1. New mission
Us Weekly asks why Tom Cruise hasn’t showed off Baby Suri yet. Me, I’m waiting to see what shuttle Discovery finds.
2. The omen
The music industry reported that album sales are down 4.2 percent in the first half of the year. Analysts likened it to the stock market crash before Kevin Federline’s CD throws us into the Great Depression.
3. Get protection
People I wouldn’t want to be right now, Volume 325: the Emmy voters who snubbed “The Sopranos.”
4. Flat out
Add a TV with the World Cup game on it, and this was me all weekend.
5. Fat and happy
A new study finds that smokers can gain more than 20 pounds after quitting–three pounds on the hips and 17 in the wallet.
6. Yargh!
Can you believe how much money “Pirates of the Caribbean” made? I haven’t seen people spend that amount on pirates since … well, it’s a complicated story, and there are some legal ramifications.
7. Hey now
Dolly Parton wants to add a new roller coaster to her theme park. Yeah, the hills are designed to grow steeper every few years.
8. Six times a lady
Actress Brigitte Nielsen married her fifth husband for the second time, because, legally speaking, she was still in her fourth marriage the first time. Somewhere, Donald Trump is shaking his head and muttering “rookie.”
9. Fitting
Christina Aguilera will perform at New York’s Fashion Rocks concert. Yes, the woman who wore garters for, like, a full year is the person you’d want to celebrate fashion with.
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