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6:25 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 …
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Cigs and a Diet Coke for Katie  —  Katie Holmes isn't missing Victoria Beckham and her uber-skinny diet rules.  While Vicky was helping Katie to shed the Suri pounds for her upcoming nuptials Katie was starving.  An insider tells Page Six about Victoria's eating habits.
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 …
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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:
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.
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.
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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Todd / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:
Britney Spears is Almost a Porn Star  —  News of the World is reporting that Kevin Federline is threatening to sell a four hour long sex tape, which the couple made on their honeymoon, to a company in Arizona for $50 million in a last ditch attempt to milk every penny he can from Britney Spears.
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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.
Hollywoodtuna:
Is Tara Reid Making A Comeback?  —  I had to do a double take when I first saw these pictures of Tara Reid at "The Fountain" premiere because for once she's looking pretty damn good.  Now maybe my eyes are deceiving me but it appears that Tara's blood alcohol content is well below the legal limit.
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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.
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Just Jared:   Nicole Visits Keith @ Betty Ford Center
POPSUGAR:
Madonna's Mama Drama Continues  —  In the ongoing Madonna adoption story of the month evidently the judge on her case is now set to make another ruling on David's fate next week.  We though things had finally gotten quiet with this story but it looks like its far from over.  Here's more:
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Rosie / Smart:   Madonna due in court over adoption today
Chris Auchterlonie / Splash News Online:
Her milk shake ain't bringin me to the yard  —  What about you?  Is Kelis shaking her rump on stage in New York bringing you to the yard?  These pictures make me feel like vomiting.  —  Pictures by GTV
Phil / Egotastic!:
Avril Lavigne Goes for Cleavage  —  Avril Lavigne never ceases to surprise.  If she's not showing off her underwear, she's taking amazing photoshoot pictures, and if she's not spitting on paparazzi, she's apparently busting out some mighty impressive cleavage.
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 …
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X17 Online:
Guess Who Forgot To Shave Again?  —  Who owns this pit?  Check out cute pix of her and her kids after the jump ...  SEE MORE AFTER THE JUMP »
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.
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 …
Mark Dagostino / People.com:
Michael J. Fox Rocks with Sheryl Crow, Axl Rose at Fundraiser  —  Michael J. Fox raised more than $5 million for his Foundation for Parkinson's Research at a Beatles-themed fundraiser in Manhattan on Saturday night, thanks to a crowd that included emcee Denis Leary, Sheryl Crow, Martin Scorsese …
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