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2:15 PM ET, January 28, 2010

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Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Oops!  Jessica Simpson Farts During Business Meeting  —  Let's end this meeting on a high note!  —  A source tells Us Weekly that Jessica Simpson had a, ahem, windy moment during a business meeting for her denim line in late January.  “While one of the executives was speaking …
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Jessica Simpson Lets 'Er Rip
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Simon Cable / Daily Mail:
‘Susan Boyle is a virus’ claims Elaine Paige as she reveals her true feelings about their duet  —  For years she idolised Elaine Paige, singing along to her songs in her bedroom with a hairbrush for a microphone.  —  But it seems Susan Boyle's admiration for the 61-year-old diva may not be a mutual affair.
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PopEater:   Susan Boyle's Idol Gets Nasty, Calls Her a ‘Virus’
Richard Johnson / New York Post:
Tiger's ‘not normal’ sex play  —  Loredana Joliesays the disgraced golfer is such a freak in bed, his stint in a rehab for sex addiction probably won't cure him.  —  “He would engage in sex from 9 p.m. until the sun came up the next morning.  But he wasn't a healthy guy.
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Alleged Tiger Escort: Sex Rehab Won't “Help,” He's Not “Healthy”
Discussion: X17 Online
Art Beast / The Daily Beast:
Brittany Death Suit  — Home - Cheat sheet - Buzz board - Big Fat Story - Blogs & stories - Videos - Galleries - Crossword  —  Blogs and Stories  —  In an exclusive interview, Brittany Murphy's husband Simon Monjack reveals he's suing Warner Brothers for wrongful death …
TMZ.com:
WWE Wrestler Accused of Smacking a Woman  —  WWE wrestler Greg “Hurricane” Helms allegedly smacked several people — including a woman — before he and Chris Jericho were arrested at a Kentucky gas station yesterday, law enforcement sources tell TMZ.  —  We're told several people …
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TMZ.com:
‘Jersey Shore’ Cast Starting to Fold  —  Two of the cast members of “Jersey Shore” have agreed to MTV's offer of $10,000 an episode, but the others are still holding out ... sources connected to the negotiations tell TMZ.  —  Ronnie and J-WOWW have accepted MTV's offer.
David Hinckley / NY Daily News:
‘Poltergeist’ scene-stealer Zelda Rubinstein dies at 76, two months after heart attack  —  Zelda Rubinstein arrives at a premiere in Hollywood in December 2007  —  If Steven Spielberg could have designed a dream character for his early pure-fun popcorn movies, it probably would have looked …
Discussion: I Watch Stuff
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Lew Harris / The Wrap:
Miramax Dies: Rest in Peace  —  By Sharon Waxman  —  It's been a slow death, but Miramax dies on Thursday.  —  The New York and Los Angeles offices of the arthouse movie studio owned by Disney will close.  Eighty people will lose their jobs.  The six movies waiting distribution …
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Zac Efron Picks Pair Of Projects  —  The list of young actors who transition to adult leading men isn't that long... Tom Cruise, Sean Penn, Christian Bale, etc.  Zac Efron is hoping to make that transition so he's linked himself to a pair of projects he hopes will give him the chance to broaden his range.
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Hollywoodreporter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Zac Efron to star in spy thriller from Marvel scribe Brian Michael Bendis
TMZ.com:
NFL Star Accused of Beating Pregnant Girlfriend  —  Steven Jackson — the starting running back for the St. Louis Rams — has been accused of one of the most vile crimes imaginable ... beating up his girlfriend while she was nine months pregnant with his child.
Discussion: Bumpshack.com and NBC Sports
NY Daily News:
NFL player Eric Green forcibly sodomized transgender New Yorker Angelina Mavilia, her lawsuit claims  —  A transgender New Yorker has filed a $10 million sex assault suit against an NFL player - and in a separate action is also suing the city, saying she was abused and humiliated by cops.
Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
Exclusive: ABC cancels ‘Ugly Betty’  —  This is about as ugly as it gets, folks.  —  ABC has just informed Ugly Betty producers that the show's current fourth season will be its last.  What's more, the network has trimmed the show's episode order from 22 to 20.
Alicia Dennis / People.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar Reveal Baby Josie  —  It's 19 kids ... and counting their blessings.  —  Seven weeks after baby Josie's surprise early arrival, her relieved parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are talking to PEOPLE about the tiny micropreemie, who is taking breast milk through a tube and weighs 2 lbs. 3 oz.
Courtney Hazlett / msnbc.com:
Scoop: Tiger's wife stays at Favre's ranch  —  Plus: Madonna and A-Rod reportedly spent weekend together  —  Tiger Woods and wife Elin Nordegren, seen here in July 2009, reportedly visited recently at the clinic where he's said to be undergoing sex addiction treatment.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Dlisted
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Sheen's Wife Being Treated For Drugs AND Alcohol, Friends Tried To Bring Her Drugs In Hospital  —  Charlie Sheen's wife Brooke Mueller is in rehab for both drugs AND alcohol, multiple sources close to the situation told RadarOnline.com exclusively.
Ali Jaafar / Variety:
Cyrus, Moore circle ‘L.O.L.’  —  Both in talks for stateside remake of French hit  —  Miley Cyrus and Demi Moore are circling the English-language remake of Gallic smash “L.O.L.: Laughing Out Loud.”  —  Mandate Intl. is handling international sales on the project, which original helmer …
Perez Hilton:
HUGE GaGa News!!!!  —  We had been keeping it a secret for the longest time, but we are now beyond thrilled to be able to announce that Lady GaGa, who is nominated for six awards, will OPEN the Grammys this Sunday.  —  Huge!  Huge!  Huge!  —  Such a well-deserved honor!!!!
Discussion: Bumpshack.com
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David Balls / Digital Spy:
Lady GaGa, Elton John ‘to duet at Grammys’
Discussion: X17 Online
Variety:
Gibson in talks for ‘Cold Warrior’  —  ‘Lethal Weapon’ writer Shane Black is directing  —  Mel Gibson is in talks to star in Universal Pictures' spy thriller “Cold Warrior.”  —  Project reunites Gibson with “Lethal Weapon” scribe Shane Black, who is helming.
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Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Mel Gibson in talks to join ‘Cold Warrior’
Discussion: Pajiba and EW.com
Contactmusic.com:
PERRY: ‘I WANT IDOL JOB’  —  KATY PERRY had so much fun as a bitchy guest judge on AMERICAN IDOL she would quit her music career to take the job full-time.  —  The I Kissed A Girl hitmaker filmed her stint as a guest judge on the U.S. singing contest last year (09), following the departure of Paula Abdul.
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RADAR:
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Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:
OpenAI suspends early access to Sora after ~20 artists leaked access to the tool in protest of the company's treatment of creative professionals as “PR puppets”

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

Frank Connelly / Bloomberg:
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