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10:40 AM ET, May 3, 2007

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Reagan Alexander / People.com:
Britney's Comeback Rolls on with Second Show  —  Before a raucous crowd that chanted her name, Britney Spears continued her comeback mini-tour Wednesday night, performing the identical lip-synced routine of older hits from her show the night before.  —  "Thank you so much!"
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PerezHilton.com:
Britney's Second Concert Is Toxic!  Makes Fun Of Rehab!!!!  —  Britney Spears' fifteen-minute long "running through the motions" show at the House of Blues in Anaheim on Wednesday night was received even worse than her first comeback non-concert the night before in San Diego.
Discussion: Popdirt.com
Chris Auchterlonie / Splash News Online:
Britney Spears Topless!!!  —  This is how we want to see Britney Spears make a comeback!  Forget about the lipsyncing, floundering on stage, and ripping off her fans!  Just get naked!  —  These pictures were taken in early April of this month at a friends house.  Too bad she didn't do this 6 years ago!
Todd / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:
Britney Spears is in Concert
Discussion: Associated Press and Pajiba
The Superficial:   Britney Spears poses topless
New York Post:
RATS!  LINDSAY ON VIDEO  —  LINDSAY Lohan just can't seem to stop partying - and, unluckily for her, word on the street is that someone may have recorded her revelry with a cellphone video camera.  We can't divulge what Lohan was allegedly caught doing, but if true, it won't sit well with her younger fans.
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New York Post:
Wall St.'s Less-frequent Flier  —  SANDY Weill loves flying in Citigroup's five corporate jets, but the financial giant's former chairman is gradually weaning himself off the mile-high perk.  —  Weill, 74, showed good timing by cutting down - as former General Electric Chairman Jack Welch …
Star:
Tom & Katie: His & Hers Houses!  —  Despite Tom Cruise's reported attempts to keep Katie Holmes under his thumb, his 28-year-old wife may now be fighting back!  While away from their high security Beverly Hills compound to shoot her new film, Mad Money, Katie is insisting on renting a home closer …
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A Socialite's Life:
Tom and Katie Have Rich People Problems  —  Oh Star magazine.  I love you for your "Best and Worst Beach Bodies" Issue, your bright pink and purple website design, but most of all for your preposterous stories that I desperately hope are true because they are so wonderfully ridiculous.
Discussion: Don't Judge Me and MSNBC
J. Harvey / A Socialite's Life:
Rosie Getting Soft  —  Rosie O'Donnell has alerted the global media via website haiku that she will not longer be verbally backhanding Elisabeth Hasselbeck on "The View" because Hasselbeck's with child .  First off, please stop with the haikus.  It's not adorable, or whimsical or heartfelt.
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TMZ.com:   Rosie: No More Rasslin' with Preggy Elisabeth
Michael Ventre / MSNBC:
Britney's immature, but it's fans who need help  —  Who are these gullible fools who wait hours for 15 minutes of nothing?  —  Cries for help come in many different forms.  For Britney Spears, it was shaving her head or going out on the town with no underpants.
Discussion: That Other Blog
Patricia Johnson / FemaleFirst:
Kirsten Dunst's Healthy Body Image  —  Kirsten Dunst has a healthy body image.  The actress who stars in the new Spiderman movie said she has no nonsense approach to dieting.  —  Although she is naturally slim, Dunst revealed she does not feel pressurised to look like a model.
Discussion: Bricks and Stones
Jed Dreben / People.com:
'Scary Spice' Melanie Brown: I'm Taking Eddie Murphy to Court  —  Melanie Brown, who welcomed her second daughter, Angel Iris Murphy Brown, last month, says she's taking ex-boyfriend Eddie Murphy to court to force him to take a paternity test.  —  "He's not doing a DNA test and he's not signing …
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Extra:   Melanie B's Shocking Interview with 'Extra': Her Direct Message to Eddie
Monique Jessen / People.com:
Keira Knightley 'Devastated' by Anorexia Rumors  —  Keira Knightley says she was "devastated" when images of her appeared in magazine articles about the "skinny celebrity" debate.  —  "When all that blew up, I felt terrible," the actress, 22, tells the British edition of Elle in its June issue.
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
NY Daily News:
Comedian feels 'hurt' by Latin flubber Leno  —  Jay Leno has some 'splaining to do - as the great Desi Arnaz might have said - after mixing up two of America's top Latino comics.  —  You may remember that, in January, funnyman George Lopez told a Florida radio station that the "Tonight" host is "the biggest two-faced dude in TV."
Discussion: Dlisted and TMZ.com
TMZ.com:
Busta Rhymes Busted for DUI  —  Busta Rhymes was arrested on a drunk driving charge early this morning in New York, after cops stopped him for driving an SUV with "excessively tinted windows."  —  According to the NYPD, the rapper, driving a 2006 GMC Yukon Denali, was pulled over on the far West side …
Discussion: Dlisted
Popoholic:
A Kelly Carlson Quickie  —  Here's a quick look at Nip/Tuck's Kelly Carlson.  All I want to say is that Kelly doesn't need a nip or a tuck... the girl looks absolutely perfect.  The only real complaint I have is that there aren't enough pictures of her out there.
Phil / Egotastic!:
Natalie Portman, je t'aime  —  Here's Natalie Portman, once again looking resplendent, at the premiere of Paris, je t'aime (that's "Paris, I Love You," for those of you who don't speak even the tiniest bit of French).  As always, Natalie is absolutely perfect, and there is nothing bad I can possibly say about her.
Discussion: Staralicious
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Mann, DiCaprio team for drama  —  Film takes place on MGM lot in '30s  —  Michael Mann has delivered to studio execs what he hopes will be his next directing effort, a star vehicle for Leonardo DiCaprio.  —  Scripted by John Logan, the project is an untitled noir drama that takes place on the old MGM lot in the 1930s.
Discussion: Cinematical and TunaFlix
TMZ.com:
Wedding Crashed: Esposito and Cooper Split  —  TMZ has learned that actress Jennifer Esposito has filed for divorce from her husband of four months, Bradley Cooper.  The documents, filed Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, cite irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split.
 
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