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2:30 PM ET, June 1, 2006

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Gene Byrd / The National Ledger:
Jennifer Aniston Neighbors: Angelina Jolie & Brad in USA on July 1  —  There goes the neighborhood.  It appears that the king and queen of Namibia, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, will be forced to return to the USA on July 1.  Hey - they will be neighbors with Jennifer Aniston.
Discussion: Dlisted
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Julie Pike / The National Ledger:
Angelina Jolie: Brad Pitt was 'Scared to Death' During The Birth  —  Talk about your nervous dad.  A report set for publication this week will detail that expectant dad Brad Pitt was scared to death when the time came for Angelina Jolie to give birth.  Actually the language was a bit more colorful.
Discussion: Celebguru
Bill Zwecker / Chicago Sun Times:
Brangelina gladly runs up big tab for privacy  —  While Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt did donate more than $300,000 to those Namibian children's charities — as reported Tuesday in GLARE — Brangelina shelled out far more to that African nation's government.  —  The couple's tab …
FemaleFirst:   Brad Pitt homesick for US
Alex / Best Week Ever:   The Story of Shiloh's Namibity
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Can hypnotist end Lohan's shopping addiction?  —  Plus: Vince Vaughn on disappointing the tabloids  —  Did Lindsay Lohan visit a hypnotist to cure her shopping addiction?  —  The "Mean Girls" star dropped more than $1 million on clothes and accessories last year, according to Life & Style weekly …
Noelle / Us Weekly:
Nick Lachey: Who He's Dating  —  Nick Lachey's latest post-Jessica Simpson paramour - whom he took to see a matinee of The Da Vinci Code in L.A. on May 24 - is Paris Hilton's pal Kim Kardashian, 25, the Beverly Hills-raised daughter of late O.J. Simpson attorney Robert Kardashian.
Discussion: The Green Straw
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Nick Lachey's New Piece
Discussion: Best Week Ever and News Update
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Taylor Hicks Inks Record Deal  —  Alert the Soul Patrol: A week after being named the latest American Idol, Taylor Hicks has signed the record contract that comes with winning the FOX competition.  —  According to the Associated Press, the deal links the 29-year-old Alabama crooner …
Discussion: Dlisted and Best Week Ever
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Jack Ryan / The Post Chronicle:   Breaking: Taylor Hicks Signs Record Deal
NY Daily News:
It's official!  Anna's in the family way  —  Anna Nicole Smith has finally confirmed she's pregnant.  —  We were the first to tell you on May 3 that the former Playmate might be with child.  On Monday, her lawyer, Howard K. Stern, was still denying it.  But after the baby's father …
Discussion: Tabloid Whore!
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Sky News:
HALLE'S KINKY SEX  —  You'd have thought money and success were benefits enough for an Oscar-winning actress...  Apparently not so for Halle Berry.  —  For her, it's all about the kinky costumes.  —  And it's not just wearing them on set that she likes; she prefers to take them home and include them in her sex life.
Discussion: Egotastic!
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FemaleFirst:
Halle Berry's Storm-y sex  —  Halle Berry has revealed she likes to dress up in her raunchy 'X-Men' outfit for sex.  —  The Oscar-winning actress - who plays rubber-clad, weather controlling mutant Storm in the blockbuster film - says she dons the tight bodysuit to "spice up" her sex life with boyfriend Gabriel Aubry.
Discussion: Fatback and Collards
Associated Press:
Cirque Du Soleil Unveils Beatles' Tribute  —  LAS VEGAS (May 31, 2006) — If you've ever wanted to dive into the Octopus's Garden or meet a psychedelic Sgt. Pepper, the creators of a new Beatles-themed Cirque du Soleil show are offering a little help from their friends.
Discussion: BlogNYC
Trent / Pink Is The New Blog:
A Bathing Ape  —  I can't ... believe ... my eyes ... have I stared too long a pictures of Kimberly Stewart that my vision has been severely damaged?  Have I fallen into a parallel universe?  Is the world coming to a speedy end?  What in the name of all things good and holy could cause …
Discussion: Pop Candy and Us Weekly
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Michael K / Dlisted:
I Prefer the Old KFed!
Zap2it:
Sheen Only No. 2 on 'Living Sex Legends' List  —  The 'Two and a Half Men' star allegedly has 5,000 notches on his rapidly dwindling bedpost  —  Charlie Sheen has slept with a lot of women, enough for let's say, "Two and a Half Men."  —  The sitcom star lands on Maxim magazine's Top 10 …
Discussion: Defamer
NY Daily News:
He'll manage to Carey on minus E-mail  —  After years of rampant, obsessive E-mailing, showbiz manager Benny Medina is calling it quits.  —  "I will no longer be accepting E-mail," the 48-year-old Medina, who counts Mariah Carey and Tyra Banks among his clients, announced the other day.
Discussion: Gawker and Jossip
Phil / Egotastic!:
Ashlee Simpson Has New Lips Too  —  At the rate that Ashlee Simpson is having new surgical procedures done to her face, within the next few years, she will either look like Michael Jackson, or that crazy rich lady who looks like a cat.  Seriously, Ashlee Simpson's new lips look absolutley ridiculous.
TMZ:
Kirstie Alley's Paparazzi Water Torture  —  Actress tries to douse photogs  —  (May 31, 3:30PM ET) — Kirstie Alley has brought out the heavy artillery in the celebrity-paparazzi wars — a spray water bottle. … Faced with photographers outside of a Chinese restaurant in Los Angeles …
FemaleFirst:
Nicole Kidman's Urban sex ban  —  Nicole Kidman has put a sex ban on her fiance Keith Urban.  —  The 'Cold Mountain' actress has told the country singer they won't have sex again until their wedding night - which is rumoured to be taking place in a few weeks time.
Discussion: HotOnlineNews.com
Melena Ryzik / New York Times:
Don't Hit on Me, Mr. Goodbody  —  People look one another over, Jennifer Vanlerberghe says.  Period.  —  WOW, David Atencio thought the first time he entered 24 Hour Fitness, a gym in San Leandro, Calif., in the early 1980's.  Look at this!  Look at that!
Discussion: Jossip and kenneth in the
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Mariah Carey Is Fishy  —  To get back to her fighting weight, Mariah Carey is living on plain fish and soup.  She doesn't have quite the abs of steel that Janet Jackson gained back, but it looks as if the diet is paying off for the diva.  Just as long as she doesn't loose the junk in her trunk, she'll be happy.
abc.go.com:
The 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee  —  For the 13th straight year, ESPN will present live coverage of the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee Finals from Washington, DC., THURSDAY, JUNE 1, from 12:00 - 3:00 p.m., ET.  The championship rounds of the event will be on ABC, 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. …
Discussion: TV Squad and Popwatch | Blog
Trent / Pink Is The New Blog:
Droppin' The Deuce  —  Just a quick little post to alert y'all to the fact that Pink is the new Blog is 2 years old today.  While I've been blogging since August of 2002, it wasn't until June 1, 2004 that Pink is the new Blog came into existence ...  I am just stunned by what Pink is the new Blog has become in just 2 short years.
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Michael Moore Sued by Iraq War Vet  —  It seems as if the fallout caused by Fahrenheit 9/11 will never die down.  —  A Massachusetts national guardsman filed an $85 million lawsuit against Michael Moore in Suffolk Superior Court last week, accusing the filmmaker of distorting a TV interview …
Discussion: Us Weekly
 
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