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7:10 PM ET, May 24, 2006

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NY Daily News:
Brad's bike ride called wheely big mistake  —  Has Brad Pitt been reading the Britney Spears Child-Care Manual?  —  Spears, who has been blasted for putting her baby, Sean, at risk during recent car trips, has some company now that safety watchdogs are nipping at Pitt.
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Darren Waters / BBC:
Coppola's period drama falls flat  —  BBC News entertainment reporter in Cannes  —  Marie-Antoinette, one of the early favourites for the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival, was booed at the end of the first press screening on Wednesday.  —  The period drama stars Kirsten Dunst and was directed …
Discussion: MollyGood
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Variety:   La reine storm
ETonline:
Janet Jackson's 60-Pound Weight Loss!  —  Pop superstar JANET JACKSON just turned 40 and has an all-new album dropping this September called 20 Years Old — and ET's KEVIN FRAZIER was on the set of the cover shoot, proving that 40 is definitely the new 20!  —  "I worked really hard …
Discussion: Dlisted
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Noelle / Us Weekly:
Us Exclusive: How Janet Jackson Lost 60 Pounds In Four Months
Discussion: POPSUGAR and MollyGood
USA Today:
These characters are toying with us  —  "I'm going to be an action figure!!??"  —  That's what Malcolm David Kelley (Lost's Walt) exclaimed after the 14-year-old learned from his TV dad, Harold Perrineau (Michael), that the cast is getting plastic mini-me replicas.
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spawn.com:
MCFARLANE TOYS GETS 'LOST'  —  Six Exclusive Action Figures Coming to Stores This Fall  —  McFarlane Toys will soon give Lost's legions of fans something new to obsess over.  A series of Lost action figures is scheduled to be released late fall, 2006, and is destined to populate office cubicles around the country.
Discussion: Wizbang Pop! and TV Squad
Jocelyn Noveck / Associated Press:
Some moms come forward to defend Spears  —  NEW YORK - Britney Spears.  She's so easy to make fun of.  Even her song titles conspire to mock her: "Oops, She Did It Again!"  But the latest headlines about America's most maligned mother are evoking a new sentiment from fellow moms.
POPSUGAR:
Paris Paid To Wave  —  After reading this you will just hate her more.  Page Six reports, Paris went to Cannes because she made $200,000 to show up and wave at some charity even in Cannes.  In fact below is a pic of Paris and friends at at the De Grisogono party in Cannes.  Who do you hate more in the picture below?
TMZ:
Daughtry Running Out on Fuel  —  Former 'Idol' may pass on lead-singer gig  —  (May 24, 12:50PM ET) — It's looking like Chris Daughtry isn't going to accept the rock band Fuel's offer to become their new lead singer.  —  The band offered Daughtry the gig 13 days ago after his surprise elimination …
Discussion: Defamer
Sky News:
BRIAN AND KERRY AT WAR  —  It was one of the most controversial splits in showbiz.  —  But even though Brian McFadden and Kerry Katona seemed to have moved on with their lives, things look set to get very nasty indeed.  —  Brian has said he will take his estranged wife to court for custody …
Discussion: Dlisted
Jossip:
Paris Hilton Has a Firecrotch of Her Own  —  Oh, boy.  What would we do without Intern Calista and her insatiable need for celebrity gossip ... and photos.  In her research of God knows what, she came across this somewhat arbitrary but still extremely funny picture of Paris Hilton during her "modeling days."
Discussion: Best Week Ever
nbc4i.com:
Wave Splashes Bruce Willis During TV Interview  —  CANNES, France — One of Hollywood's biggest stars got all wet last weekend at the Cannes Film Festival.  —  Bruce Willis was doing an interview with German television Saturday near the ocean when a huge wave hit him and his producer from behind.
Discussion: POPSUGAR and MollyGood
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Chesney, Brooks & Dunn Win at ACM Awards  —  Kenny Chesney was named entertainer of the year at the 41st annual Academy of Country Music Awards for the second year running on Tuesday, while Brooks & Dunn set an ACM record by picking up their 20th and 21st trophies.
AAP / Sydney Morning Herald:
Stars offered free plastic surgery at Cannes  —  Botox, an eye lift, tummy tuck or liposuction - it is all free if you are famous enough at the Cannes International Film Festival.  —  Big name actors, including Australia's Cate Blanchett and Hugh Jackman, are being offered plenty of free loot at the annual glitzy film fest.
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
NY Daily News:
Donald, as an auctioneer, you blue it !  —  Donald, please!  Language!  —  "Put your freaking, f—g hand down!  You!  Who keeps waving in the air!" charity auctioneer Donald Trump ordered a dinner guest at Chelsea Piers during Monday night's fund-raiser benefiting the c for autistic children …
Discussion: Jossip
Todd / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:
Julia Stiles is Spread  —  They say this is Julia Stiles on the cover of next month's issue of Marie Claire.  I'll take their word for it, because her name is on the cover and it kinda looks like her, but I'm still not sure.  I don't see any black guys.
Hollywoodtuna:
Where Is Elizabeth Hurley's Bikini?  —  There's a nice theme going on in Cannes; "Breasts Everywhere!"  You got Avril, Halle, Kirsten's friend and now Elizabeth Hurley.  For some reason, I have a sneaking suspicion that maybe I'm in the wrong part of the world.
Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
Enter Stage Right: Live Advertisements  —  Seven fifty-five p.m. A moment, in theater, of whispered anticipation, of studying Playbills, of turning off cellphones.  And a perfect time, before a performance of "Stomp" at the Orpheum Theater in the East Village last night, for a commercial.
Discussion: Jossip and Gothamist
TMZ:
Feds Raid Home of Photo Agency Head  —  Allegations of illegally hacking into Us Weekly computers  —  (May 23, 6:35PM ET) — TMZ has learned the FBI searched the home today of a woman who runs an LA paparazzi agency.  The allegation — her computers were used to illegally hack into the computers …
Discussion: Jossip
 
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