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For the summer capper, Hank (Mark Feuerstein) searches for a missing patient: a Hamptons gossip queen. Meawhile,Gucci, Divya (Reshma Shetty) falls for a millionaire (Patrick Heusinger). (USA, 10 P.M.)

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After one of the most dramatic weeks of her life, Fantasia Barrino wants to return to the music.

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Barrino. 26, will return to the spotlight beginning August 24, when she performs on Good Morning America, with numerous additional appearances scheduled over the next couple weeks.

“Fantasia is heartbroken and is sorry for any pain she may have caused,” her manager Brian Dickens said following news of her overdose. “She was totally overwhelmed by the lawsuit and the media attention.”

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The season-three American Idol champ overdosed on a bottle of Aspirin and sleep aid on August 9 — hours after she was rumored to appear in a sex tape with a married man, Antwaun Cook, leading his wife, Paula, to allegedly file for divorce. (Barrino later called Paula Cook’s allegations “false,Christian Audigier,” but conceded “there is plenty she does not know” about Antwaun’s situation.)

Hospitalized last week for a suicide attempt, the singer is forging ahead with previously planned TV appearances for her new album, Back to Me, her label J Records confirmed in a statement.

“I can’t thank my fans enough for their prayers and support during such a challenging time,” the star said in Monday’s statement. “It has given me the motivation to get back to work …I put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into this album and I pray that everyone enjoys it as much as I do.”

Barrino was reportedly bleeding and unconscious in her North Carolina home before 911 responders arrived on the scene.

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“This is not the hardest thing Fantasia has endured,” he added. “Fantasia will be stronger,John Galliano, smarter, and better for it.”

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As for her costar (and real-life fiance) Stephen Moyer (who plays Sookie’s vamp love Bill Compton)? He wears a sock on set — out of consideration for others. See behind-the-scenes pics from their RS cover shoot.

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Anna Paquin says she covers up — somewhat. She reveals that she wears a “patch” – a thong-like attire with the sides cut off – while filming nude scenes as her character Sookie Stackhouse.

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Says Alexander Skarsgard (who plays sexy vamp Eric): “I don’t want a sock around it, that feels ridiculous. If we’re naked in the scene, then I’m naked. I’ve always been that way.”

“To me, vampires are sex,Juicy Couture tracksuits,” he says. “I don’t get a vampire story about abstinence. I’m 53. I don’t care about high school students. I find them irritating and uninformed.”

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“I’ve got nothing to hide,” he says. “I just think it might be embarrassing for the crew.”

The cast of HBO’s True Blood not only strip down for the new Rolling Stone — they also bare all about shooting the show’s racy sex scenes.

True Blood creator Alan Ball says all the racy sex scenes and nudity are necessary. More photos of stars posing nude on RS.

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BEIJING (AFP) – China's Anshan Iron and Steel Group may scrap an investment deal with a US steel mill due to opposition from American lawmakers, state media said Friday.

The American Chamber of Commerce in Beijing issued a statement saying it was disappointed the deal would not proceed and said it was a "missed opportunity" for both sides.

"We believe reciprocity is critical to the free flow of trade and investment that the US has long urged China to pursue," the statement said.

The state-run Chinese mill, also known as Ansteel,Abercrombie shoes, signed an agreement with Mississippi-based Steel Development Company in May that includes construction of five plants in the United States.

Chinese government officials have repeatedly called on the United States to treat its companies "fairly" and not "politicise" the deal.

Sino-US relations have been strained this year over a range of economic and trade issues, including the value of the Chinese currency and Google's spat with Beijing over censorship.

Fifty US legislators have sent letters to President Barack Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urging them to investigate the deal, arguing the investment threatened US jobs and national security.

The Chinese steelmaker would not incur any losses from the suspension as the companies were still in the negotiation stage and no investment had been made, Chen told a news conference in Hong Kong.

Relevant officials at Ansteel and the listed unit were not immediately available to comment when contacted by AFP.

Chen said Ansteel had not necessarily given up the plan and it was still making efforts on the project.

Chen Ming, vice chairman of Angang Steel Co Ltd,John Galliano, the listed subsidiary of Ansteel, said Thursday that the Chinese company was likely to suspend its investment plans for the American steel mill, the Beijing News reported.

"We encourage Anshan and other Chinese companies to continue to consider investment opportunities in the US and to pursue them vigorously."

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“Kent and I are just very close,Abercrombie bags,” Froderman told UsMagazine.com after her big win. “We definitely have a connection, but we’re just friends!”

Froderman and second-place finalist Kent Boyd caused a stir two weeks ago when they danced together in a prom-themed contemporary number that ended in a passionate, convincing kiss.

