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EXCLUSIVE: Man Arrested For Extortion Lived With Woman Who Slept With Letterman — An NYPD source has told RadarOnline.com that the suspect under arrest in the Letterman extortion case is Robert Halderman, a CBS producer. — Letterman Victim Of Attempted Extortion, Admits Affairs With Staff Members
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Letterman Says Someone's Extorting Him — David Letterman says someone has demanded $2 million from him in return for not blowing the lid on Letterman's sexual liaisons in his office. — Letterman said on his show tonight he received a package 3 weeks ago from someone claiming to have info …
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Woman in Letterman Case Lived with Suspect — One of the women at the center of the David Letterman alleged extortion case is Stephanie Birkitt, his former assistant — according to the search warrant obtained by FOX 5 New York. And, the warrant says, Birkitt was the suspect's girlfriend …
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Samuel Goldsmith / NY Daily News:
David Letterman reveals extortion plot; Con artist wanted $2M for ‘Late Show’ host's sex secrets — A con artist is in custody after trying to shake down David Letterman - threatening to expose the late night funnyman's affairs with several female staffers.
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Letterman Admits Sexual Affairs, Claims He Was Extorted — In a stunningly candid admission during his show on Thursday night, David Letterman admitted that he has had sexual relationships with female employees of his show, and that someone tried to extort him by releasing information about the relationships.
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CBS Producer Suspended for Trying to Extort David Letterman — An Emmy Award-winning CBS News producer has been suspended for allegedlyandnbsp;trying to extort $2 million from David Letterman over sexual affairs that late night talk show host had with female employees. — andnbsp;
Bill Carter / New York Times:David Letterman Reveals Extortion Attempt
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Jon Says He Was Going to Quit Before Being Fired — A new bombshell in the War of the Gosselins was dropped Thursday night as the battle stage shifted to the West Coast studio of CNN interviewer Larry King. — Five minutes into the appearance of Jon and his attorney Mark Heller …
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People.com:TLC Suspends Show, But Blasts Jon Gosselin's Cease-and-Desist Order
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Michael Y. Park / People.com:Kate Gosselin: Kids Are Fine with Show
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Kanye West — They're Just Not That Into You — If Kanye West doesn't regret hijacking Taylor Swift, he will now — we're told his concert tour with Lady Gaga was scrapped because ticket sales sucked. And “sucked” happens to be a nicer version of the word we were told.
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Did Video (Music Awards) Kill the Lady Gaga-Kanye West Tour? — Kevin Mazur/Getty Images, George Pimentel/Getty Images — Fame Kills is already dead. — The highly anticipated North American tour featuring pantsless wonder Lady Gaga and rapper turned VMAs pariah Kanye West has been canceled …
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EXCLUSIVE: Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi Is Pregnant! — Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi is pregnant, her rep confirms to Usmagazine.com exclusively. — “Model, author, and Emmy-nominated Padma Lakshmi confirms that she is carrying her first child after years of struggling with endometriosis …
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Networks encouraging boycott of ‘Leno Show’? — Julia Louis-Dreyfus admits she was pressured to skip appearance — LOS ANGELES - NBC may be happy with the new “Jay Leno Show,” but some of the other networks definitely are not. — ABC and CBS have been discouraging their talent …
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Lauren Conrad Admits She's One Bad Actress — Though her days of battling Kristen Cavallari and Speidi in the realm of reality TV are officially behind her, no way is Lauren Conrad headed for the unemployment line. But she doesn't expect to run up the aisle to collect an Oscar, either.
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Kristen Stewart Scared To Go Outside — Kristen Stewart still can't get her head around the intense microscope she's been placed under since ‘Twilight’ hit the big screen, but she's dealing ... sort of. In the October issue of Interview Magazine, Stewart admits she fell into acting …
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James Franco To Star In ‘Lengthy’ Arc On ‘General Hospital’ — What's Your Reaction? — Amazing Inspiring Funny Scary Hot Crazy Important Weird — NEW YORK — James Franco will guest star on ABC's “General Hospital” for a lengthy story arc this fall. — The “Pineapple Express” and …
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