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9:20 AM ET, January 14, 2010

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Catherine Donaldson-Evans / People.com:
Dexter's Michael C. Hall Has Cancer  —  Dexter actor Michael C. Hall revealed Wednesday he has been battling cancer, but said he's almost finished with treatment and the disease is in remission.  —  Hall, 38, said in a statement he is lucky to have been diagnosed with the …
Us Weekly:
BREAKING NEWS: Dexter's Michael C. Hall Has Cancer  —  Dexter star Michael C. Hall has been diagnosed with cancer.  —  The actor, 38, said in a statement Wednesday that he is being successfully treated for Hodgkin's lymphoma and added that he was fortunate to be diagnosed with a “treatable and curable condition.”
Discussion: Yeeeah!
TMZ.com:
Kidnapping 911 Call at Heidi and Spencer's  —  UPDATE: The man who was cuffed and put in the police car has been released.  He says he works for Spencer Pratt.  —  The LAPD received a call for a “possible kidnapping” at the Los Angeles home of Heidi and Spencer Pratt ... sources tell TMZ.
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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.
Patrick Walters / Associated Press:
Soul Singer Teddy Pendergrass Dies in Pa. at 59  —  Soul singer Teddy Pendergrass, paralyzed in 1982 car crash, dies in Pa. hospital at age 59  —  Teddy Pendergrass, who became R&B's reigning sex symbol in the 1970s and '80s with his forceful, masculine voice and passionate love ballads …
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Associated Press:
Singer Teddy Pendergrass dies at 59
Discussion: Bossip.com and Pop Crunch
Reuters:
Teddy Pendergrass dead at 59
Discussion: Popeater
TMZ.com:
Tila's Relationship with Casey — Publicity Stunt  —  Tila Tequila's relationship with Casey Johnson was nothing more than a publicity stunt ... this, from Casey's own mouth in the weeks before her death.  —  We've learned two of Casey's friends have come forward and said they each received separate calls …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
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Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
‘House’ exclusive: Jennifer Morrison returns!  —  She's baaaaaaaack!  —  Sources confirm to me exclusively that Jennifer Morrison is heading back to House later this season.  The timing and context of her return are being kept under wraps (read: I know but it's too spoilery to reveal) …
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Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on 'Grey's,' ‘House,’ ‘Glee,’ ‘Bones,’ and more!
Discussion: TV Fanatic and Gossip Girl Insider
Us Weekly:
Rep: Katy Perry Is Not Pregnant  —  Despite the rumors circulating online, Katy Perry is not pregnant.  —  The star's rep tells UsMagazine.com that reports claiming Perry — who got engaged to Russell Brand on New Year's Eve in India — was getting a sonogram and showing off a baby bump were “not true.”
Discussion: Popeater and Extra
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X17 Online:
X17 XCLUSIVE - Katy Perry Gets Her First Sonogram!
Agence France Presse:
Celebrities appeal for Haiti quake relief  —  LOS ANGELES — Haitian-born music star Wyclef Jean led an army of celebrities Wednesday in an urgent appeal for aid following the devastating earthquake which rocked the star's Caribbean homeland.  —  Jean said in statements on his website …
Discussion: People.com and Pop Crunch
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PEOPLE TV Watch:
The Bachelor's Bob Guiney and Wife Rebecca Budig Split  —  It looks like Bob Guiney is a bachelor once again.  —  The reality star — who became beloved as the jovial, self-effacing regular guy looking for love with Trista Rehn (now Trista Sutter) on The Bachelorette and then as the star …
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Will Sony Spin Spidey Reboot With Webb?  —  Marc Webb, the (500) Days Of Summer director, has climbed to the top of the Sony Pictures' list to rebirth the Spider-Man franchise.  While the studio has a wish list of star directors like James Cameron, David Fincher, and Wes Anderson …
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount eyeing ‘Four Brothers’ sequel  —  Mark Wahlberg will star; most of creative team to return  —  Paramount is developing a sequel to its 2005 thriller “Four Brothers,” bringing back many of the creative team for “Five Brothers.”  —  Mark Wahlberg eyeing a return to star and hatched …
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.
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Ali Jaafar / Variety:
Daniel Craig circles ‘Cowboys’  —  Bond thesp may step in for Downey Jr.  —  DreamWorks and Jon Favreau are in talks with Daniel Craig to play the lead role in “Cowboys and Aliens” after Robert Downey Jr. ankled the project.  —  Craig has been offered the role of Jake Johnson in the pic …
Discussion: The Playlist and New York Magazine
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Matt Goldberg / Collider:
Exclusive: Daniel Craig in Negotiations to Star in Jon Favreau's COWBOYS & ALIENS
Discussion: FirstShowing.net and Cinematical
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 …
Jody Callahan / Memphis Commercial Appeal:
Memphis musician Jay Reatard runs ‘out of time’  —  In an interview with The New York Times last August, Memphis punk artist Jay Reatard uttered what, in retrospect, was a haunting phrase: “Everything I do is motivated by the fear of running out of time.”
 
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