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Gwyneth Paltrow's Musical Dreams Cruelly Crushed
Richard Lawson · 05/23/11 11:12AMOscar-Winning Songwriter and Accused Rapist Commits Suicide
Brian Moylan · 05/23/11 11:06AMAccused Soho House Murderer's Dad Goes to Court for Rape
Maureen O'Connor · 12/15/10 01:01PMMurder Charge Looms for Soho House Party Boy
Maureen O'Connor · 12/13/10 06:41PMHard-Partying Composer's Son Questioned In Soho House Death
Adrian Chen · 12/09/10 09:22PM'You Light Up My Life' Composer Is Criminal Sex Monster, Naturally
Hamilton Nolan · 06/24/09 09:11AMMadonna's Makeover; Splitsville for Nick & Vanessa
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• Just in case Mercy won't have enough culture shock to deal with when she arrives in NYC, Madonna reportedly wants to turn her newly-acquired Upper East Side townhouse into a "replica" of her countryside estate in England. She's having her staffers "troll the Upper East Side boutiques for candelabras, side tables, and period chaises." And poor Mercy will be looking to hop a flight back to Africa pretty soon. [Mirror]
• Break out the tissues: It seems Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo have split up. [Us]
• Oprah is taking 100 employees and their families on an all-expenses paid 10-day cruise around the Mediterranean to celebrate her birthday. [NYDN]
• Justin Timberlake got kinda drunk at Avenue the other night. He still had the sense to "shoo" Lindsay Lohan away, but he may have gotten cozy with a woman who was not Jessica Biel, depending on who you believe. [P6]