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1:30 PM ET, May 8, 2006

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Associated Press:
Garcia, Anthony Honored at Alma Awards  —  Capping a week dominated by the national debate on immigration policy, Sunday's 2006 ALMA Awards celebrated positive portrayals and outstanding achievements by Hispanic artists from the worlds of music, television and film.
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Jessica's Night as a Redhead!  —  Blonde bombshell JESSICA SIMPSON showed off a sassy new look over the weekend at the star-studded ALMA awards.  She had smoldering, red hair!  Our own KEVIN FRAZIER was with the A-lister to get the star scoop!  —  "It's a wig!" she told Kevin on the red carpet.
Associated Press:
Garcia, Anthony Honored at Alma Awards
Discussion: POPSUGAR
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.
Jack Ryan / The Post Chronicle:
Bubble Trouble For David Blaine, Chain Stunt Now In Doubt  —  After a full week in his water-filled acrylic sphere, David Blaine may not be able to pull off his escape stunt tonight.  The 33-year-old magician, shirtless and with an oxygen tube in his mouth, slid into his "human aquarium" last Monday at Lincoln Center.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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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
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
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.
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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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
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Keith Richards Has Brain Surgery  —  Keith Richards underwent surgery to relieve a blood clot on his brain caused by a recent accident while on vacation in Fiji, according to news reports Down Under.  —  The Rolling Stones guitarist, 62, was recovering in New Zealand after the surgery, reports the New Zealand Herald.
Christina Aguilera / MTV:
Christina Aguilera, AFI To Perform At MTV Movie Awards  —  Popcorn presenters include Ludacris, Justin Timberlake, Will Ferrell, Owen Wilson.  —  It isn't difficult to imagine a killer party fueled by the voices of Justin Timberlake, Ludacris and Christina Aguilera.
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Lindsay on Her Life: 'Everything's Fine'  —  Lindsay Lohan found herself in the hot seat on Monday's Today show, facing a grilling from interviewer Matt Lauer - who introduced the 19-year old actress by saying she's "known these days as much for her night life as she is for her day job."
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
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Tom's Mission Falls Short of Expectations  —  Hollywood tongues are wagging over the weekend's less-than-expected box-office tally for Mission: Impossible III - and asking if Tom Cruise's image may be to blame.  —  With an estimated $48.025 million in its till, M:I3 fell below industry expectations …
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
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
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.
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
 
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