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11:20 AM ET, April 30, 2008

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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.
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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?
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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Adam B. Vary / Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch:
On the Scene: The Paula Abdul ‘Idol’ gaffe heard 'cross the nation  —  Simon Cowell called tonight's episode of American Idol “officially the strangest show we've ever done,” and I don't know about y'all, but from where I sat inside the Idol studios at CBS Television City …
Discussion: Lifeline Live
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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.
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 …
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.
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:
“CSI” Star Popped for Heroin, Coke, Ecstasy  —  “CSI's” Gary Dourdan was busted in Palm Springs yesterday on suspicion of possessing heroin, cocaine, ecstasy and prescription drugs.  Law enforcement sources tell TMZ the actor was asleep in his car at 5:21 AM when they approached the vehicle and made the bust.
The Sun:
Carrie: I gave Ford Obi-Wan  —  Sexy secrets ... Hollywood beauty Carrie Fisher  —  WHAT would Chewbacca say?  Hollywood legend Carrie Fisher reveals she got up close with Harrison Ford while filming the iconic Star Wars movies.  —  The 51-year-old actress is still best known …
Perez Hilton:
Not Another One!  —  Why do people keep making sequels when the previous movies weren't that great????  —  Tom Cruise is set to be in another Mission: Impossible film.  —  Cruise is reconnecting with Viacom CEO and Sumner Redstone for the film.  —  The former frienemies met up last month …
Discussion: /Film and The Movie Blog
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Simon Reynolds / Digital Spy:   Cruise circling ‘Mission: Impossible IV’?
TMZ.com:
Hollywood Hot Spot — Smokin' Hot!  —  Basque — the Hollywood club which was featured in movies like “Ocean's 11” and “Confidence” — is on fire in Hollywood.  —  The bar/restaurant is located on the corner of Hollywood and Vine, right near the iconic Capitol Records building.
Daily Mail:
Bruce Willis' British model girlfriend Emma Heming chosen to front lingerie campaign  —  Bruce Willis is already a die hard fan, now girlfriend Emma Heming is putting her car-crash curves on show for all the world to see.  —  The model has just been named the new face of La Senza and stars in the lingerie firm's racy new ad campaign.
Discussion: Geno's World and Right Celebrity
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.
 
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The Sun:
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TMZ.com:
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From Mediagazer:

Brian Stelter / CNN:
As Elon Musk posts memes about buying MSNBC, sources say one liberal billionaire expressed interest in buying the channel; Comcast is not looking to sell MSNBC

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

David Gilmour / Mediaite:
In response to a tweet claiming X deprioritized posts with links in them, Elon Musk said to “put the link in the reply. This just stops lazy linking”

 
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