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1:50 PM ET, October 18, 2006

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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Whitney Houston Files for Divorce  —  Whitney Houston filed for divorce from Bobby Brown this week in Southern California's Orange County Superior Court, her publicist Nancy Seltzer confirms.  —  The move is hardly unexpected - Houston, 43, filed for legal separation from her husband of 14 years on Sept. 8 …
Discussion: Dlisted and The Green Straw
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Associated Press:
Bobby Brown pays back child support  —  CANTON, Mass. - Bobby Brown has paid up $11,000 in delinquent child support, after being threatened with arrest if he stepped back into Massachusetts.  —  A family judge had issued an arrest warrant two weeks ago after Brown failed to show up at a hearing …
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
Associated Press:
Whitney Houston files for divorce  —  LOS ANGELES - After a tumultuous 14-year marriage marked by drug arrests and stints in rehab, Whitney Houston is divorcing Bobby Brown.  —  The pop singer filed divorce papers in Orange County Superior Court this week, a month after filing for legal separation …
TMZ.com:
Scary Spice Pregnant With Eddie Murphy's Baby  —  TMZ has learned that former Spice Girl Melanie Brown, aka Scary Spice, is four months pregnant with Eddie Murphy's baby.  The news comes amid rumors that the couple will marry next month.  —  A source tells TMZ that Brown came …
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TMZ.com:
Eddie's Baby Plot Thickens  —  Eddie Murphy has yet to confirm that he will be the father of Scary Spice's baby, but he ain't exactly denying it either.  —  Cameras caught Eddie Murphy raw last night outside Hyde nightclub in Hollywood, as the actor reacted to a comment about his girlfriend Melanie Brown being pregnant with his baby.
Starpulse:
Scary Spice Pregnant With Eddie Murphy's Baby?
Discussion: Barbie Martini
Richard Alleyne / Telegraph:
McCartney denies abuse allegations  —  Sir Paul McCartney today denied allegations that he attacked his estranged wife during their four year marriage.  —  The allegations, set out in papers drawn up by lawyers representing Lady McCartney, 38, formerly the model Heather Mills …
Discussion: Dlisted and Holy Candy
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Daily Mail:
Exclusive: Heather and Macca's divorce battle intensifies over attack claims
Discussion: stereogum
This Is London:
'THROTTLED, STABBED IN THE ARM AND DENIED A BEDPAN'
Discussion: Hollyscoop
The Smoking Gun:
Wesley Snipes Indicted  —  Feds: Actor, two cohorts hatched bizarre tax avoidance scheme  —  Wesley Snipes has been indicted on federal criminal charges for his role in a bizarre tax avoidance scheme that allegedly included him seeking $12 million in fraudulent refunds and failing to file six years of tax returns.
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NY Daily News:
Wes Snipes a real bad actor - IRS  —  Star indicted as 12M tax cheat  —  BY ROSE DAVIS in Ocala, Fla., and CORKY SIEMASZKO in New York  —  Wesley Snipes, who was chased by vampires in the "Blade" movies, was being pursued last night by another frightening foe - the Internal Revenue Service.
New York Post:
STORES HOT OVER ICE-T COVER  —  ICE-T and his stripper-wife, Coco, have caused a problem by posing nude in a steamy clinch on the cover of the rap legend's new album - and now stores across the country are demanding it be censored before they stock it.  —  "Gangsta Rap," Ice-T's first studio album …
NY Daily News:
What's eating Al?  Cracker Barrel  —  The Rev. Al Sharpton is due in South Carolina today to stand up for comic Chris Rock's mama.  —  Rose Rock, who helped inspire Rock's sitcom, "Everybody Hates Chris," has called in the Rev to demonstrate outside a Cracker Barrel restaurant where she alleges staffers ignored her.
