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12:05 PM ET, January 12, 2009

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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Brad Pitt: Golden Globes Morning Was “Chaotic and Messy” at Home  —  How were things at the Jolie-Pitt household the morning of Sunday's Golden Globe Awards?  —  “Same as every morning: chaotic and messy!”  Brad Pitt said on the red carpet.  —  Both he and Jolie were up for awards …
Discussion: Faded Youth Blog and Lifeline Live
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PopEater:
List of winners of the Golden Globe Awards  —Complete list of winners at the Golden Globes held by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association:  —  MOTION PICTURES:  —  _Picture, Drama: “Slumdog Millionaire.”  —  _Picture, Musical or Comedy: “Vicky Christina Barcelona.”
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Los Angeles Times
Stephen M. Silverman / Style Watch:
Heath Ledger Wins a Golden Globe
Ryan Tate / Gawker:
Meet the Haters Tina Fey Told Off  —  Those anonymous internet critics Tina Fey told to “suck it” in her Golden Globe acceptance speech tonight are actual posters on the LA Times' Envelope awards site.  And mean!  —  Some points of clarification, though.  Two of the three commenters Fey called …
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Tomoneil / Gold Derby:
Yes, Tina Fey trashed The Envelope's forum posters!  —  That's right.  When she won the Golden Globe as best actress in a TV comedy series, Tina Fey ("30 Rock") mentioned how hurt she is by some of the tough things The Envelope's forum posters say about her in their postings.
New York Post:
A-ROD'S HOT DATE WITH KATE HUDSON  —  NOW that Madonna isn't as interested in him anymore, Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez is playing the famous-faces field.  He got hit on in Parrot Cay over New Year's by Donna Karan, and last week he took Kate Hudson (above) out on a date.
Roger Friedman / Fox News:
Jeremy Piven: Mercury Rising  —  The annual Golden Globe Awards were the usual mixed bag as produced by the Hollywood Foreign — er, freak — Press Association.  Kate Winslet wound up winning two awards, Sean Penn refused to attend because the group snubbed his movie, Milk …
Discussion: TMZ.com and Lifeline Live
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Access Hollywood:
Jeremy Piven On His Sushi-Related Health Scare
Discussion: iVillage
Brian Jacks / Splash Page:
BREAKING: ‘Dark Knight’ Star Aaron Eckhart Hints At Possible Two-Face Return  —  In the past, Aaron Eckhart has had no problems stating matter-of-factly that Two-Face was done for, telling SuperHeroHype back in September that his character was as “dead as a doornail.”  Well...maybe not that dead.
Pamela McClintock / Variety:
‘Gran Torino’ wins box office race  —  Clint Eastwood film grosses $29 million  —  Going full throttle at the B.O., Clint Eastwood's “Gran Torino” grossed $29 million from 2,808 locations to win the weekend and rack up Eastwood's best nationwide opening of all time, both as an actor and director.
Discussion: Jossip
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Dean Goodman / Reuters:
Eastwood wins box office race with “Gran Torino”
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and The Playlist
Michael K / Dlisted:
It's Not A C-Word Slip, But It Will Do  —  We haven't had a c-word slip in a while, so I was hoping that at last night's GGs someone would've gotten tanked and let the c**t out to play.  Nobody did.  BUT Mickey Rourke and Darren Aronofsky did give us a double.
Discussion: Seriously? OMG!
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The Insider:
Britney's former music manager speaks  —  Britney's former music manager Johnny Wright has spoke to OK!  Magazine about Britney's comeback.  This is what he said:
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Backseat Cuddler
Michael K / Dlisted:
Look At What The K-A-T Dragged In.....  Kim Zolciak from The Really Not Housewives of Atlanta fell off the damn tightrope and somehow found herself at NBC's Golden Globes after-party.  Some bitch should have alerted Peta that Kim was going to be there, because she's just asking to get flour bombed for that tortured creature on her head.
MTV:
Vanessa Hudgens Auditions For ‘Twilight’ Sequel ‘New Moon’  —  Ashley Greene, who plays Alice Cullen in the movies, thinks ‘High School Musical’ actress would be ‘great’ as Leah Clearwater.  —  By Katie Byrne, with reporting by Larry Carroll  —  With all the “New Moon” …
Discussion: X17 Online and /Film
 
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Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

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