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1:15 PM ET, May 18, 2009

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Access Hollywood:
Cynthia Nixon Announces Engagement  —  Sex And The City,LGBT,Engagements,Celebrities, Couples  —  Cynthia Nixon announced her engagement to girlfriend Christine Marinoni on Sunday at a rally for gay marriage, a source on the scene told Access Hollywood.  —  According to the source, the …
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Megan Masters / E! Online:
Cynthia Nixon Engaged to Wed, Rallies for Equality  —  While rallying for gay rights in New York this weekend, Cynthia Nixon announced her engagement to girlfriend Christine Marinoni, the Sex and the City star's rep confirms to E! News.  —  The couple has been together since late 2003 …
Katherine Thomson / The Huffington Post:
Cynthia Nixon ENGAGED To Christine Mariononi (PHOTOS)  —  Sunday Cynthia Nixon announced her engagement to longtime partner Christine Mariononi during an Action=Marriage Equality rally in midtown New York to fight for same-sex marriages.  —  Nixon was joined at the rally not with by fiancee …
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Cynthia Nixon Announces Engagement to Girlfriend
Discussion: Bumpshack.com
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Miley Cyrus Shows Off Bikini Bod in the Bahamas  —  Miley Cyrus showed off her bikini bod in The Bahamas over the weekend.  —  The Disney star, 16, was celebrating her mom, Tish's, birthday with her family.  She also performed a concert at the Atlantis Resort and Casino Saturday night.
Mark Dagostino / People.com:
Survivor's Ethan Zohn Has Cancer  —  Ethan Zohn, the curly-haired soccer player who battled the elements and outwitted opponents to win Survivor: Africa, is facing his toughest adversary yet: cancer.  —  On April 30, Zohn was diagnosed with stage two Hodgkin's disease.
NY Daily News:
Side Dish: 'American Idol's' Adam Lambert goes to Outback with his ‘boyfriend’  —  • “American Idol” finalist Adam Lambert wasn't coy about his love life when he and other “AI” contestants got together the other night at Burbank's Outback Steakhouse.  Lambert called the dude with him “my boyfriend,” says a spy.
Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
It's official: NBC renews ‘Chuck’ (but there's a catch)  —  Never underestimate the power of a $5 footlong.  —  NBC has finalized a deal to bring Chuck back for a third season, multiple sources confirm.  —  That's the good news.  Here's the bad news: The 13-episode pickup came …
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Hollywoodreporter / The Live Feed:
NBC renews ‘Chuck’!
Discussion: TV Squad and Just Jared
TMZ.com:
Woody Allen Settles — Jew Owe Me Five Mil  —  Sunrise, sunset — Woody Allen's legal war over a billboard showing him dressed like an orthodox rabbi finally came to a close ... and it only cost $5 mil.  —  Woody had demanded ten mil from American Apparel for doctoring an image from …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Reuters
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People.com:
Brad Pitt Back in Cannes, Awaiting Angelina  —  As the sea along the Cote D'Azur shimmered in the sunshine, Brad Pitt arrived to add some further sparkle to his familiar springtime haunt, the Cannes Film Festival.  —  Pitt, 45, was spotted Saturday at the Hotel du Cap …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and L.A. Rag Mag
NY Daily News:
Mariah Carey throws a fit in Cannes  —  Hell hath no fury like a diva kept waiting!  —  The notoriously red carpet-tardy Mariah Carey was reportedly ticked off when the tables were turned at the Cannes Film Festival premiere of her film “Precious” on Friday night, when director Lee Daniels showed up nearly an hour late.
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Simon Perry / People.com:
Mariah Carey Takes Cannes - Diva-Style!
Discussion: Socialite Life
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Shia LaBeouf Admits: I Went on One Date With Rihanna  —  Shia LaBeouf finally opens up about his “romance” with Rihanna.  —  The couple met through a stylist in 2007 while he was filming Indiana Jones, he tells Playboy.  —  “[I was] filming a sword fight when I got the message.
Discussion: CoverAwards and Bossip.com
NY Daily News:
Ryan Phillippe gets chummy with French president Nicolas Sarkozy's son  —  Ryan Phillippe is a big fan of all the president's men - or at least one of them.  —  After knocking back several cocktails at the launch party for Belvedere IX in Cannes on Friday night, the “Stop-Loss” …
Kristin Boehm / People.com:
Kate Steps Out with the Eight  —  Kate Gosselin takes her eight kids party supply shopping  —  The show - and the party - must go on, and Kate Gosselin made sure that happened over the weekend.  —  Outside Saturday, her minivan and two cars affiliated with the TLC show Jon and Kate Plus Eight …
Discussion: CoverAwards
Scott Huver / People.com:
New Mom Bryce Dallas Howard Plays Pregnant in Terminator  —  Hollywood actresses often feel pressure to bounce back into shape after having a baby - but Bryce Dallas Howard was actually encouraged to keep on the baby weight.  —  Howard had recently given birth to son Theo, now 2, when McG …
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
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John Anderson / Variety:
Terminator Salvation  —  A Warners Bros. release of a Halcyon …
Discussion: Just Jared and /Film
 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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