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5:00 PM ET, August 25, 2006

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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Tom Cruise Regrets Bashing Brooke Shields  —  Tom Cruise realizes he crossed a line when he criticized Brooke Shields last summer for her use of antidepressants, a colleague of the actor says.  —  "That, he deeply regrets," Kathleen Kennedy, who produced Cruise's War of the Worlds with Steven Spielberg, tells the New York Daily News.
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Sarah Hall / E! Online:
Cruise Not a Popularity Contest Winner  —  It seems Sumner Redstone is not alone in his distaste for Tom Cruise's couch-jumping conduct.  —  On the heels of Paramount Pictures' decision not to renew Cruise's production deal comes word that the Mission: Impossible star's popularity ratings are down.
Discussion: PerezHilton.com and MollyGood
POPSUGAR:
Tom Turning Around his Image?  —  Tom Cruise is saying he's sorry to Brooke Shields after he bashed her for using antidepressants following her daughter's birth... well, sorta.  Tom's colleague says that he "deeply regrets" what he said.  It's nice timing - Tom is trying to turn around his image just as he was dumped by Paramount.
Discussion: The Green Straw
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Cruise's Camp Fires Back at Paramount
Discussion: Celebritology
New York Post:
PARTY SPOILED  —  ANGELINA Jolie and Brad Pitt were in no mood to recon cile with Jolie's outspoken dad, Jon Voight, at the Hollywood birthday bash for Scott Caan the other night.  The ultimate celebrity couple spent a half-hour sitting in their car out side the party after learning that Voight was in side.
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Sky News:
ANGE'S TRICKY NIGHT  —  Angelina Jolie had an awkward moment when she arrived at a Hollywood party.  —  In fact, there are reports that she stayed in her car until a certain guest left.  —  But it wasn't Jennifer Aniston or any of Jen's close-knit girl pals.  It was Ange's own dad, Jon Voight.
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Michael K / Dlisted:
Why Isn't Britney a Supermodel?  —  This is the two-dolla question!  Britney Spears is so good at posing with different objects that she should really replace Gisele Bundchen as the top model in the World.  Here's our girl at the Primary's Action's and Adwil Agency's Emmy Suite on August 24th.
Discussion: We Love Celebs!
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MTV:
For The Record: Quick News On Beyonce, Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Swizz Beatz, Beck, Aerosmith & More  —  Swizz has beats for Beyoncé, Spears and Lopez; Beck picks new single; Aerosmith bassist battles cancer.  —  Beyoncé  —  If you like Beyoncé's "Ring the Alarm …
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Just Jared:   Britney Spears' Daughter
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Punched In The Face By Firecrotch  —  Did I miss something?  Has Lindsay Lohan been taking lessons from the most famous of assistant abusers, Naomi Campbell?  And if so, it's called using a cell phone, sweetie.  The last thing you want to do is break a nail...  According to KROQ, Lindsay punched her assistant in the face.
Discussion: POPSUGAR, People.com and MollyGood
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Sean Daly / Celebrity Week:
Co-Star: Lohan Should Be Fired
Discussion: Cinematical
People.com:
Jessica: Who's She Rollin' With?  —  Plus: Jake Gyllenhaal flirts with the party scene in N.Y.C.  —  Jessica Simpson sure gets around.  Two days after hosting the Teen Choice Awards in L.A. the pop diva jetted home to the Lone Star State to be a special guest at the Interskate Roller Rink in Lewisville, Texas.
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POPSUGAR:
Jake Dancing with the Ladies  —  After a brief are they or aren't they with Natalie Portman, Jake gets flirtatious in NYC with some new lady friends.  He was striking a pose with Jamie-Lynn and her friend when he was spotted dancing at Butter this week.  Sounds like a lot more fun then partying with Lance and Matt again.
NY Daily News:
The haves who just don't get it  —  New York's rich, young socialites love to be seen as givers.  So they borrow designer gowns and pricey jewelry to attend charity galas, where they pose for paparazzi and brag to TV crews about the joys of altruism.  —  Now, It girls such as Tinsley Mercer Mortimer …
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
NY Daily News:
Evans flies into an 'Entou-rage'  —  Could HBO's Hollywood-skewering hit "Entourage" be getting its first lawsuit from a target?  —  Friends of legendary producer Bob Evans say he's furious about a caricature of him, played by Martin Landau.  —  "Entourage" producers approached Evans months ago to play himself on the series.
Discussion: A Socialite's Life, Yeeeah! and Defamer
Richard Simpson / Daily Mail:
Surf's up for Gwyneth as she makes waves UK style  —  She wasn't even born when her fellow countrymen The Beach Boys released California Girls.  —  But it seems the spirit of the band's most famous track is alive and well on Gwyneth Paltrow's current beach holiday.
Discussion: A Socialite's Life and Dlisted
The Sun:
Pete cocaine bust at Priory  —  SICK Pete Doherty sparked outrage last night after it emerged he was caught giving cocaine to a troubled teenager at The Priory.  —  A security guard saw the junkie rocker — in rehab as part of a bail condition — handing the class A killer drug to a youngster in the dead of night.
Just Jared:
Ryan Phillippe & Channing Tatum  —  The Proud, The Pretty  —  Pretty boys Ryan Phillippe and Channing Tatum play opposite one another in 2007's Untitled Kimberly Peirce Project (reportedly titled Stop-Loss) as soldiers in Iraq.  Ryan, 31, and Channing, 26, were spotted filming a parade scene …
TMZ.com:
Reid — "I'm Gonna F***ing Kick Your Ass"  —  After a night of partying at Hyde, everyone's favorite walking disaster Tara Reid stopped to talk to the paparazzi outside of Hyde, explaining her love/hate relationship with the sometimes pesky group.  —  "Everyone hates you paparazzi but when you're nice …
Discussion: Best Week Ever
Just Jared:
Brad Pitt in Uniform  —  Brad & Matt: Mad Hatters  —  Pictures from the last few days of Brad Pitt (wearing a security guard uniform) and Matt Damon both get transported around the Los Angeles set of Ocean's 13.  Matt's wife Luciana Bozan, 30, and their two daughters — Alexia, 7 …
 
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Just Jared:
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broadway.com:
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Associated Press:
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
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