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10:50 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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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.
New York Times:
Fired or Quit, Tom Cruise Parts Ways With Studio  —  Citing Tom Cruise's yearlong metamorphosis from pure box-office phenomenon to pop-culture punch line, Viacom's chairman, Sumner M. Redstone, said Tuesday that Paramount Pictures was ending its 14-year relationship with the actor's production company.
Discussion: MollyGood and Jossip
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.
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
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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TMZ.com:   Wilson Tightlipped About Hudson
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
NY Daily News:
29-year-old virgin paging Mr. Right  —  Manhattanite Sarah DiMuro claims she's a 29-year-old virgin, but she wants to lose that exalted status by the time she turns 30.  —  So she's enlisted the good offices of Jane magazine to help her find the right man for the job - and the deadline is her birthday, Nov. 7.
Michael K / Dlisted:
Britney Spears Wants to Be Buried with Her Dog (Not KFed)  —  Britney at Chin Chin in West Hollywood  —  Britney Spears is like really in love with her dog, Lucky, and wants to be buried next to her.  Brit wants to follow the example of the Ancient Egyptians.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
Discussion: Gawker and Jossip
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
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 …
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
Access Hollywood:
Brittany Murphy, Fiancé End Engagement (PEOPLE)  —  Brittany Murphy and Joe Macaluso, engaged since last New Year's Eve, have broken off their engagement, according to People magazine.  —  The two "have amicably ended their engagement.  They remain close friends and
 
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