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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.
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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.
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 …
Associated Press:
Blaine fails in tank bid — NEW YORK (AP) — David Blaine was unconscious and having convulsions when he was rescued from his 8-foot aquarium during a breath-holding stunt, his trainer said Tuesday. — "I wasn't focused on records; I was thinking of a rescue," said trainer Kirk Krack, a free-diving expert.
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.
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People.com:
Britney Spears Is Pregnant Again … Britney Spears and husband Kevin Federline are expecting their second child together, Spears told David Letterman during a surprise visit to his show on Tuesday. — Spears's announcement, first reported by Access Hollywood, was confirmed by the singer's rep.
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Britney to Letterman: 'I'm Pregnant' — Spears confirms worst-kept secret — (May 9, 7:10PM ET) — Britney Spears surprised David Letterman today with an unexpected appearance and confirmation on-air that she is pregnant. — Both Britney's publicist and a source for 'The Late Show' confirmed the story.
Samantha Critchell / Associated Press:
Britney Spears Says Perfumes Grow With Her — Britney Spears Says Perfume Names Grow With Her, From Curious to Fantasy to in Control — NEW YORK May 9, 2006 (AP)— Britney Spears went from Curious to Fantasy, and now she's In Control. — Those are the names of the pop star's fragrances with Elizabeth Arden.
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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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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.
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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NICOLE STILL LOVES TOM — Nicole Kidman has been speaking openly about her split from ex-husband Tom Cruise, six years on. — And she says she still loves the star, whose fiancee, Katie Holmes, recently gave birth to his new daughter Suri. — Tom and Nicole split back in 2000, after a 10-year marriage.
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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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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 …
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.
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:
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 …
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 …
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.
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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).
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Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Madonna's A Moneymaker — The woman does have staying power, I'll give her that. Madonna's Confessions On A Dancefloor tour is set to be the most lucrative tour by female performer ever. However, if you're a Madonna fan living somewhere other than North America, Europe and Japan, you're pretty much out of luck.
