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4:00 AM ET, October 16, 2006

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Angella Johnson / Daily Mail:
Madonna's adopted baby's father tells how he was powerless to stop her  —  The father of the little boy adopted by Madonna in Malawi has described his feelings of confusion and powerlessness in the face of the singer's determination to take his only surviving child away.
Discussion: Celebrity Gossip …
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People.com:
Human Rights Group Tries to Halt Madonna's Adoption  —  The Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC), a grouping of 67 human rights NGOs in Malawi, tells PEOPLE they hope to halt Madonna's adoption of a 13-month old baby boy for the moment.  —  Justin Dzonzi, HRCC's chairman …
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
Greig Box / Mirror.co.uk:
SEE YOU IN COURT MADONNA  —  Charity fights to stop her adopting baby David  —  MADONNA jetted back to Britain yesterday after her controversial tour of Malawi's orphanages - but without the baby she has adopted.  —  Officials in the poverty-stricken south east African nation …
Discussion: PerezHilton.com and Gone Hollywood
TMZ.com:
Tom and Katie — Wedding Conflict  —  Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' wedding may be just around the corner, with her dress all ready to go, but the persistent buzz is that Katie's parents are still outraged that the nuptials — whenever and wherever they happen — will be conducted by the Church of Scientology …
Discussion: Bumpshack.com and Allie Is Wired
X17 Online:
Julia's Babies!  —  Have you been wondering just what those twins look like at almost two — well, here are Hazel and Phinnaeus looking as cute as cute can be.  And I was shocked to see that Danny Moder actually looks pretty cute too!  —  SEE MORE AFTER THE JUMP »
NY Daily News:
Nick show a tour de divorce  —  Nick Lachey's concert tour seems to have turned into a jokey hatefest about his ex, Jessica Simpson.  —  After his performance of "I Can't Hate You Anymore" at Atlantic City's Borgata Hotel, he added in an aside to the audience, "Well, maybe just a little."
TMZ.com:
How Celebs Drop That Baby Weight — If They Can  —  The celebrity baby boom of 2006 has officially come and gone, and some of its products — Suri, Shiloh, Sutton Pierce — are (we presume) bouncily moon-faced, bright-eyed, happy, and fat.  But if Angelina, Katie, and Britney thought …
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
Jeeja Purohit / Associated Press:
Photographer: I Was Punched on Jolie Set  —  PUNE, India (AP) - An Associated Press freelance photographer says security guards protecting a movie set where Angelina Jolie is shooting her latest film punched and threatened him at gunpoint Friday, in the second run-in between the star's security and the news media this week.
Discussion: PerezHilton.com and Cinematical
USA Today:
Timberlake's gear on racks, runway  —  He already brought SexyBack.  —  Now, singer Justin Timberlake is going after the rest of your body with his William Rast clothing line, launched with his friend and roommate, Trace Ayala.  —  MORE: Timberlake talks about his childhood friend and new clothing line
Zap2it:
ABC Wants a Full Season of 'Ugly Betty'  —  Star America Ferrera isn't actually ugly  —  Following in the footsteps of CBS' "Jericho" and NBC's "Heroes," ABC's "Ugly Betty" has become the latest freshman series to receive a full-season pick-up.  —  ABC made the "Ugly Betty" …
Contactmusic.com:
LOHAN TO PLAY SEXY SCENES WITH KNIGHTLEY  —  LINDSAY LOHAN and KEIRA KNIGHTLEY are set to light up the screen together in a film about Welsh poet DYLAN THOMAS, in which they play women who are sexually attracted to each other.  The story revolves around the wordsmith and his wife CAITLIN …
Discussion: Hollywoodtuna and makeushot.com
TMZ.com:
Ellen's Emotional Breakdown  —  It's a different side of Ellen DeGeneres, shedding tears on national television.  —  The usually upbeat host gets emotional on Monday's episode of her talk show when talking to a hypnotist about her addiction to smoking cigarettes.
Discussion: celebrity nation
Associated Press:
Kidman takes on U.N. Kosovo envoy role  —  PRISTINA, Serbia (AP) — Nicole Kidman is playing a role that has nothing to do with movies, touring Kosovo as a United Nations goodwill ambassador to the tense province.  —  "I'm here ... to learn so that I can help your country at this crucial …
Michael K / Dlisted:
Gorge  —  Nicole Kidman brought back the hotness at the Rome Film Festival last night.  The wig is a little much, but she does have good fake hair.  I'll give her that.  The body, the face, it all looks hot.
Discussion: STARFRUIT GOSSIP
Extra:
Celine Dion to Trade in Vegas Gig for Another Baby?  —  Celine Dion embodies the traits of a Las Vegas legend, and "Extra's" Carlos Diaz caught up with the angel of music just minutes before she stepped on stage at Caesars Palace.  —  The Sin City hotel has been home to Celine's "A New Day" …
Discussion: Celebguru
Michael K / Dlisted:
Holy Boobs!  —  I am a fan of huge tits, especially real ones.  I was breastfed until I was 16.  My mom has like no nipples now.  Ugh, that grossed me out.  Here's Patricia Arquette and Thomas Jane at a Johnnie Walker event.  —  I'm sure there's a nipple slip somewhere.  Bitch looks mega hot.
X17 Online:
Hilary Protects Against Stalkers  —  Hilary's getting serious about safety, calling in security experts to protect her Toluca Lake home in the San Fernando Valley are of LA. She has been stalked by two different ment over the past six weeks and she's worried for her safety.
X17 Online:
This One's For You, Tom!  —  X17 is on the job for Tom Cruise — his son Connor my not have been rolling when daughter Isabella's goal during her soccer game today (you'll see Connor with the video camera in his lap), but there's no way we missed it.  We caught the whole thing on tape …
 
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Discussion: STARFRUIT GOSSIP
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