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11:15 PM ET, January 26, 2009

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If We Wore This, We'd Be On The Verge Of Tears Too  —  Photo courtesy of Getty Images Jessica Simpson performed at the 99.9 Kiss Country 24th Annual Chili Cook Off in Pembroke Pines, Florida over the weekend, and yes, this is what she wore.  Judging by the look on her face, it's pretty safe to assume that Jess knows she effed up.
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TMZ.com:
Jessica Simpson: This Is How She Rolls  —  Double-belted into her mom jeans, former pop singer/reality TV star turned attempted country crooner Jessica Simpson appeared at some sort of chili cook-off concert in Florida this weekend.  —  It is unclear if she was there to perform or just judge.
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler
Linda Marx / People.com:
Jessica Simpson Wows Fans Before Dashing to Tony Romo  —  Say this for Jessica Simpson - she doesn't hold back.  —  “I am so excited that I am going to see my boyfriend tonight!” the singer told a crowd of nearly 30,000 fans at Radio 99.9 Kiss Country's annual Chili Cookoff Sunday …
Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
Breaking: ABC benches ‘Ugly Betty’  —  Things are looking pretty gloomy for Ugly Betty.  —  In a just-announced Thursday night scheduling tweak, ABC is benching Betty beginning March 26 and replacing it with episodes of Samantha Who? and the new Megan Mullally-Cheryl Hines comedy In the Motherhood.
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Alec Baldwin's SAG Awards Date?  Daughter Ireland  —  A year after an irate voicemail message that Alec Baldwin left for his daughter, Ireland, leaked on the Internet, the actor proved that the two have put hard feelings behind them.  —  Baldwin gave Ireland a shout-out after winning …
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Eugene Monzon / Access Hollywood:
Awards Season Round Up: ‘Slumdog,’ Winslet Poised For Oscar Gold?
Jay Bird / Cele|bitchy:
Scientologist Bijou Phillips to depressed people: ‘get over it’  —  Bijou Phillips wants you to just get over your depression.  And your sadness.  And your anxiety.  Just tell it to go away, push it out, dance it out, whatever.  But don't you dare act like you're depressed …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Bijou Needs A Heaping Serving Of STFU Pie
Discussion: Celebslam
Michael K / Dlisted:
Kate And Her Husband Play It Safe  —  Apparently, Kate Winslet and her husband Sam Mendes both had some f**ked up travel experiences.  Sam was supposed to be on American Airlines flight 77 on 9/11.  A month later, Kate was on a flight with her daughter Mia and then-husband Jim Threapleton …
Kyle Buchanan / Defamer:
Mike White & Dad Sign Up For ‘Amazing Race,’ Prepare Unsettling ‘Chuck & Buck’ Gambit  —  As the screenwriter/actor behind School of Rock, Nacho Libre, and Chuck & Buck, Mike White's oeuvre has always lacked one thing: rattlesnake stings on the soundtrack.  Now, where he's going, that won't be a problem.
Discussion: Ain't It Cool News
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Derrik J. Lang / Associated Press:
Meet the new teams on ‘The Amazing Race’
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Starpulse
PEOPLE TV Watch:
DeAnna Pappas on Upcoming Bachelor Appearance: It'll Be ‘Worth the Wait’  —  Bachelorette DeAnna Pappas didn't get her fairy-tale ending after enduring two seasons on the reality dating show, but that hasn't stopped her from helping other frazzled brides-to-be plan their big day as the host of Get Married …
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JEOPARDY!  ONLINE TEST  —  Welcome to the Jeopardy!  Online Test, where you can take the first step toward becoming a contestant on America's Favorite Quiz Show®!  —  Take special note of the date and start time for the test in your local time zone.  East Coast viewers: Central/Mountain viewers:
Michael K / Dlisted:
.....The F**k?  —  Warning.  Watch one of these two videos might get you on the National Sex Offenders list.  You've been warned.  But seriously, this is every shade of WTF.  Scandalist posted two clips from a 1995 documentary about The Chippendiddys.  Yeah, some motherf**ker …
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Anthony Miccio / Scandalist:
Flashback Lunch: Male Exotic Dancing...For Kids!
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip and Videogum
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Jennifer Aniston might be an Oscar presenter  —  As reports go, this one is pretty juicy.  Jennifer Aniston might be a presenter at the Oscars, showing up on the night when her ex-husband Brad Pitt is nominated for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and her “uncool” arch-nemesis Angelina Jolie is nominated for Changeling.
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Access Hollywood:
Angelina & Brad Say They're Ready For More Kids
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog and omg!
MSNBC:
‘Wrestler’ star Rourke to get in WWE ring  —  Actor says he'll participate in ‘Wrestlemania 25’ on April 5 in Houston  —  LOS ANGELES - Mickey Rourke has received critical acclaim for his comeback role in “The Wrestler,” where he plays a former pro wrestling legend who falls on hard times.
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Drew Barrymore on Being Single: “It's Great!”  —  The first line in the movie He's Just Not That Into You proclaims, “A girl will never forget the first boy she ever liked.”  —  For Drew Barrymore, it was Alex Rubenstein.  —  “He used to leave me love letters in the trash,” Barrymore tells me with a laugh.
Kristin Boehm / People.com:
Dakota Fanning Calls New Moon Role ‘Fantastic’  —  Dakota Fanning is ready to bare her fangs as vampire Jane in the Twilight sequel New Moon.  —  “I really hope it works out,” Fanning, 14, told Hitfix.com while promoting her current thriller, Push.  “It would be a really fantastic experience, I'm sure.”
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Fergie, Josh Duhamel Return From Honeymoon  —  The honeymoon is over for Fergie and Josh Duhamel.  —  The tan newlyweds were spotted arriving at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday.  —  Their honeymoon — which kicked off in the Maldive Islands on Jan. 13 — was “romantic relaxation …
TMZ.com:
Mayer Tape Recovered — Unusual Girth Exposed  —  He's good enough, and he's smart enough ... but did John Mayer carefully check his junky VCR before tossing it out of his NY apt. last week?  We're definitely not sayin' that's where this “self-help” video came from, but....
Discussion: The Superficial
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Paula Abdul: What “Bugs” Simon About the Fourth American Idol Judge  —  Does Paula Abdul think American Idol is better off with a fourth judge?  —  “That's up to the public,” she told Usmagazine.com at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles.  —  Of Kara DioGuardi, she added …
 
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