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4:15 PM ET, May 8, 2006

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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.
Discussion: The Superficial and Just Jared
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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.
Ted Shaffrey / Associated Press:
Magician Vows to Complete Aquarium Stunt  —  NEW YORK - David Blaine says he's in "pretty bad shape" as he nears the end of his latest feat — a week in an aquarium — but vowed to go through with his finale of holding his breath underwater for nearly 9 minutes.
Discussion: Tabloid Whore! and Dlisted
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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
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
Water, Water for a Week, Nor Anything to Eat
Discussion: popbytes
ETonline:
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.
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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.
Hollywoodtuna:   The 2006 NCLR ALMA Awards
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.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Chad Michael Murray Banned From Prom!
Discussion: Best Week Ever
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 …
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David Germain / Associated Press:
'M:I3' Can't Accomplish Expected Earnings
Discussion: Defamer
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."
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Jossip:
Lindsay Lohan Works Harder Than Everyone
Discussion: Egotastic!
Tony Soprano / Newsweek:
Newsmakers: Nick Lachey  —  Seven Things* I'd Rather Talk About Than ... Jessica Simpson.  By Nick Lachey.  —  May 15, 2006 issue - 1.  That's assuming that there are things that I'd rather talk about.  —  2. My new album, "What's Left of Me."  Every album is a labor of love, but this one was the most painful to make.
Discussion: Tabloid Whore!
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Mitch Marconi / The Post Chronicle:
Jessica Simpson Severs Ties With 'Toxic' Ex Nick Lachey
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Gil Kaufman / MTV:
Where Ya Been?  Vitamin C Juicing Up A Comeback, Fastball Heading Back To The Mound  —  Vitamin C has new albums for both kids and adults on the way; Fastball are contemplating a new LP.  —  Vitamin C … Who: Vitamin C (a.k.a. Colleen Fitzpatrick)  —  Biggest Hit: "Graduation (Friends Forever)"
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.
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Associated Press:
Ashlee Simpson Not Rushing to Get Married
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
Associated Press:
Nicole Kidman: Still Loves Tom Cruise  —  NEW YORK - Nicole Kidman says her divorce from Tom Cruise was a "major shock" — and, she still loves him.  —  "That was a major shock," the 38-year-old actress says in an interview in the June issue of Ladies' Home Journal, on newsstands Tuesday.
Discussion: Us Weekly Online
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.
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
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:
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.
David Edelstein / New York Magazine:
Where Have I Read That Before?  —  The scourge of plagiarism is plaguing all writers.  Thanks to Kaavya, everyone's a suspect.  —  I  —  s everything we read now swiped from somewhere else?  —  Consider Kaavya Viswanathan.  One moment, Viswanathan was a literary marvel …
Discussion: BlogNYC
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
 
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Tim Marchman / Wired:
Quora-owned AI chatbot platform Poe is providing users with downloadable HTML files of paywalled articles from outlets including NYT, Forbes, and The Atlantic

Michael Schneider / Variety:
Nielsen: the Biden-Trump debate drew an average audience of 51.3M viewers across 17 networks in the US, down from 2020's first debate, with nearly 73.1M

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