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James Kaplan / PARADE Magazine:
'I've been given a gift'  —  Nicole Kidman is tall—much taller than you'd expect.  Shoeless, she stands close to 6 feet; in heels, the sky's the limit.  In addition, her contours are roughly those of a pipe cleaner.  “I'd love to look like Sophia Loren,” she says with a sigh.
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Cele|bitchy:
Nicole Kidman's on set diary revealed: “I would love to have a baby in my tummy”
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TMZ.com:
“Google Me, You Dumb F**k” Lawsuit  —  Let's take spoiled bitches for 500.  Here's the answer: My dad used to run Yahoo, I'm a really mean chick and I now will beat the crap out of you.  The question: Who is Courtenay Semel?  —  A security guard at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas is suing …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Google Me, You Dumb F**k!  —  Tila Tequila's partner in pussay, Courtenay Semel, got into a little altercation in August with a security guard at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas which led to her beating his ass.  The beaten down security guard, Jaroslaw Jarczok, filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles yesterday asking for unspecified damages.
New York Post:
MISSING RING  —  IS it over between John Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth?  “The wedding band is missing,” the Washington Post reported yesterday after covering a speech the cancer-stricken mother of two gave in DC on Monday night.  Edwards, the former North Carolina senator who ran for president twice …
Julie Jordan / People.com:
Soleil Moon Frye Renews Wedding Vows  —  I do - again!  —  Soleil Moon Frye and her husband, producer Jason Goldberg, renewed their vows at their Hollywood Hills home on Oct. 25.  —  Joined by their daughters Poet, 3, and Jagger, 7 months - not to mention close friends including Demi Moore …
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Pal: Jennifer Hudson's Family Didn't Take Balfour's Threats Seriously  —  A friend of Jennifer Hudson says he tried to warn the family about William “Flex” Balfour, who is currently considered a “person of interest” in the shooting deaths of Hudson's mom, Darnell; brother, Jason and 7-year-old nephew, Julian.
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Daily Mail:
Make-up-free Katie Holmes' Halloween horror show … The long hours of theatre work appeared to be taking their toll on Katie Holmes as the actress was pictured in New York looking gaunt and worn out.  —  The 29-year-old, dressed all-in-black with a bright orange handbag …
Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
Courteney Cox is off to ‘Cougar Town’  —  Sets comedy pilot with ‘Scrubs’ creator Bill Lawrence  —  Welcome to “Cougar Town.”  —  ABC has greenlighted a single-camera comedy pilot from “Scrubs” creator Bill Lawrence to star “Friends” alumna Courteney Cox.
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Bruce Weber / New York Times:
Estelle Reiner, 94, Comedy Matriarch, Is Dead  —  Estelle Reiner, who as the wife of Carl Reiner and the mother of Rob Reiner was the matriarch of one of the leading families in American comedy, and who delivered one of the most memorably funny lines in movie history herself …
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Pat Saperstein / Variety:
Singer/actress Estelle Reiner dies
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Another DWTS Member Falls Ill  —  Another Dancing With the Stars member is sick.  —  Lacey Schwimmer tells The Insider that she suffers from endometriosis, the same condition as Julianne Hough.  —  Schwimmer, 20, told The Insider that she saw a doctor after realizing that she had many of the same symptoms …
Discussion: PopEater and Gabby Babble
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The Insider:
Exclusive Lacey Schwimmer Health News: “I'm Insanely Weak”
Discussion: Lifeline Live
Michael K / Dlisted:
Someone Is Actually Marrying Corey Haim  —  Corey Haim is engaged to something other than an 8-ball.  Corey announced on his website that he's going to marry horror actress Tiffany Shepis on May 9, 2009.  The two lovebirds first met 12 years on the set of “Fever Lake.”  They reunited recently at some autograph show.
TMZ.com:
Soap Opera Makes the Biggest Screw Up — Ever  —  The following story is one of the worst mistakes ever made in television history — involving stupidity, a major soap opera, and a 6-year-old boy who was kidnapped, raped and murdered back in 2007.  —  It's all over a photo that was used …
Discussion: WJXT-TV and MomLogic
Tim Nixon / The Sun:
Pink: Mayer likes stupid girls  —  Celebs at war ... Pink took exception to John's controversial claim  —  JOHN MAYER should brace himself for a furious showdown with on/off lover JENNIFER ANISTON, after telling PINK he only sleeps with “really stupid women”.
Brian Orloff / People.com:
Bill Pullman's Son Busted with Moonshine  —  Bill Pullman's 19-year-old son has been busted for allegedly possessing moonshine and assaulting a government official.  —  According to Ashville, N.C., news station WLOS, Jack Pullman and his friend, Allan Gaddy, also 19, were arrested Monday …
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PopEater:
Lil' Pullman Busted for Assault, Moonshine
Discussion: Bumpshack.com
New York Post:
NO ‘IDOL’ THREAT OVER ALBUM  —  JOSIAH Leming, a homeless singer whose mother is dying of cancer, might be blocked from releasing the album he recorded because he was a contestant last season on “American Idol.”  —  Leming, 19, who didn't make the show's top 24, received an official letter from …
Hollywoodtuna:
Rachel Bilson Doggystyle  —  Here's cutie Rachel Bilson taking her little dog for a walk and giving it water from a water bottle.  You know, where I come from we don't share our water bottle with our dogs.  It's kind of gross.  I mean, does Rachel drink out of the toilet?
Daily Mail:
Michael Jackson, the only person who doesn't have to wear a mask to his Halloween party … Reclusive Michael Jackson emerged to take his children shopping for Halloween costumes yesterday but didn't feel the need to wear a mask himself.  —  The Thriller superstar looked gaunt and pale …
Hollywoodtuna:
Annalynne McCord As Sandy Is My Fantasy  —  I've had a thing for Anna Lynne McCord ever since she played the slutty stepdaughter on Nip/Tuck.  Jesus she was hot!  And now here she is at some Blackberry Storm party dressed as Sandy from Grease, one of my all time fantasies.
 
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