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Battle of the blondes!

Both Carrie Underwood and Blake Lively rocked one-shouldered, jewel-toned frocks at different awards shows recently.

Don't you just love how the carpet colors correspond with the girls' dresses?

Anyhow, both the American Idol alumna and the Gossip girl showed off toned triceps and buff legs in these glam getups, but one starlet spent more money on her look.

Think you know who splurged and who saved?

Test your fashion savvy right here!

"Why would they get rid of Paula, who everybody loves, and put some person who no one's ever heard of in her place? Sounds a little crazy. Sounds like someone had a little too much to drink that night when they made that decision."

—Kara Dioguardi, dismissing rumors she was brought on American Idol to replace Paula, though entertainment writer Spike Feresten has some theories: "Paula is just loopy."

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We were beginning to worry about our pals Paris Hilton and Ryan Seacrest. She's struggling to find a BFF; he's saddled with Simon Cowell.

But now, happily, they have each other.

The two stars and their respective production companies, Paris Hilton Entertainment and Ryan Seacrest Productions, are joining forces to develop a new scripted TV series.

"Paris knows exactly how to have fun with herself. She works hard but doesn't take herself too seriously," says Seacrest.

The deal comes in the wake of Hilton's winking online presidential campaign, which has become a huge hit. Seacrest, Hilton and her right-hand man, Jason Moore, will produce.

The series concept is still being worked out, but Seacrest did offer one tantalizing clue:

"This show will be loud."

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Snoop Dogg has found himself an unlikely wizard of Oz: Russell Crowe.

The rapper has finally been granted a visa to enter Australia, allowing him to embark on a long-pending tour Down Under, after a full character assessment by the immigration department that included, among other things, a letter supporting Snoop's application by the Oscar-winning actor.

"I submit to you that Snoop Dogg poses no threat to Australia or to any individual in this country," Crowe wrote in his letter to officials.

While the Aussie's epistle no doubt gave the 36-year-old reality star's file an A-list boost, it wasn't the only piece of information taken into account by the immigration officials.

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• Shortly after his paparazzi smackdown, Kanye returned to his blog: "We back in the lab!!! I'm cool with the paparazzi. This guy wasn't cool. I gotta work now...I'll rant later!" He'd better rant later—that's the only good thing we were expecting to come out of this arrest.

• Los Angeles Police thought they were Ashton Kutcher for a minute and decided to mess with paparazzi at the airport, using a decoy Jamie Lynn Spears to fool the photogs after they made sure the real J.L. got away safe.

• America Ferrera doesn't like Gossip Girl, The Hills or 90210 because they "condition us to be mean." Well, that explains the infamous eye roll at Blake Lively when she was going on too long about G.G.

• Diddy chilling with his twin baby girls is really kinda cute.

• Someone decided to let Mariah Carey back in a movie after that whole Glitter thing.

Long before the term Brangelina—and all the crazy fascination that comes with it—ever entered our consciousness, there was actually a time, believe it or not, when folks simply focused on Angelina Jolie the actress. And based on the new trailer for her flick, Changeling, people just might start seeing her that way again.

The word changeling means a child who is secretly substituted for another (thank you, Merriam-Webster), which makes for an appropriate title for the movie since it's, well, about a child who is secretly substituted for another. In this case, it's the 1920s, and Angelina plays a woman whose kidnapped son is returned to her, only she thinks the boy is not her own, sparking a whole lot of dramatic scene chewing and, with John Malkovich as a creepy-sounding pastor, surely a lot of scene stealing as well.

Have a look and let us know what you think in the comments. We gotta go. Apparently Brad and Angie were just spotted doing something.

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We'll let the pundits and partisans parse the politics of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's interview with ABC's Charlie Gibson, but all the talk of change got us thinking: Is there someone else who could doing a better job?

With the interviewing, that is.

Oprah Winfrey says she's not having any candidates on until after the election, and Sen. John McCain is already set to return to the bare-knuckle pit that is The View today. Maybe you think Gibson is doing fine on his own.

Is there someone else who might give the people a clear look at the candidate? Bill O'Reilly or Keith Olbermann? Stephen Colbert or Howard Stern? Tyra Banks?

Your thoughts in the comments.

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O.J. Simpson is about to come face to face with the next-12 most important people he's ever seen in his life.

A jury was seated Thursday for the erstwhile murder defendant's upcoming trial in Las Vegas on armed robbery, kidnapping, conspiracy and other charges related to an alleged sports memorabilia heist that Simpson is accused of masterminding a year ago.

Simpson and codefendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart have pleaded not guilty on all counts.

Whether or not the chosen dozen (and six alternates) really have no biases toward the Naked Gun star will never truly be known, but both the prosecution and the defense are just gonna have to hope.

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Robert De Niro and Al Pacino took their madcap comedy stylings on The Late Show with David Letterman tonight to promote their new movie, Righteous Kill (which we like).

And despite relying on the well-upholstered comfort of armchairs, the pair dug deep within to deliver a searing, Method acting-infused Top 10 list.

We won't spoil it by giving away the entire list of Reasons I Like Being an Actor, but it's hard to top this one from De Niro: "Every time I go to work, I get to ask myself, "I wonder if I’ll see Harvey Keitel naked?"

Don't we all. Anyway, feel free to offer up your thoughts in comments