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12:25 PM ET, June 20, 2006

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NY Daily News:
Keith-Nicole nups no Urban legend  —  Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have finally confirmed they're getting married this weekend — but not because a baby is making them.  —  Kidman's rep swears the Oscar-winning bride-to-be is not expecting — despite exhaustive media analysis of her lovely tummy.
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Associated Press:
Nicole Kidman Has 'Boring' 39th Birthday  —  Nicole Kidman, who is expected to wed Keith Urban this weekend, said she planned a "boring" 39th birthday with family Tuesday.  —  Kidman emerged from a luxurious harborside mansion to greet about 20 reporters and photographers who had brought flowers and sang …
Sarah Hall / E! Online:
Nicole and Keith's Vows Down Under
Discussion: Celebguru, Splendora Blog and Dlisted
Michael Perry / Reuters:
Kidman, Urban in Australia to marry
NEWS.com.au:
Nic's nuptials  —  NICOLE Kidman has arrived in Australia ahead …
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Madonna cleans up her act for dad  —  Plus, PETA's costly lunch with Beyonce; K-Fed in for a penny  —  Madonna cleaned up her act for her dad.  —  The singer has been shocking audiences during her Confessions tour, repeatedly using the f-word, flipping her middle finger at the crowd …
Discussion: MollyGood and celebrity terrorist
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Ananova:
Beyonce's Dinner Shock  —  Beyonce Knowles found a recent meal hard to stomach when her guests badgered her about her use of fur in her videos and clothing line.  —  Her guests - who'd won the dinner date - turned out to be activists from People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (Peta).
Discussion: HotRag.net
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
'How Gay Is Superman?'  —  Or Jewish.  Or Christ-Like.  The Battle to Claim Superman as an Icon  —  June 19, 2006 — He's clearly into fitness, and splashy summer colors.  —  The new film about the Man of Steel, "Superman Returns" — which comes out, er, on June 28 — is being advertised on Logo …
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Richard Corliss / Time:
The Gospel of Superman  —  The Man of Steel goes godly …
Discussion: FishBowlLA
David Ansen / Newsweek:   Movies: The Big Guy's Back. We Missed Him.
Jacques Steinberg / New York Times:
Connie Chung, Torch Singer for a Night  —  Those who caught a glimpse over the weekend — either on television, or later on the Internet — of the torch song that Connie Chung warbled to mark the end of her short-lived program with Maury Povich on MSNBC, take note: She says she meant her performance to be a gag.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, Gawker and Jossip
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USA Today:
Thanks for the parody — maybe
Discussion: popbytes
People.com:
Elisabeth Shue Has a Girl  —  Elisabeth Shue and her husband, Davis Guggenheim, welcomed a baby girl, Agnes Charles Guggenheim, on Sunday, a rep for the actress tells PEOPLE.  —  "Mother and daughter are happy and healthy," says rep Stephen Huvane.  —  This is the third child for Shue and Guggenheim, who are both 42.
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Dlisted
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Access Hollywood:   It's A Girl For Elisabeth Shue
NY Daily News:
Oops!  K-Fed reneges on visit  —  Kevin Federline may have an "awesome" marriage to Britney Spears — as she claimed to Matt Lauer — as well as three, soon to be four, awesome children with his wife and his ex-girlfriend.  —  But K-Fed is less than awesome when it comes to keeping his public promises.
Discussion: Jossip and BlogNYC
Anderson Cooper / CNN.com:
One-on-one with Angelina Jolie  —  When Angelina Jolie came into the room, just four days after returning from Namibia, she was alone.  No handlers, no entourage.  True, elaborate precautions had been made to make sure no photographers followed her to the hotel where we met, but there she was …
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Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:   Brad Pitt Heading Back To Work
joblo.com:
Spielberg hones Craft?  —  UPDATE: There has been some confusion as to the actual source of this story.  Variety did not run it and the original source has yet to be confirmed.  The matter is being looked into at the moment but, for now, please take the story as an unlikely rumor at best.
Discussion: Cinematical and The Movie Blog
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Couric's departure not hurting 'Today'  —  NEW YORK - Katie who?  In the measurements that mean the most to television executives — ratings and ad sales — NBC's "Today" show appears not to have suffered from the departure of Katie Couric, at least not yet.
Discussion: I Watch Stuff!
FemaleFirst:
Pamela Anderson's naked protest  —  Pamela Anderson is planning to strip naked in a shop window - for an anti-fur protest.  —  The former 'Baywatch' babe, famed for her curvy body, is to pose nude in the window of fashion designer Stella McCartney's London clothes shop on behalf of animal rights group PETA.
Noelle / Us Weekly:
Us Exclusive: Heidi Klum and Seal Expecting  —  Supermodel Heidi Klum and her husband, singer Seal, 43, are expecting their third child, a source close to the couple confirms to Us Weekly.  The couple also have a son, Henry, 9 months, and a daughter, Leni, 2, from Klum's previous relationship with race car driver Flavio Briatore.
People.com:
Keira Says She Prefers British Blokes  —  How are American men and British men different?  "U.K. guys - well, the ones that I know - don't take as much stock in their appearance," says Keira Knightley in a new interview.  "Ask an American guy what his beauty regime is, and he'll tell you.
Philip Recchia / New York Post:
BLAINE'S HIGH AND DRY  —  LATEST DARING STUNT  —  June 18, 2006 — Rehabilitated and 30 pounds heavier since emerging from a 2,000-gallon tank outside Lincoln Center six weeks ago, David Blaine was hanging from the suspension wires of the Brooklyn Bridge last week.
Discussion: TV Squad
Chuck Klosterman / New York Times:
The D.J. Auteur  —  North Hollywood sounds like a place that could be glamorous or, at the very least, mildly attractive.  It is not.  Or at least it's not on Hinds Avenue, where dirty one-story buildings look semideserted and many of the local "beautiful people" appear to have jobs that involve …
Gina Serpe / E! Online:
"Grey's Anatomy" Star Engaged  —  Katherine Heigl's small-screen love may have bit the big one, but fortunately for her, life doesn't always imitate art.  —  The Grey's Anatomy star and her singer-songwriter beau of more than a year, Josh Kelley, are engaged, her publicist, Melissa Kates, confirmed to E! News Monday.
Discussion: Us Weekly
POPSUGAR:
Snoop & Taylor Like Gin and Juice  —  In a duet I could never predict, Taylor Hicks gets down with Snoop Dogg.  The video quality is not the best but the sound of Taylor's harmonica with Snoop rapping is wonderful.  —  Watch (or more like hear) the duet here:
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Meryl Streep is 'The Devil Wears Prada'  —  It's Meryl Streep's most "Devilish" role yet as the white-haired woman with a red-hot temper in "The Devil Wears Prada."  —  "My daughter looked over to me in the screening and said, 'It's the real you,'" Meryl revealed.  "That's why you have teenagers: to keep you humble."
Discussion: kenneth in the
Scott Collins / Los Angeles Times:
Now she has their attention  —  'Crazed fan' Brooke Brodack harnesses the power of YouTube — and networks are noticing.  —  When Brooke Brodack, a 20-year-old receptionist who lives in western Massachusetts with her mom and younger sister, started getting fan mail from Carson Daly's people …
Discussion: TMZ.com
 
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