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12:00 PM ET, May 8, 2006

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Ulrica Wihlborg / People.com:
Adam Sandler, Wife Have a Baby  —  Adam Sandler and his wife, Jackie, have had their first child, according to the comedian's Web site.  —  "Kid is healthy!!  Wife is healthy!!" says the posting.  It did not give any other details, but a source tells PEOPLE the baby is a girl, born yesterday at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles.
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Associated Press:
Wife of Adam Sandler Gives Birth to Girl  —  LOS ANGELES - Adam Sandler is now a real-life "Big Daddy."  —  Sandler's wife, Jackie, gave birth to the couple's first child, according to a posting on the comedian's Web site.  —  Under the headline "Sandler had a kid!!," he writes "Kid is healthy!!
adamsandler.com:
SANDLER HAD A KID!!!  —  Kid is healthy!!  Wife is healthy!!  He's still a moron, and that's all that counts!!!  —  SNEAK PEAK FOR "CLICK"  —  "CLICK" will be included in Summer Preview on Entertainment Tonight tonight, April 20, 2006 CBS please check local listing for time.  —  THE BENCHWARMERS ON TV
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Brandon Gray / boxofficemojo.com:
'Mission: Impossible III' Doesn't Thrill in Debut  —  This franchise will self-destruct in three movies.  —  Count Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible among the mega-movie series that faltered by the third outing, joining Beverly Hills Cop, The Matrix and The Terminator among others.
Discussion: Popwatch | Blog
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Obviously They Want Us to Believe She's Nursing  —  TomKat ventured out of their crazy house for a night out in Los Angeles.  Kate prominently showed off her nursing bra.  Probably to try and make us believe she was ever pregnant.  Does that bitch have a permanent smile on her face?
Nikki Finke / Deadline Hollywood Daily:
Unusual MI3 Ticket Sales at Hollywood ArcLight Near Scientology Celeb Center  —  I have confirmed today that there has been an unusual pattern of ticket sales for Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible 3 at Hollywood's ArcLight Theater, which just happens to be located right near the Church of Scientology Celebrity Center where Cruise belongs.
NY Daily News:
Tom becomes a guy to look up to  —  "Mission: Impossible: III" star Tom Cruise is partial to special effects — not only in his movies, but also, it seems, in his shoes.  —  According to numerous published reports, Cruise is 5 feet, 7 inches tall and his wife-to-be, Katie Holmes, is between 5-feet-8 and 5-feet-9.
Discussion: A Socialite's Life, BlogNYC and Yeeeah!
Star:
LISA RINNA: THE SECRETS BEHIND HER HOT BODY AND STEAMY MARRIAGE!  —  Backstage at the Kodak Theater in the exclusive Dr. Scholl's gift lounge, Dancing with the Stars phenom Lisa Rinna revealed her fitness secrets to Star — and just a warning: it involves a lazy susan and a stripper pole!
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
People.com:
Jon Favreau, Wife Expecting Baby No. 3  —  Actor, screenwriter and director Jon Favreau and his wife, physician Joya Tillem, are expecting their third child, Favreau's rep confirms to PEOPLE.  —  The couple are already parents to daughter Madelaine, 3, and son Max, 4, who is named for a character in Favreau's 2001 comedy Made.
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Star:   JON FAVREAU'S WIFE PREGNANT!
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Kellie Pickler Reunited with Ex-Con Dad … American Idol castoff Kellie Pickler returned to Albemarle, N.C., on Saturday, riding in a 1968 Ford Mustang during a homecoming parade and greeting thousands of fans - including her estranged father.  —  Pickler hadn't seen her dad, Clyde "Bo" Pickler, in more than three years.
Discussion: Fatback and Collards
People.com:
Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Wife Have a Girl  —  Mark-Paul Gosselaar, 32, and wife Lisa, 34, welcomed their second child, daughter Ava Lorenn, at noon on Sunday in Los Angeles, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.  —  "Mother, daughter and family are all well," says rep Ame Van Iden.
Toshiba Reynolds / The Post Chronicle:
Jennifer Aniston Fights Pitt Fee, Angelina Jolie Jumps Ugly  —  Brad Pitt tailored the role for ex-wife Jennifer Aniston when she was serving as Mrs. Pitt, but when the divorce set in, apparently the production company they founded together, Plan B, cut her fee for 'The Senators Wife' without so much as a how-dee-do to the actress.
Discussion: Derek Hail
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
Water, Water for a Week, Nor Anything to Eat  —  It is as if someone packed up the Coney Island of a century ago and sent it on a time-traveling subway up to Lincoln Center.  For there, now, is David Blaine, the modern-day Houdini whose latest feat involves living for seven days …
Discussion: popbytes
NY Daily News:
Petra rejects Plumm role  —  Supermodel Petra Nemcova is mad as heck, and she's not going to take it anymore!  —  The Czech stunner has sicced her lawyers on Plumm club owner Noel Ashman over his use of her name to promote the nightspot.  The last straw was a story (and full-page picture) …
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
Associated Press:
Garcia, Anthony Honored at Alma Awards  —  LOS ANGELES - Marc Anthony and Andy Garcia were honored with special tributes at Sunday's 2006 ALMA Awards, which celebrated achievements by Hispanic artists from the worlds of music, television and film.  —  Anthony received the Celia Cruz Award …
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Associated Press:
Actress Tori Spelling Marries in Fiji  —  LOS ANGELES - Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott got married Sunday on a private tropical island in Fiji, People magazine reported.  —  The non-denominational ceremony was attended only by the bride and groom, who were both barefoot and wearing white, the magazine said on its Web site.
Discussion: TV Squad
New York Post:
CHEAP BABY BOOTY  —  May 7, 2006 — SURI may be Hollywood and Scientology royalty, but that didn't stop the filthy-rich church from shopping for the TomKat offspring at glamour-challenged Wal-Mart.  A public-relations staffer at the church's sprawling desert retreat in Hemet, Calif. …
David Germain / Associated Press:
`M:I3' Has Lower-Than-Expected Debut  —  LOS ANGELES - Fewer people chose to accept Tom Cruise's latest mission, a possible sign that the odd behavior of Hollywood's biggest star may have taken a toll on his box-office charm.  —  Paramount's "Mission: Impossible III" debuted with $48.025 million …
 
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