CELEBRITY BUZZ: Celebrities: They’re just like us! If they didn’t vote early, they’re waiting in line with the rest of us peons to cast their vote - just like Conan O’Brien. So send in any and all celebrity sightings at the polling stations. (B-list actors and reality TV stars count too.)

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CELEBRITY BUZZ: Then sign up for her new and completely random lifestyle website, Goop. Guidance you’ll get from Gwyneth includes: “Cook a meal for someone you love, go to a city you’ve never been to, learn something new, don’t be lazy.” Wait - so if we follow these completely uninspirational tips, we might have a chance to makeout with Brad Pitt or Chris Martin? No f’ing way!

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1. Goop.com
2. Who Wants to Look At Gwyneth Paltrow’s GOOP?
3. Gwyneth Paltrow Launches Web Site
4. Gwyneth Paltrow launches lifestyle web site ‘Goop’
5. Gwyneth Paltrow’s GOOP
6. http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/09/weird_website_o_46.html

CELEBRITY BUZZ: On her talk show today, Ellen DeGeneres will officially announce her role as the new face of CoverGirl, joining supermodel alums like Christie Brinkley and Niki Taylor. Hey, if anyone epitomizes easy, breezy, beautiful - it’s a fifty-year-old hysterical lesbian who rarely gets dolled up.

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1. Behind-the-Scenes Ellen DeGeneres CoverGirl Spokeswoman Picture
2. Ellen DeGeneres Reveals Latest Role: Cover Girl
3. Ellen DeGeneres – a CoverGirl!
4. Money Mug
5. Ellen DeGeneres Shows Off CoverGirl Photos
6. Ellen Strikes a Pose for CoverGirl
7. Ellen DeGeneres is a Cover Girl

CELEBRITY BUZZ: Site uses facial recognition technology to tell you what celebrity you look most like. Just upload a photo and it will analyze your face and give you a list of celebrities that you resemble. It’s a bit disconcerting to find out I’m a cross between Nelly Furtado and Frank Zappa, however, I can’t really say I disagree.

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1. MyHeritage face recognition - Find the Celebrity in You - MyHeritage
2. HowStuffWorks “How Facial Recognition Systems Work”
3. Picitup Celebrity Match - Find your celebrity look alike

Worth 1000 holds a contest in which users “de-touch” re-touched pictures of flawless celebs, like this one of Jennifer Lopez. Is it fair? Not necessarily. But some people deserve lizard skin, especially when they’ve brought in obscene amounts of money for essentially being obnoxious. (Via Urlesque)

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1. Pretty People Get Fugged

A project in which the artist created items from “suspect (questionable) and fugitive (non archival) materials.” And that’s Bill Cosby made out of pudding. Get it? It was not easy to choose, but we’re going to have to go with “Wasabi Arthur” as our number one.

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1. “Suspect and Fugitive” on Flickr
2. The Suspect And Fugitive Blog - “Art With An Sell By Date”

Feist will appear on the 39th season of Sesame Street singing a modified version of “1,2,3,4”. The lyrics of “1,2,3,4” were altered so that the song is about counting chickens, penguins, and monsters, rather than love, or whatever it was about. The 39th season of Sesame Street premieres August 11th and will feature appearances from A-Listers like David Beckham and Jessica Alba.

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1. Feist Really Likes The Number 4
2. Sesame Street’s 39th Season List of Celebrity Guests
3. Watch Feist on Sesame Street
4. Feist - 1, 2, 3, 4 Original Version

CELEBRITY BUZZ: Mel Gibson took Britney Spears (and her dad?!) to his home in Costa Rica for a little R&R. The unlikely BFF’s used to be neighbors in Malibu, and have surely bonded over their shared passion for eighteenth-century Russian literature and fine wines. (…Whoops, we meant Us Weekly and booze. Our bad!)

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1. Sometimes, a Drunken Bigot and a Mentally Ill Baby Machine Just Need Some R&R, Y’know?
2. “Plague of Frogs is Next, You Say? Neat.”
3. The Friendship Allegedly Blossomed When the Gruesome Twosome Ate Russian Together in March
4. “A Drunken Racist and a Bipolar Hillbilly Board a Private Plane…”
5. Top 10 Things Overheard at Dinner with Britney Spears and Mel Gibson

CELEBRITY BUZZ: Jessica Simpson celebrates Tony Romo’s birthday by singing, flinging cake and posing for the cameras. We’ve heard good things about red velvet cake, but the blue stuff in these photos looks as though it might be Smurf-inducing.

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1. When Food Coloring Strikes
2. Another Quiet Night With Jessica Simpson
3. “She licked cake from his face as everyone cheered them on”
4. And She Sang!
5. D Magazine Runs The Hot Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo Pics