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12:05 PM ET, April 30, 2008

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People.com:
Kate Hudson Is PEOPLE's Most Beautiful Cover Girl  —  Heading the list of PEOPLE's 100 Most Beautiful People is a 29-year-old mother remarkably short on her beauty sleep - for which she lovingly credits her active 4-year-old son.  —  The beautiful, sleep-deprived mom?
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Kate Hudson / People.com:
Most Beautiful 2008 World's Most Beautiful People  —  She's on the cover of this year's Most Beautiful issue, but Hudson doesn't owe her famous sun-kissed looks to thousands of hours logged at a spa.  “I don't even remember the last time I got a manicure,” says the 29-year-old mom to son Ryder, 4.
People.com:
Most Beautiful 2008 World's Most Beautiful People
Discussion: Dlisted and Jossip
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Idol: Paula Critiques Jason's Second Song — Before He Sings It!  —  What the heck was going on last night?  With the top five contestants — Jason Castro, David Cook, Brooke White, David Archuleta and Syesha Mercado — each singing two Neil Diamond tunes, Tuesday's altered American Idol format must have thrown Paula Abdul for a loop!
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Adam B. Vary / Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch:
On the Scene: The Paula Abdul ‘Idol’ gaffe heard 'cross the nation
Discussion: Lifeline Live
OK! Magazine:
Hey Jen — Watch Out for John!  —  Love was definitely on the menu when Jennifer Aniston dined with musician John Mayer at Miami's Café Sambal on April 27.  “They were looking into each other's eyes,” an eyewitness tells OK!.  “It was definitely a date!”
Discussion: Dlisted and Cele|bitchy
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In Touch Weekly:
In Touch Exclusive: Jen's hot new romance with John Mayer
New York Post:
MARIAH TO WED?  —  MARIAH Carey's keeping mum about that ginormous diamond ring she started wearing on her ring finger last week, but a source tells us it's definitely from her new beau, Nick Cannon - and that the duo are now engaged.  Cannon bought the bauble for $2.5 million at Jacob & Co …
John Shearer / Us Weekly:
Karina Smirnoff: Mario Lopez and I “Are Going Strong”  —  Despite a people.com report, Dancing With the Stars' Karina Smirnoff says she and beau Mario Lopez haven't called it quits.  —  “You know, everybody goes through ups and downs in their relationships,” she told Usmagazine.com in a telephone interview Tuesday.
Discussion: Dlisted
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Roger Friedman / Fox News:
Lindsay Lohan and ... Snoop Dogg?  —  Lindsay Lohan and ... Snoop Dogg?  Carly Simon and ... Not Snoop Dogg |  Sex, but Almost Dead, in the City Lindsay Lohan and ... Snoop Dogg?  —  Yes, folks, it's true: Lindsay Lohan is busy recording her third album.
Reagan Alexander / People.com:
Benji Madden Writes a Love Song for Paris Hilton  —  Paris Hilton and Benji Madden in L.A.  —  Paris Hilton has become a muse to her boyfriend of two months, Benji Madden.  —  “He actually wrote me a beautiful song, and actually recorded it in the studio,” Hilton, 27, said Monday night at the LG launch of the TV series Scarlet.
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Jason Wahler: “I Do Not Have a Sex Tape of Lauren Conrad”  —  Jason Wahler is speaking out against Spencer Pratt's recent claims on national TV that a Lauren Conrad sex tape exists.  —  “I do not have a sex tape of Lauren Conrad and one does not exist,” Wahler tells Usmagazine.com in a statement.
Star:
Exclusive: Scientology Boot Camp for Katie Holmes  —  Digg It De.licio.us RSS print email  —  After two failed marriages, Tom Cruise went to a lot of trouble to find the perfect Scientology wife — and he's determined to make sure Katie Holmes maintains that position …
Discussion: X17 Online and popbytes
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Madonna's Trainer: How to Lose 20 Pounds in 6 Weeks  —  Two pounds a week is the typically advised weight loss, but pro Tracy Anderson says she has worked out a way to safely shed even faster!  —  “It's perfectly healthy,” the former dancer, 33, tells Us of her plan.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
People.com:
Halle Berry: ‘My Baby Is Calling’  —  Halle Berry  —  Halle Berry is back on the scene just six weeks after giving birth - and she looks better than ever.  —  One day after she stole the show at a Beverly Hills auction in a plunging leopard-print dress, the 41-year-old stepped out again Monday …
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Cher Reveals Tom Cruise Crush  —  Tom Cruise and Cher, circa mid-'80s  —  Photo by: Frank Edwards / Fotos International / Getty Images; Weber Anita / Sipa  —  In what sounds like a real-life, all-star version of The Graduate, Cher is now admitting to having acted upon a long-ago crush on the much younger Tom Cruise.
Discussion: The Superficial
TMZ.com:
Smart Cookies  —  Amy Smart was shot today on the set of her new movie “Crank 2: High Voltage.”  —  We'll take two, please.
Discussion: WOW Report and OH NO!!
 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Trade body data: copyrighted music revenue was $45.5B in 2023, above cinema box office spending of $33.2B in 2023 and $41.9B in 2019; record labels made $28.5B

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

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