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2:30 PM ET, November 17, 2008

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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Scarlett Johansson Opens Up About Feud With Lindsay Lohan  —  Scarlett Johansson tells December's Allure she doesn't know why Lindsay Lohan doesn't like her.  —  “I really don't know that person.  I only met her, like, three times,” says the actress, 23, who lost the lead role in The Parent Trap to Lohan when she was 13.
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Jesse Curti / People.com:
Scarlett Johansson Inspires ‘I Kissed a Girl’  —  Some stars get fan mail.  Scarlett Johansson got a platinum-certified single.  —  When told that her lips inspired Katy Perry to pen her hit “I Kissed A Girl,” Johansson, who recently married Ryan Reynolds, tells December's Allure, “That's flattering, but my lips are kind of taken.”
Just Jared:
Scarlett Johansson - “Allure” December 2008
Discussion: omg! and Bricks and Stones Gossip
X17 Online:
In Case You Missed It!!! …
Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Tyra Banks Surprises Contestant With Sex Change Operation  —  Tyra Banks surprises Isis King, the first transgender contestant on America's Next Top Model, with sex reassignment surgery in an episode of her talk show to air Tuesday.  —  “This is not happening!”
Discussion: Just Jared and Jezebel
Daily Mail:
Kelly Osbourne ‘to marry her 18-year-old boyfriend’ … Wildchild Kelly Osbourne has become engaged to her 18-year-old boyfriend just six months after they first got together, it has been reported.  —  Kelly - daughter of rocker Ozzy and former X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne - has been dating model Luke Worrall since May.
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Ceilidh / Cele|bitchy:   Kelly Osbourne's engagement announced on fiance's Facebook
Claire Hoffman / New Yorker:
SOUP WITH PRINCE  —  The thirty-thousand-square-foot Italianate villa, built this century by Vanna White's ex-husband, looks like many of the other houses in Beverly Park, a gated community in L.A., except for the bright-purple carpet that spills down the front steps to announce its new tenant: Prince.
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Brooke Shields: Lipstick Jungle Isn't Canceled  —  Despite reports, Brooke Shields says her NBC drama Lipstick Jungle hasn't been scrapped.  —  “They thought that because My Own Worst Enemy has been shut down that the same thing had happened to us, and it's not true,” she told reporters at Sunday's Kidsfest in NYC.
Eunice Oh / People.com:
Reese Witherspoon: How Ryan and I Share Custody over the Holidays  —  Reese Witherspoon  —  As the holidays approach, Reese Witherspoon faces a dilemma familiar to countless divorced parents - how to share custody of her young children on those special days.
NY Daily News:
Side Dish: Day-Lewis can't shake his character  —  It's happened again: Daniel Day-Lewis is locked in a character and can't get out.  This time, we hear, the Oscar-winner is imprisoned in Guido Contini, the skirt-chasing director in the movie musical “Nine.”
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Pete Wentz: The Baby's “Not Here Yet!”  —  Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz aren't parents ... yet.  —  Though the Internet was buzzing this weekend that Simpson went into labor, her rocker husband phoned into TRL's finale on Sunday and assured fans that the baby's “not here yet!”
Daily Mail:
Battle of the bikini babes: Kim Kardashian kicked off Miami beach to make way for Victoria's Secret models … Kim Kardashian's moment in the sun was abruptly cut short on a visit to Miami beach over the weekend.  —  The reality television star was lapping up the paparazzi attention as she hit …
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Phil / Egotastic!:   Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2008 Pictures
X17 Online:
Britney To Light The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree!  —  Britney Spears sure has a lot going on!  In addition to her upcoming album, tour and TV specials, the pop princess will be participating in the lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in NYC!  —  According to OK!
Discussion: OK! Magazine
Michael K / Dlisted:
Russell Gets A Peek  —  The most flexible turtle on the planet Russell Simmons played a little game of peek-a-booby with some busted Tatum O'Neal look-alike in Miami yesterday.  Actually, I think he was just trying to find her titty.  It doesn't look like he had any luck.
Discussion: Gone Hollywood
Seth / Defamer:
SNL's Gay Minstrel Show  —  Where do you mine for easy laughs when you no longer have the most satirizable election in history at your disposal?  In SNL's case, that would be the Gays, a topic this week's Paul Rudd-hosted episode visited and revisited so often, we lost count.
Discussion: Queerty and Jezebel
People.com:
Travis Barker Back in the Recording Studio  —  Travis Barker is still recovering from the devastating burns he sustained in a September plane crash, but he's back to doing what he loves most - making music.  —  “I'm already playing my drums again and I'm already back in the studio,” …
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
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New York Post:
H'WOOD CASINO BANS OIL HEIR
Perez Hilton:
Charlize Helps Out  —  Blonde beauty Charlize Theron was just named …
Extra:
Simon & Terri Set the Record Straight
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
Us Weekly:
Stars Say Farewell to MTV's TRL
Discussion: X17 Online and CONCRETELOOP.COM
Maysa Rawi / Daily Mail:
She's lovin' it: Katherine Heigl channels old-school glamour …
Discussion: Lifeline Live and L.A. Rag Mag
 Earlier Picks: 
Ken Baker / E! Online:
Miley Cyrus Victim of Hacker Hoax
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Old Christine's Wanda Sykes: “I'm Proud to be Gay”
Discussion: iVillage and Yeeeah!
Sarah Rollo / Digital Spy:
Caine honoured by Variety Club
Discussion: Hellomagazine.com
Mirror.co.uk:
X Factor youngster Eoghan Quigg invited out on the town by Amy Winehouse - exclusive
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, Dlisted and Perez Hilton
News of the World:
Jennifer Ellison celebrates engagement in paradise
Discussion: WOW Report
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: the NFL's two Christmas Day games that streamed on Netflix averaged 24.2M US viewers, peaking at 27M for Beyoncé's Ravens-Texans halftime show

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Richard Parsons, who had a long career as chairman, CEO, and as a board member of media companies including CBS and Time Warner, died at 76 of bone cancer

New York Times:
Sources: after Trump's election win, NPR is preparing for a variety of funding possibilities, including that government money will be clawed back immediately

 
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