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12:05 PM 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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Sandy Cohen / Associated Press:
Paramount cuts ties with Cruise company  —  LOS ANGELES - The latest high-profile Hollywood breakup is between Tom Cruise and his studio.  Sumner Redstone, whose company owns Paramount Pictures, said the studio would sever its 14-year relationship with Cruise's film production company because …
Discussion: The Superficial
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.
Los Angeles Times:
Viacom to Break Ties With Cruise  —  Paramount Pictures is severing its lucrative 14-year relationship with Tom Cruise, whose recent off-screen behavior proved to be too much for Viacom Inc. Chairman Sumner Redstone, who disclosed the superstar's termination Tuesday.
Discussion: FishBowlLA, Towleroad and Defamer
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.
Discussion: Celebritology and Bumpshack.com
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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Life Style Extra:
Owen and Luke Wilson: No but(t)s!
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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: Dlisted, POPSUGAR and Celebitchy
Alexis Chiu / People.com:
Survivor to Divide Teams by Race  —  Survivor: Cook Islands castaways  —  Fueled by critics who slammed its lack of diversity, CBS's Survivor has unveiled a new twist for its upcoming season: Contestants will be divided by ethnicity.  —  When it premieres Sept. 14, Survivor …
Robert Simonson / playbill.com:
"American Idol" Finalist May Join Broadway's The Wedding Singer  —  Constantine Maroulis, a finalist in the 2005 season of television's "American Idol," may soon join the cast of Broadway's The Wedding Singer.  —  MTV announced on Aug. 22 that Maroulis would join the show on Sept. 8.
Discussion: Dlisted and Seriously? OMG!
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.
Tina Sims / The National Ledger:
Angelina Jolie Frustration: Brad Reaches Out to Jennifer Aniston?  —  The speculation of the ever present triangle of Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston seemed to hit a nice quiet lull for a month or so once the Pitt-Jolie clan returned to California.
Discussion: Celebritology and HotRag.net
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Splash News Online:   Easy Riders  —  George Clooney and Brad Pitt rode their motorcylces …
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Ricky Martin's Poofy Hair  —  Does this make him look more or less poofy than his faux-hawk did?  —  Written by Lauren Burch  —  (Image source)
Discussion: Celebrity Pictures
POPSUGAR:
Ashlee Simpson As Roxie Hart  —  Is Ashlee Simpson Broadway bound?  Rumors are that Ms Simpson may be the latest celeb to join the cast of Chicago.  It seems as if every celebrity is involved in this show.  Usher just made his debut this week and now these rumors.  Here's more:
Discussion: Yeeeah!
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.
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
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
 
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