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Week In Photos: August 10-16, 2008

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:45:00 -0700

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'Top Model's' New Cycle To Feature Transgender Contestant

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:33:05 -0700

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Tyra Banks is known for breaking down walls in the world of modeling, and the supermodel-turned-television mogul is at it again -- this time doing something she's never done in the previous ten cycles of "America's Next Top Model," adding in a transgender contestant.

The reality show about a host of pretty faces vying for a modeling contract and an advertising campaign, will feature Isis, a transgender contestant, a rep for The CW confirmed to Access Hollywood.

Black is beautiful

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:09:47 -0700

Tyra Banks celebrates the achievements of African-American women in the modeling industry. (Aug. 12)

Transgender Contestant to Compete on Top Model

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:38:52 -0700

Isis, 22, tells Us she identities as "a woman born physically male"

What Were They Thinking?!

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:55:00 -0700

Your weekly roundup of celebrity slip-ups, fashion flubs, and hair dont's.

Weekly wrap-up of entertainment quotes

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:57:48 -0700

AP - "It seemed to me to be like a product of extreme sexism, and I kept thinking to myself, 'God, if this was just, like, Kal Penn or George Clooney or any of the other (Obama) surrogates or supporters ... there wouldn't be (any) question about it. Nobody would even talk about it." — Scarlett Johansson, who says she was embarrassed by the media coverage of her so-called "e-mail relationship" with Barack Obama.

Tyra Banks Channels Michelle Obama For Mag Cover

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:48:39 -0700

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Tyra Banks has used Michelle Obama as her muse for a new photo shoot in the September issue of Harper's Bazaar.

"[She's] so warm and so gracious," Tyra said of Michelle Obama, presidential hopeful Barack Obama's wife. "She's got that direct-eye-contact, truly-connecting thing. She's not a 'ha, ha, ha' type And I love that she's tall."

The Dark Knight Sets Another Record $400 Million in 18 Days

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:08:28 -0700

It beat the previous record-holder, Shrek 2, which took 43 days to earn the same amount

Chace Crawford Admits Gossip Girl Is "a Weight on My Conscience"

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:19:06 -0700

"I imagine my grandparents thinking, 'Oh, my God,' when they see me having sex on a barstool," he says

Tyra Banks Poses as Michelle Obama in Harper's Bazaar

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:34:03 -0700

Of the presidential hopeful, she says, "Without Michelle, he wouldnt be there"