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2:05 PM ET, May 25, 2009

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People.com:
Britney Attends Cousin's Wedding in Louisiana  —  After making a big splash in the Bahamas the day before, Britney Spears emerged Saturday in Amite, La., where she made a low-key appearance as an “honorary” bridesmaid at the wedding of her cousin, Laura Lynne Covington.
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New York Post:
SUBWAY THIEF SMOKES BACON  —  SWIPES STAR'S BLACKBERRY  —  Kevin Bacon wasn't footloose enough.  —  The Hollywood star tried to chase down a thug who swiped his BlackBerry at a Seventh Avenue subway station Thursday, sources told The Post.  The brazen mugger managed to escape and was at large yesterday.
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Access Hollywood:
Report: Kevin Bacon Mugged In NYC Subway - Chases Down BlackBerry-Napper!
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Jim DeRogatis:
Jay Bennett, dead at age 45  —  UPDATED MONDAY MORNING WITH STATEMENT FROM JEFF TWEEDY  —  Jay Bennett, a rock musician with deep ties to Chicago best known as a former member of Wilco, died early Sunday morning in downstate Urbana, where he had been running a recording studio, according to a spokesman for his family.
TMZ.com:
Brooke Shields: I Would've Had Sex Sooner, But...  Bristol Palin may wanna cover her ears — Brooke Shields claims she would've swiped her V-card a lot sooner if she wouldn't have had so many issues with body image.  —  In a ridiculously candid interview with Health Magazine …
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PopEater:
Shields Regrets Being a Virgin for So Long  —  Brooke Shields admits she lost her virginity at the age of 22, but is upset she didn't do it earlier..  —  In an interview with Health magazine, the ‘Lipstick Jungle’ star confesses her biggest health regret is waiting too long to have sex.
Mirror.co.uk:
Paris Hilton kicked off boat for toilet antics with Doug Reinhardt  —  Smutty Paris Hilton has been booted off a luxury boat - for getting up to naughtiness with her boyfriend in the bog.  —  She and Doug Reinhardt had to walk the plank after Elton John's fella David Furnish caught the heiress trying to …
Arnesa A. Howell / People.com:
Katie Holmes Prepares to Honor War Vets  —  So how will Katie Holmes be spending her Memorial Day weekend?  She'll be helping to honor the country's war veterans in Washington, D.C.  —  Holmes is taking part in the 20th annual PBS National Memorial Day Concert, where she and her All My …
Dan Wootton / News of the World:
In an amazing change of heart Jordan says she wants to save her marriage to Peter Andre  —  DUMPED Jordan sensationally has revealed: “I want Pete back.”  —  She admitted for the first time that she had made the “biggest mistake of my life” in driving away long-suffering hubby Peter Andre.
Adam Silverstein / Digital Spy:
Holden: ‘Boyle has no longevity’  —  Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden has said that she doesn't think contestant Susan Boyle will last.  —  The Scottish singer is currently the odds-on favourite to win the talent series, however Holden has dismissed suggestions that the final is already decided.
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Jennifer Garcia / People.com:
Kerri Walsh Becomes a Mom!  —  Forget the gold medals.  Kerri Walsh just got the biggest prize of all: She became a mom.  —  Walsh, 30, and her husband, AVP pro-volley ball player Casey Jennings, 33, welcomed son Joseph Michael Jennings at 8:57 p.m. on May 22 in Los Angeles.
Starpulse:
Gabrielle Union Takes Legal Action Against Website Over Affair Claims  —  Actress Gabrielle Union has taken legal action against bosses of a gossip website that printed an anonymous letter about her alleged sexual exploits.  —  Editors of Ezoox.com recently posted a letter about the Ugly Betty star from a …
Jenny Booth / Times of London:
Stampede kills 11 people at world music festival in Morocco  —  A stampede at a world music festival featuring Kylie Minogue and Alicia Keyes has left at least 11 people dead, most of them women and children, in the Moroccan capital Rabat.  —  Some 70,000 spectators were at the Hay Nahda stadium …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Bob Tourtellotte / Fan Fare:
“White Ribbon” wins Cannes Palme d'Or, does Oscar await?  —  Austrian director Michael Haneke claimed the coveted Palme d'Or, the top prize of the Cannes film festival, for “Das Weisse Band” (The White Ribbon"), instantly catapulting the movie on the top of the list of this year's must see films around the globe.
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Reuters:   Austrian Michael Haneke wins Palme d'Or in Cannes
Brian Hiatt / Rolling Stone:
Exclusive: Queen's Brian May Addresses Adam Lambert Rumors  —  After Adam Lambert's killer performance with Queen on Wednesday night's season finale of American Idol, rumors flew that he had already been offered a job singing with the band.  That's slightly premature, according to the band's guitarist, Brian May.
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