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IDOL BET
Kelly Clarkson, an American Idol turned Grammy
winner, cuts a red-hot figure in a vintage gown
Tuesday at the 41st Annual Academy of Country
Music Awards in Las Vegas. As for tonight's Idol finale,
Clarkson places odds on Taylor Hicks to be the
fifth person to share the show's crown.
Jason Schwartzman and Kirsten Dunst (in Chloé)
put their heads together Tuesday to promote their
movie Marie Antoinette at the Cannes Film Festival.
Dunst has the title role in Sofia Coppola's tale of
France's tragic queen, while Schwartzman (the
director's cousin) plays her husband, King Louis XVI.
PREGNANT PAUSE
Impending motherhood hasn't cramped Maggie
Gyllenhaal's style: The actress (right), who's
expecting a child with fiancé Peter Sarsgaard,
makes the scene with Eva Mendes at the
Longchamp store launch in New York City's
SoHo on Tuesday.
EAST MEETS WEST
Aussie actress Cate Blanchett dons a hip
kimono-style gown at the Cannes premiere of
her film
Babel on Tuesday. The Oscar winner
plays Brad Pitt's wife in the ensemble drama.
DOUBLE TAKE
Mary-Kate and Ashley prove two Olsens are
better than one at
Vanity Fair's Free Arts NYC
benefit auction on Tuesday, which raised money
for arts programs for at-risk children.
CANNES DO
Cate Blanchett and Gael Garcia Bernal make the
scene at a Cannes Film Festival screening of their
ensemble drama
Babel on Tuesday. Their costar,
Brad Pitt, had a good reason for not being there:
the "imminent arrival" of his baby with Angelina Jolie,
he wrote in an email read aloud at a press conference.
GIRLS' CLUB
Mariah Carey bonds with Jamillah Jackson (left)
and Briana Floyd at the Boys and Girls Club of
Newark's 18th Annual Evening of the Stars at Cipriani
Wall Street in New York City on Monday. Queen Latifah,
a native of Newark, was also honored at the annual
fundraising gala.
A CUT ABOVE
Julia Roberts shows her support for hairstylist Lyndell
Quiyou at the 7th Annual Designing Hollywood Gala in
New York City on Monday. Quiyou, who was honored
at the event, has worked with Roberts for years and
is the hairstylist for the Oscar winner's Broadway play,
Three Days of Rain.
IDOL TIME
Newlyweds Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott
(with McDermott's son Jack and an unidentified pal)
make
American Idol a family affair at Tuesday's
final performance show. During commercial breaks,
Spelling – who rooted for winner Taylor Hicks –
even took her stepson to get autographs from
Top 12 finalists Kevin Covais and Mandisa.