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8:10 AM ET, April 4, 2006

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People:
Chad Michael Murray Is Engaged  —  Chad Michael Murray is engaged to One Tree Hill crew member Kenzie Dalton, 18, PEOPLE has learned exclusively from a source close to the couple.  —  No other details were immediately available.  —  Murray, 24, was previously married to Sophia Bush, a co-star on One Tree Hill.
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PerezHilton.com:
Chad Michael Murray Is An Idiot!  —  Our friends at People just announced that Chad Michael Murray is engaged to One Tree Hill extra, wannabe actress Kenzie Dalton, whom we thought was 17 but they claim is 18.  —  However, what they are not reporting is that Dalton is pregnant!  —  This is not just speculation.
Discussion: POPSUGAR
jaunted.com:
Amazing Race 9: Eric & Jeremy's Half Naked Party Photos  —  Since the Amazing Race returned to its "Classic Coke" format, we figured we would give the show a proper mashup.  This map will update every week in the days after the show.  Send along tips, rumors, gossip, locations and spoilers …
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B-Side / TVgasm:
Male Bonding, Amazing Race Style  —  It was only a matter of time before more fleshy, homoerotic photos of Jeremy and Eric of The Amazing Race 9 surfaced on the internet, but who knew we'd get a ménage-à-quatre with BJ and Tyler also?  Thanks to several tipsters and the people at Jaunted …
Discussion: Queerty
Associated Press:
Julia Roberts' Show Grosses Nearly $1M  —  NEW YORK - Julia Roberts was almost the million-dollar baby on Broadway last week.  "Three Days of Rain," which stars Roberts, Paul Rudd and Bradley Cooper, grossed a whopping $988,298 for its first full week of preview performances …
Stephen M. Silverman / People:
Madonna Announces New World Tour  —  Don't expect Madonna to be a homebody this summer.  The Material Mom is setting sail on a world "Confessions Tour," she announced Monday.  —  "I'm going to turn the world into one big dance floor," Madonna, 47, said in a statement.
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queerty.com:   Madonna 'Confessions Tour' Dates Announced
New York Magazine:
A Rosie Is a Rosie Is a Rosie  —  When O'Donnell started the blog, the reader-comments section filled up with hate messages of the "You're a fat dyke" variety.  "There's always going to be people who think you're an asshole," O'Donnell says.  "Chances are, whatever they've written, I already believe about myself.
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Felicia R. Lee / New York Times:
On HBO, Rosie O'Donnell's Cruise for Gay Families
Discussion: Queerty and Best Week Ever Blog
Tashi Singh / The Post Chronicle:
Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes Expecting Baby Girl!  —  God does have a sense of humor.  Word is out that Tom Cruise and live-in love, mother to be Katie Holmes, are expecting their bundle of joy to be wrapped in pink, as word gets out the TomKat is expecting a daughter.
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Todd / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:
Scarlett Johansson is 14  —  Scarlett Johansson has signed on to play Napoleon's 14 year old lover, Betsy Balcombe, in the upcoming film, Napoleon and Betsy.  The film picks up in 1815 and details the emperor's final years during his exile to the South Atlantic island of St. Helena.
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Reuters:
Russell Crowe gets hometown fuming  —  WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe has got some people fuming in his hometown in New Zealand after smoking during performances of his rock band "The Ordinary Fear of God."  —  New Zealand's public health officials …
Discussion: The Superficial
Tina Sims / The National Ledger:
Lindsay Lohan Accidentally Flashes Butt at Nick Kid Choice Awards  —  Lindsay Lohan is becoming quite the wardrobe malfunction queen.  The 'Mean Girls' starlet was at the Nick Kid Choice Awards last night and as she was on stage the teen star's dress hiked up and exposed her butt.  —  Yikes.
Discussion: Hot Momma Drama
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Jenny / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:
Lindsay Lohan Classes Up the Kid's Choice Awards
Discussion: Hollywoodtuna and Felt Up
Todd / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:
Sharon Stone Has Demands  —  We thought since Basic Instinct 2 opened at # 9 on the box office list this weekend (# 10 was the Larry the Cable Guy movie), and after raking in a pitiful $3.2 million, we hoped we would never have to write about Sharon Stone again.
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Pink Has Sex With Husband Via Webcam  —  Does anything sound more unappealing than having sex with Pink via webcam.  I really wouldn't want to go there.  Eww. … Pink's webcam sex with absent Carey [Ananova]  —  (Images via Gossip Rocks)
Jeff Hanson / People:
Schoolgirls Outrun Matthew McConaughey  —  For PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive Matthew McConaughey, this past week has offered some cases of win some, lose some.  —  First, the lose some.  On location in Huntington, W.Va., where he is filming We Are Marshall, a drama about a 1970 plane crash …
Associated Press:
Hairdresser Pleads Guilty in Costner Case  —  ASPEN, Colo. - A hairdresser hired for the guests at Kevin Costner's 2004 wedding has pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing the actor's laptop computer.  —  Pascal Bensimon, 45, was ordered to pay $1,500 restitution, serve two years …
Discussion: Defamer
Cindy Chang / New York Times:
Cool Tat, Too Bad It's Gibberish  —  SHAD MAGNESS wanted to celebrate the love he felt for his young son with a grand gesture.  —  At a Los Angeles tattoo parlor four years ago, he had two Chinese characters etched in a prominent spot on his left forearm.  He assumed that the translation …
Discussion: The Corsair
Phil / Egotastic!:
Taryn Manning Topless Pictures  —  I don't know what it is about Taryn Manning, but there's something about this girl.  How can I put this delicately?  It's kind of like a car crash at the side of the road.  It's not exactly pretty, but you can't help but slow down and take a look.
Hollywoodtuna:
Pamela Anderson Gets Mounted  —  Pamela Anderson has been busy in Canada this week because she's hosting the Juno Awards which is the Canadian equivalent of the Grammys.  She's also busy sending a letter to the Prime Minister of Canada protesting "aboot" those evil Canadians clubbing their seals.
Hollywoodtuna:
Shannon Elizabeth Ruins A See-Through Moment  —  I've seen Shannon Elizabeth's breasts on many occasions.  Yes, I have had the pleasure of examining them first hand...in American Pie (my TV screen is not far from the couch).  So it baffles me that she would show up to a poker event wearing …
POPSUGAR:
Tom Cruise Control  —  Tom was in Germany on some talk show but he had 2 pilots on standby in case Katie went into labor since she is due any minute.  I don't care who you are if your days of having a baby then you are in lock-down mode which includes absolutely no traveling - especially overseas.
Nick Pisa / Telegraph:
Brad Pitt 'to buy an Italian vineyard'  —  He is best-known for his role as the battered brawler Tyler Durden, but now Brad Pitt is to move from the underground world of Fight Club to elite wine club as he becomes the latest film star to express an interest in owning a vineyard.
Discussion: Luxist and Glitterati Gossip
 
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From Mediagazer:

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
The Independent's US editorial team increased by 40% in 2023 to about 50 journalists as it beefed up before the US election, and US visitor numbers rose by 20%

Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Channel 4 reports 2023 revenue down 10.5% YoY to £1.02B and a pre-tax deficit of £52M, from a pre-tax £20M surplus in 2022, citing a “prolonged” UK ad downturn

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