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We don’t envy much about HollywoodLife, but it really must be kind of nice to lack all self-awareness.

Today the oblivious site picks up Kristen Stewart‘s interview with the Daily Telegraph and proceeds to write an item totally at odds with its previous treatment of the actress.

“Poor Kristen Stewart Was Called A Bitch In High School — When She Was Really Just Shy!” blares the headline.

“Kristen Stewart is a perfect example of the expression, ‘you can’t always judge a book by its cover,’” says the site.

HollywoodLife reflects on Stewart’s difficult school years, when kids who had never spoken to her would make assumptions and call her a “bitch.”

“Although the actress comes off as tough and aloof in interviews, she’s really just painfully shy,” explains the site. “And she’s paid the price for that misunderstanding.”

“We genuinely feel bad for K-Stew — it sucks to be so misunderstood.”

Very, very true.

But did HollywoodLife intend to write this as parody?

Because, um, the site routinely judges books by their cover.

In fact, the site has specifically judged Kristen Stewart by her ‘cover,’ suggesting that she’s a “curmudgeon” who “tries to be unlikable” and once criticized her clothes at a charity fundraiser to mock her social graces.

The site also attacked her for being “glum” during a somber moment at the Oscars, and chided her “downcast” attitude in a Vogue interview.

Being misunderstood does suck.

So does HollywoodLife’s hypocrisy.

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“By George, she’s got it!” reads the headline of an article that reported, “Keira Knightley beats Scarlett Johansson to be My Fair Lady.”

According to a story in the Telegraph, which was picked up by numerous outlets, Keira Knightley has been tapped — over Scarlett Johansson — to play the part of Eliza Doolittle in a re-make of the 1964 film “My Fair Lady,” which had starred Audrey Hepburn.

The casting of Knightley comes as a big surprise – perhaps to Knightley as well. Her agent’s office told Gossip Cop that it was “not true” that she was chosen and, in fact, knew nothing about the production.

The misguided Telegraph story noted that Knightley had “begun singing lessons” to prepare for the part, but in actuality, the lessons were for her upcoming stage debut in a London production of the play, “The Misanthrope.” 

With a little bit of luck, she could sign on, but as of now she is absolutely not attached to the film.

That same article mentioned Daniel Craig “as a possible Professor Henry Higgins,” but his rep said he wasn’t slated to do the re-make either. 

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You’d think with all the stories about him the tabloids have bungled, Russell Crowe would be happy to steer clear of the gossip pages. But after The Daily Telegraph mocked him this week for a fitness regimen of “smokes and fatty foods,” the Oscar winner struck back – by challenging the columnist to a bicycle race through Sydney.

Annette Sharp poked fun at the one-time “Gladiator” in her column after photographs appeared showing the actor mixing cigarettes and snacks into his exercise routine. But the tables turned when Sharp received a call from Crowe’s spokesman, who told the gabber, “Get on your bike. Russell wants you to go riding with him. Are you ready to die?” Sharp agreed, and the two met for a 12-mile race at dawn through the city’s streets. Video shows Sharp struggling to keep pace with Crowe while both make good sport of it.

Gossip Cop likes it when celebrities and the media have a bit of fun with each other. And we suspect the Sydney “duel” might put the brakes on future jokes about Crowe’s waistline.