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2:25 PM ET, April 19, 2008

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Jawn Murray / Black Voices Blogs:
All Falls Down: Kanye West Ends Engagement To Fiance Alexis  —  By Jawn Murray, BlackVoices.com  —  I broke news this morning during my segment on the nationally syndicated ‘Tom Joyner Morning Show’ that rapper Kanye West and his fiancé Alexis Phifer have called it quits.
Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:
A CNN Anchor Is Charged With Drug Possession  —  Richard Quest, a CNN anchor and business travel specialist, was arrested early Friday after a police officer who had stopped him in Central Park for violating the park curfew found a small bag of methamphetamine in his pocket, the authorities said.
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Suri Cruise'S 2nd Birthday Party: An Inside Look  —  As could be expected, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes helped celebrate daughter Suri's 2nd birthday in style - throwing a shindig for family and friends with a barbeque and childrens party.  —  Held on Friday evening (April 18) …
Susanna Dunkerley / NEWS.com.au:
Blanchett takes newborn son to 2020  —  ACTOR Cate Blanchett took an extra participant along to the Australia 2020 summit today - her newborn son.  —  Blanchett will co-chair the creative meeting, less than a week after giving birth to her third child Ignatius Martin Upton.
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Just Jared:
Shia LaBeouf Punches Cate Blanchett
Discussion: The IESB and Cinematical
Michael K / Dlisted:
Halle Berry Wants Another Oscar  —  Halle Berry popped out baby Nahla Areola (it's Ariela, but I like Areola better) a little more than a month ago and she's already getting back to work.  Somebody's got to pay the bills around there.  Halle will produce and star in the psychological drama “Frankie & Alice” reports Variety.
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Dave McNary / Variety:   Halle Berry set for ‘Frankie and Alice’
Life&Style Weekly:
Life & Style Exclusive: Jen Aniston's movie pushed back!  —  Jen Aniston's big-budget summer movie He's Just Not That Into You — her first release since the surprise hit The Break-Up two years ago — isn't going to be on the big screen anytime soon.  —  Asked if it's true that the release date …
3am:
Hollywood actress Cameron Diaz splits with Gerard Butler  —  It hasn't been a good week for poor Cameron Diaz.  —  Less than a week after the death of her beloved father, the Hollywood starlet faces further heartache - after splitting with new fella, Gerard Butler.
Discussion: Hecklerspray
Michael K / Dlisted:
Rudy Got A Job  —  This is not a sentence I thought I would ever write: Rudy Huxtable will play a stripper in the new Tyler Perry movie.  Keep your chonies on, Rudy!  —  Keshia Knight Pulliam will star as a jailed hooker in “Tyler Perry's Madea Goes To Jail.”  Guess what the plot is?
Discussion: ComingSoon.net
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Gregg Goldstein / Hollywood Reporter:
Keshia Knight Pulliam in ‘Madea’ caper
Discussion: Defamer
E! Online:
Lowe's Nannygate Goes to the Videotape  —  Rob Lowe...Video...Uh-oh.  —  No, the former West Winger doesn't have a new sex-tape scandal on his hands.  Rather, the lawyer representing his former nanny is turning up the heat on the star, demanding videotaped depositions of Lowe and his wife …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Lifeline Live
Phil / Egotastic!:
Zoe Kravitz's Nipples are Showing  —  Here's Zoe Kravtiz.  And here are Zoe Kravitz's nipples.  If she looks or sounds familiar, that's because Zoe is the daughter of Rocker Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet from the Cosby Show.  Apparently, Zoe's also an actress and already has four credits to her name on IMDB.
cityrag:
Celebrities Smoking Joints  —  A little warm up for 420 festivities this Sunday - celebrities that support pot smoking! click the pics for more...  Lindsay Lohan Gets Blunted  —  Celine Dion on the Pot  —  Happy Weed Day!
The Sun:
Madonna £12m for two gigs  —  MADONNA is to sign the most lucrative contracts of her career - playing two gigs in Dubai for £12.5MILLION.  —  It's the kind of money that makes DAVID BECKHAM look like a YTS boy at LA Galaxy.  —  The Queen Of Pop is finalising negotiations …
Discussion: Dlisted
 
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