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11:05 AM ET, May 22, 2006

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Toshiba Reynolds / The Post Chronicle:
Breaking: Angelina Jolie To Give Birth In A Few Hours  —  According to the 'Queen Of All Media,' Perez Hilton, Angelina Jolie is expected to give birth within a few hours and all hospitals in Namibia are on standby.  Angelina's already been in labor for several hours a source with absolutely no credentials tells Perizzle.
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Angelina Jolie's sick daughter  —  Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are allegedly rowing over their sick daughter.  —  The A-list couple - who are in Namibia awaiting the birth of their first biological child together - were worried sick after Angelina's adopted daughter Zahara was struck down with a mystery illness.
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.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Nicole Hitchie / 3am:
Lionel's girl to wed DJ boyfriend  —  Kiki King, Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley  —  IT LOOKS as if music legend Lionel Richie's daughter Nicole is finally going to make it down the aisle.  —  He was happy to break the news to 3am on a stellar night at the Prince's Trust's 30th anniversary concert at Tower Hill in London on Saturday.
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Sky News:
WEDDING HINT FOR NICOLE  —  It's a well-documented fact... the course of celebrity love never runs smooth.  —  And no-one proves it more than Nicole Richie.  —  She and boyfriend Adam Goldstein split in December, got it back on again... and now Nicole's dad has revealed a surprising new twist.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Associated Press:
'Dog' the Bounty Hunter weds despite tragedy  —  Chapman, longtime sidekick marry day after his daughter dies in car crash  —  HONOLULU - Duane "Dog" Chapman, star of A&E's reality show "Dog the Bounty Hunter," has married his longtime sidekick, Beth Smith.
Discussion: reality blurred … and Dlisted
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.
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Dissing the desperately skinny 'Housewives'  —  Plus: Inside Belushi's brain; Stewart and Trump make up  —  Perhaps it should be called "Desperately Skinny Housewives."  —  A former star of "ER" has blasted the hit series about the women of Wisteria Lane, saying she was turned …
Discussion: The Superficial
MTV:
Madonna Hangs On A Cross, Knocks World Leaders In Tour Kickoff  —  Singer opened Confessions tour at Inglewood, California's Forum on Sunday.  —  Madonna kicks off her Confessions tour in Inglewood, California on Sunday  —  INGLEWOOD, California — A better title for Madonna's Confessions tour might …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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 …
Discussion: Celebguru
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Britney Spears: Where's Kevin?
Discussion: Celebguru
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Jack Black, Wife Expecting a Boy  —  Jack Black and musician wife Tanya Haden, who eloped in March, are expecting their first child, a boy, early next month.  —  The actor broke the news this weekend while doing publicity for his new movie, Nacho Libre, which opens June 16, USA Today reports.
Discussion: Celebrity Gossip Blog
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.
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 …
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Junkiness
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Associated Press:   'Da Vinci Code' pulls in estimated $29 million on opening day
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. …
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.
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
Tashi Singh / The Post Chronicle:
Tom Cruise Faceoff With Katie, Nicole Kidman Over Kids  —  It was bound to happen, and insiders are saying the trouble has been abrewing ever since Katie Holmes decided to play part-time mommy to the adopted children of sweetie Tom Cruise.  Apparently, Nicole Kidman hasn't been very happy …
Discussion: Celebguru
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!"
Discussion: POPSUGAR
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 …
Discussion: The DarkHat
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Verena Dobnik / Associated Press:   Axl: Hilfiger 'Just Kept Smacking Me'
 
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