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Apr 03 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Tom Cruise Has a Sense of Humor?

-Tom Cruise plays a suspiciously Sumner Redstone-like figure in the new comedy Tropical Thunder. And since it's a Paramount movie, the joke is doubly on Redstone. [NYT]

-Rupert Murdoch says antitrust authorities might have some issues with his desired purchase of Newsday. Ya think? [WSJ]

-This whole send-stuff-to-network-suits-to-keep-your-favorite-show-alive thing is getting old fast. This time it's blood and Moonlight. [NYP]

-Confidential to D.Z.: It doesn't count as chivalry if you phone it in to Page Six afterward. [P6]

-Woody Allen is suing American Apparel for using him in its advertising, but his claim that he would never lend his image to an ad doesn't hold up. [Media Mob]. □

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