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2:30 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.
Discussion: Dlisted
Dino / Celebrity Hijinx:
A Minute 50 Seconds Short  —  It officially ended last night just minutes before 10 o'clock.  David Blaine, illusionist and crazitarian, attempted to break the current world record by holding his breath underwater for approx. 9 minutes.  —  For the first few minutes, he appeared to be calm …
Discussion: Us Weekly Online and Gawker
Derek Rose / NY Daily News:
Bubble trouble  —  Blaine chain stunt in doubt as he shows signs of wear
Discussion: Us Weekly Online and Gawker
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: A Socialite's Life and Defamer
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Jossip:
Leslie Sloane Zelnick's Backstage Battle for Lindsay Lohan  —  With Caryn James devoting so many words to Lindsay Lohan in the Times, we thought it'd only be customary to, well, devote a few more.  When Ms. Lohan followed up her suspect Today show appearance with a stopover at MTV's TRL yesterday, she was equally nescient.
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Egotastic!
ComingSoon.net:
Lohan and Co. on Just My Luck
Discussion: goldenfiddle
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
The Superficial:
Brooke Burke and Burger King dude break up  —  I'm not sure if this counts as celebrity gossip since it's fake and one of the people involved is a fictional character, but Brooke Burke and the Burger King dude have split up.  If a former model and giant-headed hamburger spokesman …
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Tim Nudd / adfreak:
King, Brooke Burke reportedly call it quits
Discussion: Adrants
New York Post:
JONES GETTING ' VIEW' VAMOOSE  —  May 9, 2006 — STAR Jones Reynolds has been told to hitch up her hefty wagonload of freebies and waddle off into the sunset, sources say.  —  ABC will announce this week that the big-boned talking head is out at "The View," a source close to the inner workings …
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 …
Phil / Egotastic!:
Scarlett Johansson Is Not Getting Naked  —  It looks like Scarlett Johansson has been causing quite the headache for the bigwigs over at L'Oreal.  Even though Johansson has a $5 Million deal with the cosmetics firm, she has refused to appear naked for their new campaign.
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FemaleFirst:
Scarlett Johansson naked refusal
Discussion: The Superficial and The DarkHat
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.
ComingSoon.net:
Ashanti Joins Resident Evil: Extinction  —  The official website for singer-actress Ashanti has revealed that she will appear in the "trilogy finale" Resident Evil: Extinction.  The site does not reveal which role she will play in the Screen Gems film.  —  She'll join returning stars Milla Jovovich …
Discussion: StarsOrbis
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Cruise's Daughter Said Don't Let Katie Go … Tom Cruise didn't just blindly take up with Katie Holmes - he had the approval of his 13-year-old daughter, Isabella.  —  "After I began dating Kate, Bella looked at me and said, 'Don't let this one go.  She's the one,'" Cruise tells Good Housekeeping magazine in its June cover story.
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.
Discussion: Defamer
FemaleFirst:
Take That land $3 million album deal  —  £3 million record deal.  —  Sony BMG, who own the band's back catalogue, were hoping to re-sign the group but the 90s stars have chosen to work with Polydor instead.  —  Polydor boss David Joseph, who worked with the band when he was with BMG, is said to have persuaded the boys to sign.
 
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