WeSmirch: Why Tom Cruise Still Matters in the Film Industry (Analysis) (Hollywood Reporter)

4:45 PM ET, October 9, 2011

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Joey Bartolomeo / People.com:

Paul McCartney Marries Nancy Shevell — He loves her yeah, yeah, yeah! — After days of wedding preparations, Paul McCartney and New York businesswoman Nancy Shevell exchanged vows during an afternoon ceremony in London. — The couple, who have been dating since 2007 and were engaged …

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Associated Press:

Paul McCartney, Nancy Shevell married in London — LONDON (AP) - Former Beatle Paul McCartney and American heiress Nancy Shevell were married on Sunday, emerging joyously from a 45-minute civil marriage ceremony to be showered with confetti from fans. — The pop icon raised his bride's arm …

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Paul McCartney / TMZ.com:

Married ... Again — Five months after getting engaged, Paul McCartney walked down the aisle today with his trucking-heir girlfriend from Jersey — what will be the famed Beatles singer's third marriage. — Paul and 51-year-old Nancy Shevell — daughter of a New Jersey trucking magnate — met in the Hamptons in 2007.

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Daily Mail:

‘Humiliated’ Demi seeks divorce after last-ditch bid to save marriage fails — Demi Moore has consulted a divorce lawyer after the failure of a last-ditch bid to save her marriage to Ashton Kutcher. — The 48-year-old actress's marriage hit the rocks after allegations that Kutcher cheated on her.

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Sarah Michaud / People.com:

Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore Spotted at Services — After stepping out separately earlier in the week, Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore came together for religious services Friday night in Los Angeles. — Although the couple - who have recently been plagued with rumors about the state of their marriage …

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TMZ.com:

Jennifer Hudson Left Us In the Lurch! — Jennifer Hudson's no-show at the Michael Jackson tribute concert yesterday caught the show's producers completely off-guard ... especially since she was already paid to do the gig ... this according to sources close to the show.

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Mike Collett-White / Reuters:

Jackson children dance to his music at tribute gig — (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of fans rocked to the hits of Michael Jackson on Saturday at a tribute concert his brothers hoped would put the spotlight on his musical legacy after so much controversy. — The late singer's children …

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Michael Jackson's Daughter Paris Wears “Thriller” Jacket at Tribute Concert — Michael Jackson may be gone, but he's certainly not forgotten. — The King of Pop's three children — Prince, 14, Paris, 13, and Blanket, 9 — paid tribute to their late father at the Michael Forever concert in Cardiff, Wales Saturday.

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Peter Nickeas / Chicago Tribune:

Drug overdose suspected in death of former Weezer bass player — Authorities say a drug overdose is suspected in the death of former Weezer bass player Mikey Welsh, who was found in aChicago hotel room Saturday afternoon. — Welsh, 40, was found unresponsive on the floor after failing …

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Hollywood Reporter:

Why Tom Cruise Still Matters in the Film Industry (Analysis) … Tom Cruise would make a great Survivor contestant. Despite his peculiar public image and less-than-stellar domestic box office in recent years, the 49-year-old has four big studio movies hitting theaters in the next 18 months …

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Barbwire / AceShowBiz.com:

Nadya Suleman Playing Pregnant Woman in Her First Film — Joining ‘Millennium’, the Octomom is to take the lead role in the horror flick as a filmmaker impregnated by a she-demon. — In her first movie venture, Octomom Nadya Suleman would be in a role she does best in real-life, a pregnant woman.

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Tom Ayres / Digital Spy:

Zsa Zsa Gabor rushed to hospital with high fever — Socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor was rushed to hospital yesterday after being discovered unconscious by her husband. — The 94-year-old was taken to UCLA Medical Centre on Saturday morning by her husband Frederic von Anhalt and was described as being in a ‘very unstable’ condition.

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Dan Snierson / Inside TV:

‘The Simpsons’ renewed by Fox for two more seasons — Simpsons fans, it's time to stop saying 'D'oh!' and start shouting ‘Woo Hoo!’ Signaling that the negotiating stalemate has ended, Fox announced today that it has renewed the animated comedy featuring Homer Simpson for two more seasons.