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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 …
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 …
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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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.
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 …
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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Aranya Tomseth / Playboy.com:
Heidi and Spencer's New Book - How To Be Famous - Speidi Interview with Playboy — Reality television couple Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt readily concede that they don't care what's being said about them as long as something is being said. America loves to hate them and they delight in being despised.