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1:20 PM ET, May 9, 2006

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Pat Milton / Associated Press:
Magician David Blaine Leaves Hospital  —  NEW YORK - Magician David Blaine left the hospital Tuesday where he had been admitted for observation after being submerged in an 8-foot fish bowl with an oxygen mask for a week followed by a 7-minute breath-holding stunt.
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Joal Ryan / E! Online:
David Blaine's Bubble Bursts  —  Well, there's always Most Faces Shaved in One Hour...  The world record that David Blaine wanted—Longest Breath Held Underwater—didn't fall to the stunt man Monday night.  —  Blaine, tired, achy and wrinkly from a seven-day, seven-night stay …
Discussion: The Superficial
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
David Blaine Fails to Set World Record … David Blaine missed his watermark Monday night on national television, emerging weak and wrinkled from a week spent submerged within an 8-foot snow globe-like tank - without setting his intended world record for holding his breath.
Derek Rose / NY Daily News:
Bubble trouble  —  Blaine chain stunt in doubt as he shows signs of wear
Discussion: Us Weekly Online and Gawker
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Million-dollar baby: Is Tori Spelling pregnant?  —  Plus: Lohan says she received death threats from Beatles fans  —  Donna Martin gestates?  Maybe.  —  Is Tori Spelling pregnant?  —  The former "Beverly Hills, 90210" star got married to Dean McDermott in a very private ceremony in Fiji …
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Dean McDermott's Ex-Wife Blasts Him & Tori  —  Not everyone is sending congratulatory wishes to Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott, who were married Sunday on a private tropical island in Fiji.  —  McDermott's ex-wife, Toronto TV personality Mary Jo Eustace - who was wed to the actor for 12 years …
Discussion: Celebamour
Caryn James / New York Times:
Lindsay Lohan: Portrait of the Party Girl as a Young Artist  —  What if you took someone with Britney Spears's unfailingly wrong instincts about her image, tossed in a dollop of Meryl Streep's talent and gave her flowing red hair that morphed on a moment's notice to deepest black or fairest blond?
Discussion: Jossip and Defamer
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ComingSoon.net:
Lohan and Co. on Just My Luck  —  19-year-old Lindsay Lohan has come a long way since she played both Hallie and Annie James in Disney's 1998 remake The Parent Trap.  Now, with titles such as Freaky Friday, Mean Girls and Herbie Fully Loaded under her belt, she has become quite the movie star.
Discussion: goldenfiddle and Jossip
Extra:
The Brunette Bombshell Galloping into Nick's Life  —  It's an all-new couple alert as "Extra" breaks news about the latest beauty in the life of Nick Lachey.  And the sexy temptress isn't keeping this romance a secret!  —  Supermodel Petra Nemcova and the hottie singer were spotting getting super cozy …
Discussion: The Bastardly
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Idol Winner Carrie Underwood Graduates … Making good on her vow to go back and finish school, last year's American Idol winner Carrie Underwood is now a college graduate.  —  The country singer, 23, graduated magna cum laude, receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree from Northeastern State University …
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Keith Richards 'Talking' After Surgery  —  Keith Richards was "up and talking to his family" Monday afternoon only hours after undergoing brain surgery to relieve a blood clot on his brain, according to a statement from two spokeswomen for the Rolling Stones.
NY Daily News:
A hush-hush occasion for Travolta downtown  —  You can't blame the Church of Scientology — this time — for one of its members wanting silence in odd places.  —  It's well known that Tom Cruise wanted Katie Holmes to deliver their baby without uttering a peep during her labor.
Todd / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:
Jessica Simpson Has Dumb Hair  —  Although she has her tits hanging out at the 2006 NCLR ALMA Awards, the fact that I would much rather look at the guys standing next to her pretty much sums up my lack of interest in Jessica Simpson.  Not that she needed it, but the new orange hair thing …
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Phil / Egotastic!:   Jessica Simpson Tries Red Hair. Fails.
Angela Carson / The National Ledger:
Tables Turned: Kevin Federline to Leave Britney Spears?  —  When reports emerge that Britney Spears and Kevin Federline are set to split most detail that Brit will be the one that rids herself of Kevin by pulling the plug on the relationship.  —  But a new item published in Life & Style Weekly says the tables may be turned.
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FemaleFirst:
Kevin Federline: Britney better in bed
Discussion: The DarkHat
Stacey Plaisance / Associated Press:
Witherspoon, Garner Tour New Orleans  —  NEW ORLEANS - In a gutted building with no interior walls, exposed pipes and no air conditioning to stave off the Louisiana heat, Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Garner and Cicely Tyson chatted with children who had lost their homes, then watched as they sang, danced and worked on art projects.
Tim Nudd / adfreak:
King, Brooke Burke reportedly call it quits  —  Just got an e-mail telling us that the Burger King and Brooke Burke have split up, and offering these images as proof.  (Click the pics to enlarge.)  No cause was given, although judging by the second photo, it may have something …
Discussion: The Superficial and Adrants
Frazier Moore / Associated Press:
Wedding, Questions on '7th Heaven' Finale  —  NEW YORK - Did Simon and Rose tie the knot?  Was Rose pregnant?  Did "7th Heaven" really sing its swan song Monday night?  —  Stop reading if you don't want to know.  —  Now for the answers.  No (though the upshot of the wedding wasn't divulged until the show's closing moments).
People.com:
Keri's 'Mission': Playing Tough  —  Plus: Get the gossip on Jaime Pressly, Jessica Simpson, Jessica Alba and more  —  She looked stunning in Balenciaga at the New York premiere of Mission: Impossible 3, but Keri Russell told us getting to be banged up and bruised for her role in the movie was much more of a blast.
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Just Jared:
Sarah Jessica Parker in Vacancy … New York, NY ::  41-year-old actress Sarah Jessica Parker swept up the trash in front of her Manhattan apartment this past weekend.  She wore an INSPI(RED) t-shirt, a nod to the Global Fund, which raises funds to help women and children with HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Piper / Best Week Ever:
UPDATE: K-Fed Loses MySpace Page, Finds it  —  Last Month, K-fed got in hot water for stealing riffs from Thomas Dolby's She Blinded Me With Science on his track America's Most Hated for his upcoming album.  At the time he was forced to remove the track from his MySpace page …
Discussion: ohnotheydidnt
 
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