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3:50 PM ET, December 26, 2008

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TMZ.com:
Brady and Gisele - Engaged!!!  —  Tom Brady proposed to Gisele on a private jet on XMAS eve — and she said yes.  —  Our sources say Brady, who is famous for his QB skills and running errands for Gisele, proposed on a private jet that took off fromTeterboro Airport in New Jersey and landed in Boston.
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CNN:
Singer, actress Eartha Kitt dies at 81  —  (CNN) — Singer and actress Eartha Kitt has died, her publicist, Patty Freedman, told CNN on Thursday.  —  Kitt, 81, died in New York, where she was being treated for colon cancer, Freedman said.  Her daughter, Kitt Shapiro, was by her side.
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Rob Hoerburger / New York Times:
Eartha Kitt, a Seducer of Audiences, Dies at 81  —  Eartha Kitt, who purred and pounced her way across Broadway stages, recording studios and movie and television screens in a show-business career that lasted more than six decades, died on Thursday.  She was 81 and lived in Connecticut.
Polly Anderson / Associated Press:   Eartha Kitt, Singer And Dancer, Dies At 81
Christopher Wilson / Reuters:
Seductive U.S. singer Eartha Kitt dies at 81
Polly Anderson / Associated Press:   Eartha Kitt, sultry singer and dancer, dies at 81
Marcus Errico / E! Online:
Sopranos' Johnny Cakes Dead of Apparent Suicide  —  The flapjack slinger who won the heart of The Sopranos' gay mafioso Vito Spatafore is dead.  —  New York police confirm that the body of actor John Costelloe was found Dec. 18 in his Brooklyn home, an apparent suicide.
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Oneindia.in:
Costelloe's suicide shocks his family, pals  —  New York (ANI): The family and friends of Brooklyn actor John Costelloe, who portrayed the gay-fireman lover Johnny Cakes on ‘The Sopranos’, are shocked that he has killed himself.  The late actor's Sunset Park home still remains sealed with police stickers …
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Reed Johnson / Los Angeles Times:
Brad Pitt owes a debt to Benjamin Button  —  Aging backward in ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ has given the actor a new perspective on his colorful life.  —  The days may be numbered for the old Brad Pitt — the Hollywood heartbreaker, the absurdly handsome leading man who couldn't seem …
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Perez Hilton:
Maniston Is King Of The Box Office
Kim Kardashian official web site:
Courtney Love: Christmas Grinch  — Brody Jenner, - Courtney Love, - Rob Kardashian, - Robert Kardashian Jr.  —  Courtney Love wrote a disturbing blog this morning that is obviously very untrue...  Ms. Love immaturely called my brother Rob names and accused him of physically assaulting her …
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TMZ.com:
Pete and Ashlee Give Away the Bronx  —  Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?  —  Apparently unable to hock their baby pics to the highest or even lowest bidder, Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz posted pics of their bundle of joy online for free.
Cele|bitchy:
Jennifer Aniston says she was drunk, digitally altered on GQ  —  Jennifer Aniston on The View, 12/24/08, Part 1.  GQ questions are about 2 minutes in.  —  Jennifer Aniston on The View, 12/24/08, Part 2  —  Jennifer Aniston was on The View on Tuesday.  She started off by telling a cute story …
Pernilla Cedenheim / People.com:
Inside Jennifer Aniston's Christmas Eve with the Arquette Family  —  It's a tradition!  —  Jennifer Aniston met up with friends David and Courteney Cox Arquette and their 4-year-old daughter Coco Wednesday for their annual Christmas Eve dinner at Mastro's Steakhouse in Beverly Hills.
TMZ.com:
Shirley Jones' Hubby Caught on Surveillance Tape  —  We're told Burbank cops are investigating whether Shirley Jones' hubby, comedian Mary Ingels, shoplifted at a local hat store.  We have the surveillance video, so judge for yourself.  —  You see Marty inside Baron Hats.
Discussion: Crazy Days and Nights
Daily Mail:
Ben Stiller's new cast: Actor sports broken wrist after snowboarding accident … The Tropic Thunder star was rushed to New York's Mount Sinai Hospital after fracturing his wrist in a snowboarding accident.  —  Trooper: Ben Stiller shopped on Miaddison Avenue on Tuesday despite being rushed …
 
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