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9:05 AM ET, April 21, 2006

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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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CIRQUE DU SURI!  —  It's only been a few days since the birth of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' baby girl, Suri, and there's already a circus scene outside their Beverly Hills home!  —  As news of Suri's birth on Tuesday, April 18 at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica spread like wild fire …
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
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 …
Jake Coyle / Associated Press:
One Down: World Awaits Pitt, Jolie's Baby
Discussion: News Update
Associated Press:
Baby Suri a hot topic in Israel
Discussion: Defamer
Phil / Egotastic!:
Lindsay Lohan to Cure AIDS in Africa  —  Charity is all well and good, but sometimes you have to question the motives of celebrities and the real reasons they go out to places like Africa.  Take, for example, Lindsay Lohan's upcoming trip to Kenya to work with AIDS sufferers, as reported by FemaleFirst.
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FemaleFirst:   Tina Fey And Lindsay Lohan Meeting Staged
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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Green Straw
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.
Ananova:
Pete avoids jail  —  Pete Doherty has avoided a jail sentence after pleading guilty to multiple drugs charges.  —  The singer was sentenced to a community order with two years' supervision, an 18 month drug rehabilitation programme and a six month driving ban at Thames Magistrates Court.
Just Jared:
Jennifer Aniston Paparazzi  —  Aniston Needs Her Privacy  —  Jennifer Aniston, 37, tried sneaking out of a Tex Mex restaurant late last week without the attention of photographers but was forced to play a little game of paparazzi hide-and-seek.  Paparazzi did a mighty fine job of seeking …
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.
Just Jared:
Barron Trump Pictures  —  $$ Billion Dollar Baby $$  —  Enjoy this exclusive sneak peek of Donald Trump, 59, wife Melania Knauss Trump, 35, and son Barron William Trump from the May 1, 2006 issue of People Magazine out on newsstands tomorrow.  Barron has his Mom's eyes, Dad's lips, his own floor in Trump Tower and doting parents.
Sky News:
NICOLE ON TOMKAT BIRTH  —  Sometimes it's more about what you don't say in a message.  —  And so it is with Nicole Kidman's statement about the birth of her ex-hubby's baby.  —  "I hope both mother and baby are doing well," she said through her publicist about Katie Holmes and her new baby Suri.
Discussion: The DarkHat
Associated Press:
Sources: Roth on Way Out As Radio Host  —  No surprise: David Lee Roth's run as morning radio host is about done.  Big surprise: It appears raunchy satellite radio stars Opie and Anthony will replace him on seven CBS Radio stations.  —  A deal was in the works to dump the ex-Van Halen …
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 …
Steven Corfe / WOW Report:
EXCLUSIVE!  SURI'S FIRST OUTING TO SCIENTOLOGY TEST CENTER!  —  If you thought 45 bucks and a hotdog was rather a lot to pay for yesterday's first photo of Baby TomKat, you're wrong.  In the best tabloid tradition, we stretch out our goods to create another Suri-saturated day!
POPSUGAR:
Halle and Her Hottie  —  Halle Berry is in NYC with her boyfriend Gabriel Aubry.  Berry met the model at a Versace photo shoot in November and the two have been together ever since.  I love that she goes for the younger man.  —  Source
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.
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?
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 …
 
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