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9:05 AM ET, January 17, 2009

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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Beyonce Reveals Inauguration Song  —  Beyonce Knowles has revealed the song she'll sing for Barack and Michelle Obama's first dance on inauguration night Tuesday.  —  “I am so honored that I will be performing for President Obama and the First Lady,” she says in a statement to Entertainment Tonight.
Discussion: Socialite Life
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TMZ.com:
Piven's Fish Line Doesn't Fly with Producers  —  TMZ has learned Jeremy Piven's mercury-poisoning story isn't holding water with the producers of his show — and they've filed an official grievance with Actors' Equity, the union that handles Broadway stars.  —  In a statement …
People.com:
Rachel Griffiths Is Pregnant  —  Rachel Griffiths, who stars on ABC's Brothers & Sisters, is adding another baby to her brood: The mother of two is pregnant with her third child, her rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.  —  The Australian-born actress, 40, and her husband, Andrew Taylor …
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Nude Madonna Photo Goes on Auction Block  —  Madonna  —  A full-frontal photograph of Madonna taken in 1979 without any material on the Material Girl and then later published in Playboy is going public - for a price.  —  Christie's auction house in New York, which will hold its sale Feb. 12 …
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Associated Press:   Nude photo of 20-year-old Madonna on auction block
Simon Perry / People.com:
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt Nominated for British Oscars  —  Angelina Jolie in Changeling and Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button  —  Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt travel well - the couple are up for major prizes at the British equivalent of the Oscars: the Orange British Academy Film Awards.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
New York Post:
NO DANCING!  —  SEN. John McCain might regret choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate, but an even worse decision will deprive his fellow Americans of what would have been the best season of “Dancing With the Stars” ever.  Our impeccably placed source says, “Just before Thanksgiving …
Mary Beth / INF Daily:
KINGSTON ROSSDALE: SUPER HERO AND SUPER CUTIE!  —  Save the best for last!  —  How appropriate to end the day on the cutest of notes.  We spotted little Kingston Rossdale dressed up as superhero at Coldwater Canyon Park in California this afternoon.  Kingston hung out with his nanny …
Joan Fleischman / MiamiHerald.com:
D-Wade divorce takes tawdry turn  —  Heating up: Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade's divorce from wife Siohvaughn, his high school sweetheart.  In legal papers, she alleges he abandoned his children, committed adultery, and infected her with an unspecified sexually transmitted disease.
Peter Sciretta / /Film:
Sneak Peek: The Monsters of Where The Wild Things Are  —  Do you want to get a sneak peek at the monsters of Spike Jonze's Where The Wild Things Are?  The skateboard company that Jonze co-founded, Girl Skateboards Company, will be releasing a limited series of skateboards featuring the monsters from the film adaptation.
Brian Orloff / People.com:
VIDEO: Jerry O'Connell Debuts His Twin Girls  —  Jerry O'Connell is one proud papa.  So proud, in fact, that the actor cannot help but show off baby pictures on national television.  —  “I don't want to be one of those guys who is like, ‘Look at my babies,’ ” O'Connell, 34, said …
Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
Exclusive: Pete and Ashlee escape to ‘CSI: NY’  —  If there were any lingering doubts as to which of the three CSIs was the most stunt happy, this next story should erase them: Sources confirm to me exclusively that ubiquitous real-life couple Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Pete Wentz just closed a deal to guest star on CSI: NY.
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Kimora Lee Simmons, Djimon Hounsou Expecting a Baby!  —  Kimora Lee Simmons and actor Djimon Hounsou are expecting their first child together, a source close to the couple tells Usmagazine.com.  —  See photos of the cutest babies born in 2008.  —  Simmons, 33, has two daughters, Ming Lee …
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon's Baby-Making Plans  —  Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon may not be poppin' out babies right now, but it's gonna happen.  —  “We're definitely into planning a family and stuff but when everything calms down and we get the time,” Cannon told me earlier today after finishing …
Robyn Twomey / Time:
Boytox: Botox for Men  —  Botox is now being used by men, some of whom did not even run for President.  The number of men in the U.S. who paid to get a series of tiny injections in their face nearly tripled from 2001 to 2007—to 300,000, or about 7% of the total Botoxed population.
Discussion: CandyKirby.com and Jezebel
Cristina Gibson / E! Online:
“Goofball” Kendra Wilkinson: “I'll Always Love Hef...”  —  Girl Next Door Kendra Wilkinson apparently doesn't want to be persona non grata over her candid Q&A in Us Weekly, so now she's looking to clear up her remarks about living with Hugh Hefner and sneaking sex away from the Mansion.
Hollywoodtuna:
Pamela Anderson's Nipple Is Making A Break For It  —  I make fun of Pamela Anderson quite a bit for wearing pretty much nothing but short shorts, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.  Here she is leaving some restaurant the other night showing us just how to pull off the classy …
Pamela Warrick / People.com:
Mira Sorvino Breaks Teeth on Set of Miniseries - Literally  —  Mira Sorvino is learning the life of a female Indiana Jones can be little dangerous.  During the filming of her new NBC miniseries The Last Templar in Morocco, she studied karate, did her own stunts - and broke five teeth.
Michael K / Dlisted:
Dear Ali, They Aren't Here For You  —  Oh, Aliana...Aliana...Aliana.... There's no need to pretend like you're not a famewhore who can't wait to post these pictures on their Facebook to show your friends that the paparazzi follow you around all day.  I'm sure you'll tag them “Y wont they leavez me alooonez?!”
Discussion: Yeeeah!
Extra:
‘Idol’ Hopeful's Strange Connection to Britney  —  Emily Wynne-Hughes was a tattoo shop employee when Britney walked in almost two years ago ready to get some new ink.  (Perhaps you recall the head-shaving episode)... now Emily is telling the inside story.  Check it out!  —  Full Story Add Comments
Discussion: TMZ.com and Us Weekly
Lisa Timmons / Socialite Life:
Jon Hamm & Tina Fey Ham It Up On ‘30 Rock’  —  In a page out of one of my personal fantasties, Mad Men's Jon Hamm scoots around on a motorcycle in a guest spot on 30 Rock with Tina Fey.  That's right, folks Liz Lemon and Don Draper star in a scene together, although I can't tell what's going on in the scene.
Discussion: TV Squad
Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Boy Oh Boy George: Singer Sentenced to 15 Months  —  Did they really want to jail him?  Yes, as it turns out.  —  Boy George was sentenced to 15 months in prison this morning, two months after a British court found him guilty of falsely imprisoning a male escort by tying him to his bed and beating him with a metal chain.
Discussion: iVillage and Scandalist
 
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ABC Delays End of Daisies, Eli and Dirty Sexy Money
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New York Post:
ROOKIE BELTS A HOLMES RUN
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Mary Beth / INF Daily:
SELENA GOMEZ SIGNS FOR FANS AFTER “HOTEL FOR DOGS”
TMZ.com:
Lindsay Violates Probation — Technical Foul
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Michael K / Dlisted:
In Case You Blacked It Out The First Time: Lily Allen's Third Nipple
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Ellen Finally Gets Her Man: George Clooney
Discussion: Socialite Life and Cele|bitchy
Daily Mail:
Superskinny Lohan goes out for pizza and a bagload of snacks …
 

 
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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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A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

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