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Julie Pike / The National Ledger:
Baby Incident Forces Britney Spears to Leave New York — Britney Spears traveled to New York without her husband, but with her baby Sean Preston in tow. She did not have a good trip. The new mom, again pregnant, was photographed and filmed nearly dropping her son on a New York City street late last week …
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Britney Spears: Where's Kevin? — Britney Spears has hardly seen her husband since revealing she was pregnant, it's been claimed. — Friends say the pop babe - who announced the happy news ten days ago - is constantly left alone with the couple's eight-month-old son, Sean Preston, while Kevin Federline works on his rap album.
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Gary Gentile / Associated Press:
'Da Vinci Code' Hauls in $224M Worldwide — LOS ANGELES - Moviegoers gave their blessing to the "The Da Vinci Code" over the weekend, spending an estimated $77 million to see the Tom Hanks religious thriller. — While the film didn't set a domestic box office record …
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'Da Vinci Code' pulls in estimated $29 million on opening day — LOS ANGELES — The Da Vinci Code banked an estimated $29 million at the box office on its first day in theaters, an industry official said Saturday, positioning the film to turn in the strongest opening weekend for any movie this year.
People.com:
Chris Daughtry: Life After 'Idol' — Plus: Nick Lachey, Hugh Jackman and Christina Milian — Since getting booted off American Idol, Chris Daughtry has been anything but idle. We caught up with the singer at L.A. radio station KROQ's Weenie Roast concert in Irvine, Calif. …
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Reuters:
Elton John says photographers "should all be shot" —Text+Please note strong language in paragraph 5. — CANNES, France (Reuters) - British pop star Elton John launched an expletive-laden tirade against the press in Cannes late on Saturday while presenting an award to a young actor during the annual film festival.
Anthony Barnes / Independent:
Record label drops Doherty for being 'too difficult to deal with' — In terms of column inches, he is one of the biggest stars in the UK. But now Pete Doherty, the troubled musician better known for sex and drugs than rock and roll, has been dropped by his record label.
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NY Daily News:
Tommy's designer (fisti)cuffs — Tommy Hilfiger says he's proud of standing up for himself after a nightclub fistfight with rocker Axl Rose, in which the diminutive designer found himself thrown in a heap on the sidewalk. — The News' Jeffrey Slonim, an eyewitness, said Hilfiger …
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Axl: Hilfiger 'Just Kept Smacking Me' — NEW YORK - It was a one-two encounter between Axl Rose and Tommy Hilfiger. The rocker and designer capped a Thursday evening out at a new club called The Plumm in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood with midnight fisticuffs.
NY Daily News:
Hot role for Grazer gazer? — "The Da Vinci Code" may be dividing audiences, but did it unite producer Brian Grazer and renowned Hollywood man-eater Bai Ling? — Spies at the mega-movie's Cannes premiere on Wednesday say the two were "dirty dancing" at the lavish after-party and left together.
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Cris Bergman / The National Ledger:
Angelina Jolie Gets Baby Shower From Namibian Government — Angelina Jolie is anything but traditional. As she awaits the birth of her first natural born child in Africa - it's hard to debate that fact. So when her mom wanted to throw her a baby shower earlier in her pregnancy - She told her mom she didn't want one.
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Ray Bennett / Hollywood Reporter:
Southland Tales — Deep into Richard Kelly's miasmic 160-minute fantasy "Southland Tales," an actor who used to call himself "The Rock" places a gun at his temple and says, "I could pull the trigger right now and this whole nightmare will be over," and every impulse screams: "Do it!"
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New York Post:
TRUMAN READY TO ROLL — May 19, 2006 — JAMES Truman, the man who left as editorial director of Condé Nast about 18 months ago, is finally hitting the streets with a prototype for his new magazine, Culture & Travel. — Truman is the new CEO of LTB Media, which was based in London …
BBC:
Hasselhoff lands TV judging role — Former Baywatch star David Hasselhoff, singer Brandy and UK journalist Piers Morgan have been named judges on Simon Cowell's latest TV show. — America's Got Talent will feature singers, dancers, comedians and other entertainers, all vying for a $1m (£532,765) prize.
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Associated Press:
Toni Braxton gets her own Vegas show — Grammy winner will replace Wayne Newton at the Flamingo — LAS VEGAS - After her first road tour in 10 years, Toni Braxton has found a new place to call home. — The six-time Grammy-winner will take over as the headliner at the Flamingo hotel-casino …
USA Today:
Wisteria Lane's new landscape — UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Southern California's heavy April rains fell hard on Wisteria Lane, but the residual effects are pleasing to the eye. The trees are full, and the thick green grass in front of the Desperate Housewives homes on the Universal Studios backlot …
Matt Da / People.com:
CelebrityQ&A … This seems to have touched you very deeply. — It changed my life. It's not a trip that most people will get to take. I think if every American saw what I saw, they would want to help. Everyone has their own problems, their own lives. I have my kids, I have my bills.
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Jennifer Lopez' family sadness — Jennifer Lopez has confessed that seeing her ex-Ben Affleck with his family makes her depressed. — The Latino star admitted the thought of Ben and Jennifer Garner and their new baby makes her sick. — Jennifer told Britain's Star magazine: "Just raising the subject depresses me."
