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Aug 22 2008 8:55am EDT

Idle Chatter: Brangelina Twins Inherit Cover Mojo

-People's issue with Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and their twin newborns on the cover sold 2.6 million copies. The only issues that have sold more are the ones commemorating Sept. 11 and the deaths of Princess Di and JFK Jr. [WWD]

-The noose tightens around James Dolan's neck as Harbinger Capital Management adds another 3.2 percent to its stake in Cablevision, bringing its total holding to 8.1 percent. [WSJ]

-The Chinese think its just adorable that NBC is so jazzed about averaging 29 million viewers in primetime during the Olympics. That's about how many people watch a test pattern on CCTV, China's state-run channel. (The Onion knows.) [NYT]

-More Olympics: Usain Bolt may be the fastest man in the galaxy, but he's a crummy sportsman who needs to grow up, says the head of the International Olympic Commission. [NYP]

-Still more Olympics: Simon & Schuster's Free Press has signed Michael Phelps to write a new write a book about his training regimen, with a reported advance of $1 million. [P6]. □

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