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1:55 PM ET, May 29, 2006

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Max Hamata / Associated Press:
Jolie and new baby doing well in Namibia  —  WINDHOEK, Namibia - It looks like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt got what every parent wants — a healthy baby.  —  While Namibian officials declined Sunday to give any details on the birth Saturday of Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt …
Discussion: The Superficial
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People.com:
'Angie & Baby Are Fantastic'  —  Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have welcomed a baby girl, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, a rep for the couple confirmed Saturday in a statement to PEOPLE.  —  "Angie and baby are fantastic," a source close to the couple told PEOPLE on Sunday.  "Brad was at her side during the birth."
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Dlisted
NY Daily News:
Jones & Reynolds a wrap?  —  Are Star Jones and husband Al Reynolds ready to call it a day?  —  The official word from the couple is that all is well.  But another source says they could be close to splitting, with Star considering a divorce lawyer.  —  The couple has been under scrutiny since …
Jack Ryan / The Post Chronicle:
'Surreal' Goth Wedding For Christopher Knight, Adrianne Curry  —  Christopher Knight and Adrianne Curry, reality show t.v. stars who met on the set of VH1's "Surreal Life" show, have decided to take a starring role in life together, as the two reportedly wed in a Gothic style wedding on Saturday.
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vh1.com:
VH1 Rock Honors 2006  —  After meeting Chris Knight aka "Peter Brady" in the Surreal Life house, Adrianne Curry, winner of America's Next Top Model,...  My Fair Brady's Greatest Hits  —  Check out highlights from the first season of My Fair Brady!  See Adrianne in all her sexy glory, only on Vspot!
Associated Press:
Gwen Stefani, Gavin Rossdale have baby boy  —  LOS ANGELES - It's a boy for Gwen Stefani and her rocker husband Gavin Rossdale.  Kingston James McGregor Rossdale was born by Caesarean section Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, according to Stefani spokesman Dave Tomberlin.  The baby weighed 7 1/2 pounds.
Discussion: The DarkHat
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Mike Baron / The Post Chronicle:
Gwen Stefani Beats Angelina Jolie, Gives Birth To Baby Boy  —  It looks like Angelina Jolie will be last in line to give birth, because Gwen Stefani, who was due in June, has given birth to a baby boy at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to a published report.
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Rappers Join in Chorus Against Oprah … Voices keep growing louder to complain that Oprah Winfrey turns a deaf ear to rappers on her show.  —  Now joining Ludacris and 50 Cent is Ice Cube, who tells FHM magazine: "I've been involved in three projects pitched to her, but I've never been asked to participate."
People.com:
Jude, Sienna Cozy Up - Again  —  Could it be?  After all the tearful confessions and confrontations, have Jude Law and Sienna Miller finally overcome Nannygate?  —  It certainly seemed that way at the Hollywood hot spot Shag on May 22, as Law and Miller got close and cuddly over vodka tonics, PEOPLE reports in its new issue.
Discussion: Egotastic!
TMZ:
Beyoncé Becomes a 'Dreamgirl'  —  Knowles works the festival circuit on the French Riviera  —  (May 28) — Beyoncé was in Cannes this week for a special sneak peek of her latest film, an adaptation of the Broadway hit 'Dreamgirls.'  —  "It feels like old Hollywood," …
Associated Press:
'Breakfast Club' principal Gleason dies  —  BURBANK, Calif. - Paul Gleason, who played the go-to bad guy in "Trading Places" and the angry high school principal in "The Breakfast Club," has died.  He was 67.  —  Gleason died at a local hospital Saturday of mesothelioma …
FemaleFirst:
Sandra Bullock 'desperate to start a family'  —  Sandra Bullock has confessed she's desperate to start a family.  —  The beautiful actress, who is reportedly engaged to motor mechanic Jesse James, has revealed she is feeling broody and she doesn't feel 40 is too old to become a mum.
Discussion: ohnotheydidnt
NY Daily News:
Matt, Luciana to get newborn identity  —  Matt Damon is set to welcome his first child into the world in the next few weeks.  —  A source tells me the couple is expecting a girl, and that her name will be Isabella.  —  Damon met his wife, Argentine-born Luciana Bozan, in Miami while shooting "Stuck on You" in 2003.
Discussion: Yeeeah!
Associated Press:
Ashlee Simpson finds her voice  —  'Everybody feels more confident' she says about touring with her band  —  NEW YORK - OK, so Ashlee Simpson is not the first person who comes to mind when you think of great live performers.  —  But skeptics may be surprised if they catch the scratchy-voiced singer on tour this summer.
Star:
TAYLOR'S POT BUST PAST!  —  Taylor Hicks is well-acquainted with Alabama bars: He's spent most of his adult life singing in them — and Star has learned he's even spent some time locked up behind them!  American Idol's gray-haired soul stylist recently admitted in an interview that he'd been arrested …
Discussion: Reality TV Magazine
FemaleFirst:
Jackman's no to private wax  —  Hugh Jackman refused to have his scrotum waxed for new movie, 'X Men: The Last Stand'.  —  The Australian actor - who reprises his role as adamantine-framed mutant Wolverine in the comic book movie - had to be smooth all over to be able to fit into his character's leather cat-suit.
Discussion: Dlisted
FemaleFirst:
Paris Hilton Hottest Gay Icon  —  Paris Hilton Tops Summer Gay Poll.  —  Socialite PARIS HILTON has topped a new gay poll as the Hottest Reason To Be Hot this summer (06).  —  Editors of US gay magazine Out chose the hotel heiress as the year's most exciting gay icon ahead …
Discussion: HotOnlineNews.com
 
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