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2:05 PM ET, May 22, 2009

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Monique Jessen / People.com:
For Sale: Live Kisses from Robert Pattinson  —  Call him the Kissing King of Cannes.  Helping to raise some much-needed funds at amfAR's annual Cinema Against AIDS event in Cannes Thursday night, Robert Pattinson auctioned off something only he could provide - a kiss on the cheek.
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Monique Jessen / People.com:
Sharon Stone Pays Teary Tribute to Natasha Richardson  —  The Cannes Film Festival took a serious turn Thursday night, when Sharon Stone honored the memory of her friend Natasha Richardson at amfAR's annual Cinema Against AIDS event.  —  Stone, 51, hosted the annual charity event …
Discussion: iVillage and EW.com
Access Hollywood:
Robert Pattinson Kiss Auctioned For $55,000  —  Robert Pattinson,Celebrities,Paris Hilton,Sharon Stone,Twilight,Josh Hartnett  —  Millions of “Twilight” fans would die for the chance to kiss Hollywood's hottest vampire - but would they pay over $56,000 for the opportunity to lock lips with Robert Pattinson?
Discussion: iVillage and I'm Not Obsessed
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Robert Pattinson Auctions Off $28,000 Kisses
Discussion: Anything Hollywood
Hellomagazine.com:
Hollywood's finest dedicate themselves to fashion and fundraising in Cannes
Discussion: omg!
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Robert Pattinson: Who Is He Kissing in France?
Discussion: PopSugar
The Cajun Boy / Gawker:
Clay Aiken Trashes American Idol, Adam Lambert  —  Last night millions of American Idol fans tuned in to watch the show's season finale.  But you know who didn't?  Clay Aiken, who basically trashed everything about Idol today on the subscription-only message board of his website …
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Clay Aiken On ‘Idol’ Runner-Up Adam Lambert: 'Thought My Ears …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
DailyFill.com:
Ellen DeGeneres Gives Adam Lambert Makeup Tips. …
Discussion: Us Weekly
PopEater:
Cole's Sister Dies During Kidney Drama  —  While Natalie Cole was in the middle of her kidney transplant surgery, her family was struck with tragedy.  Cole's older sister was pronounced dead after refusing to start chemo when doctors found a cancerous spot on her lung.
Discussion: Sandra Rose
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New York Post:
NATALIE SAVED BUT LOSES SISTER  —  NATALIE Cole has just had the most heart-wrenching week of her life.  —  As Nat King Cole's Grammy Award-winning daughter, who's suffering from kidney disease, sat comforting her dying sister, Carol “Cookie” Cole, she got a frantic call from doctors saying …
Ken Lee / People.com:
Sean Penn and Robin Wright's Divorce Is Off - For Now  —  Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn  —  Are Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn reconciling again?  —  The Oscar-winning actor filed a request Thursday to dismiss his legal separation case, Marin County, Calif., court records show.
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George Rush / NY Daily News:
Sean Penn is withdrawing his motion for legal separation in divorce …
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Aubrey Drake Graham: I'm Not Dating Rihanna  —  Rihanna hasn't found a new man just yet.  —  Despite reports that the star spent Monday night “stealing kisses” from Canadian hip-hop artist Aubrey “Drake” Graham, he denies any romance.  —  “Nah, nah, nah, it's not like that at all,” …
Discussion: PopSugar
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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Bikini Girl Slams Kara DioGuardi  —  While even the two finalists in Wednesday night's American Idol finale parted friends, it turns out a feud is brewing between a former hopeful and a judge.  —  RadarOnline.com caught up with Katrina Darrell, aka Bikini Girl …
Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
MAJOR spoiler alert: ‘Melrose’ twist revealed!  —  Melrose Place is back to its old dirty tricks.  The CW's forthcoming reboot of the classic '90s sudser will launch this fall with the kind of bombshell revelation that would make Kimberly Shaw's legendary scar bust open.
Olivia Barker / USA Today:
For Katie Holmes, it's ‘a real gift’ to hail troops  —  She just took in the American Idol finale, and this weekend, Katie Holmes will be on hand for an equally all-American event.  —  Holmes is among a clutch of stars performing in Sunday's 20th anniversary National Memorial Day Concert broadcast …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Faded Youth Blog
Scott Bowles / USA Today:
First Look: Actors put up a real fight in ‘Airbender’  —  For years, Noah Ringer went by the nickname “Avatar” because he looked so much like the lead in the Nickelodeon cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender.  Now he gets to act like the character, too.  —  Ringer, 12, makes his feature-film …
The Superficial:
Paris Hilton & Doug basically f-cking in public  —  More: Doug Reinhardt , Paris Hilton  —  Paris Hilton and Doug Reinhardt pretty much decided to publicly flaunt their s**t all over Cannes this week because here they are practically having intercourse at a nightclub.
Lisa Lucas / People.com:
Kim Kardashian Is Getting Ready for Bikini Season  —  Summer is just around the corner and Kim Kardashian is ready to show off her body.  —  “I feel great.  I am ready for the bikini body,” she told PEOPLE on Wednesday at an opening bash for Dash, her new Miami boutique with sisters Khloe and Kourtney …
Cele|bitchy:
Kirstie Alley is crushed that Jenny McCarthy got Oprah talkshow deal, not her  —  This week's National Enquirer claims that Kirstie Alley is upset because she signed a deal with Oprah to do her own talk show last year, but that talks stalled and Kirstie's plans were on hold.
Discussion: Deceiver.com
blogs.myspace.com:
May 21st, a good day :)  —  The one thing i love about being connected with my fans is that i can grow with you guys.  —  we are all going through lots of the same things  —  and i love that i can relate to all of you.  —  there is one thing that kind of hurts if i may share with you guys …
People.com:
Brad and Angelina Party Past 1 A.M. in Cannes  —  After enjoying an intimate dinner with 60, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie enjoyed a late date night Wednesday in Cannes.  —  The duo made a low-key entrance at the after party for Pitt's film Inglourious Basterds at Baoli Beach …
 
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TMZ.com:
Guess what she looks like now  —  The 30-year-old rehabbed …
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sources: the expectation at Paramount Global is that neither of the two offers in play, Skydance-RedBird and Sony Pictures-Apollo, will come to fruition

Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Twitch streamers are growing their audiences as they stream student protests, and some viewers and protesters see them as more trustworthy than traditional news

Tom McArthur / BBC:
RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place

 
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