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2:50 PM ET, October 11, 2006

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New York Post:
'MADONNA DID ADOPT MY SON'  —  MADONNA maximized the publicity over her adoption of an African urchin by having her publicist, Liz Rosenberg, deny it last week.  But the baby's own father has told The Associated Press in Malawi that Madonna has adopted his son, David.
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Thomas Whitaker / The Sun:
Madonna's little ray of light  —  THE desperately poor father of the African tot being adopted by Madonna last night declared he was "so happy" the child was being whisked into a world of wealth.  —  Yohane Banda, 32, earns just a few pounds a month growing potatoes and onions in a mud hut village in Malawi.
Richard Simpson / Daily Mail:
Is this the baby Madonna plans to adopt?
Discussion: Hip&Pop
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:   Has Madonna Picked out a New Baby?
MollyGood:   Madonna with child  —  Maybe Madonna with possible boy she could kind of be adopting.
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The Superficial:
Paris Hilton dumped Travis Barker  —  Paris Hilton reportedly dumped Travis Barker after the incident last week when Shanna Moakler called her a "skinny bitch" and punched her in the jaw at Club Hyde.  A friend of Paris tells In Touch Weekly Hilton broke up with Travis the following weekend …
Discussion: STARFRUIT GOSSIP
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X17 Online:
These Are The Problems Famous People Have  —  When you're as famous as Paris Hilton, even something as seemingly wholesome as reconnecting with old friends presents problems - for instance, now that she can't seduce Lindsay Lohan or Nicole Richie's boyfriends (for the time being, anyway), where's she going to find a man?
Star:   PARIS SAYS SHE'S FILING RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST SHANNA!
MSNBC.com:
Hilton dumped Barker after catfight  —  Plus: Nicole Richie has new hair color, new sweetie  —  Paris Hilton dumped boyfriend Travis Barker after a nasty catfight with an ex, according to a report.  —  Hilton claims that Shanna Moakler, Barker's estranged wife, called Hilton a "skinny …
People.com:
Patrick Dempsey & Isaiah Washington's On-Set Dustup  —  There would have been no shortage of bandages if things had really gotten out of hand during an on-set argument between Grey's Anatomy costars Patrick Dempsey and Isaiah Washington on Monday.  —  Dempsey, 40, and Washington, 43 …
NY Daily News:
For McDreamy, it's nearly lights out  —  They almost needed some real doctors on the set of "Grey's Anatomy" this week, according to sources who say stars Isaiah Washington and Patrick Dempsey got into a violent brawl.  —  Our spy at the production corroborated a National Enquirer report …
Sandy Cohen / Associated Press:
Gibson: I haven't had a drink in 65 days  —  LOS ANGELES - Mel Gibson calls his anti-Semitic rant following his arrest for drunk driving in July "the stupid ramblings of a drunkard."  In an interview with Diane Sawyer set to air on "Good Morning America" on Thursday and Friday …
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Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:   Mel Gibson Still Working on Damage Control
Anna Shanks UK / Splash News Online:
Spot the Dog.  —  Ever wondered what it would be like to get up close and personal to Paris.  I think this dogs face says it all.  I can't stop laughing.  —  Pictures by London Entertainment.
National Enquirer:
EXCLUSIVE: GREY'S ANATOMY STARS BRAWL ON THE SET!  —  In one of Hollywood's most shocking fights ever, two top stars of "Grey's Anatomy" got into in a violent brawl — with one choking the other, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively.  —  A long-simmering feud exploded into the open as Isaiah Washington …
Noelle Hancock / US Weekly:
Michael Jackson Pays Off Ex  —  Three years after Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe filed for visitation rights and custody of the couple's kids, Prince Michael, 9, and Paris, 8 - something she voluntarily gave up in 2001 - the battle is over.  (Jackson has a third child, Prince Michael II …
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Jessica Alba: 'I Don't Do Nudity'  —  It's nerves over nakedness, as far as Jessica Alba is concerned.  —  The 25-year-old actress tells Elle magazine in its November issue that when she was playing a stripper in 2005's Sin City, directors Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez offered her the option to bare all - but she said no way.
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Ellen Barkin Auctions Jewels for $20 Million  —  After deciding to unload the jewels she accumulated during her six-year marriage to billionaire Ron Perelman that ended this winter, Ellen Barkin sold off more than 100 pieces at Christie's New York on Tuesday - for a total of $20,369,200, including commission, reports Reuters.
Noelle Hancock / US Weekly:
Nicole Richie: A New Guy Already?  —  The foliage isn't the only thing changing quickly this fall.  Just three days after her October 4 breakup with her beau of two months, Brody Jenner, Nicole Richie showed off a new hair color (red!) and a new(ish) guy: Samuel Plouchart …
RADAR:
BRANGELINA'S NAMIBIAN IOU  —  While the Brangelina caravan moves on to India (leaving manhandled stalkerazzos in its wake) all is not well in Namibia, where a recent visit to the Mondesa Resettlement Community by a British TV crew proved revealing.  Back in June, to commemorate baby Shiloh's entrance …
Discussion: Dlisted and celebrity terrorist
POPSUGAR:
SMG Just Says No to Botox  —  Sarah Michelle Gellar is back in the November issue of Marie Claire Magazine.  In the interview she talks about the pressures of being an "almost 30" year-old woman in Hollywood and her feelings about plastic surgery.  Isn't 30 the new 20?
 
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