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12:15 PM ET, May 26, 2006

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Just Jared:
Jennifer Aniston & Vince Vaughn - Entertainment Weekly Cover  —  Here's a sneak peek at the June 2, 2006 issue of Entertainment Weekly with Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn on the 'All About Their Break-Up' cover — their first photo shoot together.  This issue hits newsstands tomorrow.
Discussion: ohnotheydidnt and Celebguru
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Nicole Lampert / Daily Mail:
Jen: 'Extensions ruined my hair'  —  Gallery  —  As Rachel in Friends, her hair was her crowning glory and sparked millions to imitate her.  —  But now Jennifer Aniston has revealed that her famous top has become a disaster area - after an ill-advised decision to have hair extensions.
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
justjared.com:
Aniston & Vaughn's First Photo Shoot  —  Here's a sneak peek at the June 2, 2006 issue of Entertainment Weekly with Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn on the 'All About Their Break-Up' cover — their first photo shoot together.  This issue hits newsstands tomorrow.
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Jared Leto Comes Out?  —  ThirtySecondLeto: I'll give you an exclusive....  TyeinMusic: ooh. lay it on me  —  ThirtySecondLeto: I'm gay  —  TyeinMusic: *!  TyeinMusic: please tell me you're serious  —  ThirtySecondLeto: as a goose.  —  (Click the image to see the IM exchange.)
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Gayesteditorever / AOL Gay & Lesbian:
Jared Leto's So-Called Coming Out  —  NEWS FLASH: Jared Leto Says He's Gay  —  In an AIM Interview with AOL Music, actor and musician Jared Leto typed these words into AOL Instant Messenger: … Wow.  Is he for real?  —  I only ask that because:  —  A) Leto has dated some of Hollywood's leading women.
Jill Serjeant / Reuters:
Soul singer Taylor Hicks wins "American Idol"  —  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Gray-haired soul singer Taylor Hicks won the 2006 "American Idol" contest on Wednesday, capturing the hearts and votes of millions of viewers in the fifth edition of America's top-rated TV show.
Discussion: HotOnlineNews.com
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Hollywood Reporter:
Huge turnout sees Hicks get 'Idol' crown  —  More than 36 million viewers turned out Wednesday, the final night of the 2005-06 season, to see Taylor Hicks win the fifth incarnation of Fox's "American Idol."  The turnout was nearly nine times the population of Hicks' native state of Alabama and the most-watched "Idol" finale yet.
Discussion: reality blurred …
Los Angeles Times:   Soulful Taylor Hicks Wins 'American Idol'
Sky News:
KATE SNAPS AT SNAPPER  —  Frankly, we're lucky Kate Moss won't be taking any penalties for England in the World Cup.  —  She's not all that good at hitting the target.  —  Her latest target was a snapper who'd apparently done something to nark her as she went to visit a friend in north London.
Discussion: POPSUGAR
NY Daily News:
A portrait of Uma's mom, etched in acid  —  Uma Thurman isn't keen on talking about her mother's first marriage, to LSD frontiersman Timothy Leary.  ("People shouldn't be defined by these early alliances in their lives," she tells Julia Reed in June's Vogue.)
Discussion: Jossip
The Superficial:
Kate Moss goes nuts on the paparazzi  —  Anybody can headbutt their assistant, but it takes a real supermodel to attack a complete stranger.  Kate Moss recently lost it after seeing the paparazzi and started kicking them and going nuts on their equipment.  If all it takes is a little cocaine …
Discussion: Celebguru
Hollywoodtuna:
Britney... I Mean Jessica Simpson Out Shopping  —  I'd like to retract my previous post about Ashlee Simpson and like to confirm that she is indeed taken over the role as the new Jessica Simpson.  Because the old Jessica Simpson is starting to look like Britney Spears.  WTF is going on?
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Hollywoodtuna:
Ashlee Simpson Is Invisible
Discussion: POPSUGAR
TMZ:
Save Britney!  —  Fans rally around pop star's wax figure  —  (May 25, 4:40PM ET) — The famous Madame Tussauds House of Wax in New York is on a mission... a mission to "Bring Back Britney!"  The museum hopes the grassroots movement, fueled on the internet, will restore Mrs. Federline to what they believe is her pop star glory.
New York Post:
BABS: $6 MILLION ISN'T ENOUGH  —  May 26, 2006 — IS THE Barbara Walters story worth more than half of what Bill Clinton got for his autobiography?  She thinks so.  —  We've learned that Walters has wriggled out of a $6 million contract with Miramax books for her memoirs.
Anna Bahney / New York Times:
Interns?  No Bloggers Need Apply  —  ON the first day of his internship last year, Andrew McDonald created a Web site for himself.  It never occurred to him that his bosses might not like his naming it after the company and writing in it about what went on in their office.
Discussion: StarsOrbis, Blogebrity and Jossip
Jeff Bercovici / WWD.COM:
Memo Pad: Womb To Maneuver  —  WOMB TO MANEUVER: If celebrity procreation is your obsession, it's truly a wonderful time to be alive.  —  Not content to plop the swollen abdomens of Angelina Jolie, Britney Spears, Katie Holmes and others on practically every regular issue …
FemaleFirst:
Nicole Richie's diet pill addiction  —  Nicole Richie's frightening weight loss was caused by an addiction to diet pills.  —  The brunette's close friend Crystal has revealed the 'Simple Life' star is hooked on Hoodia - a South African herb that fools the brain into thinking you are constantly full.
Contactmusic.com:
PRESSLY WOULD NEVER FILM SEX  —  Former Playboy model JAIME PRESSLY feared she would have to star in a sex tape to break Hollywood, after a string of celebrities' raunchy videos catapulted them to stardom.  Stars such as PARIS HILTON, FRED DURST, EVE, PAMELA ANDERSON and TOMMY LEE …
Discussion: Yeeeah!
Samuel Maull / Associated Press:
Woody Allen loses fight over movie editing  —  NEW YORK - Woody Allen, in another legal fight with two former friends and producers he accused of cheating him out of $12 million, has lost a skirmish over what versions of six of his movies will be shown on television and in airplanes.
Discussion: Defamer
David / Queerty - The gay blog:
Clay Aiken Performs, People Go Crazy  —  Re-meet Michael Sandecki.  He's the American Idol contestant, ousted long ago, who will forever be compared to Clay Aiken.  During last night's finale, Michael was welcomed to perform one last song on stage: Elton John's "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me."
People.com:
Lindsay Gets Cozy with Paris's Ex … How better to get back at a nemesis?  If you're Lindsay Lohan, you start by dating her ex-boyfriend.  —  Lindsay Lohan and Stavros Niarchos were first spied together five days before he and Paris Hilton broke up last month.
Discussion: Hot Momma Drama
Mateo / Useless Things:
Hugh Hefner Celebrates His Birthday Whenever He Feels  —  Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner holds a birthday cake with girlfriends Kendra Wilkinson, left, Bridget Marquardt, second left and Holly Madison, right, during a photocall to celebrate his 80th birthday at the 59th International film festival in Cannes today.
 
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Kamala Harris, who has mostly avoided interviews over the past few months, readies a media blitz, including the Call Her Daddy podcast, The View, and 60 Minutes

Financial Times:
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