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4:00 PM ET, October 23, 2006

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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.
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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 …
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
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
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Sky News:
HAS KATE GOT TWO SECRETS?
Discussion: Pink Is The New Blog
Jo Knowsley / Daily Mail:
Pete gives Kate a quick ring in Florence
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
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.
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Todd / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:   Lindsay Lohan is Still an Excellent Driver
Hollywoodtuna:   Lindsay Lohan's Breasts Are Real, Now Give It A Rest
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 …
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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.
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
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
POPSUGAR:
K-Fed Headed to The Big Screen  —  As if a performance on CSI wasn't enough, K-Fed has now landed a role on the big screen.  He will star in an upcoming hip-hop movie Caught on Tape, directed by rapper Sticky Fingaz.  Fingaz said, "This is a hardcore musical - lots of violence, sex, action, drama, plus sentiment and romance as well. "
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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
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 …
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Phillippe's Anatomy  —  Ryan Phillippe has it all... beautiful wife, great kids, and a career most people dream of.  Currently his name is everywhere.  He isn't riding on the coattails of his wife like some who shall remain nameless for the sake of sanity.
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.
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.
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."
POPSUGAR:
The Gyllenhaal's Family Outing  —  Uncle Jake took a stroll with his growing family.  Where's baby Ramona you ask?  She's hidden underneath Daddy's coat.  That's one way to hide her from the press, but we sure hope she can breathe OK.  It's kinda cute how protective Peter is of his newborn daughter.
 
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Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: CVC Capital Partners and a major European broadcaster, thought to be France's Groupe TF1, are among those considering a takeover of the UK's ITV

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: NBC's new deal with Macy's to keep the Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC and Peacock has an average annual fee of $60M+, up from ~$20M in the current deal

Brian Stelter / CNN:
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