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11:55 AM ET, April 8, 2008

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NY Daily News:
Fast vows raise expectations for Beyonce & Jay-Z  —  Did a pregnancy send Jay-Z and Beyoncé running down the aisle?  Buzz is building that this weekend's quickie nuptials were actually a shotgun wedding.  It would be the second for the Knowles' family: At just 17, Beyoncé's little sis …
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Starpulse:
Alicia Keys Comments On Beyonce & Jay-Z's Nuptials
Rob Lowe / The Huffington Post:
Household Betrayal  —  Harassment in the workplace, sexual or otherwise, is something I take very seriously.  In my home and on the set, I have been surrounded for years by hardworking women (and men) whom I respect and whose rights are to be protected.  But when people make false claims …
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Johnny Dodd / People.com:
Rob Lowe Sues Three Ex-Employees in Extortion Claim  —  Rob Lowe, who accused a former nanny of trying to extort $1.5 million from him and his wife, went a step further on Monday, filing three separate lawsuits against two of his former nannies and his former chef.
Discussion: Hollywood Grind, Jezebel and TMZ.com
Brad Brevet / RopeofSilicon:
What is the Real Story Behind All the ‘Valkyrie’ Release Date Changes?  —  The first time the release date was changed for Bryan Singer's Tom Cruise starrer Valkyrie it was bumped from June 27, 2008 to October 2008.  Following the move and all the way up until today there was buzz …
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ComingSoon.net:
Valkyrie Moved Back to 2009  —  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) …
Discussion: Blowing Smoke and Dlisted
Reuters:
Tom Cruise's “Valkyrie” delayed again, to 2009
Discussion: Seriously? OMG!
Jeff Vespa / Us Weekly:
Tom Cruise's Valkyrie Release Delayed Again
Discussion: CelebWarship
New York Post:
QUICK REBOUND  —  SHORTLY after breaking up with Carrie Underwood via text message, “Gossip Girl” heartthrob Chace Crawford is rebounding with the show's newest cast member, Michelle Trachtenberg.  Our spies saw Crawford and Trachtenberg at SoHo hideout Upstairs “flirting heavily” early Saturday.
New York Post:
BRITNEY IN FURNITURE BIZ  —  Britney Spears' dad, Jamie, has been working hard to stop the bleeding from his daughter's bank accounts since he took over as conservator of her estate earlier this year.  First, he got her a role on “How I Met Your Mother,” then he started to explore TV sitcoms …
Jenny Sundel / People.com:
Tiffani Thiessen: Yes to Babies, No to 90210 Spinoff  —  Tiffani Thiessen says she's not likely to be involved in the new Beverly Hills, 90210 spinoff - but she has another project in mind.  —  “We're hoping to get pregnant soon,” Thiessen, 34, told PEOPLE Saturday at the Indy 500 warm …
Discussion: iVillage and Celebrity Baby Blog
Stephen Moyes / Mirror.co.uk:
Supermodel Naomi Campbell gets British Airways ban  —  EXCLUSIVE: Airline won't fly her after she spat at cop  —  British Airways has banned Naomi Campbell after she spat in a policeman's face.  —  The supermodel begged the airline to change its mind.  Her spokeswoman said …
Discussion: Guanabee and Bossip
Washington Post:
Barb, You'll Like Sofia in the Springtime  —  Is it too late to switch things up in Crawford, maybe book a double wedding there next month?  —  In a moment of heads-of-state jocularity last week, President Bush reportedly told Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev that he'd make a great son-in-law.
New York Post:
LUNCH DATE  —  PARTY girl Kirsten Dunst was sprung from her West Coast rehab center and is back in New York . . . and spending time off-set with her “All Good Things” co-star Ryan Gosling.  Dunst, 25 - who reportedly checked into Cirque Lodge in February - was spotted with Gosling at Chrystie Street eatery Freeman's Saturday afternoon.
Discussion: Wendy Wayrad and New York Magazine
Jasmine Guy / People.com:
A Different World's Jasmine Guy Files for Divorce  —  Actress Jasmine Guy has filed for divorce, Los Angeles court documents show.  —  The former A Different World star cites irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split from her husband Terrence Duckett.
Daily Mail:
Amy Winehouse strikes gold with heavy duty bling  —  Just in case her towering beehive wasn't enough to weight down her tiny frame, Amy Winehouse yesterday draped herself in some heavy duty bling for an night out with friends.  —  The troubled star looked like quite the medallion man …
Discussion: Yeeeah!
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Ryan Seacrest Donates His Paycheck to Idol Gives Back  —  Ryan Seacrest was in a charitable mood Sunday night: In addition to hosting FOX's Idol Gives Back special, the host also handed over his paycheck for the evening.  —  A source close to Seacrest tells PEOPLE that he wanted to show fans that he was serious about the cause.
Bill Carter / New York Times:
NBC Goes to Court to Keep ‘Runway’  —  NBC Universal, the parent company of Bravo network, has gone to court to try to keep “Project Runway,” one of the biggest hits in cable television, from moving to Lifetime this fall.  —  In a lawsuit filed Monday in state court in Manhattan …
 
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The Mail on Sunday:
Gorgeous George: Bevy of beauties turn out for a night of partying with Clooney
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
Suzanne Bunce / The Dish:
Jay-Z To Pull Out Of Glastonbury?
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
Baltimore Sun:
Road show  —  J. Simpson's Web routine gives Romo totally different type of film to study
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Breast Cancer Survivor Kylie Minogue Warns: I Was Misdiagnosed
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
NY Daily News:
Side Dish: No spinoff for John Stamos
Discussion: Dlisted and Wendy Wayrad
Hellomagazine.com:
Mel B roars into the fashion business with her Catty Couture line
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Stephen Shugerman / Us Weekly:
Samaire Armstrong: I Had Hit Rock Bottom
Discussion: Hollywood Offender
popbytes:
KATE MOSS GETS WET!
Discussion: Showbiz Spy
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Gatecrasher: Cruise outguns the Cowboy
New York Post:
WE HEAR . . .  THAT “Factory Boys,” the New York magazine article …
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Geri Halliwell's Bluebell Has Spice
USA Today:
‘Sex’ girls strut their stuff in the city
MomLogic:
10 Things You Don't Know about Dads  —  Reality TV's Bachelor …
Veronica Lorraine / The Sun:
Indian tot for Madge
Justin Ravitz / New York Magazine:
Unemployment's a Downer for 'SNL'-er Dratch
TMZ.com:
Jamie Lynn's Man Is Loaded
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Cablevision founder Charles Dolan, a cable TV industry pioneer who launched HBO and AMC Networks and whose family controls Madison Square Garden, dies at 98

Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Filing: Trump asks SCOTUS to pause the law that could ban TikTok, saying the court should give him time to “pursue a political resolution” of the dispute

The Guardian:
The commentary editor of Germany's Welt am Sonntag resigns after the Axel Springer group paper published a piece by Elon Musk in support of far-right AfD party

 
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