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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Votes Come In, And Conspiracy Theories Come Out — Every year, you can hear the howling: allegations of fraud, suggestions of stuffed ballot boxes, charges of voting manipulation, outrage, calumny. — A disputed election? Well, yes. But in this case, the hard feelings surround TV's …
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Associated Press:
America crowns a new 'Idol' — Alabama's Hicks celebrates success on top-rated show — LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — Taylor Hicks, the mop-topped manic dancer who wooed TV audiences with his raw singing style and boisterous personality, was named the new "American Idol" …
USA Today:
'Proud,' 'Destiny' will be new 'Idol' singles — The real American Idol winners might be My Destiny and Do I Make You Proud. — As viewers await the naming of the next Idol tonight (Fox, 8 live ET/tape-delay PT), those two songs, performed respectively in Tuesday's performance finale …
People.com:
Idol: The Stars Weigh In — • Tori Spelling, who took her 7-year-old stepson Jack to Tuesday's American Idol taping, thinks Taylor Hicks will be the last person singing. "I came tonight liking both and couldn't decide. I left wanting Taylor. He just had so much passion.
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C B / cityrag:
Britney Spears' mysterious message — To divert attention from her baby dropping, crying jags and freeloader husband, Britney Spears has posted a bizarre poem on her official website blaming mysterious persons for unexplained wrongs, followed by a photo of her and friends giving the finger...
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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.
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Brad Pitt's chief choice — Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have asked an African chief to name their unborn baby. — The A-list couple - who are staying in Namibia while they await the birth of their first biological child together - asked Namibian Governor Samuel Nuuyoma to pick a name for their child.
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Phil / Egotastic!:
Paris Hilton Gets Paid to Wave — It looks like Paris Hilton has finally found something she's qualified to do: Wave. That's right, Paris Hilton is now getting paid to show up places and wave hello. According to Page Six, Hilton was paid $200,000 to attend a charity event in Cannes.
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Jackson says she gained weight for role — NEW YORK - Janet Jackson, newly svelte after losing 60 pounds, says she gained weight for a role in the upcoming movie "Tennessee," which she ultimately had to pass on because of her new album. — "They (the producers) wanted to see me in a different light …
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Phil / Egotastic!:
The Elizabeth Hurley Nipple Slip That Wasn't — Cannes has definitely provided a lot of great blogging material her on Egotastic! for the past week: Avril Lavigne showing lots of cleavage, Kirsten Dunst bikini pictures, and a Bai Ling nipple slip. And in all the goings on, we almost missed this gem …
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Sky News:
TOM DENIES KATIE'S TEARS — Tom Cruise has slammed reports that his fiancee Katie Holmes is suffering from post-natal depression. — His words come after recent rumours that since the birth of Suri, Katie has constantly been in tears. — But Tom's publicist claimed: "Those reports are not true.
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TMZ:
K-Fed-Up With Photogs — Britney's hubby offers career advice to cameraman — (May 24, 6:20PM ET) — We're not exactly sure what K-Fed does for a living (backup dancer? rapper?), but apparently he feels secure enough with his place in life to offer career advice to the paparazzi.
Michael K / Dlisted:
Drunk from a Bottle — I'll have what she's having! Here's Xtina and Jordy leaving The Ivy last night.
Hollywoodtuna:
Give The Olsen Twins Another 18 Years — Remember when all you dirty old men were counting down the years, months, days, minutes, seconds that the Olsen Twins were going to turn 18? Did you guys think that once they hit 18, they would instantaneously become hot sexy Playmates …
TMZ:
'Dallas' Star Divorces Famous Plastic Surgeon — Victoria Principal files for divorce against Dr. Harry Glassman — (May 24, 7:45PM ET) — Former 'Dallas' star and current skin care queen Victoria Principal has split from her husband of nearly 21 years, famed Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Harry Glassman.
Star:
THE SIMPSON SISTERS AT WAR! — It seems her divorce from Nick Lachey isn't the only rift Jessica Simpson is dealing with! Sources reveal Jess, 25, and younger sister Ashlee, 21, are barely on speaking terms these days. — "There's been a lifelong rivalry," a source close to the Simpson family says.
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Piper / Best Week Ever:
BWE EXCLUSIVE: Brandon's Arch Nemesis: the IM Interview — It all started with Brandon Davis calling Lindsay Lohan a firecrotch and it all ends here. Meet Juanita, a 20 year-old Los Angeles student and Lindsay Lohan fan/protector, who stood outside an LA nightclub and verbally destroyed Brandon Davis (watch footage here).
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Gwen's Still Going — Gwen and Gavin have been so quiet the past few weeks we almost thought she might have had her baby. Finally pictures from a lunch in LA yesterday have appeared. It's amazing how she is so pregnant and yet still dresses up and puts on her lipstick for a simple lunch.
Just Jared:
Borat Wearing Thong!!!! — HAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Yekshimash!!!!!!!!! Borat unleashed his goodies in a fetching thong earlier today at The Cannes Film Festival. Yes, he copied the dude in the inset but I still managed to laugh my head off anyway. Borat is a Kazakhstani TV talking head played …
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