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1:25 PM ET, January 13, 2010

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TMZ.com:
Conan's Royal Screw Up  —  Conan O'Brien may have a claim against NBC, but not because the network wanted to move his show to 12:05 AM.  —  We're now told Conan's contract never specified a guaranteed time period.  If NBC wanted to run the show at 3:00 AM, Conan would have no recourse.
Bill Carter / Media Decoder:
Conan O'Brien Says He Won't Host ‘Tonight Show’ After Leno  —  Conan O'Brien released a statement Tuesday saying that he no longer wanted to be the host of “The Tonight Show” on NBC if it appeared at 12:05 a.m.  —  Mr. O'Brien's brief run as host at 11:35 p.m. is to be cut short next month …
Mike Hess / Popeater:
Conan O'Brien Rips NBC in Monologue
Discussion: Starcasm
Extra:
'Southland's' Ben McKenzie ‘Glad’ ‘Jay Leno Show’ Failed
Discussion: From Inside the Box
Jennifer Garcia / People.com:
Heidi Montag: Addicted to Plastic Surgery  —  At just 23 years old, The Hills star Heidi Montag decided to go under the knife for a second time and have a staggering 10 plastic-surgery procedures in one day.  —  “For the past three years, I've thought about what to have done,” the reality star tells PEOPLE.
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Tim Stack / EW.com:
Heidi Montag says new album cost almost $2 million, left her broke, is as good as ‘Thriller’  —  It's taken three years, nearly $2 million, and one very questionable Miss Universe pageant performance, but Heidi Montag, star of the The Hills and wife of reality villain Spencer Pratt, finally released her debut album yesterday.
Us Weekly:
Heidi Montag's New Song: “Eat My Panties Off of Me”  —  Adam Lambert has some new competition in the sexually charged singer department: Heidi Montag.  —  On Tuesday, after three years of waiting, she officially dropped her debut album, Superficial — and she gets racy.  Verrry racy.
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Hugh Hefner: Twins Moving out of Playboy Mansion  —  Is Hugh Hefner ready to be a one-woman man?  —  The Playboy mogul exclusively tells me that two of his three girlfriends, 20-year-old twins Kristina and Karissa Shannon, are moving out of the legendary Mansion and into the neighboring Playmate House.
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Cops Believe Jon Gosselin's Ransack Claims Are Publicity Stunt  —  New York police investigating the “ransacking” of Jon Gosselin's apartment believe the event was a publicity stunt, sources familiar with the situation told RadarOnline.com exclusively.
Dylan Stableford / The Wrap:
Exclusive: Kate Gosselin to Get New Reality Show  —  By Dominic Patten  —  Reality superstar Kate Gosselin is set to return to television later this year in a brand new TLC series of her own, TheWrap has learned.  —  According to a source close to the untitled production …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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New Details on Kate Gosselin's Upcoming Reality Show
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Zach Galifianakis, Paul Rudd reteaming  —  Duo sign on for ‘Will,’ marking their second comedy together  —  Zach Galifianakis and Paul Rudd, who appear together in Paramount's upcoming comedy “Dinner for Schmucks,” are teaming up again to star in the Paramount comedy “Will.”
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Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Rudd, Galifianakis eye ‘Will’
Discussion: MTV Movies Blog and FilmDrunk
Us Weekly:
Jennifer Love Hewitt Angry After Boyfriend Calls Her “Pear Ass”  —  “We had a rough patch in the beginning because the first time we went on vacation, I was going to be in a bikini, and I was very nervous,” she said Tuesday on the late-night TBS talk show Lopez Tonight.
People.com:
BUZZ: Has Tiger Woods Checked into Sex Rehab?  —  In the ever-changing story about Tiger Woods, word has resurfaced that he may have entered an upscale clinic in Arizona for sex rehab, according to sources contacted by PEOPLE.  —  The sources say that Woods entered The Meadows …
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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Chuck’ Star Zachary Levi Splits with Girlfriend  —  Chuck star Zachary Levi is back on the market.  The actor, 29, has broken up with singer Caitlin Crosby after two years together, a source tells UsMagazine.com exclusively.  —  “He broke up with her on Saturday after his big NBC premiere aired …
Hollyscoop Entertainment News:
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel Officially Over  —  HOLLYSCOOP EXCLUSIVE  —  by:  —  Ani Esmailian  —  Good news for all the ladies—It looks like Justin Timberlake is officially back on the market!  —  While Jessica Biel is in Africa climbing the 19340 -foot Mt. Kilimanjaro …
Dorothy Pomerantz / Forbes:
Hollywood's Top-Earning Couples  —  These Tinseltown twosomes have fame, love and money.  Lots and lots of money.  —  LOS ANGELES — The indisputable king and queen of the hip-hop prom are Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles.  The couple, who quietly married in 2008, not only produce and sing …
Steve Helling / People.com:
Joey Fatone Welcomes a Daughter  —  It's a second daughter for Joey Fatone and wife Kelly, the 'NSYNC singer tells PEOPLE exclusively.  —  Kloey Alexandra Fatone arrived Monday evening in Orlando, Fla., weighing in at 5 lbs., 8 oz.  She joins big sister Briahna, 8 ½.
Alice Olins / Times of London:
Emma Watson burnishes her ethical fashion credentials  —  The Harry Potter star has designed a range of ethical clothing.  Is it stylish or merely on-message politically?  —  The thought of a young successful actress designing an ethical fashion range might seem, at first glance …
Discussion: FabSugar UK
Nicole Sperling / Hollywood Insider:
‘Lives of Others’ director to helm ‘The Tourist’ with Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp  —  The many machinations of the spy flick The Tourist seem to all be coming to a head.  Graham King's GK Films has just confirmed that German director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck …
Sarah Michaud / People.com:
It's a Girl for Mark Wahlberg  —  Baby makes six for Mark Wahlberg and Rhea Durham, who welcomed a daughter on Monday, a source confirms to PEOPLE.  —  Grace Margaret Wahlberg joins siblings Brendan, 16 months, Michael, 3 ½, and Ella, 6.  —  The The Lovely Bones actor, 38 …
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
Hollywoodreporter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Vera Farmiga, Michelle Monaghan speak ‘Code’  —  Golden Globe nominee Vera Farmiga is in negotiations and Michelle Monaghan is set to star opposite Jake Gyllenhaal in Vendome Pictures and the Mark Gordon Co.'s time-travel thriller “Source Code.”  —  Summit is distributing in North America.
 
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