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7:15 AM ET, December 29, 2008

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Michelle Tauber / People.com:
Tom and Gisele Engaged?  Not True, Say Relatives  —  Don't believe the holiday engagement rumors swirling around supermodel Gisele Bündchen and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.  —  Brady's father, Tom Brady Sr., told The Boston Globe on Friday that reports of his son's engagement were …
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Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Report: Gisele & Tom Brady Not Engaged  —  Don't break out the bubbly just yet!  —  Despite a report claiming otherwise, Gisele Bundchen and NFL player Tom Brady are not engaged, at least according to his father Tom Brady Sr.  —  “We don't know a thing about it,” Tom Brady Sr. told the Boston Globe.
James Desborough / News of the World:
Ex love reveals star had toast & crack for breakfast  —  BACK FROM BLACK DAYS: Looking curvy & healthy on hols in St Lucia last week  —  SHOCK: “She's a sex addict.  It was like having my own private porn star,” said ex.  —  SUNNING IT: Recovering Amy relaxes in Caribbean  —  WILD SEX: With Alex
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Mark Ballas Injured on Tour  —  Dancing with the Stars pro Mark Ballas suffered a groin injury and will have to sit out “a couple of weeks” to heal, he announced on Saturday night in Los Angeles.  —  Ballas, who won the season six DWTS mirror ball trophy with Olympic skating champion Kristi Yamaguchi …
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Access Hollywood:
‘Dancing’ Pro Mark Ballas Injures Groin  —  Dancing With the Stars,Music,Celebrities,Reality TV  —  Mark Ballas will be taking a break from the ‘Dancing With the Stars’ tour after suffering a groin injury, Access Hollywood has learned.  —  The ‘Dancing’ pro, who won the competition …
Discussion: iVillage
TMZ.com:
Chyna Hospitalized — Too Wasted For Shrinks  —  We've learned Chyna was rushed to the hospital early Saturday — her birthday.  She was so drunk when she was admitted, the shrinks at the hospital couldn't even do a psych evaluation.  —  Paramedics were called to her home in Burbank just before 5:00 AM.
The Gossip Girls / Celebrity Scandals:
Mariah Carey And Nick Cannon: Skiing Parents-To-Be?  —  Surrounded by pregnancy rumors once again, Mariah Carey and her husband Nick Cannon hit the slopes in Aspen, Colorado on Saturday afternoon (December 27).  —  Decked out in snazzy snow gear, the happy couple and their entourage hung …
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New York Post:
MARIAH CAREY INFANTICIPATING
Discussion: Socialite Life and X17 Online
Extra:
More Mariah Pregnancy Rumors?
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler
Daily Mail:
Katie and Tom call in FBI after ‘death threats from anti-scientology group’ … Actor Tom Cruise and his wife Katie Holmes are living in fear after receiving death threats.  —  Sources close to the star, a leading Scientologist, say the threats are believed to have come from groups opposed to the religious organisation.
Nicola Graydon / Daily Mail:
Leonardo DiCaprio: Swimming with sharks and back in deep water with Kate Winslet … How do you get Leonardo DiCaprio, one of the world's most enigmatic stars, to reveal his secrets?  Take him shark diving...  Leonardo DiCaprio is wearing a hooded wetsuit that almost conceals his good looks …
Splash News Online:
Daniel Gets Romantic With Satsuki  —  We promised more Daniel Craig, so here he is in a more romantic layout than what we had seen earlier!  Instead of secluded picnic lunching, he was seen wooing his lady, Satsuki Mitchell, on the sands of St. Barts.  We also caught him clad …
Discussion: Just Jared and Seriously? OMG!
Daily Mail:
Season of goodwill?  Madonna and Guy put their differences aside to visit Kabbalah centre … They may be in the middle of a multi-million pound divorce, but Madonna and Guy Ritchie apparently put aside their differences as they visited a Kabbalah Centre yesterday.
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Jay Mohr Takes Wife's Name.  Wait for It...  Jay is unwittingly looking to add Mohr laughs to his life.  —  Following in the footsteps of John Ono Lennon, the Gary Unmarried star filed a petition a week ago to legally add his wife's surname to his own, thereby making his full appellation Jon (his birth name) Ferguson Cox Mohr.
 
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From Mediagazer:

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

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

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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