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Angelina Jolie’s camp offered no comment about a National Inquirer story in which someone is hawking a videotape of a then-younger Jolie snorting and smoking heroin, and is asking for $70,000. Jolie and Brad Pitt were in the south of France yesterday at the villa of billionaire Paul Allen. /DN 17

Audience members who were at Oprah Winfrey’s TV studio for the taping of Tom Cruise’s appearance said the actor was more subdued this time in contrast to his couch jumping on the show a few years ago. The actor, who was accompanied by wife Katie Holmes and their daughter Suri, chatted with audience members during show breaks, said one audience member. Cruise’s appearance was the half of a two-part interview with Winfrey that will air Friday and Monday. /AP

Singer Usher tells Page Six that he had never tried to sell photos of his infant son Usher Raymond V, amid rumors. The artist also defends his wife Tameka, who had been accused of firing Usher’s music team and for not getting along with his mother Jonetta Patton. “I stand by her as a man loving my wife and being there for my child…Opinions are like [bleep]holes.” /NYP 12

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony were at Jimmy Rodriguez’s establishment Sofrito to celebrate Mets centerfielder Carlos Beltran’s 31st birthday. /NYP 12

On the TV program “Inside the NBA,” basketball star Dwyane Wade, 26, maintained that he is just friends with Star Jones, 46, despite rumors of a romance. Rep for Jones had no comment. /AP

“Gossip Girl” hottie and Carrie Underwood’s former flame Chace Crawford, was seen last weekend drinking and flirting with girls, including “two beautiful brunettes” at La Zarza in the East Village. He was also spied at Stanton Social with costars Penn Badgley and Ed Westwick, sipping margaritas and befriending his waitress. In related news: “Gossip Girl” cast members Leighton Meester, Jessica Szhor and Sebastian Stan were dining at Buddakan. /NYP 12, /NYP 88

As reported yesterday, Mariah Carey, 38, and Nick Cannon. 27, were married in the Bahamas after a one-month relationship, according to sources. Recently Carey and Cannon were seen at the Tribeca Film Festival where the “Touch My Body” singer was sporting a ring on her finger. “Everyone is happy to see her happy,” said Carey’s friend to the Post. In other Mariah news, the singer will lead the entertainment at the Time 100 gala Thursday with Herbie Hancock, and SNL’s Amy Poehler and Seth Myers./NYP 3, NYP 12

As previously reported, another former nanny of Rob Lowe, Laura Boyce, announced in a tearful press conference in L.A. yesterday that she launched a lawsuit that accuses Lowe’s wife, Shelley, of sexual harassment. This follows a lawsuit filed by Lowe’s other nanny, Jessica Gibson, who accused the actor of sexual harassment. /AP

Uma Thurman testified yesterday in a New York court at the trial of her accused stalker Jack Jordan. The actress, who turned 38 on Tuesday, spoke of receiving disturbing e-mails, letters, and phone calls from Jordan for two years. “I feared for the lives of my children,” she said. “I was absolutely sick.” She recalled receiving one card from him that contained the sentence, “My hands should be on your body at all times.” Thurman quickly went to her waiting car after she finished her testimony around 3:30 p.m. /DN 7

In her new memoir, “Auditions,” Barbara Walters revealed that she had a passionate affair with then-Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke, who was married, in the ‘70s. Walters also dished about her contentious relationships with “The View’s” former cohosts Rosie O’Donnell (“The premise of “The View” is that of a team working together, but for Rosie it was more like Diana Ross and the Supremes,” she writes); and Star Jones (“Joy [Behar], in particular, resented having to go along with a lie [about Jones’ gastric bypass surgery], that implied all that one needed to do was situps and ingest one cookie instead of two.”). /DN 3

Beyonce makes a cameo in one of the new American Express ads starring Ellen DeGeneres. /DN 114

Supermodel Naomi Campbell filmed her cameo for “Ugly Betty” Wednesday in L.A. She played herself partaking in a company softball event. Her uniform was regarded as a hit, according to Elle’s UK web site. /NYP 23

Miley Cyrus’s appearance at a red carpet media party in Orlando for the filming of charity competition the “Disney Channel Games” at Disney World was canceled. Despite the controversy surrounding her Vanity Fair photos, Cyrus was on hand to sign autographs and pose for pictures with Mickey and Minnie Mouse. The Disney camp declined to offer details about the change. /NYP 89, /AP

Donnie Osmond tells “The Insider” that he and sister Marie feel for Myley Cyrus, and recalls his own experience of also being photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Rolling Stone when he was a teen. “She went a little too far with that picture (of Miley)” he said. /USAT 2E

