Kristi's SMACK Tuesday, July 8th
 Running Of The Bulls Day One
Thirteen people got hurt yesterday in the start of Spain's annual Running of the Bulls. In the first day of running in the streets of Pamplona, participants got handed bashed ribs and concussions from the angry bulls. Nobody was killed, and no injuries were severe… yet. Here comes day 2. Click Here for more.
Girl Baby News
 Nicole and Keith Welcome a Baby Girl
Nicole Kidman and her husband, Keith Urban, have welcomed their first child together, a daughter named Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, born Monday morning in Nashville, PEOPLE has confirmed. "Husband Keith was by Nicole's side, and mother and baby are very well," said spokesman Paul Freundlich, who added that the couple were "delighted" to make the announcement. He also said the baby girl weighed 6 lbs., 7.5 oz. The pregnancy was first announced in January. Kidman has two other childrenwith her former husband Tom Cruise: Isabella, 15, and Connor, 13. Click Here for the full story. Why Nicole Kidman Named Newborn Daughter Sunday Rose... A baby name expert (Pam Satran) says Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban chose a "really adorable and original" baby name for newborn daughter Sunday Rose. The expert says, "Sunday [is] a choice to rival Tom and Katie's Suri and Brad and Angelina's Shiloh". "Sunday is one of the next generation of word names. But it also harkens back to the ancient tradition of day-naming as practiced by many African tribes and originally brought to America by the early slaves." Other famous day names? Actress Tuesday Weld, the character Wednesday Addams and Robinson Crusoe's Friday.
Boy Baby News
 Matthew and Camilla Have a Boy
Matthew McConaughey and girlfriend of two years Camila Alves have welcomed a son Monday night, his rep Alan Nierob confirms to PEOPLE. The baby – the first child for both – was born at 6:22 p.m. in Los Angeles, weighing in at 7 lbs., 4 oz. "They're so happy!" said a close pal. In January PEOPLE's former Sexiest Man Alive announced the couple were expecting on his website. "Camila and I made a baby together...," he wrote at the time. "We are stoked and wowed." McConaughey's oldest brother, Rooster, shared their elation. "Oh, it's going to be fun!" he told PEOPLE. "He'll make a really good dad because he's got a lot of patience. I'm excited for him. It's about time." Alves, a model and handbag designer, recently told PEOPLE she plans to take time off once the baby arrives. "More important than anything is that I have a peaceful life and a peaceful home," she said. The baby's name has not yet been announced. Click Here for more.
However, Regarding A Name....
Matthew McConaughey plans to his forthcoming son after his favorite beer, Budweiser, according to a new tabloid report. The often shirtless Fool’s Gold star has been inspired by his older brother, who named his son Miller, after the famous alcoholic beverage.“Matthew’s older brother Michael (Rooster) named his second son Miller Lyte because he loved the beer so much. And Matthew loved the name so much he really wants to name his son after his favorite beer. He is thinking of going for Bud after Budweiser beer,” a spy gushes to Star Magazine. “Camila is pretty old-fashioned. She hates the name and won’t let Matthew push her into this.”
 Older Brother Rooster Signs For Reality Show
Sources are reporting that Matthew McConaughey's brother, Rooster McConaughey, has signed on to participate in a new reality TV show: Pipe supplier Rooster McConaughey aka Matthew McConaughey's older brother, has signed on as one of the stars of the new reality show, Black Gold. From the producers of Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers, Black Gold will give viewers a peek into the dangerous lives of Texas oil workers.
 A-Rod Closer To Guilt-Free Lap Dances Cynthia Rodriguez officially filed for divorce yesterday against her husband of six years, New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez. In the divorce petition, Cynthia's attorneys write, "Alex has emotionally abandoned his wife and children, and has left her with no choice but to divorce him." The petition goes on to state that the marriage is "irretrievably broken because of the husband’s extramarital affairs and other marital misconduct." Cynthia wants to be named primary residential parent with shared custody of their two children. She wants to keep the family's six-bedroom, $12 million home in Coral Gables. She is also seeking alimony, life and health insurance, private school tuition, and equitable distribution of assets. Her lawyer said that infidelity is a "major cause" for the divorce, but not because of any one allegation. Rather, there were a series of dalliances and "Madonna was the last straw." Cynthia Rodriguez's lawyer said A-Rod's relationship with Madonna was "an affair of the heart" – not "sexual infidelity". The lawyer says, "The correct analysis is a relationship. Some people categorize an affair as something as sexual infidelity. We're not claming that. It's an affair of the heart." Click Here for more.
