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11:55 AM ET, January 12, 2010

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Deadline.com:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘SPIDER-MAN 4’ SCRAPPED; SAM RAIMI & TOBEY MAGUIRE & CAST OUT; FRANCHISE REBOOT FOR 2012  —  UPDATES EXCLUSIVE: ‘Spider-Man 4’ Officially Has No Start Date As Of Today Because Of Script Problems; Sony “Unlikely” To Make Scheduled May 5, 2011, Release Date BREAKING NEWS!
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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Spider-Man 4 Unravels as Franchise Moves On Without Tobey Maguire, Sam Raimi
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and poponthepop.com
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PEOPLE TV Watch:
Jake's Bachelor Blog: Being Cheated On ‘Sucks’
Discussion: Popeater
Chris Harrison / PopWatch:
Chris Harrison blogs ‘The Bachelor’: season 14, episode 2
Discussion: Pop Crunch
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Bachelor Contestant Calls Sex Scandal a ‘Blatant Lie’
Hollywoodreporter / The Live Feed | THR:
ABC orders ‘Bachelor’ all-stars spin-off  —  Exclusive: ABC has ordered a spinoff of its hit “Bachelor” franchise in which former contestants will live together in a “Big Brother"-style house.  —  Titled “Bachelor Pad,” the series produced by Mike Fleiss' Next Entertainment in association …
Details Magazine:
CHANNING TATUM IS PROUD OF HIS PACKAGE  —  WHAT BOTHERS A TOUGH-AS-NAILS ACTION HERO?  THAT HE CAN'T FIND A GOOD SPOT IN L.A. TO SHAKE HIS MONEYMAKER.  —  Channing Tatum's penis is gross.  It looks like a hot dog that's been left too long on the grill.  The tip is hot-pink, singed, and shriveled.
Popeater:
Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien Each Take Shots at NBC  —  Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien, who've both been unexpectedly moved from their time slots by NBC, took turns bashing the network on their shows last night.  —  Leno, on at 10, went first.  “But you know, we're not just a show anymore, we are now a collector's item,” he jokes.
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com
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Bill Carter / New York Times:
Fox Woos O'Brien, but Pact Is a Hurdle
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider and Gawker
Michael Malone / Broadcasting & Cable:
Analysis: Many Fox Affiliates Lukewarm on Conan
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider
TMZ.com:
Snooki Puncher KO'd from His Job  —  The guy who punched Snooki in the face on “Jersey Shore” won't even be punching the clock anymore — TMZ has learned he's being fired from his job as a gym teacher at a high school in New York.  —  NY City Department of Education says they are drafting …
Discussion: omg! and Gawker
Hollywoodreporter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Robert Zemeckis finds Beatles for ‘Yellow Submarine’  —  It's “all together now” for the cast of Robert Zemeckis' upcoming Beatles feature.  —  Cary Elwes, Dean Lennox Kelly, Peter Serafinowicz and Adam Campbell are in negotiations to portray the members of the band in “Yellow Submarine,” which the director is remaking for Disney.
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Tom & Julia Together Again; Hanks Wrote And Will Direct ‘Larry Crowne’ For Them  —  (Mike Fleming's not going to be up and running for a few days yet.  But he confirmed this major scoop and wanted to share it with Deadline Hollywood.)  Tom Hanks must have gotten along spectacularly …
TMZ.com:
Simon Cowell Courts Paula Abdul  —  Paula Abdul has had discussions with Simon Cowell about being a judge on the U.S. version of “X Factor”... sources tell TMZ.  —  The irony is stunning — Simon, the lynchpin of “American Idol,” abandoning ship and teaming up with the woman who was unceremoniously dumped from “A.I.”
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Cristina Gibson / E! Online:
Brangelina Skipping the Golden Globes  —  Golden Globes presenter Jennifer Aniston can breathe easy—there will be no showdown between her, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at this year's awards show.  —  Angie's stylist, Jen Rade, broke the tragic news to us—Brangelina is sitting out the red carpet!—at last night's Audi party:
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Steve Zeitchik / 24 Frames:
Robert Downey Jr. won't be Jon Favreau's ‘Cowboy’  —  Robert Downey Jr. won't ride into the wild West after all.  —  The actor, who had been poised to reunite with “Iron Man” director Jon Favreau for the science-fiction western “Cowboys & Aliens,” won't star in the film.
Popeater:
George Clooney at Podium: ‘I Am Like Mariah Carey [Messed] Up Right Now’  —  In one evening, George Clooney made the case for being Hollywood's best star to both present and give acceptance speeches.  While setting up an award for his ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ director Wes Anderson …
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David Caplan / People.com:
Brittny Gastineau Meets 20-Year-Old Half-Brother for First Time  —  It's been more than two decades since Brittny Gastineau's father Mark, the legendary New York Jets player, left Brittny's mom Lisa for actress Brigitte Nielsen.  But it wasn't until last week that Brittny met the fruit of that union …
Discussion: Popeater and The Hollywood Gossip
Rob Shuter / Popeater:
Prince William Wedding News  —  Get the bubbly ready, because my sources are telling me that Prince William and girlfriend Kate Middleton are finally going to take the marriage plunge this year.  Sure, it's because they love each other, but is it really because The Queen is pressuring …
Discussion: Anything Hollywood and Us Weekly
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Another Shaq Mistress Revealed  —  NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal has been linked to two mistresses in the past few months and now RadarOnline.com has discovered another one.  —  Shaq has been having a steamy affair with 25-year-old Swedish model and aspiring actress …
Joanne Fowler / People.com:
Blizzard Hits Jessica Biel, Emile Hirsch on Mt. Kilimanjaro  —  Jessica Biel, Emile Hirsch and Isabel Lucas trudged through a blizzard Monday on the fifth day of their hike with other entertainers and activists up 19,340-foot Mt. Kilimanjaro.  —  “It's pretty gnarly,” Elizabeth Gore …
 
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TMZ.com:
Lamar to Khloe: It's Half Time on the House
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Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
TV Land taps sitcom vets for pilot
Discussion: Pop Crunch
Us Weekly:
Kristin Cavallari: I Kick My A** at the Gym to Get This Body!
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com
DailyFill.com:
Jon Gosselin Taking Hailey Glassman To Court
TMZ.com:
Casey's Ex to CNN: Tila Tequila, A Big Fat Liar
Annie Barrett / PopWatch:
‘30 Rock’: Soon-to-be Jon Hammier, again!
Discussion: Movieline
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PEOPLE TV Watch:
What's Next for the Cast of Jersey Shore
Discussion: Anything Hollywood
Movieline:
Avatar's Deleted Sex Scene, Straight From the Script
Discussion: Amy Grindhouse, Gawker and FilmDrunk
NY Daily News:
Whitney Port might be more than just friends with Brody Jenner
Dave Itzkoff / ArtsBeat:
Was ‘Simpsons’ Episode Edited to Spare Seth MacFarlane's Feelings?
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't! and Gawker
Martyn Palmer / Daily Mail:
‘I did a pretty good hatchet job on my marriage’: Mel Gibson …
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Josh Rubin / Toronto.com:
Major Canadian news organizations, including Torstar, Postmedia, and CBC, sue OpenAI, alleging breach of copyright and terms of use

Scott Jennings / @scottjenningsky:
Conservative CNN commentator Scott Jennings says he is joining the LA Times editorial board, as owner Patrick Soon-Shiong works to add “balance” to the board

Amy Hawkins / The Guardian:
China sentences journalist Dong Yuyu, an ex-Nieman Fellow whose work has appeared in Chinese editions of the NYT and FT, to seven years in prison for espionage

 
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