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12:05 PM ET, June 12, 2006

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Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Britney's husband has Hollywood dreams  —  Plus: Ann Coulter accused of plagiarism  —  Does Kevin Federline dream of making it in acting?  —  K-Fed: dancer, rapper - actor?  —  Britney Spears' hubby is apparently a man of many talents who now wants to appear on the silver screen.
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Jane H. Furse / NY Daily News:
Bride of Federline spills tears to Matt  —  Britney Spears insists she's "a good mom" and her marriage to Kevin Federline is "awesome," despite rumors she's keeping company with her baby's male nanny.  —  In an interview to air Thursday with NBC's Matt Lauer on the "Today" show and "Dateline …
NY Daily News:
Drag queen beaten in E. Village horror  —  An internationally known drag queen and recording artist was robbed and beaten by four trash-talking bullies who shouted anti-gay slurs at him in the East Village early yesterday.  —  "We're going to kill you, f—
Discussion: Celebguru and popbytes
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Kareem Fahim / New York Times:
3 Arrested in Attack on Singer on East Side  —  A Manhattan singer was taunted and beaten early yesterday by a group of young men who shouted anti-gay slurs and then broke his jaw as he walked in the East Village, the police and the singer's publicist said.  During the attack, the singer said, no bystanders came to his aid.
Associated Press:
Singer beaten in NYC; 4 arrested on hate-crime charges  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A singer whose songs have topped the Billboard dance chart was attacked by a group yelling anti-gay slurs, and four people were arrested on hate-crime charges, police and his publicist said.
NY Daily News:
Marc snaps at photo session  —  Two-fisted Marc Anthony got into a scuffle with overeager photographers on Tuesday night, as the snap-pack closed in on his wife, Jennifer Lopez.  —  "One photographer shoved Marc as he was trying to break through the crowd to get the photo," …
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J.Lo attends Puerto Rican Day parade  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony lent Hollywood glamour to the Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday — and attracted such a horde of paparazzi that police officers and Guardian Angels kept them roped off from the crowds as they marched.
Discussion: We Love Celebs!
People.com:
Matt Damon, Wife Have a Girl  —  Matt Damon and his wife, Luciana Bozan, have welcomed a baby girl named Isabella, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.  —  "The baby is here.  Isabella arrived yesterday," Damon's brother Kyle told PEOPLE on Monday.  The baby weighed in at 7 lbs., 7 oz.
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
In Web Era, Big Money Can't Buy an Exclusive  —  After winning the very expensive rights to the first photographs of Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, the editors at People magazine formed a publicity plan.  Appear for an interview with Matt Lauer on the NBC "Today" show.
Cele|bitchy:
Are Jessica Simpson and Jared Leto an item?  —  "30 Second to Mars" frontman and sometimes-actor Jared Leto dated Cameron Diaz for four years until 2003, and has been linked to Scarlet Johansson, Ashley Olsen, and Lindsay Lohan.  Now he's said to be romancing Jessica Simpson, because the ditsy blonde was all over him at a club:
Discussion: MollyGood and Celebguru
Mitch Marconi / The Post Chronicle:
Pregnant?:  Jennifer Lopez Buys Diaper Bag And Bigger Bras!  —  Actress/singer Jennifer Lopez has rumors buzzing that she is pregnant, but she's fuelled them even further after she told a friend that her breasts were going to get bigger, according to a published report.
Discussion: Celebguru
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People.com:
Nick & Vanessa: Together Again?  —  Plus: Get the gossip on Britney Spears, Keanu Reeves, Jessica Simpson and more … At first it seemed like just another guys' night out.  But Nick Lachey's hosting duties at the Borgata's Mixx nightclub (after the Tarver vs. Hopkins fight Saturday night) …
Lola Ogunnaike / New York Times:
Blond Ambition Comes in Flats or Heels  —  LAUREN CONRAD, the star of "The Hills," a new MTV reality series, trolled for shoes recently at the Santa Monica outpost of Fred Segal with her best friend and co-star, Heidi Montag.  It was shortly before "The Hills" began its run …
Discussion: Jossip and reality blurred …
Associated Press:
EW ranks 'Passion' most controversial film  —  NEW YORK - Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" ranks as the most controversial film of all time, according to Entertainment Weekly.  —  The magazine ranks the 25 films that have most shocked, disgusted and divided moviegoers, in its June 16 issue, on newsstands Monday.
Sean Elliott / ifmagazine.com:
Exclusive Interview: AVI ARAD TALKS INCREDIBLE HULK DO-OVER, IRON MAN & MARVEL CARTOONS … Avi Arad now an independent producer for Marvel still has his fingers in several pies for the comic book giant.  Following the success of Marvel's forays into filmmaking thus far …
Discussion: The Movie Blog and ohnotheydidnt
Michael K / Dlisted:
E.T. Phone Home  —  Victoria Beckham is like part alien and part pig.  WTF is wrong with her?  She used to be the most gorgeous woman in the world and now she looks like an extra on a Twilight Zone episode.  Here's our favorite pig-alien-woman at the England VS Paraguay game during The World Cup.
David Carr / New York Times:
Deadly Intent: Ann Coulter, Word Warrior  —  ONCE again, Ann Coulter has a book in need of flogging, and once again, people are stunned by what a "vicious," "mean-spirited," "despicable" "hate-monger" they say she is.  —  Ms. Coulter, who seems afflicted by a kind of rhetorical compulsion …
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hoolinet.com:   An organization dedicating to exposing the truth about the former …
Ananova:
Meet Colin's New Girl  —  Has the bad boy of movies found new love?  —  If the whispers we're hearing are anything to go by, it seems like Colin Farrell has met the girl of his dreams.  —  The Irish star is said to have got together with his Pride And Glory co-star Lake Bell.
Discussion: HotRag.net
Associated Press:
Hilton backs SUV into car after shopping  —  LOS ANGELES - Paris Hilton had a fender-bender accident when her Range Rover backed into a car in a parking garage after a shopping trip, her publicist said Friday.  —  Hilton backed into a parked Honda Civic on Thursday.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Extra:
The Jolie-Pitt Clan Prepares to Head Home  —  Glowing mom Angelina Jolie is all smiles, as the globetrotting duo gets ready for their next move, and only we know where they're going!  —  Sources tell "Extra" that Brangelina will be out of Africa on June 14.
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
 
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