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8:10 PM ET, October 23, 2006

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Caryn Midler / People.com:
Madonna to Talk About Adoption with Oprah  —  Madonna will appear on the Oprah Winfrey Show this week to discuss her decision to adopt David Banda, a 13-month-old boy from Malawi.  —  The show will tape Tuesday and air Wednesday, a spokesperson for Harpo Productions tells the Associated Press.
Discussion: POPSUGAR and NewNowNext
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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.
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 …
Daily Mail:
Madonna: I will let David decide where he lives when he is 18
Discussion: Hollywood Rag and Celebrity Gossip
Associated Press:   Madonna to talk about adoption on Oprah
Daily Mail:
Kate flashes her sparkler from Pete  —  Kate Moss arrived back from a romantic trip to Italy with Pete Doherty wearing a ring on her wedding finger.  —  The picture captured at Heathrow fuelled speculation that the couple are engaged.  —  However, it later appeared that the supermodel …
Discussion: POPSUGAR and stereogum
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SundayMirror.co.uk:
EXCLUSIVE: KATE IS HAVING A BABY
Trent / Pink Is The New Blog:
Stuffed  —  Those Gyllenhaals are really fond of traveling …
Discussion: Sky News
Todd / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:
Lindsay Lohan is Still an Excellent Driver  —  Lindsay Lohan nearly caused a car accident last night after she sped out of the Hyde parking lot without looking, causing an oncoming vehicle to come to a screeching halt to avoid from ramming into Lindsay's Mercedes.  Lindsay drove away without stopping.
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Hollywoodtuna:   Lindsay Lohan's Breasts Are Real, Now Give It A Rest
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 …
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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
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 …
Phil / Egotastic!:
Paris Hilton: Drug Smuggler  —  Um, I think Nick Carter is my hero.  No, not because he was in the Backstreet Boys, and not because he has some stupid new reality show.  No, Nick Carter may be my new hero because of his recent allegations against Paris Hilton.
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Rob Howe / People.com:
Anna Nicole Ordered to Move Out  —  The day after Anna Nicole Smith buried her son Daniel, a letter was hand-delivered to her house in the Bahamas ordering her to leave the residence by Oct. 31, PEOPLE has learned.  —  G. Ben Thompson, a Myrtle Beach, S.C., developer, says he owns the property …
Discussion: Tabloid Whore!
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Halle Berry, Others Protest Natural Gas Facility  —  Halle Berry, Pierce Brosnan, Cindy Crawford and Daryl Hannah were among the stars who turned out to protest a planned natural gas facility in Malibu on Sunday.  —  "We have to use our voices and band together and stop this," Berry said at the gathering.
Brian Orloff / People.com:
Gwen Stefani: Hard to Lose Baby Weight  —  Five months after the birth of her son Kingston, Gwen Stefani managed to drop her pregnancy weight through a combination of healthy diet and exercise.  —  "Let's just talk about how hard it's been," Stefani told Ryan Seacrest during an interview Monday …
Discussion: POPSUGAR
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: celebrity terrorist and Just Jared
Todd / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:
Marie Antoinette Sucks  —  Critical darling, Sofia Coppola, appears to have scored her first flop with the widely panned period drama Marie Antoinette.  This lame mess, about France's headless icon, made $5.3 million over its opening weekend, mostly in theaters where the owner lives in the upstairs loft with his boyfriend.
Phil / Egotastic!:
Brooke Burke Bikini Baby Bump Pictures  —  At first, I totally didn't realise that Brooke Burke is quite a bit pregnant.  Let's just say a woman's stomach is not the first place my eyes go.  —  Of course, pregnant or not, Brooke Burke in a bikini is something to stop and appreciate.
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, TMZ.com and Defamer
Contactmusic.com:
FEDERLINE LANDS MOVIE ROLE  —  KEVIN FEDERLINE will make his Hollywood debut in an upcoming hip-hop movie directed by rapper STICKY FINGAZ.  Federline, the husband of pop superstar BRITNEY SPEARS, will star in musical CAUGHT ON TAPE.  Fingaz, who stars in the TV series spin-off of the BLADE franchise …
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 …
Just Jared:
Wentworth Miller: High School Pictures  —  Looks like Prison Break's Wentworth Miller was quite the young stud dork back at Quaker Valley High School in Sewickley, PA. He was voted most r-r-r-romantic, photographed concentrating on a judo match, and quoted for saying, "Mr. Moxie because he's so patriotic."
Jawn Murray / Black Voices:
Fashion Forward  —  Designer Michael Knight, 28, may not have won 'Project Runway,' but the Atlanta resident won over millions of viewers as the first African-American male to compete on Heidi Klum's hit reality show.  "It's pretty damn cool," Knight told me, from his Atlanta home.
 
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