview with the openly Obama-favoring queen of daytime, and although the highly anticipated summit won't air until Monday, we got a taste of their sit-down today.

Based on the clips and transcripts, it looks like Winfrey managed to get in the questions inquiring minds want to know without Palin pulling off her microphone and sitting silently in protest.

Like that infamous, potentially campaign-costing Couric interview. Palin admits it wasn't her proudest moment, but didn't take the bait when asked if she regarded it as game-changer.

"I did not. And neither did the campaign. In fact, that is why segment 2 and 3 and 4 and maybe 5 were scheduled. The campaign said, 'Right on. Good. You're showing your independence. This is what America needs to see and it was a good interview.'

"And of course I'm thinking, 'If you thought that was a good interview, I don't know what a bad interview is,' because it was a bad interview."

Oprah, of course, knows from good interviews and has no trouble going there. Which means Levi Johnston's ears are burning.

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The Sun is reporting that Amy Winehouse wants to get butt implants.  Apparently she is so happy with her recent boob job that she would like to spread the love to the backside.  I'm assuming she's going to have to request a size that will specifically fit into her dirty bikini bottoms. 

All of the encouragement she received from her friends after her boob job is reportedly making Amy want to be "curvy" again, like she was before she started drinking gasoline. 

Her father is reported to really like her boob job, too, which is weird because I didn't know that Joe Simpson had another kid. 

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Michael Jackson's This Is It has made HIStory at the box office.

The behind-the-scenes concert documentary chronicling what would undoubtedly have been one of the biggest comebacks in musical history has rung up $200 million in worldwide ticket receipts.

The milestone solidifies This Is It's standing as the king of all concert films. With $61 million in domestic receipts and more than $140 million internationally, the critically acclaimed Jackson tribute/goodbye has handily dethroned Miley Cyrus' Best of Both Worlds 3-D movie, which accounted for $65 million in its U.S.-only release.

This Is It has done its biggest business abroad, most notably in Japan, where it earned $27.2 million. In the U.K., where the concert would have been staged, the film bagged $14.3 million; France and Germany accounted for $12.1 million in sales; Australia, $7.2 million.

Sony Pictures, which paid $60 million to win a bidding war to distribute the film, originally planned a two-week theatrical run for This Is It. But with the cash rolling in and the companion soundtrack dominating the charts, the show goes on.

Like the man said, don't stop till you get enough.

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Today is all about the newsmakers who won't go away: Carrie Prejean, Balloon Brood, the Burglary Bunch, Twitter hackers and, of course, Jon Gosselin.

Now it's the stripper who claims to have slept with Josh Duhamel. Despite his continuous denials, Nicole Forrester is still talking about their alleged rendezvous. This time, she's using some of her remaining 15 minutes apologizing to the hottie's supposedly scorned wife, Fergie.

"I thought, 'Nobody's gonna find out. It's not gonna hurt anybody,' " Forrester tells Extra. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I didn't think of it at the time like I think of it now."

Her sincerity becomes questionable when she insists she's not a homewrecker.

"She's standing by her man, so obviously I'm not wrecking the home too bad, huh?" she says.

Despite her kids calling her "disgusting" and many betting against her, Forrester can't stop talking about her time with the former Transformers star. When the story first broke last week, the stripper claimed she and the actor had a "really, really good time." Now she's singin' a different tune.

"As far as the best sex? No, I don't think that was it," she says.

She also claims Duhamel is still sending her text messages—how's that for an apology?

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Is Fergamel headed for Splitsville? It seems like just a few months ago that we added them to the 2009 Celebrity Weddings gallery!

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Everyone wants Blake Lively's hair. The New York Times is saying it's the new Rachel or Farrah. (Kate Gosselin would probably beg to disagree.)

The NYT then spends a whole article discussing the Gossip Girl star's hair and includes all kinds of weird quotes like, "It's aspirational hair. [Clients] don't just want the hair, they want the life." Or "the look only works for tall, slim women" and "kind of transcends" age. 

It's a lot of analysis for a hairstyle, and we gotta say, most of the time we see Blake out she's actually rocking the unbrushed, messy look (as seen above, right). Even when it's all nice with a fresh blowout, it doesn't look that iconic. Not even close to Rachel status.

What do you think? Are you going to request The Blake on your next salon visit?

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