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1:20 PM ET, May 8, 2006

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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.
Susan Hatch / The National Ledger:
Sophia Bush Amused?  Chad Michael Murray Banned From Kenzie Dalton's Prom  —  A published report claims that One Tree Hill star Chad Michael Murray has been banned his 18-year old co-star and fiancée Kenzie Dalton's prom at her High School in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Discussion: Dlisted and Hot Momma Drama
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?
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Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Tom Cruise gets serious about Mother's Day  —  Actor shells out almost $1,000 for flowers for Katie Holmes  —  Tom Cruise is saying it with flowers.  —  The very publicly besotted new dad shelled out nearly a thousand dollars for a Mother's Day bouquet for the mom of his new daughter, says a source.
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!!
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Ulrica Wihlborg / People.com:   Adam Sandler, Wife Have a Baby
adamsandler.com:
SANDLER HAD A KID!!!  —  Kid is healthy!!  Wife is healthy!!
Discussion: POPSUGAR
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.
Sky News:
BRAD'S NEW LOVE ISLAND  —  This actor has found his very own celebrity love island.  —  Forget Namibia, Brad Pitt has set his exotic sights elsewhere.  —  He has apparently fallen in love with the Dominican Republic.  —  He has been touring the Caribbean island with an estate agent …
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
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
Hollywoodtuna:
Jennifer Lopez Goes Grey  —  I don't like to pick on the elderly and considering Jennifer Lopez is 36, I wouldn't dare make fun of the fact that she has more grey hair than my grandmother.  It's a good thing she's not trying to hide her roots.  That would be silly and much more noticeable.
Discussion: CelebNewsWire
FemaleFirst:
Courteney Cox spared sex change embarrassment  —  Courteney Cox has been spared embarrassment after plans for a reality TV show documenting her brother-in-law's sex change operation were dropped.  —  Transvestite Alexis Arquette - the brother of Cox's actor husband David Arquette …
Discussion: Tabloid Whore!
FemaleFirst:
Denise Richards' granparents ban  —  Denise Richards has banned Charlie Sheen's parents from seeing their granddaughters.  —  The 'Wild Things' actress is reportedly so furious with her estranged husband - who she is going through a messy divorce with - that she is cutting her children's grandparents …
Phil / Egotastic!:
Ashlee Simpson and Her New Nose  —  Last week we caught the first blurry glimpses of Ashlee Simpson after her nose job, but you couldn't really see too much in those.  Well, here are a ton of new pictures of Ashlee at the SunFest concert in Florida from this Saturday, and I must say, those docs did a great job.
Mitch Marconi / The Post Chronicle:
Jessica Simpson Severs Ties With 'Toxic' Ex Nick Lachey  —  Jessica Simpson has reportedly cut all contact with her "toxic" ex-husband Nick Lachey after his recent critical interviews about the star, reports Entertainmentwise.  —  Lachey recently implied in interviews to promote his new solo record …
FemaleFirst:
Jennifer Aniston wants Mr T's house  —  Jennifer Aniston wants to buy former 'A-Team' star Mr T's  —  £12.9 million mansion - to be closer to boyfriend Vince Vaughn.  —  The actress is reportedly planning on snapping up the actor's Tudor-style residence which is located in her current lover's home state of Illinois.
Discussion: goldenfiddle
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.
 
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