Marisa Guthrie / NY Daily News:
Project drama  —  'Runway' fans are on pins and needles to learn who's top designer  —  The fashionistas have spoken.  —  The "Project Runway" judges have already crowned the newest member of the fashion tribe.  Michael Knight, Uli Herzner, Jeffrey Sebelia or Laura Bennett will get $100,000 …
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Heather Leszczewicz / onmilwaukee.com:
"Project Runway's" Milwaukee model shares her experience
Discussion: reality blurred and Gawker
Sky News:
TORI'S WEIRD NECKLACE  —  Finding out you are pregnant is - for most - a joyful moment, one you will cherish forever and ever.  —  And Tori Spelling's hubby has a slightly strange idea for how he can capture their magic moment.  —  Dean McDermott, who married the former Beverly Hills 90210 star …
Discussion: Dlisted
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Is Hilton's partying too hard on Richie?  —  Plus: Katie and Tom may wed at Clooney's Italian villa  —  Nicole Richie has reunited with her former best friend Paris Hilton - but some of her other friends are a tad worried about it.  —  They say that Richie - who has blamed her startling weight loss …
Ellen Tumposky / NY Daily News:
Madge adopt chaos  —  Boy's dad left stunned  —  LONDON - Madonna insisted yesterday she followed the law in taking custody of a Malawian baby, but the boy's father said "everything has happened so fast" that he didn't at first realize he was permanently giving up his only remaining child.
Discussion: Metadish
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Sky News:
Madge Breaks Her Silence
Discussion: Blowing Smoke
People.com:
Sara Evans to Husband: Don't Spend Our Money  —  Sara Evans has been granted a restraining order against her estranged husband, Craig Schelske, that prohibits him from withdrawing money from their joint accounts, PEOPLE has learned.  —  Evans's attorney, John Hollins Sr. …
Discussion: ~ Celebrity Buzz ~ and Nosy Snoop
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TMZ.com:
Alison Clinton: I'm Not the Other Woman
Discussion: Dlisted
Alison Gee / People.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Melrose Place's Kelly Rutherford Has a Boy  —  Melrose Place actress Kelly Rutherford, 37, and her businessman husband, Daniel Giersch, 32, welcomed their first child, a son, on Wednesday, Rutherford tells PEOPLE exclusively.  —  Hermés Gustaf Daniel Giersch was born at 8 …
Discussion: Defamer and Celebrity Baby Blog
Mike / FreeIndie.Com:
The OC: Season 4 - Teaser Premiere  —  Ah, my favorite guilty pleasure is back on TV.  I recieved a package from the people over at The OC the other day with the first four episodes of the upcoming season.  Since the main teenage characters have either graduated or died, I was a little worried about this season.
TMZ.com:
Man-Love for Matt and Lance?  "Wasn't for Us"  —  They might not be gay lovers, but Lance Armstrong and Matthew McConaughey certainly do have cutely butch names for one another.  In the November issue of Details magazine, on newsstands this week, cover boy Lance says that the BFFs call each other …
Noelle Hancock / US Weekly:
Tom & Katie: An Italian Wedding  —  Has Katie Holmes become a bridezilla?  Sources tell Us Weekly that the actress, who had been planning an intimate California wedding with fiancé Tom Cruise for October, recently changed the date - and location.  The couple of 18 months …
Noelle Hancock / US Weekly:
Us Exclusive: Britney Bounces Back!  —  Shopping sprees are nothing new for Britney Spears, but when the pop princess, 24, called the Malibu, California, boutique Planet Blue on October 9, she had something special in mind: a reward for dropping more than 25 pounds!
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
Phil / Egotastic!:
Mischa Barton Nipple Slip See Through Pictures  —  I'm really happy I found these Mischa Barton Nipple Slip See-Through pictures.  Not just because you can totally see Mischa Barton's nipples, but because I was getting really sick of writing about celebrity gossip.
Scott Collura / IGN:
Exclusive: Hellboy vs. the Universal Monsters?  —  Del Toro hopes to revive the classic characters.  —  Guillermo del Toro was in Manhattan yesterday for the New York Film Festival, where his latest picture — Pan's Labyrinth — had the distinction of being the closing night film.
 
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