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2:15 PM ET, November 24, 2008

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Access Hollywood:
Joe Jonas On Split With Taylor Swift: 'It's All Good'  —  Jonas Brothers,Taylor Swift,Alicia Keys,Rihanna,Music,Couples  —  The 2008 American Music Awards were full of music showdowns - and it wasn't just Chris Brown taking on Coldplay or Rihanna vs. Alicia Keys.
Discussion: Us Weekly
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New York Post:
WINEHOUSE & HUBBY SPLIT  —  AMY Winehouse says her marriage to Blake Fielder-Civil is kaput, according to Britain's News of the World.  The drug-addled singer says her husband left her for a blond German model, Sophie Schandorff.  “It's over,” the tabloid quoted Winehouse as saying.
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Associated Press:
Winehouse husband loses appeal over jail sentence
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Douglas Wight / News of the World:
Amy Winehouse: It's over
Ken Baker / E! Online:
Travis Barker: “If Something Goes Wrong...You Should Be Compensated”  —  Travis Barker is looking for justice.  —  In his first postcrash TV news interview, the musician tells E! News exclusively why he decided to file a lawsuit over the plane crash that killed four people and left Barker and DJ AM badly burned.
Pamela McClintock / Variety:
‘Twilight’ takes bite out of box office  —  Teen vampire romance pic drains competition  —  Fangirls of all ages scored their biggest box office victory yet in delivering a $70.6 million opening for Summit Entertainment's teen vampire romance “Twilight” at the domestic box office.
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Simon Reynolds / Digital Spy:
‘Twilight’ dominates US box office
Discussion: Us Weekly and X17 Online
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Madonna: “I'm Sad About My Personal Life”  —  In her first interview since her divorce, Madonna admits her split from Guy Ritchie has been tough.  —  “I'm sad about my personal life, but I feel very blessed and very lucky that I have the opportunity to do what I do in my professional life,” she told The Associated Press on Sunday.
Perez Hilton:
Spencer & Heidi Got Married!!!!!!!!!!!  —  Sources reveal exclusively to PerezHilton.com that The Hills stars Heidi Montag & Spencer Pratt have just eloped.  —  “They got married in Mexico,” a source close to the couple tells us.  —  Congratulations!!!!!!  —  Thoughts????  —  [Image via WENN.]
Discussion: Jezebel
OK! Magazine:
Tom: Suri's a Girlie Girl  —  Suri Cruise knows what she wants, and when it comes to getting dressed in the morning, that doesn't include pants!  —  Tom Cruise admits to Entertainment Tonight in an interview airing tonight that his fashionable and adorable daughter is a “girlie girl,” saying, “She won't wear pants.
Reagan Alexander / People.com:
Alec Baldwin Calls Salma Hayek ‘The Most Fabulous Woman Ever’  —  Alec Baldwin and Salma Hayek  —  Step aside, Jennifer Aniston.  You're no longer Alec Baldwin's favorite 30 Rock guest star.  —  That honor belongs to Salma Hayek, who played the actor's love interest for five episodes.
Discussion: Jezebel and Lifeline Live
TMZ.com:
Miley's B-day — Spit for Tat  —  Miley Cyrus officially turned 16 yesterday, even though she's been celebrating it for ... about a year.  —  And there were untold levels of Freudian complexity over the b-day weekend, according to Perez Hilton, who reports Miley, BF Justin Gaston …
Courtney Hazlett / MSNBC:
Kabbalah coming between Madonna, A-Rod?  —  Plus: Ferrell testing Bush jokes; Sheridan and Spade caught making out  —  Even before the ink was dry on Madonna's divorce decree, her rumored beau, Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez, was beginning to distance himself from her beloved Kabbalah.
TMZ.com:
Boy George's Man-Whore: I Escaped in My Undies!  —  The part-time male hooker has taken the stand against Boy George — telling a London jury that the singer punched, slapped, and screamed at him after the trick-turner was hand-cuffed to a hook on George's bedroom wall.
PR inside:
WOOD IGNITES ROMANCE WITH GORDON-LEVITT  —  Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)  —  Actress EVAN RACHEL WOOD has sparked reports she's moved on from her romance with rocker MARILYN MANSON - after she was spotted in the arms of actor JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT in Los Angeles.
 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

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News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

 
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