Buzz continues to swell, particularly online, over “American Idol” judge Paula Abdul’s recent on-air gaffe when she commented on contestant Jason Castro’s performance of two songs when he only did one; Abdul and “Idol” colleague Ryan Seacrest later blamed the mix-up on last-second production switches. Recently-eliminated “American Idol” contestant Brooke White defended Abdul yesterday: “I’m sure she just got lost in the moment, but she’s a good-hearted woman.” /DN 10, /DN 115, USAT 2E

Sources tell Page Six that the girl who making out with “That 70s’s Show” actor Danny Masterson at Teddy’s in Los Angeles was model Agyness Deyn. Masterson, whose girlfriend was Bijou Philips, had recently “put the moves on Cameron Diaz.” No comment from his rep. NYP/12

Rapper Lil Kim’s car was repossessed for falling four payments behind. New Jersey repo men asked her for the keys—she refused but offered no resistance as they took away her Bentley worth $250,000. A rep for the artist said that the car wasn’t hers anyway but a gift. /NYP 5

Sean “Diddy” Combs is getting his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today. To mark the event, Combs is putting a video online and asking his fans to show up for his star unveiling. The impresario will be celebrated at a lavish party at Ron Burkle’s home; he’s also currently looking for a home in LA and plans to divide his time between LA and NY to pursue his acting career. /AP

Deborah Jeane Pelfrey, the so-called ‘D.C. Madam,’ committed suicide yesterday by hanging herself in a shed at her mother’s home in Florida, authorities said. Pelfrey was convicted in April for running a $2 million prostitution ring. She was facing 57 months to 71 months in prison; a friend of Pelfrey said that she told him she would “rather commit suicide first” than go to jail. /NYP 5

A segment on ABC’s “20/20” that features an interview with the parents of missing British child Madeleine McCann will air tonight. /DN 122

Nashville songwriter Richard Fagan who is accused of murdering Gaetano Oteri, the father of SNL member Cheri Oteri, was released on $20,000 bond. /DN 14

Friends of Roger Clemens are asking the embattled baseball pitcher to drop the defamation lawsuit against his former trainer and steroid accuser Brian McNamee because of recent news reports that alleged he had past affairs with other women, including singer Mindy McCready. Clemens, a married father of four, is being advised to take a new approach to rebuild his reputation. /DN 2

Stars including Jennifer Anniston, Will Ferrell, Ellen Page, Woody Harrelson, Sylvester Stallone, Sarah Silverman, and others filmed a public service announcement to raise awareness about Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), and Nobel Peace Prize winner and human rights activist Aung San Suu Kyi, who had been imprisoned by the country’s government for 12 of the last 18 years. /AP

The Kentucky Derby’s Barnstable Brown’s gala guest list tonight includes Hugh Hefner, Michael McDonald, Larry Birkhead, and Drew and Nick Lachey. Tomorrow’s guests will include Eddie Murphy’s three exes: Tracey Edmonds, Nicole Murphy, and Shaun Robinson. /NYP 12

Portions of “Project Runway’s” upcoming sixth season will be filmed in Los Angeles for the first time. Execs from Runway’s new home Lifetime a few weeks ago insisted that nothing would really change about the show. /NYP 89

A new TV Stephen Bochco-produced legal drama, “Raising the Bar,” will premiere on TNT in September with a cast including Mark Paul Gosselaar, Gloria Reuben and Currie Graham. /USAT 1E

Tom Cruise and Paramount head Sumner Redstone have reportedly patched things up, as Paramount will reteam with Cruise for a fourth “Mission: Impossible” installment. The two had a falling out after the previous sequel had a disappointing box office performance, for which Redstone blamed Cruise’s behavior /USAT 2E

Bill Cosby delivered a message to several hundred people at an event for community associations in Newark, NJ that it’s time to stand up and face the problems of the African American community. The comedian criticized a culture in which “babies are wearing $40 sneakers while their mothers are feeding them Oodles of Noodles.” /AP

Hilary Clinton’s appearance on Fox’s “The O’Reilly Factor” Wednesday night averaged 3.7 million viewers, a 42 percent increase from “O’Reilly’s” previous year-to-date viewing numbers (2.6 million). /NYP 89

The second part of former “Different Strokes” actor Gary Coleman’s appearance on “Divorce Court” will air today. His wife Shannon Price, 22, said Coleman, 40, has “anger issues” that threaten their marriage. /NYP 89

Former baseball player Jose Canseco lost his home in Encino, Calif. due to foreclosure. Documents showed that the slugger owed $2.5 million for the mansion /NYP 19

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