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2:50 PM ET, December 12, 2009

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Tiger Woods:
Tiger Woods taking hiatus from golf  —  I am deeply aware of the disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most of all my wife and children.  I want to say again to everyone that I am profoundly sorry and that I ask forgiveness.
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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Mistress Tried To Have Tiger Woods Baby - Without His Knowledge  —  A woman who has had a several-year affair with Tiger Woods and has now hired a lawyer, tried to get pregnant by the golfer for years, RadarOnline.com is reporting exclusively.  —  The woman slept with Tiger sporadically …
Discussion: OK! Magazine and Perez Hilton
TMZ.com:
Gillette: Tiger Woods Not the Best a Man Can Get  —  Tiger Woods won't be telling American men about close shaves anymore — Gillette is officially phasing him out of their ads.  —  The company — owned by perennially G-rated Procter & Gamble — has announced it's phasing Tiger out of its ads while he sorts out his personal life.
Discussion: Us Weekly, Extra and OK! Magazine
omg!:
Nike: Tiger Woods Has Our “Full Support”  —  Tiger Woods may be taking an indefinite hiatus from the sport of golf, but one of the 33-year-old's biggest endorsers is confident he will return — and willing to retain him as a spokesman in the meantime.  —  “Tiger has been part of Nike for more than a decade.
Discussion: TMZ.com
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Jersey Shore Sucker-Punch: MTV Pulls Snooki Fight  —  Jersey Shore has only been on the air for two weeks, but there's almost as much drama off screen as there is on.  —  First, a couple of advertisers pulled their ads after some Italian-American groups blasted the show …
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TMZ.com:
ATL Housewives Re-Volt Over Electric Bills  —  NeNe Leakes and Kim Zolciak are locked in a stand-off with the people at “Real Housewives of Atlanta”— and we're told it's partly due to a power struggle over their electric bill.  —  Sources close to the ladies tell TMZ both women are in the midst …
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NY Daily News:
Gatecrasher: Some Atlanta ‘Housewives’ may get dumped
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Duggar Baby Born Prematurely Due to Pregnancy Complication  —  Michelle Duggar's 19th baby was born prematurely at 1 lb., 6 oz., because Michelle suffered a rare condition during pregnancy that causes high blood pressure, her doctor says.  —  The condition, preeclampsia …
Dean Nelson / Telegraph:
Lindsay Lohan attacked over claims she helped rescue 40 Indian children  —  An Indian charity has accused Lindsay Lohan, the Hollywood actress, of claiming to have helped to rescue 40 child labourers in New Delhi when she was not actually in the country.  —  The star of Mean Girls …
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Charlotte Spratt / Daily Mail:
That's quite a day's work there, Lindsay! …
Us Weekly:
See Kevin Federline's Shocking Weight Transformation  —  Goodbye, K-Fat, hello, K-Fit!  —  A dramatically slimmer Kevin Federline hit an L.A. golf course on Thursday.  The ex-husband to Britney Spears and father to her two sons famously shocked the world in spring 2009 with a new, rotund physique.
OK! Magazine:
Madonna dropped by Louis Vuitton  —  Singer is replaced as the face of top fashion house  —  MADONNA is no longer Louis Vuitton's material girl, with a younger model taking her place as the face of the brand.  —  Madonna, 51, had signed a £6.5 million deal with the luxury brand in 2008.
Rich Schapiro / NY Daily News:
Alleged Tiger Woods hooker Loredana Jolie fame-starved, says boss; Jamie Jungers talks on ‘Today’  —  Tiger prowled in public.  Las Vegas cocktail waitress Jamie Jungers, one of Woods' alleged gal pals, said Friday the world's most recognizable athlete didn't try to keep their affair on the down low.
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TMZ.com:
Will Smith's Kid — Badu to the Bone  —  Here's Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's adorable son Jaden at the Nobel Peace Prize concert in Norway on Friday (left) — and R+B diva Erykah Badu performing in Detroit (right).  —  One of them is the new “Karate Kid.”  —  We're just sayin'.  —  See Also
Discussion: CONCRETELOOP.COM
Daily Express:
ALLEN SUFFERING BODY DYSMORPHIA  —  LILY ALLEN suffers from body dysmorphia, a psychological disorder which leaves her preoccupied with her weight.  —  The pop star has long struggled with her body image and she shocked fans in 2007 by taking to her online blog to discuss her fears over her shape.
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Popeater
 
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Tim Stack / Hollywood Insider:
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X17 Online:
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Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Perez Hilton
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Peter White / Deadline:
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

Michael S. Rosenwald / New York Times:
Mike Shatzkin, a publishing consultant who was among the first in the industry to shake publishers into confronting the digital disruption, died on Nov. 7 at 77

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
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