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1:50 PM ET, April 18, 2006

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Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Interviewing Tom Cruise can be risky business  —  Plus: God wants Mary J. Blige to wear bling  —  A Swedish reporter broached several subjects with Tom Cruise that the actor wasn't willing to talk about.  —  Tom Cruise has been sitting down with a lot of reporters lately - but one recent chat didn't go so well.
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Tom Cruise's placenta plans  —  LIFE STYLE EXTRA (UK) - Dad-to-be Tom Cruise has vowed to eat the placenta of his newborn baby and plans to dine on the umbilical cord too.  —  The actor's bizarre plans are sure to shock his legions of fans but the Hollywood heavyweight insists he plans …
NY Daily News:
MDs to Tom: Don't try this at home!  —  It looks like Tom Cruise is more popular with Scientologists than with radiologists.  —  Yesterday, the American College of Radiology (ACR) slammed the actor for doing at-home ultrasounds.  —  "Cruise's claim to be qualified to perform unsupervised ultrasound exams …
BBC:
Cruise plays down 'placenta plan'  —  Hollywood actor Tom Cruise has played down reports that he plans to eat the placenta of his new baby.  —  The War of the Worlds star was quoted in GQ magazine saying he thought the placenta and umbilical cord would be "very nutritious".
Discussion: Gawker and Yeeeah!
New York Post:
TOM'S PALS WARP PARADE POLL  —  April 18, 2006 — TOM Cruise's cronies seem to have put a lot of effort into skewing a Parade magazine poll in his favor.  Parade.com recently asked online readers whether they thought Cruise was responsible for his disastrous public relations year or if it was the media's fault.
Patrick Mulchrone / Mirror.co.uk:
EXCLUSIVE: TOM CHEWS  —  Mission Impossible star Cruise vows to eat placenta after birth  —  TOM Cruise yesterday revealed his latest bizarre mission..to eat his new baby's placenta.  —  Cruise vowed he would tuck in straight after girlfriend Katie Holmes gives birth, saying he thought it would be "very nutritious".
Discussion: goldenfiddle
entertainment.iafrica.com:
Gig Guide. … I am a:  —  Looking for:  —  Art & Stage
Discussion: The DarkHat
NY Daily News:
Colin and ex-Playmate settle tale of the sex tape  —  They may not have kissed, but estranged lovers Colin Farrell and Nicole Narain have made up.  —  The actor and the former Playboy Playmate just reached a deal in their legal tussle over their infamous sex tape.
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Jack Ryan / The Post Chronicle:
Colin Farrell & Ex-Playmate Narain Settle Tale of the Sex Tape  —  They may not have kissed, but estranged lovers Colin Farrell and former girlfriend Nicole Narain have reached "an amicable settlement" in their legal dispute over a sex tape they made together in 2003, according to her lawyer.
Discussion: Us Weekly Online
imdb.com:
Oprah & Aniston Mock Wedding Reports  —  Oprah Winfrey invited pal Jennifer Aniston to call into her TV show recently so the pair could address incorrect rumors the media mogul was planning to stage the actress' nuptials at her California estate.  The stars mocked reports about an $8 million reception …
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Tashi Singh / The Post Chronicle:
Jennifer Aniston To Oprah: No Wedding, No Move, No Nothing!
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TMZ:
Aniston to Oprah: Rumors Aren't True
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Associated Press:
Julia Roberts Set for Broadway Debut  —  Julia Roberts, Movie Star, officially becomes Julia Roberts, Stage Star, when the Oscar winner opens Wednesday on Broadway in a revival of Richard Greenberg's "Three Days of Rain."  —  Not that her marquee status was in doubt during the play's three weeks …
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Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:   Julia Roberts Has Turned Green
Stephen M. Silverman:
Twins For Etheridge, Partner  —  Melissa Etheridge and partner Tammy Lynn Michaels are sharing some major family news with their fans.  —  "We are thrilled to announce that Tammy is pregnant, and expecting our twins sometime around this fall," the singer and the actress say in a joint statement on Etheridge's official Web site.
Sky News:
GUESS THE SKINNY PINS  —  We don't expect celebrities to be wandering around on hefty tree trunks of legs...  But there's no harm in a bit of flesh.  —  However, so many of them seem either averse to said flesh, or unable to house a dollop of lard on their pins.  —  It's the tell-tale sign of a hollow inner thigh...
Discussion: HotOnlineNews.com
Lizzy Graham / MegaStar:
Tom tucks in  —  MegaStar says: 'How would you like that cooked, sir?'  —  There is very little about the new-born Hollywood legend of Tomkat which shocks us anymore - we've pretty much heard it all.  —  We can't hear the pitter patter of tiny feet just yet - reports say it could be any day …
Discussion: The PEN15 Club
Sarah Hall / E! Online:
A Namibian Name for Baby Brangelina?  —  Maddox and Zahara Jolie-Pitt's new sibling will be born in Namibia.  He or she may be given a Namibian name.  There may or may not be lions keeping the paparazzi at bay during the birth.  —  That's the latest word coming out of the remote African nation …
Linda Deutsch / Associated Press:
Director Pleads Guilty in Wiretap Case  —  LOS ANGELES - A somber "Die Hard" director John McTiernan stood before a federal judge and said he made "knowingly false" statements to an FBI agent about Anthony Pellicano, the celebrity private eye he admitted hiring to wiretap a business associate.
Kimberly J. L. / The Post Chronicle:
American Idol: Top 8 Elimination  —  Another night, another elimination last week.  So far this is the first time an elimination has made an impact on me; everything else was basically by the books, contestants I didn't care much for.  Bucky getting eliminated wasn't really a major shock, but I thought he had a chance last night.
The National Ledger:
If Jean Smart Gets Killed Off on Fox's 24 She Wants it Spectacular  —  They're down to three episodes left to shoot of this season's "24," and Jean Smart says she'd "love to do another stint on the show, but I don't know if that's possible.  I'm just thrilled I got to do the whole season …
Discussion: The DarkHat
Alex Williams / New York Times:
Why Stars Name Babies Moxie, Moses and Apple  —  IT'S a measure of what we have come to expect from celebrities to consider that if Henry Fonda were alive and having children today, it would seem as likely for him to name his daughter, say, Hanoi, as simply to call her Jane.
Discussion: TV Squad and Defamer
 
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