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3:00 AM ET, January 26, 2010

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Art Beast / The Daily Beast:
Tiger's Thanksgiving Mystery — Solved  — Home - Cheat sheet - Buzz board - Big Fat Story - Blogs & stories - Videos - Galleries - Crossword  —  Blogs and Stories  —  From pills to Elin impersonating her husband on a text, two inside sources provide Gerald Posner a full account …
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X17 Online:
X17 XCLUSIVE - Elin Nordegren “Sick Of Reporters” Following Her Every Move  —  After months of intense media attention, Tiger Woods' estranged wife Elin Nordegren is fed up.  After the golfer's Thanksgiving day accident in the driveway of the couple's Windermere, Florida home …
Discussion: omg! and Perez Hilton
Art Beast / The Daily Beast:
Explosive Hopper Divorce Doc
Discussion: Dlisted, Gawker and TMZ.com
Art Beast / The Daily Beast:
Tiger's Thanksgiving Mystery — Solved
Us Weekly:
Report: Tiger Woods' Wife Visits Sex Rehab, Helps Him Recover
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Jennifer Aniston Makes Major Haiti Donation  —  Add Jennifer Aniston to the list of celebs donating major bucks to help Haiti.  —  I just got word that the actress has given $500,000 to Doctors Without Borders, Partners in Health and AmeriCares for their recovery efforts in the disaster-stricken Caribbean nation.
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Catherine Donaldson-Evans / People.com:
Report: Jennifer Aniston Gives $500,000 to Haiti  —  Jennifer Aniston has joined the growing list of stars who have given big bucks to help earthquake-decimated Haiti, E! Online reports.  —  The actress donated $500,000 to Doctors Without Borders, Haitian health care provider Partners …
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Report: Idol Contestant Cut After Dad Talks to Paper  —  A moment of pride has turned to sorrow as an American Idol contestant has been cut from the competition after violating a confidentiality agreement, according to a report.  —  Michael Lynche (a.k.a. Big Mike) was reportedly told to pack …
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New York Post:
‘Idol’ cut for spilling beans  —  American Idol" contestant picked last week for the Top 24 was booted over the weekend, according to reports.  —  The reason: his father told a local newspaper that his son made the semifinals, a violation of the show's confidentiality rules.
E! Online:
True Blood's Alexander Skarsgård More Naked Than Ever  —  Good news for True Blood fans!  —  We're told we can expect much more nudity during Season 3 of the hit HBO vampire series, which began filming again last month.  —  “A lot of people will be getting naked this season,” …
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PEOPLE TV Watch:
True Blood's Hunks Are Happy to Get Naked
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com
Mike Hess / PopEater:
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Have ‘Definitely Split,’ ‘Brangelina’ Author Says  —  With conflicting reports circulating saying that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are split, and then denials claiming they're still together also coming from all angles, it can be very confusing.
Us Weekly:
Diddy Buys Son $360,000 Maybach for 16th Birthday  —  Talk about a sweet 16.  —  For his 16th birthday, Diddy gave his son Justin Dior Combs a brand-new silver Maybach (price tag: $360,000).  —  The teen received the wheels at a lavish bash Saturday night at M2 Ultralounge club in NYC.
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Claire Noland / Afterword:
Pernell Roberts, Adam Cartwright on “Bonanza,” dead at 81  —  Pernell Roberts, an original cast member of one of television's classic westerns, “Bonanza,” died at his Malibu home Sunday.  He was 81.  —  His death from cancer was confirmed by his wife, Eleanor Criswell.
MyFox Boston:
Nancy Kerrigan's dad found dead; son arrested  —  Police are looking into the sudden death that occurred early Sunday morning at the childhood home of former Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan.  Her 70-year-old father was found dead.  Mark Kerrigan, the victim's son, remains in police custody.
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Us Weekly:
Jessica Biel “Always Gazing at” Justin Timberlake at Benefit  —  On Sunday, the pair co-attended Radiohead's Haiti benefit concert at the Box at the Henry Fonda Theater in Los Angeles.  “They were definitely couple-y,” an observer at the Box tells UsMagazine.com.  “They were sitting close, holding hands, and whispering.”
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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X17 Online:
Stars Support Haiti — And Radiohead!
Discussion: Associated Press
Movieline:
Jessica Alba's Face, Killer Inside Me Take Brutal Beating at Sundance Premiere  —  Post-screening Sundance Q&As are frequently gushy affairs, sometimes to the point of awkwardness.  (At last night's The Runaways premiere, a Kristen Stewart fan wept as she laid her true feelings on the line for the actress …
Discussion: Pop Crunch
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Daily Mail:
Jessica Alba keeps the cold at bay in a revolting two-tone fur coat …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't! and Cele|bitchy
TMZ.com:
‘Jersey Shore’ — MTV Tries to Divide and Conquer  —  The stars of “Jersey Shore” have been negotiating with MTV like “Friends”... but the network could be turning them into enemies with some serious brinkmanship.  —  Sources tell TMZ the network has told the cast if they don't accept MTV's deal …
TMZ.com:
Leo DiCaprio Slashing Suspect to Face Trial  —  A former model accused of attacking Leonardo DiCaprio has finally agreed to face the music — five years after she allegedly slashed his face open with a drinking glass .. and fled the country.  —  The woman — 39-year-old Aretha Wilson …
Kyle Buchanan / Movieline:
Tilda Swinton on Playing Conan O'Brien: ‘Yes, Yes, Yes, Absolutely’  —  On Conan O'Brien's final Tonight Show, he earned one of his biggest laughs when he said that if HBO decided to make a movie about the recent late-night fiasco, he'd “like to be played by Academy Award-winner Tilda Swinton.”
Discussion: Cinematical and New York Magazine
Michael K / Dlisted:
Billy Goat Brad's Brother Wants Him To Dump St. Angie  —  Over the weekend, the Earth's core almost melted over the news that St. Brangie and Billy Goat Brad broke up after almost 5 years together.  Their rep shook their head no when asked if this was rumor was true.
Us Weekly:
Jon Gosselin, Girlfriend Flaunt “Inappropriate” PDA at Sundance  —  Jon Gosselin is taking Hollywood by storm — via the Sundance Film Festival.  The former reality star has been popping up all over Park City, Utah during its annual invasion by the film industry.
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
Jessica Herndon / People.com:
Courtney Love Says She's Not a Good Celebrity  —  She's aware that she is the rock ‘n’ roll mom many love to hate.  “Say the name Courtney Love to a stranger and they're liable to respond, ‘That horrible woman!’ ”  the Hole singer, 45, tells Dazed and Confused magazine.
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com
Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
‘How I Met Your Mother’ meets Season 6  —  CBS gives comedy series an early renewal  —  On the heels of “How I Met Your Mother” hitting its 100th episode and its creators/executive producers Carter Bays and Craig Thomas getting locked in by producing studios 20th TV for three more years …
Discussion: Seriously? OMG! and Collider
 
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Michael Shain / New York Post:
Fox ready to swoop in on Conan
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Jeanniestone / RADAR:
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Frank Connelly / Bloomberg:
Vivendi says one of its small investors seeks to delay Vivendi's spinoff of Canal+, Havas, and Louis Hachette Group; shareholders were due to vote December 9

Daniel Kaplan / Awful Announcing:
The US DOJ and 17 state attorneys general file briefs for Fubo and against Venu Sports, which is trying to get an injunction lifted that blocked Venu's launch

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
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