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6:50 PM ET, October 30, 2008

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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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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 …
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 …
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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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!
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 …
MomLogic:
The Truth About the Jolie-Pitt's Nannies  —  We heard Brangelina had six nannies, so we went straight to the source.  What's the real deal?  —  It was widely reported Wednesday that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have six to eight nannies working for them to help take care of their adorable brood of six.
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Wyclef: Twin Knox “Has Brad's Energy”
Discussion: POPSUGAR
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.
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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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
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
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
Discussion: Dlisted and Videogum
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.
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:
BROWNIE ALERT  —  MARK Ronson learned to watch what he eats at P. Diddy's famed White Parties.  “I hadn't eaten all day, and I was starving.  They were coming around with this bowl of brownies, and I grabbed three of them and just started scarfing them down,” the deejay tells Paper.
 
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Daily Mail:
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
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