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9:45 AM ET, August 23, 2006

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TMZ.com:
Tom Cruise Canned From Paramount  —  Tom Cruise has just gotten the heave ho from Paramount Pictures.  —  Sumner Redstone, chief honcho at Viacom, the parent company of Paramount, has ended the 14-year relationship with Cruise's production company, Cruise/Wagner Productions.
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Reuters:
Paramount cuts ties with Tom Cruise: WSJ  —Text+NEW YORK (Reuters) - Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures unit is ending its 14-year relationship with Tom Cruise's film production company because of the actor's offscreen behavior, the company's chairman said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.
Steve Gorman / Reuters:
Tom Cruise, Paramount end production deal  —  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Paramount Pictures and actor Tom Cruise called an end to their 14-year production deal on Wednesday as the chairman of the studio's parent company took a parting shot at the movie star's off-screen behavior.
Discussion: Celebitchy
Anne Thompson / Hollywood Reporter:
It's a wrap for Par, C/W Prods.  —  Amid a breakup that took a publicly acrimonious turn Tuesday, Tom Cruise and Paramount Pictures are parting company.  —  Cruise and his producing partner Paula Wagner, whose Cruise/Wagner Prods. has been based at Paramount for 14 years …
Discussion: Celebritology and Bumpshack.com
Chris Gardner / Variety:
Spunky Sumner severs Par's ties to Cruise  —  The 14-year Tom Cruise-Paramount relationship has ended on a note of anger and outrage.  —  Cruise and his production partner, Paula Wagner, say they have raised a revolving fund of $100 million from two hedge funds and are striking out on their own.
Discussion: Pop Crunch
Defamer:
UPDATE: Paramount Booting Tom Cruise Off The Lot
Elizabeth Leonard / People.com:
Superman's Brandon Routh Engaged  —  Brandon Routh is engaged to his girlfriend, actress Courtney Ford, the star's rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.  —  "They are very happy," says Kacey Spies, the rep for the Superman Returns actor.  —  The couple, who have been dating for three years, co-star in the upcoming short film, Denial.
Sky News:
OWEN GETS FLASHED  —  Owen Wilson experienced some indecent exposure at the premiere of his new movie.  —  And it left him a bit flustered.  —  The comedy star was at the UK premiere of You, Me and Dupree in Leicester Square last night when a fan called out his name before lifting up her top and showing off her breasts.
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Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
That's...hot?  Hilton, 'fire crotch' heir shack up  —  Plus: Beyoncé Knowles plans lavish 'wedding to end all weddings'  —  So much for Paris Hilton's recent claim that she's giving up on men.  —  The crooning heiress is living with Brandon Davis, according to Life & Style weekly.
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Celebitchy
New York Post:
'JACKASS' TUNE SLIMES JESSICA  —  ONLY a jackass would stoop to crude sexual innuendo about Jessica Simpson - and that's exactly what Chris Pontius, one of Johnny Knoxville's doofy daredevil stuntmen in the upcoming "Jackass: Number Two," has done.  —  A source tells us Pontius has penned …
Don Kaplan / New York Post:
ALL EYES ON 'SNL' - AGAIN  —  AUDITIONS NEXT WEEK  —  WHAT's going on be hind the scenes at "Saturday Night Live" this month may be more dramatic than any thing you'll see on the two prime-time shows starting this fall based on the famed late-night comedy.
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Kevin Praises His Teen Choice Performance  —  Kevin Federline gives his performance at Sunday's Teen Choice Awards the thumbs up, he tells PEOPLE in its new issue.  —  "I'm happy," says Federline, whose first album is due in October.  "I think I pulled it off pretty well.  (But) I'm overly critical of myself."
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed and Style Watch
NY Daily News:
Getting ahead the old-school way?  —  A stinging new book says Jared Kushner, the 25-year-old new owner of the New York Observer, got into Harvard and NYU Law School the old-fashioned way: Daddy's money.  —  "Jared [below] was certainly not anywhere near the top of his class," said his own high-school college counselor, Margo Krebs.
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Toronto Has "Good Year," Closes with "Grace"  —  With a lineup this promising, how do you not conclude the festivities with a rendition of Amazing Grace?  —  The Michael Apted-directed drama, starring Rufus Sewell, Michael Gambon and Albert Finney is set to close the 31st annual Toronto …
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Joal Ryan / Yahoo! News:
"Prison Break" Off a Step  —  A head start wasn't all it was cracked up to be for Veronica Donovan, much less Prison Break.  —  Monday night's "fall" premiere of the Fox series, featuring the scamper for freedom by the formerly incarcerated Michael ( Wentworth Miller) and Lincoln …
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Michael K / Dlisted:
The Dog is the Only One with Natural Hair  —  Jessica Simpson and Ken Paves will launch their new wig and extension line on August 30th at extensions.com.  I know you literally can't wait.  The thing is don't think your hair going to look like that (below).
Discussion: celebrity terrorist
express.co.uk:
Kate's torment  —  THE haunted look on the face of model Kate Moss, right, betrays her anguish as her paradise island holiday turns to heartbreak.  —  She was being bundled unceremoniously by her bodyguard from a nightclub on Bali where she was a little the worse for wear after a night on the town.
Discussion: The Superficial and Celebritology
NY Daily News:
Oops!  Pete's otherwise engaged  —  Did supermodel-loving junkie Pete Doherty miss his own wedding Saturday?  —  His girlfriend, Kate Moss, flew 14 close friends, including her brother Nick, to a resort in Bali last week, causing widespread speculation the couple was planning to get married.
Tim Nudd / People.com:
Idol Fever Hits Birmingham  —  Crowds gather in Birmingham to audition for American Idol.  —  There may be something in the water down in Birmingham.  The Alabama city has produced two American Idol winners so far - Taylor Hicks and Ruben Studdard - and as the talent show came to town Monday …
Splash News Online:
Easy Riders  —  George Clooney and Brad Pitt rode their motorcylces to the Ocean's 13 set yesterday which gave me indigestion as I am incredibly jealous of these two guys.  Nothing like being a playboy like Clooney or in Brad Pitt's case, going home to your mansion where Angelina Jolie …
 
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