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3:15 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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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.
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
PopEater:
Epic ‘Ugliness’ Coming to Madge-Guy Split?
Discussion: OH NO!!
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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Just Jared:
Faith Hill is a Bikini Babe  —  Bikini-clad Faith Hill takes the December 2008 cover of Shape.  Here's what the mother-of-three had to say:  —  On her first time ever posing in a bikini: “Wearing a bikini on a magazine cover is my 41st birthday present to myself.”
Discussion: Us Weekly
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Faith Hill Poses in Bikini for 41st Birthday
Discussion: dailystab.com
PopEater:   Faith Shows Off Her Shape in ... uh, Shape
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 …
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
Discussion: Us Weekly and Seriously? OMG!
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
Showbiz Spy:
Paris Hilton Eyes London Move  —  Paris Hilton is planning a permanent move to London.  —  The hotel heiress is currently in the British capital filming her new TV show Paris Hilton's My New BBF (British Best Friend).  —  And she is ready to leave Hollywood for good and settle down in the UK.
Discussion: The Blemish
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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 …
Discussion: Just Jared and Lifeline Live
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
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
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 …
Pamela McClintock / Variety:
Audiences enter house of ‘Payne’  —  ‘W.’ performs on the upper end of expectations  —  The 20th Century Fox family was feeling no pain as Mark Wahlberg actioner “Max Payne” topped the weekend box office and Fox Searchlight's “The Secret Life of Bees” buzzed its way to a photo finish with family holdover …
Discussion: Defamer
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Joshua Rich / EW.com:
‘Max Payne’ Is Top Gun at the Box Office
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Cele|bitchy
 
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