 Madonna's Latest marketing Stunt?
Sources say Madonna and hubby Guy Richie's pals have been planning this latest maritial controversy for months, hoping the buzz will sell more tickets to her upcoming tour. TMZ quotes well-placed sources who claim Madge and hubby plan to officially split in November or December -- after the Mrs.' upcoming "Sticky and Sweet" world tour, so they can split the big bucks her concerts are expected to earn-- close to $300 mil worldwide. They've decided to stash it for their three children's future. Sources say Madonna will be "very visible" in the months leading up to the tour to "generate a lot of publicity." That's when "news" of the marriage falling apart would slowly leak out. Madonna would then be on the cover of papers and mags around the world. Word has it, the marriage has been over for some time. The couple are friends, and have realized that it is in both of their interests to make as much money as they can from this tour. Spies say rumors of reconciliation are "garbage." One person said, "She is simply playing the media -- and the public -- as usual."
 Patrick & Olbermann Together Again...But Not On ESPN
This football season, Dan Patrick will join NBC's Sunday night NFL studio show where he'll reunite with Keith Olbermann. Both were partners on ESPN SportsCenter between 1992 and 1997. Patrick will also join a big cast on a show wrapped around NBC's Sunday primetime game. He'll be the show's third co-host – along with Olbermann and Cris Collinsworth – on a show hosted by Bob Costas that includes analysts Jerome Bettis, Tiki Barber and reporter Peter King. Click Here for more.
Kristi's SMACK Monday, July 7th
 Big SMACK Shout Out To Dara Torres!
Dara Torres is the 41-year-old Mom who keeps setting American standards that no one, not even those 20 years younger, can match. Torres, a Parkland, Fla., resident and member of the Coral Springs Swim Club, made the U.S. Olympic team in her favorite event, the 50-meter freestyle, in an American-record time of 24.25 seconds Sunday night. Go Dara…we’ll be cheering for you in Beijing! Click Here for the story.
Mad-Rod Update
 A-Rod’s Wife To File For Divorce
Alex Rodriguez's wife will file for divorce Monday, according to media reports. Cynthia Rodriguez, who married the New York Yankees star in 2002, said the marriage is over because of the All-Star third baseman's extramarital affairs, according to reports that appeared Sunday on the Web sites of Houston television station KTRK and The Miami Herald. The reports come just days after Alex Rodriguez was linked to Madonna in various media outlets and Cynthia Rodriguez's subsequent visit to the Paris home of rocker Lenny Kravitz, who said she came to France to escape the media frenzy in New York and denied that anything improper had happened. Houston attorney Earle Lilly, who said he was hired by Cynthia Rodriguez last week to launch the divorce case, told KTRK the star's "relationship with Madonna was the final straw for Mrs. Rodriguez." Rodriguez's wife also is represented by attorneys Maurice Kutner and Anthony Sabatino of Miami and John Van Ness of Houston, the Herald reported. Click Here for the story.
Meanwhile...looks like there will be no Mad-Rod for us to talk about...
 Madonna Denies Divorce
Deny, deny, deny! Never one to shy away from controversy, Madonna issued the mother of all denials on Sunday, quashing rumors of an affair with Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez, refuting claims that she converted him to Kabbalah and denying plans to divorce her husband of seven years, Guy Ritchie. "My husband and I are not planning on getting a divorce. I know Alex Rodriguez through Guy Oseary, who manages both of us. I brought my kids to a Yankee game. I am not romantically involved in any way with Alex Rodriguez. I have nothing to do with the state of his marriage or what spiritual path he may choose to study,” Madonna said in a statement to People. Earlier in the week, her publicist also denied talks of a split. On Saturday, the 49-year-old musician, her husband and their three children —Lourdes, 11, Rocco, 7, and David, 2—were seen attending prayer services at the Kabbalah Centre in New York City. Meanwhile, the baseball star's former trainer and friend told the New York Post on Sunday that A-Rod is "totally brainwashed" by Kabbalah, which the trainer says contributed to the demise of Rodriguez's five-year marriage to wife Cynthia. Click Here for the full story.
