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6:45 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 …
Associated Press:   Madonna to talk about adoption on Oprah
Caryn Midler / People.com:   Madonna to Talk About Adoption with Oprah
Daily Mail:
Madonna: I will let David decide where he lives when he is 18
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 and stereogum
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Sky News:   HAS KATE GOT TWO SECRETS?
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
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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TMZ.com:   Lindsay Lohan: Danger on Wheels?
Hollywoodtuna:   Lindsay Lohan's Breasts Are Real, Now Give It A Rest
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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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 …
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!
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 …
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
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."
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
Associated Press:
Foxy Brown warned not to miss sentencing  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Foxy Brown will be arrested and thrown in jail if the 27-year-old rapper misses her sentencing on assault charges, a judge said Monday.  —  Brown, whose real name is Inga Marchand, failed to appear in Criminal Court on Monday.
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.
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.
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 …
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.
TMZ.com:
TomKat M.I.A — Wedding on the Way?  —  For the first time this season, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were a no-show at Tom's daughter Isabella's soccer game this weekend — begging the question, what kind of a major event is so important, that it would draw the couple away from their usual sideline seats?
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 …
 
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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

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