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TMZ.com:
Cindy Crawford — Extortion Victim? — Cindy Crawford was targeted for extortion, over a photo of her daughter which showed the daughter bound to a chair and gagged. — Documents were filed in federal court saying that Edis Kayalar, a friend of a former nanny of Crawford and husband Rande Gerber …
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Cindy Crawford, Husband Targeted in Extortion Plot — Cindy Crawford and her entrepreneur husband Rande Gerber were the victims of a $100,000 extortion scheme involving a photograph of their 7-year-old daughter purportedly taken by the couple's former nanny, according to court papers filed Thursday …
Clemmie Moodie / Mirror.co.uk:
Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe smokes spliff at party — Harry Potter idol Daniel Radcliffe laughed his head off as he smoked pot at a party. — Dopey Daniel, 20, even wandered about the house-warming bash, babbling to other party-goers: “I love weed.”
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Daily Mail:
Daniel Radcliffe denies smoking marijuana after being caught up in drug scandal — Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe today ‘categorically’ denied he had smoked a cannabis joint at a party after pictures emerged of him allegedly using the drug. — The 20-year-old actor was pictured …
Clemmie Moodie / Mirror.co.uk:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's STONED — EXCLUSIVE: Star of kids' films laughs as he has joint — Giggling Daniel Radcliffe gets off his face on dope - as a friend scrawls a comedy moustache on him. — The party-loving Harry Potter idol, a spliff between his fingers …
Michael Schneider / Variety:
ABC closing in on 'Charlie's Angels' — Network close to deal on pilot order — ABC is close to giving a pilot order to a modern version of the classic 1970s TV actioner “Charlie's Angels.” — Josh Friedman, who recently adapted the “Terminator” franchise for his Fox series “Terminator …
TMZ.com:
Eddie Cibrian's Wife — He's Finally Screwing Me! — Eddie Cibrian's soon-to-be ex-wife claims the actor is cheating on her again — this time with his wallet. — Brandi Cibrian claims the “CSI: Miami” star has left her essentially high and dry since he took off back in August after 8 years of marriage …
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Levi Johnston's Manager: Playgirl Shoot “Was Fantastic!” — Forget Lady Gaga's “Disco Stick.” Levi Johnston's wielded a hockey stick in his much-anticipated Playgirl photo shoot Thursday, his manager confirms to Usmagazine.com. — “The shoot was fantastic!”
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TMZ.com:
Papa Lohan — Leaked Calls Could Mean Prison — Michael Lohan could wind up behind bars for his despicable decision to release secret recordings of his family's phone conversations — because it appears MiLo wasn't legally allowed to be on the calls in the first place.
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Marla Lehner / People.com:
Emmy Rossum Met Adam Duritz Through Twitter — For Emmy Rossum, her relationship with Counting Crows singer Adam Duritz began with a Tweet. — “I was on tour with the band this summer. They invited me actually on Twitter,” Rossum said Thursday on the radio show Valentine in the Morning.
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E! Online:
Out With a Bang: Ashlee and Colin Shoot “Crazy Naked” Sex Scene Before Leaving Melrose — Looks like the Parents Television Council is going to have more ammo. — We're hearing there's going to be a “crazy naked” sex scene on Melrose Place before the two recently ousted players go on their merry way …
Michael Starr / New York Post:
‘Jon & Kate’ to be replaced by ‘Cake Boss’ — e Boss" will replace the moribund “ Jon & Kate Plus 8” on TLC. — The network is set to announce that “Cake Boss,” now in its second season, will take over for “Jon & Kate” at 9 p.m. Mondays beginning Nov. 30.
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Bryan Alexander / Time:
It's Twilight in America. — Hardwicke spotted Kristen Stewart in Into the Wild, in which Stewart makes a brief but indelible appearance as a roller-skate-skinny underage seductress. Hardwicke flew to Pittsburgh, Pa., where Stewart was making Adventureland.
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Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie “Fight Like Cat and Dogs” — The new Us Weekly (on newsstands now) has the exclusive first look at what's really inside a shocking new tell-all about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie — and reveals the truth behind some of the alleged bombshells.
Extra:
Stripper Apologizes to Fergie — Nicole Forrester — the stripper who claims she had an affair with Josh Duhamel — has reached out to “Extra” to apologize to Fergie. “I thought, 'Nobody's gonna find out. It's not gonna hurt anybody,” says Forrester, a 34-year-old single mother …
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Shaheem Reid / MTV:
Gucci Mane Sentenced To 12 Months In Jail — Rapper is sentenced in Atlanta for parole violation. — Gucci Mane was sentenced to 12 months in jail on Thursday (November 12) for probation violation and taken away in handcuffs, according to his lawyer. — Mane pleaded guilty to assault …
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Us Weekly:
Julianne Hough Calls Chuck Wicks Split “a Good Thing” — Julianne Hough tells Usmagazine.com her split from Chuck Wicks is for the best. — “It's a good thing for us right now,” the singer, 21, told Us Thursday at the Nashville premiere of The Blind Side.
Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
CW scrubs up for med school drama — Amy Holden Jones penned the project — The CW is going to medical school with “HMS,” an ensemble drama from “Mystic Pizza” writer Amy Holden Jones. — The project, about a group of bright students at Harvard Medical School, marks the producing debut of …
Craig Zablo's StalloneZone:
Rambo Changes Course — Hey SZoners - I just received an e-mail from Sly for all SZoners: … This is great news since it means that we should get two Stallone movies - a new “Rambo” [back to the concept everyone seemed to dig] and what sounds like “Hunter” based on the novel written specifically for Sly by James Byron Huggins.
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Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Turteltaub takes on Greenpeace — Jerry and Janet Zucker set to produce film — “National Treasure” helmer Jon Turteltaub is on board to direct a bigscreen project chronicling the origin of the Greenpeace movement, with Jerry and Janet Zucker producing. — Set primarily in the late 1970s …
teenvogue.com:
q&a and exclusive video with eclipse's new aussie vamp xavier samuel — Aussie actor Xavier Samuel—who joins the cast of The Twilight Saga as the vampire Riley in Eclipse—stopped by the Teen Vogue offices this week. We quickly learned a few things about him: he's got an awesome taste in music …