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1:00 PM ET, December 27, 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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Breanne L. Heldman / E! Online:
Gisele Bündchen & Tom Brady Just Plane Engaged!  —  Tom Brady may be out for the rest of the football season, but he's officially found his Angel.  —  E! News has confirmed that the benched New England Patriot popped the question to supermodel girlfriend Gisele Bündchen and she accepted.
Michael K / Dlisted:
Two Limp Pieces Of Broccoli Got Engaged  —  It is a sloooow slooowwwwww gossip day.  Somebody please go and wake Brit Brit up and tell her now is a great time for her to crash the crazy train again.  I swear.  I went to Winchell's to get a f**king bear claw for breakfast, came back and there was this story on TMZ.
Discussion: popbytes
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Reed Johnson / Los Angeles Times:   Brad Pitt owes a debt to Benjamin Button
Bloomberg:
Marley & Me tops Christmas Day box office
Discussion: Socialite Life and Us Weekly
Barbara Boyer / Philly.com:
Phila. man shot because family talked during movie  —  A South Philadelphia man enraged because a father and son were talking during a Christmas showing of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button took care of the situation when he pulled a .380-caliber gun and shot the father, police said.
Brian Orloff / People.com:
Taylor Swift Spills Her Celebrity Crush  —  Taylor Swift has opened up about her past relationships, but when it comes to romance, the 19-year-old singer says she was a late bloomer.  —  “I was 15 and the oldest out of all my friends to have not kissed a guy,” Swift tells Your Prom magazine for its spring issue.
Discussion: Splash News Online
TMZ.com:
The Almighty M-Rod  —  Michelle Rodriguez doing her Feats of Strength in celebration of Festivus.
Liz Thomas / Daily Mail:
Leathery Donatella Versace forgets to pack her sunscreen for Caribbean getaway … There's 50 and fabulous.  And then there's Donatella Versace.  —  The fashion designer, once famed for her curves, appeared tired and gaunt as she strolled along a beach in the Caribbean.
BREITBART.COM:
ALL-TIME TOP 10 CHRISTMAS DAY PERFORMANCES  —  3. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - $13.9M  —  4. National Treasure: Book of Secrets - $13.6M 5. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - $12.3M  —  6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - $11.8M  —  8. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - $11.5M
Discussion: Fox News, Defamer, OH NO!! and FishBowlLA
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.
Discussion: iVillage and Fancast
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Oneindia.in:
Costelloe's suicide shocks his family, pals
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Associated Press
Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Lady Antebellum Singer Charles Kelley Engaged!  —  “Everyone is so happy for them as they are so in love,” a friend of the couple told Us on Friday.  “It was only a matter of time.”  —  Kelley, 27, who is singer in the trio Lady Antebellum, will be touring with Keith Urban later this year.
Discussion: Bitten and Bound and OH NO!!
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.
James Robert Malec / Idaho Press Tribune:
Shooting victim a professional MMA fighter  —  Justin Mark Eilers, 30, of Boise, the man shot and killed near Nampa Christmas night, was a champion professional mixed martial arts fighter.  James Robert Malec, 48, charged with second degree murder in the incident, formerly worked as a Canyon County Sheriff Office jailer.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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.
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Daily Mail:
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Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Bitten and Bound
Billboard:
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Discussion: Perez Hilton
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: NBC's new deal with Macy's to keep the Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC and Peacock has an average annual fee of $60M+, up from ~$20M in the current deal

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: CVC Capital Partners and a major European broadcaster, thought to be France's Groupe TF1, are among those considering a takeover of the UK's ITV

Brian Stelter / CNN:
As Elon Musk posts memes about buying MSNBC, sources say one liberal billionaire expressed interest in buying the channel; Comcast is not looking to sell MSNBC

 
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