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Sep 02 2008 8:44am EDT

Idle Chatter: Oprah's O-lympic O-xtravaganza

-Magazine circulation is almost as anemic in England as it is here in the States. [WWD]

-Some 150 members of the U.S. Olympic team will be guests at tomorrow's taping of The Oprah Winfrey Show. [ChiTrib]

-Vogue's Indian edition used peasants who live on pennies a day to model a $10,000 purse and other luxury items. Some people think that's insensitive. [NYT]

-David Duchovny's sex addiction is actually just a porn addiction, which means the whole thing is not actually a brilliant viral campaign for Californication. [NYP]

-New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. will have to give a deposition in a court case involving Donald Trump. [Philly Inquirer]. □

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