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5:30 PM ET, June 12, 2006

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TMZ.com:
Brit's PR Offensive — K-Fed with Kid  —  This just in!!!  Britney Spears and Kevin Federline were seen together in Malibu Sunday and K-Fed is actually holding Sean Preston.  —  The photos are significant for several reasons.  First, Spears and Federline have not been publicly photographed …
Discussion: POPSUGAR, Defamer, MollyGood and Derek Hail
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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: The DarkHat
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 …
MSNBC:
Britney Spears: I know I'm a good mom  —  NBC exclusive: An emotional Spears says the paparazzi have gone too far … Dateline  —  In an emotional and candid interview with NBC's Matt Lauer, pop icon Britney Spears talks about the state of her marriage, motherhood, the tabloids criticism …
Jack Ryan / The Post Chronicle:
Tearful Britney Spears Tells Lauer K-Fed Marriage "Awesome"  —  In an interview to air Thursday, Britney Spears breaks down in tears on NBC's Today Show, telling Matt Lauer that she's "a good mom" and that her marriage, despite all the rumors, is "awesome" with love-of-life Kevin Federline, according to the New York Daily News.
Todd Peterson / People.com:
Britney: I'm a Good Mom  —  Britney Spears defends both her marriage and her parenting skills in an interview with NBC's Matt Lauer set to air Thursday.  —  The singer, 24, denies reports that her relationship with husband Kevin Federline, 28, is on the rocks.  "He helps me.
Michael K / Dlisted:   The Return of KFed!  —  What's this?!  Britney, SPF and KFed …
POPSUGAR:   Britney In Tears On Dateline
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.
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Associated Press:
'Cars' Drives Away With Box Office Lead  —  The animated comedy "Cars" raced to first place at the weekend box office with a $62.8 million debut, maintaining the Disney-Pixar cartoon brand's undefeated record with a seventh straight hit.  —  If the numbers hold when final figures come out Monday …
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Brandon Gray / boxofficemojo.com:
Pixar Manufactures Seventh Smash with 'Cars'
Discussion: Defamer
3am:
MESSY MOSSY  —  Supermodel Kate is sick after boozy rides at funfair  —  Kiki King, Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley  —  IT REALLY is enough to make you sick.  Kate Moss publicly pukes her guts out at a gig and an hour later she looks right as rain.  —  The supermodel was blowing chunks …
Discussion: POPSUGAR, MollyGood and Derek Hail
New York Times:
Fourth Man Is Arrested After Attack on a Dance Recording Artist in the East Village  —  A fourth man was arrested yesterday in connection with the beating of a Manhattan singer who the police said was attacked by a gang of young men who kicked him, screamed anti-gay slurs at him and broke …
Discussion: Gawker, Queerty and brooklynvegan
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Kareem Fahim / New York Times:
3 Arrested in Attack on Singer on East Side
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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Associated Press:   J.Lo Attends Puerto Rican Day Parade
Phil / Egotastic!:
Jessica Simpson and Jared Leto Dating?  —  Since there's only a finite number of famous people in Hollywood, the town can be a little incestuous when it comes to relationships.  At the rate celebrities swap boyfriends and girlfriends, they give the kids on Laguna Beach a run for their money.
Phil / Egotastic!:
Jessica Biel Has a Great Pair  —  Now this is the way to raise money for breast cancer: Talk about breasts!  Even better, talk about celebrity breasts, or at least get celebrities to come out to a benefit wearing low cut dresses.  And that's exactly what the What a Pair event was all about.
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) …
Stephanie D. Smith / mediaweek.com:
Vibe Spins Off V-Style in Fall  —  Targeting fashion-forward men is hard enough for publishers, but taking aim at stylish African American males has posed a bigger challenge.  Hustler's Larry Flynt published Code in 1999, but the magazine closed two years later.
Discussion: Jossip
Todd / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:
Colin Farrell is in Love  —  Colin Farrell is rumored to be "deeply in love" with his new co-star, Lake Bell, in the upcoming film Pride and Glory.  The 27 year old, who has appeared on Boston Legal and Surface, is another in a long line of actresses who have been linked to Farrell.
Lynn Smith / Los Angeles Times:
THEY'RE NO ANGELS  —  That's why the industry sees `Entourage,' with its neuroses and power plays, as a documentary.  —  A few hours after dawn, a group of extras suited up to play members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. and assembled on a tennis court at a Beverly Hills mansion …
Discussion: Defamer and TV Squad
Phil Bartsch / NEWS.com.au:
Paris lets sick children down  —  HOLLYWOOD party girl Paris Hilton was happy to play charity queen while the cameras were rolling.  —  But two years after a well-publicised visit to Gold Coast charity Paradise Kids, the millionaire heiress has broken a promise she made to help seriously ill children.
Discussion: Dlisted
The Superficial:
Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn hate life  —  Either they can't stand each other or Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn are just the most serious and angry people in the world.  You'd think having $100 bajillion and the resources to do whatever you want with your life would make you a happy person …
 
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