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2:55 PM ET, October 23, 2006

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People.com:
Boy's Dad Confused Over Madonna Adoption  —  The father of the 1-year-old boy who Madonna plans to adopt is saying he didn't realize the pop singer was taking the toddler "for good," the Associated Press reports.  —  "Our understanding was that they would educate and take care of our son …
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Dan Mangan / New York Post:
DAD TO MADONNA: WHOA, MAMA  —  NOW SAYS HE NEVER WANTED TO GIVE UP SON  —  Madonna's already controversial adoption of an African baby got even stickier yesterday - when the tot's dad said he never meant to give the Material Mom permanent custody of his son.
Daily Mail:
Madonna: I will let David decide where he lives when he is 18  —  Madonna has insisted she will take baby David to visit Malawi when he is a grown-up and will let him decide where he wants to live.  —  Her comments were made through her spokeswoman though she herself remained tight-lipped …
Discussion: Hollywood Rag and Celebrity Gossip
Summer / US Weekly:
New Twist in Madonna Adoption
Discussion: We Love Celebs!
Sky News:
HAS KATE GOT TWO SECRETS?  —  Is there something Kate Moss wants to share with us?  —  Or a couple of things maybe?  —  Well, first off is the news that the supermodel and her man, Pete Doherty, are engaged - with this sparkly ring being the proof.  —  Of course, nothing has been confirmed …
Discussion: Pink Is The New Blog
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MollyGood:
Kate Moss/Pete Doherty baby: Worst Idea Ever  —  Pete Doherty and Kate Moss have been coupled and off drugs for a couple of months at most and sources are already saying that Moss is the pregs.  Dear God I hope it's a rumor, cause these kids don't look sober at this Friday night Babyshambles concert in Italy.
Discussion: Haute Gossip and PerezHilton.com
Jo Knowsley / Daily Mail:
Pete gives Kate a quick ring in Florence  —  Florence is one of the most romantic cities in the world - and Kate Moss and Pete Doherty were determined to make the most of it.  —  Sharing an umbrella, they strolled through the ancient cobbled streets arm in arm, looking very much in love.
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Hollywood Rag
SundayMirror.co.uk:   BABY PRAMBLES  —  EXCLUSIVE COUPLE DELIGHTED, SAYS PETE'S UNCLE
Anna Shanks UK / Splash News Online:   High on Love  —  I really do wonder sometimes how Kate Moss is a super model.
New York Post:
STUDIO TOO FAR OUT ON A LIMB  —  WARNER Bros. stands accused of making empty promises to provide prosthetic limbs to orphaned African amputees and then reneging so that the studio's movie "Blood Diamond" could get extra publicity.  —  During filming of the flick, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio …
Discussion: Defamer and I'm Not Obsessed
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Noelle Hancock / US Weekly:
Blood Diamond Reneges on Promise to Amputees  —  Warner Bros. — the production studio behind the film Blood Diamond — stands accused of making empty promises to provide prosthetic limbs to orphaned African amputees so that the studio's movie could get extra publicity, Page Six reports.
Discussion: Dlisted
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Lance Bass's Beau: I Was Assaulted in the Military  —  Actor and model Reichen Lehmkuhl, who won season four of The Amazing Race and dates Lance Bass, was sexually assaulted while in the U.S. Air Force, he says.  —  Lehmkuhl, 32, tells ABC News that when he entered the Air Force Academy …
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Xana O'Neill / NY Daily News:
Lance's pal: Assaulted at AF Academy
Discussion: Queerty
NY Daily News:
Sister throws the book at Anna Nicole  —  Anna Nicole Smith can look forward to some fresh grief — courtesy of her estranged half-sister Donna Hogan.  —  In her forthcoming book with Stacy Brown, "Train Wreck: Anna Nicole Smith Unauthorized," Hogan holds Smith responsible for the death …
Discussion: A Socialite's Life and TMZ.com
PR inside:
CARTER: 'HILTON STUFFS TEDDY WITH CANNABIS'  —  Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)  —  BACKSTREET BOYS star NICK CARTER has slammed ex-girlfriend PARIS HILTON for being reliant on marijuana, and he insists she even resorted to stuffing …
The Superficial:
Nicole Richie flashes her panties  —  Nicole Richie was spotted at Arena nightclub flashing her panties and letting strange men in hats try to rub their crotch against her hand.  Which sounds like a good idea in theory, but so does tying a leash around your mailbox and introducing everybody to your new pet Maily the Mailbox.
The Sun:
Much Ado about K-Fed movie  —  THERE'S going to arguments in the SPEARS-FEDERLINE household.  —  KEVIN is to make his movie debut starring in a Shakespearian street hip hop movie.  —  The wannabe rapper is expanding his repertoire into acting and it may upset his missus BRITNEY, whose own foray into movies didn't go down too well.
Discussion: WOW Report
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Daniel Radcliffe: Fame Makes Dating Tough  —  Being famous isn't always magical for Daniel Radcliffe, the actor who plays Harry Potter.  —  "It's always a worry, yeah," Radcliffe, 17, tells Newsweek in its new issue about girls who want to go out with him simply because he's famous, "but I've got pretty good instincts for people.
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Paris Hilton's version of 'Spamalot'  —  Friends of the heiress' MySpace account are getting phony emails  —  Paris Hilton's "friends" are getting spammed.  —  Several furious sources who are on the list of the heiress' friends via her MySpace account say they received emails supposedly …
Discussion: A Hot Mess! and The DarkHat
X17 Online:
X17 EXCLUSIVE: Making Memories In India  —  Between all the car accidents and the overzealous security, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's recent Indian excursion has been something of a P.R. nightmare - so when Brad tried to balance the scales by posing for a few light-hearted photos with the cast …
Discussion: Just Jared
POPSUGAR:
Jessica Heads Back to Ashlee  —  This is the Jessica we remember.  The cute dressed down girl in a Police T-shirt with a Louis bag and a smile.  She has finally added some color back into her life.  Jessica, just like us, had to strip down while going through security at LAX on her way to Heathrow.
Bob Thomas / Associated Press:
'Father Knows Best' star Jane Wyatt dies  —  LOS ANGELES - To the millions watching the 1950s TV show "Father Knows Best," actress Jane Wyatt was the wholesome stay-at-home mom who, the series' title notwithstanding, could be counted on every week to solve crises on the homefront.
TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan: Danger on Wheels?  —  Lindsay Lohan's driving almost caused a collision in front of our cameras last night.  —  After a night of partying at hotspot Hyde, Lohan raced off in her Mercedes, jetting into the road without looking first and dangerously cutting off an oncoming vehicle in the process.
Sky News:
VICTORIA ON TOAST  —  Perhaps if Hannibal Lecter had seen these snacks he wouldn't have turned to cannibalism.  —  Hindsight is a wonderful thing, isn't it?  —  But this isn't Sky Showbiz's breakfast (although we do heart Marmite on toast) but art, created by Dermot Flynn.  —  Art, you cry.
 
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