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11:45 AM ET, December 16, 2008

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Paul Chi / People.com:
Tom Cruise Gushes Over Suri's Incredible Vocabulary  —  Tom and Suri Cruise  —  Watch out, Harvard.  She's not even three years old, but little Suri Cruise is a bona fide brainiac, boasts her proud papa.  —  “Her vocabulary is incredible,” Tom Cruise told PEOPLE Monday night at the New York premiere of Valkyrie.
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Tom Cruise: I'd “Love It” if Suri Became an Actress  —  Tom Cruise says he wouldn't mind if his 2-year-old daughter Suri followed in his famous footsteps.  —  “I'd love it.  I'd love it,” he told Usmagazine.com at the NYC premiere of Valkyrie on Monday.  “Acting is ... a great life …
Extra:
Tom Cruise & Mario: Totally Raw!
Discussion: Defamer and Socialite Life
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Tom Cruise and Matt Lauer Clear the Air
Discussion: LOVEBSCOTT.COM and Jossip
Liza Hamm / People.com:
Naomi Watts & Liev Schreiber Name Baby Samuel  —  Watts and Schreiber in 2007  —  Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber have revealed more details about their newborn son, starting with his name: Samuel Kai Schreiber.  —  Samuel - the couple's second child after year-old son Alexander Pete Schreiber …
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Naomi Watts, Liev Schreiber Name Newborn Son Samuel
Discussion: X17 Online
Fiona Byrne / NEWS.com.au:
Lleyton and Bec Hewitt celebrate arrival of new son Cruz
Discussion: OH NO!!
Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Police Probing Sharon Osbourne After Alleged Charm School Beatdown  —  She may be the host of Rock of Love Charm School, but apparently Sharon Osbourne could use a refresher course herself.  —  E! News has confirmed that a police investigation has been launched after Osbourne allegedly attacked …
Discussion: iVillage, I'm Not Obsessed and TV Envy
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FemaleFirst:
Sharon Osbourne in trouble with the police
Discussion: Gabby Babble
Britney Spears:
MORE ‘HEY!  HEY!  HEY!’  EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS  —  As promised earlier, here are the rest of the EXCLUSIVE photos from Britney's performance on Hey!  Hey!  Hey! in Japan.  —  Pure hotness.  —  Britney seems to be having a great time on her trip and says, “I love Japan!  I think all the tiny cars are so cute!”
People.com:
Dennis Quaid Settles Babies' Overdose for $750,000  —  Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly have reached a settlement of $750,000 against Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for the accidental overdose of their newborn twins in 2007.  —  The agreement is pending the approval of a Los Angeles judge.
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Cristina Gibson / E! Online:
Paris and Benji Party Together at D&G  —  Could a reunion be in the works for Paris Hilton and Benji Madden?  —  It certainly looked that way tonight.  The two arrived mere minutes apart for the grand opening of the Dolce & Gabbana boutique on Robertson Boulevard hosted by Rachel Bilson.
Cele|bitchy:
Kevin Federline partying with weed and hookers  —  This story is from Star Magazine, so whether it's true or not is iffy, but according to Star Kevin Federline isn't quite the reformed dad that he tries to portray in the media.  They quote an insider who says he still heads to Vegas to party …
Discussion: Bossip.com and OH NO!!
Daily Star:
PARIS MAKES BRAVE MOVE  —  PARIS Hilton's vow to stay single after splitting from Benji Madden last month is proving a hard promise to keep.  —  We're not surprised to hear she's been getting cosy with acting Scotburger Gerard Butler, 39.  So cosy, in fact, she calls him Braveheart.
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Spoiler Chat: Who Else Wants Out of Grey's Anatomy?  —  Reason number 8,233 to love Grey's Anatomy: The drama never ends!  —  The next new episode of ABC's highly addictive TV series crack doesn't air until next year, but fans still have plenty to discuss behind the scenes with the recent rumors …
Discussion: TV Envy and Gossip Girl Insider
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Singer Hilary Duff: I “Absolutely Did Not Say” I Was Still a Virgin  —  Hilary Duff says she never told Elle magazine in 2006 that she was still a virgin.  —  “You know what?  I was quoted saying I was a virgin, but I absolutely did not say that,” she says in the January issue of Maxim.
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Zombie making ‘Halloween’ sequel  —  Dimension to release director's ‘H2’ in October  —  Dimension Films and writer-director Rob Zombie are teaming for an October release of ‘H2.’  —  Dimension Films and Rob Zombie are teaming for another chapter of “Halloween,” and he's racing to scare up the pic for release in October.
Discussion: Cinematical and /Film
Bruce Golding / New York Post:
VATI-CON'S PAYBACK  —  ANNE'S EX AGREES TO RETURN $3.6M  —  Actress Anne Hathaway's shady ex-boyfriend has agreed to pay back $3.6 million he scammed by boasting of connections to the Vatican and Pope John Paul II.  —  Among those in line to get back some of their stolen savings …
Discussion: New York Magazine
Larry Carroll / MTV:
‘New Moon’ Casting News: Michael Copon, Ben Barnes Push For Roles In ‘Twilight’ Sequel  —  Copon is hoping to replace Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black, while Barnes aims for mind-reading vampire Aro.  —  When Bella Swan moved to Forks, Washington, she found her whole life in upheaval.
Joe Nelson / sbsun.com:
T-shirt sparks civil-rights argument at Big Bear High School  —  BIG BEAR CITY - Big Bear High School student Mariah Jimenez should be allowed to wear the “Prop.  8 Equals Hate” T-shirt she was banned from wearing on campus, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
Discussion: Queerty and Towleroad
 
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Roger Friedman / Fox News:
Cruise ‘Feeble’ in Valkyrie
Discussion: Jossip and CelebWarship
Elliot Olshansky / NY Daily News:
Survey: ‘American Idol’ judge Simon Cowell more famous than God among British kids
Jesus Martinez / DrunkenStepfather:
Rihanna's Got Amazing Cleavage of the Day
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Heath's Baby Mama Won't Thank the Academy
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Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Brody Jenner: Boys Do Cry!
 

 
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New York Times:
Sources: Sony and Apollo sign NDAs but back away from their $26B offer for Paramount's assets, partly due to Sony shareholders' concerns over streaming costs

Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with New Yorker journalist Rachel Aviv on her Lucy Letby article, the cost of trial transcripts in the UK, the police documentary about the case, and more

Hayley Wong / South China Morning Post:
The US says it is deeply concerned over reports that Zhang Zhan, imprisoned after covering COVID-19 in China, has disappeared after her expected prison release

 
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