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5:55 PM ET, April 20, 2006

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People.com:
Jessica Simpson Wears Her Ring Again  —  Jessica Simpson has resumed wearing her wedding ring - though on a chain around her neck.  —  "You can still move on and have the memories," a source close to the pop star tells PEOPLE, noting that Simpson, 25, still speaks to her soon-to-be-ex-husband, Nick Lachey, 32.
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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 …
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 …
Discussion: Us Weekly Online
Allison Glock / Rolling Stone:   Nick Lachey: King of Pain
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
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Associated Press:
Baby Suri a hot topic in Israel  —  JERUSALEM (AP) — Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' choice of a Hebrew-flavored name for their newborn daughter has speakers of the language scratching their heads.  —  Baby Suri's name can be traced to a Hebrew word meaning "princess" or "noblewoman," …
Discussion: Defamer
Jake Coyle / Associated Press:
One Down: World Awaits Pitt, Jolie's Baby
Discussion: News Update
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Stars Turn Out for Julia's Debut  —  Julia Roberts made her official Broadway debut Wednesday night in the play "Three Days of Rain," and her fellow celebrities turned out in droves.  —  "I'm so excited," Oprah Winfrey exclaimed on her way into the theater, the Associated Press reports …
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Us Weekly Online
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Ben Brantley / New York Times:
Enough Said About 'Three Days of Rain.' Let's Talk Julia Roberts!
Discussion: Gawker and StarsOrbis
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: StarsOrbis
Tabloid Whore!:
OH DEAR.  DID BRITNEY LET SEAN PRESTON FALL OFF THE BED?  —  My girl Britney can't seen to get a break these days.  Now the latest issue of the National Enquirer is claiming that Sean Preston had two other tumbles before the nanny highchair incident.  They are claiming that the baby rolled out of bed …
Discussion: popbytes and Fatback and Collards
Todd / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:
Some People Care About Lindsay Lohan  —  Tina Fey, the head writer of the now horribly unfunny SNL and the writer of Lohan's most successful movie to date, Mean Girls, staged an intervention with Lindsay when she hosted Saturday Night Live this past weekend.
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 …
blackvibes.com:
K-CI Speaks Out on MJB  —  Vibe: Good to see you K-ci.  Good to finally sit down and talk to you after so many years.  What's new?  —  K-Ci- I'm good.  I'm blessed.  I'm happy at this point in my life.  My family is doing good, I'm doing good, real good.  —  Vibe: The fans are waiting for another Jodeci album.
Oliver Stallwood / This Is London:
Leo's draft dodger girlfriend  —  Leonardo DiCaprio's new girlfriend has caused an outcry in her native Israel following accusations of draft dodging.  —  Model Bar Refaeli avoided having to enlist with the Israeli army by secretly getting married a week before she was due to report for duty in September 2004.
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
Associated Press:
Will Smith crashes bar mitzvah  —  JERUSALEM (AP) — He never got an invitation and he certainly didn't R.S.V.P., but that didn't stop Will Smith from crashing Atir Cohen's bar mitzvah at Jerusalem's Western Wall.  —  Cohen, 13, was deep into his Torah reading Thursday when he heard shouting …
Discussion: The Green Straw
Hollywoodtuna:
Mandy Moore Is Too Cute  —  Here's Mandy Moore on MTV's TRL promoting her new movie 'American Dreamz'.  Mandy Moore frustrates me because I find that she doesn't want to leave that "cute" image.  Don't get me wrong, I like cute but not when it could be sooooooo sexy and trust me, Mandy could be very sexy if she wanted to.
Associated Press:
'M:I' cast demurs on TomKat baby  —  As the freznzy swirls, some try and keep focus on Cruise's latest film  —  LOS ANGELES - Talk about a Mission Impossible: Promoting a movie the day after Tom Cruise and his soon-to-be bride Katie Holmes had their first child together.
Discussion: Us Weekly Online
Trent / Pink Is The New Blog:
Friends Don't Let Friends Wear Spandex  —  Suri Holmes-Cruise has been hatched for only a couple of days now and I'm already over her ... well, okay not really but until we get a real picture of her I'm not really that interested anymore ... thankfully Gwyneth Paltrow has unveiled her new baby …
Rosie / smart. Read it. Love it.:
BBC:
Rock singer Doherty in new arrest  —  Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty has been arrested in east London on suspicion of drugs possession only hours after a court appearance.  —  The singer, 27, was held with another man by plain clothes officers in Roman Road, London E2, on Thursday afternoon.
Associated Press:
'Shield' Producer Scott Brazil Dies at 50  —  Emmy-winning producer-director Scott Brazil, whose television shows included "The Shield" and "Hill Street Blues," has died.  He was 50.  —  Brazil died Monday of respiratory failure due to Lou Gehrig's disease and lyme disease complications …
 
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