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Aug 21 2008 5:14pm EDT

Late Breaks: 'TNR,' Award Payola, more

-Scott Beauchamp, the U.S. soldier who wrote about his experiences in Iraq for The New Republic and was accused of fabricating details, tells his story. He says he was almost as afraid of American bloggers as he was of Iraqi snipers. [Radar]

-If you have $250 bucks to spend, Wine Spectator will give your restaurant an Award of Excellence. And the best part is, the restaurant doesn't even have to exist! [Osteria L'Intrepido]

-Oprah Winfrey supposedly doesn't want to pose for the cover of her magazine anymore -- "supposedly" because she denies it. [P6]

-NBC streamed 56 million videos on its Olympics website during the first 12 days of the games. That means people had to sit through that obnoxious commercial about Michael Phelps's feet at least 28 million times. [BW]

-What once was one now is five. Congratulations, Barry Diller. [Bloomberg]. □


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