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3:50 PM ET, January 13, 2010

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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.
Sam Brand / Popeater:
Heidi Montag Says She's Addicted to Plastic Surgery
Discussion: Extra, Cele|bitchy and Us Weekly
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Heidi Montag ‘Obsessed’ With Plastic Surgery; Undergoes 10 Procedures
Discussion: DailyFill.com and Perez Hilton
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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.
Mike Hess / Popeater:
Conan O'Brien Rips NBC in Monologue
Discussion: Starcasm
Bill Carter / Media Decoder:
Conan O'Brien Says He Won't Host ‘Tonight Show’ After Leno
TMZ.com:
‘The Tonight Show’ with Jay Leno ... The Sequel
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 …
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Us Weekly:
New Details on Kate Gosselin's Upcoming Reality Show
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
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.
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.
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 …
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X17 Online:
Mark Wahlberg's Porsche Breaks Down At Madeo
Discussion: omg!
Adam Rosenberg / MTV Movies Blog:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Ghostbusters 3’ Script Is In, Ivan Reitman Confirms He WILL Direct  —  A few weeks ago, “Ghostbusters” writer and star Harold Ramis revealed that the long-awaited third movie in the series is planned for a 2011 release.  This news broke only a short time after “Avatar” …
Lara Martin / Digital Spy:
Kardashian reacts to Cowell's ‘Idol’ exit  —  Kim Kardashian has reacted to Simon Cowell's decision to leave American Idol, reports E! Online.  —  The media mogul recently announced that he will depart the Fox competition at the end of its current season to focus on bringing The X Factor to the US.
Discussion: Associated Press and omg!
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Anne Marie Cruz / People.com:
Design Star's Vern Yip Welcomes A Son!  —  Just imagine how fabulous the nursery must be: Vern Yip is now a designing dad.  —  Gavin Joshua Mannox was born Jan. 6 via surrogate to the HGTV star and his partner, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.  The baby was 7 lbs., 6 oz., and 19 ½ inches long.
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.
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 …
Catherine Donaldson-Evans / People.com:
Heidi Klum: I Don't Flirt with Anyone Except Seal  —  She's one of the world's most familiar faces, she hosts the hit show Project Runway and she's the doting mom of four - but above all else, Heidi Klum is a woman in love.  —  Speaking about her husband Seal to InStyle for its February issue …
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Geoff Boucher / Hero Complex:
Bigger than Batman: Christopher Nolan says ‘Inception’ is 'the biggest challenge I've taken on'  —  On Sunday, the staff of Los Angeles Times Calendar section will be previewing key 2010 releases by Hollywood.  This is an early look at one of the articles in that package.  —  So what exactly is “Inception”?
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.”
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 …
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD):
Cynthia Nixon to be Honored in New York  —  The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, announced today the nominees for its 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards.
TMZ.com:
Shaq Sued for Harassment - ‘Shut Dat Bitch Up!’  —  Vanessa Lopez has filed her harassment lawsuit against Shaquille O'Neal in Florida, in which she claims a menacing O'Neal sent a text message to a friend, saying, “dis is da numba shut dat bitch up!”  —  In the lawsuit, Lopez …
 
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Battered by major quake, Haiti braces for huge death toll
Discussion: Extra and ImNotObsessed.com
Rainbow / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Sheen's Wife Moves Back Home, He Moves Out
Neil Wilkes / Digital Spy:
‘Idol’ premiere pulls in 29.8 million
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