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In a season that featured a reworked format — plus two serious injuries that forced two dancers to bow out — recent high school grad Froderman beat out Boyd plus Robert Roldan, 19, who finished in third.

On Thursday’s seventh-season finale of So You Think Can Dance, contestant Lauren Froderman won (thanks to viewer votes) the coveted title of America’s Favorite Dancer — but did she also win a new man?

Phoenix, Ariz. native Froderman was the last woman standing in the competition for several weeks, and will take $250,000 as part of her victory.

Froderman and Boyd,Burberry, both 18, have giggled about the smooch, but is something going on backstage?

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The brand-new champ told Us it was “crazy” when host Cat Deeley announced her name. “I mean, ahhh!!! I felt like a little girl! I wanted to just sit down and cry but in a happy way! That was an incredible moment, and I’ll never forget it.”

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Starting with damp hair, Francis prepped locks with volumizing spray at the roots and styling lotion throughout, from the mid-shaft down to ends. Then,MLB Jerseys, he roughly blow-dried hair until it was 90% dry and finished drying with a large round brush, concentrating at the roots to smooth and lift locks. Once the hair was dry, Francis sectioned off a piece of hair at the crown, then used a grooming brush to smooth the remainder of Duff’s hair into a high ponytail, then twisted and looped the ponytail into a bun, leaving the ends out (just like you would for a day at the beach!).

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As revealed in just-released photos, Angelina Jolie indulged her four eldest kids in some retail therapy at Kiddy Land, a toy store in the trendy Harajuku district of Tokyo, Japan on July 26. (In town to promote Salt, Jolie, 35, brought along Maddox, 9, Pax, 6, Zahara, 5, and Shiloh,Bape, 4; Brad Pitt stayed behind in the U.S. with 2-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox.)

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“I’ve always had a great experience every time I’m here,” Jolie told UsMagazine.com at a July 27 Tokyo press conference for Salt. “This time I’m also with my four children, who are obsessed with Ponyo and Totoro,” she said of two classic animated Japanese movies. “I spent all of yesterday in Kiddy Land looking for all the animals and things — I had a lot of fun!”

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After their plane’s arrival at the airport, Jolie and the kids went directly to Kiddy Land. “The children were running around and they had assistants making sure no one got lost,” a Kiddy Land staffer tells Us.

“Shiloh [got] One Piece [brand] pirate toys…They are very polite and adorable!”

But the famous mom didn’t let the kids go hog wild — instead, she limited their toy purchases to “just two items each,” the staffer says. “There was a lot of talking at the checkout when Maddox had four [toys].”

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So what did the gang go home with? “They all bought toys from Ponyo and Studio Ghibli,” the Kiddy Land worker says (referring to toys inspired by the cartoon epic Ponyo and other acclaimed films by animator Hayao Miyazaki)

Two years ago, China was plagued with a melamine scandal when at least six children died and nearly 300,000 became ill from drinking powdered milk laced with melamine, an industrial compound added to fool inspectors by giving misleadingly high results in protein tests.

Endocrinology experts were also carrying out tests in three previously reported cases in Wuhan, a populous city in central China, the People's Daily said. The results are expected within one or two days.

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Liang Li,Miss Sixty, also Director of Endocrinology at Zhejiang University, said the expansion of the tests to include different brands of milk powder and other indicators of estrogen will help ensure the reliability of the results.

"In order to guarantee that the milk powder tests are safe and reliable, this time the Ministry of Health has chosen Beijing and Shanghai to test the products," Liang Li, a medical expert, who is also a member of the investigation panel of the Ministry, was quoted as saying.

Even if the allegations prove to be unfounded, the concerns about exposure to tainted milk products has underscored the persistence of food safety problems that have alarmed consumers, undermined China's global image and sparked criminal cases.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China is expanding an investigation into reports of hormone-tainted milk powder by testing a range of infant milk powders and breast milk, state media said on Saturday, the latest food scare to hit the country.

More recently, in July, Chinese authorities seized 64 tonnes of milk powder and products laced with the same deadly toxic additive that sparked an uproar in 2008.

The Ministry said it would test baby-formula maker Synutra International as well as other brands to compare the level of estrogen in dairy products, the People's Daily reported on its website. (www.people.com.cn).

Shares of Synutra, a Chinese firm,Evisu, plunged as much as 35 percent earlier this week, but stabilized after the company denied the reports and said it was in the process of taking legal action to protect its brand.

The Ministry of Health launched the probe following complaints that tainted milk powder had caused baby girls to show signs of premature sexual development.