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Ken Lee / People.com:
Sean Penn and Robin Wright's Divorce Is Off - For Now  —  Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn  —  Are Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn reconciling again?  —  The Oscar-winning actor filed a request Thursday to dismiss his legal separation case, Marin County, Calif., court records show.
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George Rush / NY Daily News:
Sean Penn is withdrawing his motion for legal separation in divorce from wife Robin Wright Penn  —  Sean Penn doesn't want to break-up with Robin Wright Penn after all.  —  Weeks after filing for legal separation from his wife of 13 years, Penn has withdrawn his motion, pulling the papers from California's Marin County Superior Court.
Josh Grossberg / E! Online:
Sean Penn, Robin Wright Penn Making Nice Again
Discussion: Gabby Babble
TMZ.com:
Sean & Robin Penn Rebound with Each Other
Discussion: Reuters and omg!
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Sean Penn, Robin Wright Penn Call Off Divorce — Again
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
The Cajun Boy / Gawker:
Clay Aiken Trashes American Idol, Adam Lambert  —  Last night millions of American Idol fans tuned in to watch the show's season finale.  But you know who didn't?  Clay Aiken, who basically trashed everything about Idol today on the subscription-only message board of his website …
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Monique Jessen / People.com:
Sharon Stone Pays Teary Tribute to Natasha Richardson  —  The Cannes Film Festival took a serious turn Thursday night, when Sharon Stone honored the memory of her friend Natasha Richardson at amfAR's annual Cinema Against AIDS event.  —  Stone, 51, hosted the annual charity event …
Discussion: iVillage and EW.com
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Hellomagazine.com:
Hollywood's finest dedicate themselves to fashion and fundraising in Cannes  —  Hollywood heavyweights in Cannes for the film festival donned their finest on Thursday to attend the festival's charitable highlight - the Amfar gala.  —  Leggy lovelies Elizabeth Hurley and Dior-clad host Sharon Stone showed off …
Discussion: omg!
People.com:
Brad and Angelina Party Past 1 A.M. in Cannes  —  After enjoying an intimate dinner with 60, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie enjoyed a late date night Wednesday in Cannes.  —  The duo made a low-key entrance at the after party for Pitt's film Inglourious Basterds at Baoli Beach …
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Pics! Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie Party in Cannes
Discussion: Socialite Life and PopSugar
Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
MAJOR spoiler alert: ‘Melrose’ twist revealed!  —  Melrose Place is back to its old dirty tricks.  The CW's forthcoming reboot of the classic '90s sudser will launch this fall with the kind of bombshell revelation that would make Kimberly Shaw's legendary scar bust open.
Tiffany McGee / People.com:
Rihanna & New Guy Are ‘Just Friends’  —  Rihanna and Aubrey “Drake” Graham  —  After being spotted smooching Rihanna on Monday, actor-turned-rapper Aubrey “Drake” Graham says he and the singer are “just friends.”  —  Appearing on New York's Hot 97 radio station Thursday morning …
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Real Housewives' Teresa Giudice Is Pregnant!  —  Looks like there's a baby boom in New Jersey!  —  Teresa Giudice, one of the stars of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, is pregnant with her fourth child, a Bravo rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.  The reality star is five and a half months along …
Lisa Lucas / People.com:
Kim Kardashian Is Getting Ready for Bikini Season  —  Summer is just around the corner and Kim Kardashian is ready to show off her body.  —  “I feel great.  I am ready for the bikini body,” she told PEOPLE on Wednesday at an opening bash for Dash, her new Miami boutique with sisters Khloe and Kourtney …
Olivia Barker / USA Today:
For Katie Holmes, it's ‘a real gift’ to hail troops  —  She just took in the American Idol finale, and this weekend, Katie Holmes will be on hand for an equally all-American event.  —  Holmes is among a clutch of stars performing in Sunday's 20th anniversary National Memorial Day Concert broadcast …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Scott Bowles / USA Today:
First Look: Actors put up a real fight in ‘Airbender’  —  For years, Noah Ringer went by the nickname “Avatar” because he looked so much like the lead in the Nickelodeon cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender.  Now he gets to act like the character, too.  —  Ringer, 12, makes his feature-film …
TMZ.com:
Sarah Michelle Gellar — Flowin', Showin'  —  With the help of a nice New York breeze and a thin maternity sundress, Sarah Michelle Gellar displayed the growing home of her mini Freddie Prinze Jr.  —  Buffy's chosen one is due in the fall.  —  See Also  — Sarah Michelle Gellar Wears Live Fur
Michael Jensen / AfterElton.com:
So You Think Can Knock Off the Homophobia, Nigel Lythgoe?  —  Update: we have an interview with the gay contestant at the bottom of the post!  —  I've written before about So You Think You Can Dance's Nigel Lythgoe and his cretinous attitude toward what he terms “effeminate dancers.”
Discussion: Joe. My. God., #gay and reality blurred
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Hammer gets ‘Bazooka Joe’ to chew on  —  Eisner, Tornante pick newcomer to pen comic strip adaptation  —  Michael Eisner and his Tornante Co. have tapped newcomer Mark Hammer to pen a feature adaptation of “Bazooka Joe,” the comic strip that comes with Bazooka bubble gum.
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Giada De Laurentiis Dishes on Rachael Ray Feud  —  Giada De Laurentiis admits she's not exactly close with fellow Food Network chef Rachael Ray.  —  “Do we hang out all the time?  No. Are we best friends?  No,” De Laurentiis tells the June issue of Redbook.
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
TMZ.com:
Guess what she looks like now  —  The 30-year-old rehabbed singer resurfaced at last night's “American Idol” finale, looking majestic.  —  Since “Idol,” Nikki has appeared on “Fear Factor,” “Battle of the Network Reality Stars,” “Kill Reality,” “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew” and “Sober House.”
Robert Seidman / TVbytheNumbers:
Wednesday Ratings: American Idol finale draws 40 million for last 7 minutes … The American Idol finale averaged 28.8 million and a 10.0 rating among adults 18-49 in time zone adjusted preliminary numbers between 8pm-10:07pm.  Last year's two hour Wednesday finale drew 30.6 million …
Discussion: TV Envy, Variety and reality blurred
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Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Idol’ finale scores all-time ratings low
Discussion: Amy Grindhouse and Perez Hilton
Katherine Thomson / The Huffington Post:
Hayden Panettiere's Misspelled Tattoo (PHOTOS)  —  So much for no regrets!  —  “Heroes” starlet Hayden Panettiere likes to show off the tattoo she has running down her left side, but it seems to have been misspelled.  —  Often visible above her dresses for the first word, the tattoo in full reads …
 
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