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NY Daily News:
Suri nuff, Katie took painkiller — If Katie Holmes managed to give birth to TomKitten in silence, in keeping with the Church of Scientology's teachings, she at least had a little help - from a painkilling epidural. — Tom Cruise, 43, had earlier said his fiancée could have an epidural …
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People.com:
Tom & Katie's Baby Girl! ... As it turns out, she won't have to wait too long to slip into the fun stuff: on April 18 Holmes, 27, and Cruise, 43, welcomed their first child, a 7 lb. 7 oz. baby girl named Suri, at an L.A.-area hospital. (In an only-in-Hollywood twist, Brooke Shields …
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.
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 …
Associated Press:
Will Smith Crashes Bar Mitzvah — JERUSALEM - 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 …
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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?
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TMZ:
Exclusive: Katie Holmes' Wedding Dress — Katie is set to become a Buff Bride — (April 20, 6:40PM ET) — A Cruise/Holmes wedding is on the fast track. Katie Holmes has met with the owner of Buff Brides, a company that sculpts bodies for the big day. And, we're told …
TMZ:
K-Fed Listening Party Attracts Big Name: BRITNEY! — (April 20, 2:10PM ET) — It promises be the musical event of the year, in a way. Kevin Federline is hosting a listening party this Friday at posh Las Vegas nightclub Pure. Inevitably a large contingent of K-Fed's scruffy hangers …
People.com:
Dave Grohl, Wife Have a Girl — Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl and his wife, Jordyn Blum, welcomed their first child, Violet Maye, on Saturday, April 15, in Los Angeles, Grohl's rep confirms to PEOPLE. — Named for the singer's grandmother, Violet weighs 6 lbs., 15 oz., and measures 21 inches.
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.
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.
Gallery of the Absurd:
The First Official Portrait of TomRat — This is a sneak preview of the "Celebrity Animals" project that Dlisted and Gallery of the Absurd collaborated on with ANIMAL magazine. ANIMAL challenged us to transform today's most popular tabloid celebrities into animals and you can see them all …
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 …
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 …
Hollywoodtuna:
Amanda Peet's A Sexy Librarian — The average person would look at these pictures of Amanda Peet and think "Wow, she looks horrible". But I see something completely different. I see a sex freak. Any girl who goes out in public looking like this has got to be one.
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.
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Tiger Woods Takes Break to Be With Dad — Tiger Woods is taking a self-imposed break from the PGA Tour while his father, Earl, battles cancer, the world's top player announced Thursday. — Woods, in New Zealand for the wedding of his caddie Steve Williams, added that he might not play …
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 …