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2:40 PM ET, May 16, 2010

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Karen Nickel Anhalt / People.com:
Claudia Schiffer Welcomes a Baby Girl  —  Claudia Schiffer gave birth to her third child, a girl, on Friday in London.  —  The baby joins Caspar, 7, and Clementine, 5, Schiffer's children with husband Matthew Vaughan, a film producer whom she married in 2002.
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Us Weekly:
It's a Girl for Claudia Schiffer, 39  —  It's a girl!  —  Claudia Schiffer, 39, and her film-producer husband, Matthew Vaughn, welcomed their third child in London Friday, according to German newspaper Welt am Sonntag.  —  The model — who is also mom to Caspar, 7, and Clementine, 5 …
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Interscope sign YouTube Star?  —  According to our sources, Interscope Records have signed 12-year old Greyson Chance, who has attracted over 13 million views on YouTube with his cover of Lady Gaga's “Paparazzi.”  —  Our sources tell us that Interscope closed the deal before any other label could even step in and meet the kid.
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Just Jared:
Greyson Chance Signs Record Deal, Gets Lady Gaga Moment  —  Greyson Chance is the latest YouTube phenomenon to score a record deal.  At just 12-years-old!  —  The big-voiced sixth grader, who has attracted nearly 14 million views on YouTube with his rendition of Lady Gaga's “Paparazzi,” has signed with Interscope Records.
TMZ.com:
Homeless Men — Cruz Wanted Us to Cut Her Throat  —  The homeless men Juan-Carlos Cruz allegedly tried to hire to kill his wife claim they were instructed to “cut [a] woman's throat.”  —  The men told TMZ an elaborate story.  According to Little Dave, Cruz — who had a show on The Food Network …
The Live Feed | THR:
NBC's fall schedule, upfront revealed  —  Exclusive: This fall, NBC will have an action-adventure Monday night, a crime drama Wednesday and an all-comedy Thursday.  Despite expectations, NBC will not launch a new comedy block.  —  The network's Monday upfront presentation will begin …
Discussion: Movieline and Accidental Sexiness
Eunice Oh / People.com:
CW Stars Jensen Ackles and Danneel Harris Tie the Knot  —  It's a match made in CW heaven.  —  Supernatural star Jensen Ackles and longtime girlfriend, One Tree Hill actress Danneel Harris, got married Saturday in Dallas, PEOPLE has confirmed.  —  Ackles, 32, and Harris, 31 …
PopEater:
Alec Baldwin Notches 15th ‘SNL’ Hosting Gig  —  Alec Baldwin busted out his 15th hosting stint for ‘Saturday Night Live’ last night, tying Steve Martin's record and bringing his hilarious, diverse acting chops to some seriously raucous sketches.  —  In the ‘30 Rock’ star's opening monologue …
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Pamela McClintock / Variety:
Manson, Wood to star in slasher pic  —  Pressman and Green behind ‘Splatter Sisters’  —  Veteran producer Edward R. Pressman and filmmaker David Gordon Green are teaming to produce Adam Bhala Lough's retro slasher film “Splatter Sisters,” with Marilyn Manson and Evan Rachel Wood attached to star.
Discussion: /Film and Movieline
Zach Haberman / People.com:
Amanda Seyfried Unsure If Her Boyfriend Is ‘The One’  —  Dominic Cooper might want to start penciling in his dates with Amanda Seyfried.  —  “A lot of people ask me, ‘Is Dominic the one?’  I don't know, and I'm fine with that,” the Letters to Juliet star tells Teen Vogue in its June issue …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Hollywoodnews.com
TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan — Everything's Ducky  —  If you hear Lindsay Lohan tell it, everything couldn't be going better — she says she's making up traffic school like crazy ... even though she's been in New York and now she's on her way to Cannes.  —  As TMZ first reported, Lohan …
Hollywoodreporter / Heat Vision:
David Fincher to direct ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea’ (exclusive)  —  Captain Nemo and his Nautilus are surfacing again.  —  Months after deep-sixing a McG-helmed version of “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” Disney is in negotiations with David Fincher to direct, and hot “Bourne Ultimatum” …
Us Weekly:
Tom Cruise Approves of Suri's Expensive Wardrobe  —  $850 Ferragamo bags?  $635 dresses?  $27 Chanel lip gloss?  All par for the course for 4-year-old Suri Cruise — and her famous daddy has no problem with it.  —  “Whatever she wants to wear, she wears it,” Tom Cruise said of his daughter …
Discussion: Bumpshack.com and ETonline
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The NYT added 210,000 digital subscribers in Q1, for 10.5M subscribers in total, up 8% YoY, and ad revenue fell 2.4% YoY to $103.7M; the OpenAI lawsuit cost $1M

Austin Fuller / Current:
NPR CEO Katherine Maher will not attend a US House committee hearing on May 8 looking at alleged NPR bias due to a schedule conflict, but offers to appear later

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