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3:25 PM ET, November 13, 2006

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Jhwang / usmagazine.com:
TomKat Lands in Rome!  —  Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes arrived at Rome's Ciampino Airport on Monday with their daughter, Suri, nearly 7 months, and Cruise's children, 13-year-old daughter Isabella and 11-year-old son Connor, in tow.  Upon arrival, the family alighted to the posh Hotel Hassler Roma …
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New York Post:
HUNGER PANGS  —  NO wonder Katie Holmes had to take a break from her new best friend, Victoria Beckham - she was starving.  The super-skinny soccer wife had been helping Holmes lose her baby weight, but it seems Beckham's dietary rules were too much.  A spy said, "Victoria maintains …
National Enquirer:
TOM & KATIE WEDDING CELEBRATION BEGINS!  —  ROME— The Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes long-anticipated wedding celebrations have finally begun!  —  The couple moved into a 7th floor penthouse at Rome's posh Hassler Hotel this morning, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively.
Discussion: Splash News Online
TMZ.com:   Cruise Photog Mauls Infant; Tom Dazed Too
New York Post:
CASTLE DATE FOR TOM AND KATIE
Discussion: MollyGood and celebrity nation
Noelle Hancock / usmagazine.com:
Us Exclusive: Grey's Anatomy Star Ellen Pompeo Engaged  —  Ellen Pompeo, 37, and her boyfriend of nearly three years, Chris Ivery, are engaged, Pompeo's rep confirms to Us Weekly.  Ivery proposed on Friday — which was also the actress' birthday — with a 3.5-carat emerald-cut diamond and platinum ring by Tacori.
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People.com:   Grey's Anatomy's Ellen Pompeo Is Engaged
New York Post:
Eatery King Kicks The Critics  —  DANNY Meyer, owner of the popular Union Square Café and Gramercy Tavern, titled his new HarperCollins book, "Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business" - but he's anything but hospitable to many of the city's most influential food writers.
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Todd / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:
Nicole Richie is an Easy Guess  —  Page Six is just asking: … For the past year, Nicole Richie has looked like she just punched up out of a grave.  Now she has a double chin and is swiping at that McDonald's bag like a cat chasing a laser pointer.  She's clearly gained weight since last week.
New York Post:
JUST ASKING  —  WHICH faded screen siren (think "Sunset Boulevard") has special instructions for her frequent visits to Cedars-Sinai?  Written on her chart, it says, "No Filipino nurses!"  Explained our source, "She hates them" . . . WHICH wealthy industrialist, who summers in the south of France …
Emily Smith / The Sun:
Borat spanked by angry Yank  —  BORAT star Sacha Baron Cohen was beaten up by a passer-by after he tried to play a prank as his alter ego.  —  He approached the man and said: "I like your clothings.  Are nice!  Please may I buying?  I want have sex with it."  —  But the bystander didn't see the joke.
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Daily Mail:
Borat star attacked in street by man who didn't like his jokes  —  Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen was punched by a man who didn't like his jokes, it emerged.  —  Cohen approached the passer-by in a New York street and said in the style of his Kazakh alter ego: "I like your clothings.  Are nice!
New York Post:
CANDID CAMERA  —  KEVIN Federline has come up with new way to make money now that Britney Spears has derailed his gravy train and crowds are staying away in droves from his $20 concerts.  Fed-ex, who made a cool $2 million selling home videos for the show "Chaotic," is trying to sell footage from cameras he installed in his car.
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Abby / Yeeeah!:
Britney Sex Tape To Hit the Net
Associated Press:
Angelina Jolie gets on full Mumbai train  —  MUMBAI, India - Actress Angelina Jolie hopped onto a crowded Mumbai commuter train Monday to film a movie about slain journalist Daniel Pearl who lived and worked in India's financial and entertainment capital.  —  Hollywood actor Dan Futterman …
The Sun:
Nat gets spicy with Mex ex  —  NATALIE PORTMAN is back in the arms of Mexican movie hunk GAEL GARCIA BERNAL.  —  The petite beauty amazed partygoers at a SEU JORGE gig in London last night by spending the entire evening locking lips with her old flame.  —  Natalie split from MOTORCYCLE …
NY Daily News:
If playing the sands,  —  Bush jokes are sheik  —  Qatar may be one of America's strongest allies in the Arab world, but that doesn't mean its emir can't laugh at a good Bush joke.  —  Recently, we visited the desert kingdom of Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani for the second annual benefit …
Discussion: TMZ.com
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Lindsay Lohan Was Not Rear-Ended Last Week  —  Contrary to published reports, Lindsay Lohan was not involved in a car crash with paparazzi on Monday night and insists the entire incident was fabricated. … Lindsay Lohan Did Not Have Car Crash Last Week [Starpulse]  —  Written by Lauren Burch
Discussion: Starpulse
Noelle Hancock / usmagazine.com:
Nicole and Keith Reunite  —  Actress Nicole Kidman, 39, and her husband of four months, country singer Keith Urban, took a stroll outside of the Betty Ford Center in Palm Springs on November 12.  —  Urban has been in an in-patient rehabilitation program for alcohol abuse since checking himself into the center on October 19.
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Will Andrea Bocelli serenade TomKat?  —  Famed tenor has reportedly been invited to sing at the couple's wedding  —  Will one of the world's most famous singers croon at TomKat's wedding?  —  Tom Cruise is pulling out all the stops for his top-of-the-line nuptials, and has reportedly booked …
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Trent / Pink Is The New Blog:
Word To Your Mama  —  It's a brand new week and the dust is beginning to settle a bit from the exciting news that Britney Spears has decided to kick hubby Kevin Federline to the curb.  It looks like we'll have to wait and see what further develops from their divorce battle and what …
Raphael Tenthani / Associated Press:
Judge to rule next week in Madonna case  —  LILONGWE, Malawi - Malawi's High Court said Monday it will rule in one week's time whether a coalition of Malawian human rights and child advocacy groups should help decide whether pop star Madonna is fit to adopt a motherless Malawian toddler.
 
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Andrea Vance / News of the World:
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