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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.
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Best Week Ever, Gawker, Felt Up, Celebitchy, The Hollywood Gossip and Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
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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.
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.
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 …
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The Superficial
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.
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, Celebitchy, Celebrity Hijinx, Dlisted, Young, Black, and Fabulous and Best Week Ever
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.
3am:
EXCLUSIVE He punches nurse in chest Cries out for girlfriend Kate Guarded for his protection — PETE Doherty punched a nurse and trashed his own room in a rehab clinic as the out-of-control crack addict went berserk. — The Babyshambles singer - desperately pining for supermodel lover Kate Moss …
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Reuters:
Pregnant Spears ad too "stimulating" for Tokyo metro — TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's subway has refused permission for an advertising poster featuring a nude and heavily pregnant Britney Spears, branding it "too stimulating" for young people. — The picture of the pop singer …
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.
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BlogNYC
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 …
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:
Lynn Elber / Associated Press:
Conan the Emmy conqueror returns Sunday — LOS ANGELES - Conan O'Brien may have helped Finland's president get elected. His NBC show "Late Night" is humming along nicely after 13 years. And he's not far from claiming the plum "Tonight" job promised him after Jay Leno's announced 2009 departure.
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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Seriously? OMG!
Sky News:
VIX'S NIGHT OUT — We are not ones to judge (unless it is a fashion issue). — After all, this is a showbiz website, not a county court. — So, we shall be maintaining an open mind on these snaps of Victoria Beckham's dinner date. — It's hard to tell if Vix had had one too many Ribenas …
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.
popbytes:
beyonce in maximal magazine — hey y'all! so beyonce is on the cover of france's 'maximal' magazine which i am assuming is an int'l version of 'maxim' - everyone seems so down on our girl these days - maybe her upcoming album bday (i hope it's not delayed) won't be a masterpiece but no matter …
Just Jared:
Matt & Lance Jogging Again!! — The Buff and the Beautiful — Surprise, surprise! BFF running mates Matthew McConaughey and Lance Armstrong were out once again working up a sweat yesterday afternoon. Matt, 36, and Lance, 34, ran for miles alongside Miami Beach on the boardwalk.
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Mike / FreeIndie.Com:
The Killers put on a free show in Vegas — Pioneers of the indie rock explosion (now signed to Island Records), The Killers will be putting on a free concert in Sin City on Wednesday, August 23rd. Here's the show poster: — So here's what you need to know: Doors open at 8:30, but get there as early as you can, and wait in line.