 Jim Wears Jenny’s Bikini
Hollywood actor Jim Carrey was in Malibu with former Playboy model Jenny McCarthy, when he decided to to entertain fellow beachgoers by wearing his girlfriend's bikini. The couple strolled down the beach with Carrey strutting his stuff like a catwalk model. Jenny certainly looked better than her boyfriend in the her black swimwear that showed off her great body. In fact, from the back she looked topless. Click Here for the pictures.
 Christie Brinkley forgives Husband's Mistress
Christina Brinkley's divorce trial from Peter Cook is getting ugly, yet she is still forgiving her husband’s former teenage mistress. After a long day on the witness stand, Brinkley told reporters she wanted to let Diana Bianchi know that she forgives her. She said, "I'd just like to say after two days of testimony that I can't help but think about Diana Bianchi, and I want her and her family to know that I feel really badly for them. I feel bad for her and I forgive her completely." "She was manipulated." A source says that on Wednesday, Bianchi approached Brinkley's daughter Alexa Joel outside the courtroom and apologized. "Diana said, 'I am sorry for the pain I have caused you and your family...'. Alexa then hugged her and said, 'We have all been through a lot.'" Brinkley also added of Thursday's testimony, "today was really difficult reliving all the horrors (of what happened two years ago)." The trial is expected to resume today and the focus will shift to the issue of custody of the couple's two children. Both Brinkley and Cook are seeking sole custody. Click Here for the full story.
 Crikey! 'Crocodile Hunter' Daughter Gets Doll
The Emmy-winning daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin is getting her own doll. The 10-inch Bindi Irwin doll sports khakis, puffy pigtails and hiking boots, and comes with binoculars, a camera and other outback gear, as well as a cockatoo, wombat and python. A talking version of the Bindi doll uses such phrases as, "Crikey! Let's go help wildlife," and "You can make the world a better place." The rubber dolls will cost $15 to $20, with a portion going to help fund efforts to breed endangered species and rescue animals. They are expected to be in stores in September. Click Here for the full story.
By The Way...  Mario Lopez Will Not Be Posing Nude
Mario Lopez has turned down a $200,000 offer to strip naked for Playgirl magazine. The publication approached him with the cash deal recently after they saw a series of photographs of Mario in tabloids. He says, "It's not something for me at the moment." Click Here for the Man Of The Year pics of Mario. (The closest we'll get).
 Pregnant Man Gives Birth
Thomas Beatie, also known as The Pregnant Man, has given birth to a girl, he confirms to PEOPLE exclusively. Beatie, 34, who began life as a woman and legally switched to a male identity, while preserving his female reproductive organs, and his wife Nancy, 46, welcomed a daughter at an Oregon hospital on June 29. Both Beatie and his daughter are healthy and doing well, he tells PEOPLE. In 2003, he legally married Nancy, a divorced mother of two who had had a hysterectomy as a result of endometriosis. The couple became pregnant using donor sperm and Thomas's eggs, through artificial insemination, after relocating in 2005 to Bend, Ore., where they operate a T-shirting printing business. Their baby girl is Thomas's first child. "The only thing different about me is that I can't breastfeed my baby. But a lot of mothers don't," he told PEOPLE. Despite published reports, Beatie says the baby was not delivered via C-section. He intends to publish a book about his experience this fall. Click Here for the story.
 Hancock Soars To #1 At Box Office
Will Smith's box-office superpowers remain intact. According to studio estimates, Smith's "Hancock" led theFourth of July weekend with a 66 million-dollar debut. It's a familiar place for Smith. "Hancock" is his fifth movie to open at number-one over the Fourth of July. The others were "Men in Black" and its sequel; "Independence Day," and "Wild Wild West." Last weekend's leader, the Disney-Pixar animated tale "WALL-E," slipped to second place with 33.4 million dollars. "Wanted," "Get Smart," and "Kung Fu Panda" rounded out the top five. Overall business slipped for the first time in a month. The top-12 movies pulled in 158.7 million dollars, down four percent from the Fourth of July weekend last year.
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