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6:50 PM ET, May 9, 2006

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nbc11.com:
David Blaine Emerges From Water Tank After Week  —  Stunt Artist Falls Short Of Underwater Record For Holding Breath  —  NEW YORK — David Blaine emerged weak and wrinkly from a week spent submerged within an 8-foot snow globe-like tank - but without a world record for holding his breath.
Discussion: WOW Report
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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 and whatevs (dot org)
BBC:
Breathless Blaine out of hospital  —  Showman David Blaine has left hospital after spending seven days under water.  —  The week-long stunt caused liver damage, pins and needles in his feet and hands, some loss of sensation and rashes, Blaine's doctor said.
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
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
Jenny / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:
David Blaine Choked  —  Well, after all the hype, David Blaine failed to hold his breath underwater for nine minutes last night and break the world record. … Now he's apparently suffering from pins and needles, skin rashes and possible liver failure.  Gotta love those live specials …
Dino / Celebrity Hijinx:
A Minute 50 Seconds Short
Discussion: Gawker and Us Weekly Online
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?
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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, Gawker and Egotastic!
Phil / Egotastic!:   Who Is Lindsay Lohan Kissing?
Noelle / Us Weekly Online:
Us Exclusive: Jake Gyllenhaal's New Girlfriend!  —  Jake Gyllenhaal has finally moved on from his on-again off-again love Kirsten Dunst.  Sources tell Us that the 25-year-old actor is dating Gretchen Bleiler, an Olympic snowboarder from Toledo, Ohio.  The pair are so serious that Bleiler …
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POPSUGAR:   Jakey G's New Gal Pal
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 …
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TMZ:   Barbara to Meredith: How Dare You
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.
Discussion: Best Week Ever
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
Discussion: lePaparazzi and 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
Hollywoodtuna:
People Like Jessica Alba  —  Jessica Alba has pulled off a People magazine hat trick: She's on the hot and beautiful lists of all three People magazines with the latest from Teen People.  —  Source  —  Jessica Alba is a cute girl who has a sick little body and an especially hot ass.  But that's it.
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.
Discussion: Defamer
Sky News:
WHOSE SISTER IS THIS?  —  She's blonde, she's tall, she's pretty.  —  In looks, this chick is strikingly similar to her younger sister - only she's not as famous.  —  The two siblings were out in Beverly Hills, enjoying a spot of shopping together.  —  The famous sister had taken her sis …
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.
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).
Discussion: TV Squad
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 …
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
 
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