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4:05 PM ET, October 20, 2008

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Daily Mail:
Making love to Madonna ‘was like cuddling a piece of gristle’ … A gaunt-looking Madonna was seen leaving the Kabbalah Centre in New York on Saturday.  —  Wearing shades and a baseball cap it seemed the marriage break-up was taking its toll on the 50-year-old mega-star.
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
David Banda's Dad: “Maybe He'd Be Better Off Back With Us”  —  In light of Madonna's divorce from Guy Ritchie, David Banda's biological father is having second thoughts about giving his son up.  —  “I am still a poor farmer with nothing to offer, but maybe he'd be better off back with us,” he told Britain's The Sun.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Mollygood
People.com:
Source: Madonna Plans to Raise Her Kids in New York  —  Though Madonna has spent much of her nearly-8-year marriage to filmmaker Guy Ritchie in London, don't expect her to settle there after her world tour ends later this year.  —  “Madonna is a New Yorker,” says one source close to the Michigan-born singer.
PopEater:
Epic ‘Ugliness’ Coming to Madge-Guy Split?
Discussion: OH NO!!
New York Post:
ROUGH TRAIN RIDE  —  SAMANTHA Ronson deserves a medal for putting up with gal pal Lindsay Lohan.  The two took the Acela train to Washington on Thursday and “had a quiet fight” the whole time, our spy says.  Lohan spent most of the time complaining about her staff and told Ronson …
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Faith Hill's Birthday Gift to Herself: Bikini Photo Shoot  —  Faith Hill's beautiful face has adorned covers of CDs and magazines before, but for the first time ever she's posing in a bikini.  —  What gave her the bravery?  Pilates.  —  “I could bend in ways I haven't been able to since I was a teenager …
Discussion: Jezebel
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Faith Hill Poses in Bikini for 41st Birthday
Discussion: Just Jared and dailystab.com
PopEater:   Faith Shows Off Her Shape in ... uh, Shape
Daily Mail:
A-Rod set to buy £40m New York pad next door to Madonna as relationship heats up … Madonna's ‘soulmate’ Alex Rodriguez is weeks away from buying a New York penthouse apartment two blocks from the superstar's - in a bid to be close to her.  —  Speculation of a romantic relationship between …
Bob Thomas / Associated Press:
Fashion critic Mr. Blackwell dies in Los Angeles  —  LOS ANGELES - Mr. Blackwell, the acerbic designer whose annual worst-dressed list skewered the fashion felonies of celebrities from Zsa Zsa Gabor to Britney Spears, has died.  He was 86.  —  Blackwell died Sunday of complications …
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PopEater:   Celeb Fashion Critic Mr. Blackwell Dies
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Fashion's Mr. Blackwell Dies
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
Alissa R / Us Weekly:   Fashion's Mr. Blackwell Dies at 86
People.com:
Derek Jeter & Minka Kelly Romance Heats up in Texas  —  Minka Kelly (left) and Derek Jeter  —  With the Yankees out of the playoffs, Derek Jeter has some time on his hands and he's spending it romantically - with Minka Kelly.  —  The baseball star, 34, and the Friday Night Lights actress …
Cele|bitchy:
Jennifer Aniston is driving her friends crazy with OCD cleanliness  —  Jennifer Aniston doesn't have kids, but she's a fan of an item a lot of moms won't leave home without - disinfectant hand gel.  She's said to be such a germophobe that she slathers the suff on surfaces before she'll touch them like grocery carts and even door knobs.
Discussion: Crabbie's Hollywood
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Just Jared:
Jennifer Aniston is Pregnant... With John Mayer's Child?  —  SHOCK PREGNANCY?  —  Jennifer Aniston has reunited with musician John Mayer because she's pregnant with his child, according to Australia's New Weekly.  —  That's the reason behind their surprise reunion???
Discussion: Dlisted and WOW Report
Daily Mail:
From Paris to London...Ms Hilton is ‘here to stay’ … Paris Hilton has decided to relocate from her natural Los Angeles habitat to make London her new home.  —  The hotel heiress may not have been successful in her attempts to attract the attentions of Princes William and Harry on a recent evening …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Wonky Is Britain's Problem Now
Discussion: Allie Is Wired
Showbiz Spy:
Paris Hilton Eyes London Move
Discussion: The Blemish
Hannah Barr / News of the World:
Chest too big  —  I've got Britain's biggest boobs but want to cut ‘M’ off  —  TOP-HEAVY Donna Jones's life is being made a misery—because her bust is the biggest in Britain  —  Each breast weighs a jumbo ONE STONE—about the same as two average-size babies.
Discussion: Right Celebrity
New York Post:
PASS COMPLETE?  —  IT looks like Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen are ready to take the plunge.  Sources tell Page Six the Patriots' quarterback and the Brazilian supermodel are planning a wedding reception at Tavern on the Green.  “They were recently there, and Brady had a long chat with Broadway Joe Namath,” a spy said.
OK! Magazine:
OK!  Exclusive: Ellen & Jen Hit Hollywood Baby Bash  —  Jennifer Aniston, Dustin Hoffman, Ben Stiller, Ellen DeGeneres, Jack Black, Tobey Maguire, Kate Beckinsale, Jonah Hill... That's a list of stars that you'd expect to see at an exclusive blockbuster movie premiere or major awards show.
Erin Carlson / Associated Press:
‘Kim Possible’ Star Has Puppet Sex On Broadway  —  NEW YORK (AP) - Christy Carlson Romano, the voice of the Disney Channel's animated “Kim Possible,” laughed hysterically while rehearsing her first big sex scene on stage.  Later, she felt dirty.  —  Intimate interludes are always uncomfortable for actors …
 
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