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9:10 AM ET, October 5, 2006

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Reuters:
Madonna adopts baby boy in Malawi  —  LILONGWE (Reuters) - Pop diva Madonna adopted a young boy in Malawi on Wednesday and moved ahead with plans to fund a center for 1,000 orphans, many of whom lost parents to AIDS in the impoverished African nation.  —  The "Material Girl" …
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Rep: Madonna Has Not Adopted  —  Madonna is in the southern African country of Malawi, where she is launching a series of humanitarian projects to benefit orphans - but despite a statement by a government official, she has not adopted a baby there, her rep says.
Noelle / US Weekly:
Update: Madonna's Rep Denies Reports of Adoption  —  "I can confirm Madonna is in Malawi on a private visit," the singer's publicist Liz Rosenberg said when contacted by Us Weekly.  "She is building an orphanage and child care center and is involved in other initiatives geared toward helping children orphaned …
Discussion: WOW Report and stereogum
Raphael Tenthani / Associated Press:
Madonna visits Malawi, may adopt child  —  BLANTYRE, Malawi - Madonna arrived in Malawi on Wednesday on a mission to help AIDS orphans — and may leave with a child adopted in this impoverished southern African country.  Andrina Mchiela, secretary to the minister for gender and child welfare …
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MADONNA TO ADOPT!  —  Is Madonna following in the footsteps …
Henry / US Weekly:
Us Exclusive: Nicole Richie and Brody Jenner Split  —  Us Weekly has learned exclusively that after two months of dating Nicole Richie and Brody Jenner have called it quits.  —  Richie's rep Nicole Perna confirms the break-up exclusively to Us, saying: "Nicole and Brody are no longer dating but remain close friends."
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PerezHilton.com:
Nicole & Brody: Inside The Split!  —  Nicole Richie and Brody Jenner have put the brakes on their relationship.  And, PerezHilton.com has all the exclusive details on what really happened.  —  We contacted Brody to discuss what went down with him and Nicole, but - always the gentleman - he refused to comment on the split.
POPSUGAR:
Nicole and Brody "Break-Up"
Discussion: Celebguru
People.com:
Shanna Moakler, Paris Hilton Have Dustup  —  Tensions between Paris Hilton and Shanna Moakler reached a boiling point Wednesday night at Los Angeles hot spot Hyde Lounge, resulting in both women filing police reports, PEOPLE has confirmed.  —  Both Hilton and Moakler accuse the other of battery …
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Liza Hamm / People.com:
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard Have a Girl  —  Maggie Gyllenhaal and her fiancé, Peter Sarsgaard, have welcomed their first child, a rep for the actress confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.  —  The baby girl, who was born Tuesday afternoon in a New York City hospital, is named Ramona.
TMZ.com:
Eva and Tony: Not Broken Up  —  Eva Longoria told E! News' Ryan Seacrest that she and Tony Parker have not officially split and that she is flying to Paris tonight to join Parker in France, where the NBA star is playing some exhibition games.  —  Longoria's publicist released a statement …
Discussion: A Socialite's Life and Dlisted
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PerezHilton.com:
Eva: I'm Flying To France To Be With Tony!
Discussion: Celebguru
Access Hollywood:
'Game' Over For Jim Carrey & Cameron Diaz?  —  It looks like it's "Game" over for Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz.  —  The romantic comedy "A Little Game" appears to have imploded with the abrupt exits of stars Carrey and Diaz, as well as director Gabriele Muccino, just weeks before it's scheduled October 19 release, according to Variety.
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Jhwang / US Weekly:
Ashlee Simpson: Not Nick Carter's Sloppy Seconds  —  Hollywood homewrecker or harmless pawn in the path to D-list world domination?  Ashlee Simpson insists that Nick Carter is lying,  —  and that she and the former Backstreet Boy singer never got up close and personal while he was dating Paris Hilton.
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Michael Ausiello / TV Guide:
Ask Ausiello  —  Question: I'd like to offer you a trade: some shiny new Lost scoop in exchange for my grade-A, 100 percent genuine, completely unblemished immortal soul.  Whaddaya say?  — Sun Jester  —  Ausiello:  —  Throw in a pint of Cake Batter-flavored Tasti D-Lite and a $100 gift card …
C B / cityrag:
Barbra Streisand's dream nose  —  Some recent photos of Barbra Streisand turned up from Clinton Global Initiative meeting, and they seem to end recent speculation that Babs has had plastic surgery and a nose job...  However Bab's is not afraid to use a little rhinoplasty in her publicity photos...
TMZ.com:
Kim Basinger Arraigned  —  BREAKING NEWS: Kim Basinger has been arraigned on contempt charges.  Former Hubby Alec Baldwin triggered the case by alleging that Kim is guilty of a laundry list of violations in their ongoing custody dispute.  Among Baldwin's allegations …
Discussion: PerezHilton.com
People.com:
Ivanka & Lance's Brief Romance  —  So much for Lance Armstrong's Tour de Trump.  The cycling champ and Ivanka Trump went on "several dates," sources tells PEOPLE, but the relationship never got out of first gear.  —  Trump, 24, is vice president of development and acquisitions for the Trump Organization.
Discussion: Daily Blabber
 
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