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12:45 PM ET, May 16, 2008

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TMZ.com:
Yep, I'm Getting Married  —  Well, she's gone and done it.  Ellen's gonna get hitched.  —  A spy in the audience of this afternoon's taping of the “Ellen DeGeneres Show” tells us that after Ellen mentioned today's California Supreme Court ruling striking down the state's ban on gay marriage …
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Lynn Elber / Associated Press:
DeGeneres, de Rossi plan to marry, AP is told  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ellen DeGeneres is putting the California Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage into action — she and Portia de Rossi plan to wed, DeGeneres announced during a taping of her talk show.
Caris Davis / People.com:
Ellen and Portia to Tie the Knot!  —  Elle DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi  —  Ellen DeGeneres plans to wed longtime girlfriend Portia de Rossi, according to several reports.  —  DeGeneres made the announcement Thursday, according to the Associated Press and TMZ (which first reported the story).
Bill Zwecker / Chicago Sun Times:
Cowboy QB drops Jessica  —  Romo calls an audible after tiring of life in fish bowl with Simpson and her father's antics, his friend says  —  OK, here's the latest on all the Jessica Simpson-Tony Romo splitsville rumors.  —  One of the Dallas Cowboys quarterback's best buddies …
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
It's Official: Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo Are Over  —  After much speculation, Usmagazine.com has confirmed Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo have split.  —  “Tony did dump Jessica,” a source close to the quarterback told Us.  “Of course, she's upset!”  —  Part of the reason for the break up after only six months?
Star:
Exclusive: Tony Romo's Mystery Blonde Revealed
Discussion: Dlisted, Hollywood Grind and MollyGood
Michael K / Dlisted:
He's Still Alive?  —  Taylor Hicks has been sent to the land of fallen American Idols.....BROADWAY!  Taylor Hicks will play Teen Angel in Grease beginning June 6th.  Taylor will stay with the show until September. … The Soul Patrol?  Not this s**t again.  I thought the world was finally rid of that mess.
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Erin Carlson / Associated Press:
Taylor Hicks to play Teen Angel in Broadway's ‘Grease’  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Hicks is going from “Idol” to “Angel.”  —  The “American Idol” alum will join the Broadway cast of “Grease” on June 6, playing Teen Angel in the revival of the popular musical.
NY Daily News:
Frontal assault on Hollywood  —  There are many ways to measure talent in Hollywood.  But for the authors of “Hollywood Babylon: It's Back,” size is everything.  —  Borrowing the title of filmmaker Kenneth Anger's classic scandal bible, authors Danforth Prince and Darwin Porter have dared …
Phil / Egotastic!:
t.A.T.u.  Nude Music Video  —  t.A.T.u. is back, and now t.A.T.u. is naked.  The faux-lesbian, Russian, teen pop stars, have released an uncensored version of their new single “Beliy Plaschik” (White Robe in English), which features both members of t.A.T.u. nude.
Extra:
Livid La Vida Lohans  —  Dina Lohan and daughter Ali are lashing out at rumors about their family in support of their new E! reality show, “Living Lohan.”  “Extra's” AJ Calloway sat down with the mother-daughter team, who went on the record about an alleged lesbian relationship between Lindsay and DJ Sam Ronson.
Laura Clout / Telegraph:
Victoria Beckham and Paris Hilton fight for attention in London  —  Victoria Beckham and Paris Hilton came within a few miles of each other in London yesterday as they plugged their latest products.  —  As Mrs Beckham, 34, pouted for the cameras at Harrods to promote her range of dVb jeans …
Discussion: Lifeline Live
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People.com:
Victoria Beckham: Heels Help Me Concentrate
Discussion: A Socialite's Life and The Blemish
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Walk Red Carpet at Cannes Film Fest  —  Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie made a splash on the red carpet premiere of her flick Kung Fu Panda in Cannes Thursday.  —  Jolie, dressed in a stunning empire-waist gown that showed off her bump, beamed next to her beau …
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X17 Online:
Angelina Shows Off Her Cannes
Discussion: Hellomagazine.com
Karla Adam / People.com:
Paris Dreams of a White Wedding  —  Paris Hilton and Benji Madden  —  They've been dating for less than three months, but Paris Hilton and Benji Madden already have marriage in mind.  —  “He wants to [get hitched],” she told PEOPLE Thursday night at London's Nobu, where she showed …
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
Cele|bitchy:
Video of Ellen announcing she's getting married  —  Here's the video of Ellen telling her studio audience that she's getting married.  She joked “I'll tell you who the lucky guy is soon.”  —  She got choked up, and said “If I'm this emotional now just saying it, I can't imagine how that's [getting married] going to be.
Georgina Dicksinson / News of the World:
I'm all washed up!  —  Hollywood vice queen to laundrette boss.  Heidi Fleiss tells all..  —  ONCE she was the world's richest vice queen, earning TEN MILLION DOLLARS.  She bedded Hollywood legends like Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando.  —  But now the only men's pants Heidi Fleiss sees flying round …
Discussion: Dlisted
New York Post:
PLUMP WISDOM  —  NOW svelte Star Jones has a sense of humor about her plumper, former self.  Jones recently hosted a taping of “The Bad Girls Club” reunion special, in which one bad girl accused another of being “a cheeseburger away from being obese.”  “A huge fight...
Discussion: Bossip and Vh1 Blog
Jennifer Garcia / People.com:
Kate Hudson & Owen Wilson Call It Quits  —  Despite a flurry of engagement rumors, Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson - Hollywood's most notorious on-again, off-again couple - have called it quits, less than two months after rekindling their romance in Miami.  —  The end of their erratic courtship …
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PATRICK SWAYZE - SWAYZE'S POINT BREAK SET FOR SEQUEL?
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Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Hills Finale Tops Ratings Among Young Viewers
Discussion: The Insider Online
Michelle Nichols / Reuters:
“Sex and the City” film a marketing dream
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
NY Daily News:
Side Dish: Drescher defends Rosie
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Minka Kelly: I Wish “the Best” for John Mayer and Jennifer Aniston
David Lambert / TVShowsOnDVD.com News:
Gossip Girl - Not a Rumor, but TRUE Gossip: Warner Announces 1st …
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People.com:
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TMZ.com:
McCona-Spawn To Bring in Big Bucks
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Defamer
The Sun:
Doherty plays prat and mouse
Discussion: Dlisted
X17 Online:
X17 XCLUSIVE - Pete And Ashlee To Marry At Her Parents' House This Saturday!
Blink:
‘Fringe’ Factor  —  J.J. Abrams fans soon will have another show to geek out over.
TMZ.com:
Nick Cannon — Brand New Wife, Brand New Baby?
Discussion: Dlisted
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Eve Batey / Vanity Fair:
The relationship between Olivia Nuzzi and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. casts renewed scrutiny on the ethical line between all journalists and subjects

Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
Docs: in Perplexity's new ad model, brands will be able to bid for a “sponsored” question, which features an AI-generated answer approved by the advertiser

New York Times:
X capitulates in Brazil and could return next week, as the company's lawyers say it took down some accounts, paid fines, and named a new formal representative

 
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