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2:30 PM ET, April 20, 2006

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Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Are Simpson and Lachey still in love?  —  Plus: Is Marcia Cross 'Desperate' for wedding gifts?  —  Is love back in bloom for Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey?  —  Shortly after Lachey admitted in an interview that he still loves his reality-costar wife and hinted at putting the blame …
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Allison Glock / Rolling Stone:
Nick Lachey: King of Pain  —  Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson were America's 21st century sweethearts.  But when the cameras stopped rolling, the reluctant star was left all by himself  —  How do you know when your marriage is over?  Nick Lachey is sipping a glass of merlot in New York's Peninsula Hotel …
Ben Brantley / New York Times:
Enough Said About 'Three Days of Rain.' Let's Talk Julia Roberts!  —  In Richard Greenberg's "Three Days of Rain," the existential enigmas and conundrums of faith that always pepper this playwright's work assume a tantalizingly dichotomous form that. ...  Excuse me, I was talking.  What?  How is she?
Discussion: StarsOrbis
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BBC:
Critics slam Roberts' stage debut  —  Critics were less than impressed with Julia Roberts' stage debut as her play Three Days of Rain opened on Broadway.  —  "The star wattage, so evident on the screen doesn't seem, at least in this case, to transfer to the stage," wrote The Hollywood Reporter.
Discussion: Derek Hail
NY Daily News:
Jess, Nick split on discussing rift  —  Jessica Simpson pulled out of a cover story for the September issue of Vanity Fair magazine because she refused to discuss her painful breakup with Nick Lachey.  —  Editor Graydon Carter had made the topic a requirement for the story …
Discussion: Us Weekly Online
WOW Report:
WORLD!  EXCLUSIVE!  BABY!  SURI!  PHOTO!  —  WORLD EXCLUSIVE!  The WOW Report exclusively brings you the exclusive first picture of Baby Suri!  Whilst lesser websites have been wasting time speculating the multi-million price tag of the first paparazzi shot of the TomKat baby …
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Best Week Ever Blog
Ashley Williams / People.com:
Leonardo DiCaprio's New Lady  —  With Gisele Bündchen out of the picture since November, Leonardo DiCaprio has been quietly seeing another babelicious blonde - 20-year-old Israeli swimsuit model Bar Refaeli.  —  DiCaprio, who has been filming the drama The Blood Diamond in Africa …
Discussion: Dlisted
Jenny / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:
Orlando Bloom is an Excellent Driver  —  Orlando Bloom almost killed a guy on Monday when he hit him with his car, and apologized with an autograph. … Yeah, see, "Sorry, mate" wouldn't quite cut it with me.  "Sorry," but if that note isn't wrapped with a red silk bow around Johnny Depp's penis …
Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Mariah Rings Up Pepsi  —  Mariah Carey may be taking her role as pop idol a bit too literally.  —  The multiplatinum-selling singer has teamed up with Pepsi to write and produce 20 original voice and music ringtones for release this summer.  Carey will also star in a national commercial promoting …
Sky News:
WHAT KNACKERED MISCHA OUT?  —  She might look like she's just returning from a big night out on the lash... but Mischa Barton has been up to more innocent pleasures.  —  She's been painting kitchen objects, we'll have you know.  —  What else do rich kids do on their day off?  —  Paint their nails?
FemaleFirst:
Angelina Jolie to raid tombs again  —  Angelina Jolie is set to reprise her role as busty archaeologist Lara Croft in 'Tomb Raider 3'.  —  The actress - who is heavily pregnant with lover Brad Pitt's baby - will start training for the role shortly after giving birth, despite once vowing …
Discussion: Dlisted
Rosie / smart. Read it. Love it.:
MTV:
Movie File: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Josh Lucas, Quentin Tarantino & More  —  Comedy duo reunite; fanboys peg Lucas as ideal 'Batman' villain; 'Pulp Fiction' director moves forward on latest gorefest.  —  They've appeared in more than a half-dozen movies together, and now old friends Ben Stiller …
Discussion: goldenfiddle
NY Daily News:
Vixen's 'Confessions': Maher a 'Super' lover  —  Karrine Steffans says she's gotten it on with Usher, Diddy, Vin Diesel, Shaquille O'Neal and Ja Rule, among other famous men.  But when it comes to satisfying her as a woman, no one compares with comic Bill Maher.
Discussion: Defamer
New York Post:
'IDOL' PUNCH GRAZES NFL STAR  —  April 20, 2006 — "AMERICAN Idol" loser Bo Bice's 15 minutes of fame are way, way over - especially at O'Brien's pub on West 46th Street.  That's where witnesses say the half-in-the-bag Southern rocker took a cheap and ineffective swing at strapping ex …
Discussion: reality blurred …
FemaleFirst:
Matthew McConaughey Rape Case Thrown Out  —  Matthew Mcconaughey Rape Case Thrown Out Of Court  —  Movie hunk Matthew Mcconaughey is sighing with relief after a Los Angeles judge dismissed claims by an obsessed fan that he had raped, drugged and tried to kill her.
Starpulse / Starpulse News Blog:
Halle Berry Wished She Was White  —  Halle Berry used to pray she would be "cured" of being black.  The stunning actress dreamed of finding a pill to turn her skin white when she was a child, according to The Sun newspaper.  —  The 39-year-old - who was the first black woman to win an Oscar …
Discussion: StarsOrbis
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FemaleFirst:
Halle Berry's black sure wish
Discussion: Derek Hail
Phil / Egotastic!:
Sienna Miller Gets Death Threats  —  It looks like Sienna Miller's extra security was a good idea after all.  According to FemaleFirst, Sienna Miller has been on the receiving end of death threats from the very same Muslim fundamentalist groups that had her security people worried in the first place.
Discussion: Derek Hail and The DarkHat
E! Online:
Cruise Control  —  There's so much scuttlebutt to bitch about—before we get to recovering beefcake Nick Lachey.  Also, the birthing of the baby TomKat (although I should tell you right now Cruise's reppers clammed up faster than I spew long-ass adjectives when I asked if Katie's delivery was a silent one.
Larry Carroll / MTV:
'Hostel' Yields A Sequel — And Perhaps A Few Babies  —  Director hopes to hammer out second gory script, start shooting this summer.  —  "Hostel" director Eli Roth  —  HOLLYWOOD — Four months ago, they gutted, grossed and gored their way to box-office success with one of the most excruciatingly graphic horror films ever made.
Discussion: StarsOrbis
 
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 Earlier Picks: 
Maria Elena Fernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Our 'Idol' obsession  —  The Times asked network executives …
Tabloid Whore!:
AMERICAN IDOL DOES STANDARDS: BEST SHOW YET.
Discussion: popbytes
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Brian Grazer Separates from His Wife
Discussion: NOSY SNOOP
The Superficial:
Lindsay Lohan dresses like a Japanese school girl
Ananova:
Madonna to be crucified  —  Madonna will start shows on her new tour …
POPSUGAR:
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TMZ:
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Matthew Jordan / The Conversation:
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Former NYT investigative reporter David Burnham, whose work uncovering corruption in the NYPD during the 1970s inspired the movie Serpico, dies at the age of 91

 
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