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7:30 AM ET, January 29, 2010

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PEOPLE TV Watch:
EXCLUSIVE: Samantha Harris Leaving Dancing with the Stars  —  Samantha Harris has left the ballroom!  —  The Dancing With the Stars co-host will not return to ABC's celebrity dance competition when it returns for its tenth season on March 22.  Harris, who has co-hosted with Tom Bergeron …
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Us Weekly:
Samantha Harris Leaves Dancing with the Stars
TMZ.com:
Michael Lohan Arrested — More Phoney Baloney  —  Michael Lohan was arrested again today after another incident involving his ex girlfriend Erin Muller — and once again, the phone is the central issue.  —  According to Erin's attorney Bryan Konoski, Lindsay Lohan's father allegedly called Erin …
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PopEater:
Michael Lohan Gets Arrested ... Again  —  The new year of 2010 is starting out a lot like 2009 ended for Michael Lohan, as the father of Lindsay found himself in handcuffs once again thanks to his proclivity for phoning his ex-girlfriend.  Lohan was arrested and charged with criminal contempt …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
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 …
Tempo / The Watcher:
Jay Leno tells his side of the story on Oprah  —  Screen shot of Oprah Winfrey's interview with Jay Leno.  —  Jay Leno appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” this morning to tell his side of the story in the recent late-night war.  —  Leno's been castigated for appearing unfeeling …
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PopEater:
On Oprah, Jay Leno Denies Taking Conan's Dream Job
Discussion: Amy Grindhouse
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Leno on Oprah: “I Was Devastated” to Lose The Tonight Show
Discussion: TMZ.com
Charlotte Triggs / People.com:
Gisele Bündchen: I Had a Water Birth  —  Only weeks after giving birth to baby Benjamin, Gisele Bündchen is already back to work - and looking hot as ever.  —  On Jan. 25, the supermodel was shooting a campaign for Brazilian fashion label Colicci in Boston, where she was visited …
Conrad Murray / TMZ.com:
Michael Jackson - Dr. Murray Set to be Charged  —  The D.A. is ready to charge Dr. Conrad Murray in the death of Michael Jackson ...multiple law enforcement sources tell TMZ.  —  Our sources tell TMZ members of the D.A.'s office — including Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
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Alan Duke / CNN:
Jackson's children to take stage
Discussion: Allie Is Wired
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.
Dave Itzkoff / ArtsBeat:
J.D. Salinger, 91, Is Dead  —  Update |  1:41 p.m. J.D. Salinger, the elusive and enigmatic author of “The Catcher in the Rye,” has died.  He was 91 and lived in Cornish, N.H.  —  Mr. Salinger's literary representative, Harold Ober Associates, announced the death, saying it was of natural causes.
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Perez Hilton:
The World Gets Another Dose Of Taylor Swift and Kanye West
Discussion: omg!
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Snooki Wants Her Own Show; Jersey Shore Negotiations Wrapping Up  —  Snooki is ready to break loose from the Jersey Shore!  —  We already know that she's ready for action, and can take a punch, now her agent tells RadarOnline.com that she would love a spinoff if MTV thinks it's a good idea.
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VMAN:
HOW TO GO SOLO  —  FOR NICK JONAS, THINGS ARE GOING WELL.  HE'S SOLD A BAJILLION JO BROS RECORDS, SPENT HIS TEEN YEARS FENDING OFF FANS, AND DATED MILEY CYRUS.  NOW ALL HE WANTS IS THE WORLD TO TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY  —  PHOTOGRAPHY MARIO TESTINO STYLING CLARE RICHARDSON  —  JACK AND T-SHIRT DOLCE & GABBANA
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.
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.
Wyntermitchell / Hollywood Life:
EXCLUSIVE!  Lindsay Lohan Is Going Topless in Her New Movie, ‘Machete’  —  We don't know if this is the best kind of comeback role, Lindsay, but at least you'll certainly have everyone talking!  —  Lindsay Lohan is about to let it all hang out in her latest film role - and we're not talking about her emotions, either.
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.
K.C. Baker / People.com:
Rihanna's Pal Jasmina Anema Succumbs to Leukemia  —  Jasmina Anema, the spunky 6-year-old Manhattan girl who captured the hearts of President Obama, Rihanna and others with her courageous fight against leukemia, has died.  —  “Today, January 27, at 10:55 p.m., Jasmina lost her fight against leukemia …
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 …
Chris Johnson / Daily Mail:
‘I fit into same dress size as Jennifer Lopez,’ says Victoria Beckham as she poses in his and hers cover shoot with David  —  Victoria Beckham may be famous for her stick-thin frame.  —  But while it may come as a surprise, the mother-of-three has revealed she fits into the same dress size as the curvaceous Jennifer Lopez.
Georgina Littlejohn / Daily Mail:
Hair dye disaster for Kate Moss as she reveals greying locks at handbag launch  —  Either the old lady look is in this season or Kate Moss's stylist has been clumsy with her highlights.  —  The supermodel was sporting what looked like grey streaks in her blonde hair as she launched a range of handbags in Paris yesterday.
TMZ.com:
Jesse James Phones in Dog Search Experts  —  Jesse James has unleashed the professionals for an assist in the search for his missing dog Cinnabun.  —  We're told Jesse has hooked up with the same dog search service that tried in vain to find Jessica Simpson's pooch after it was snatched up by a coyote last year — FindToto.com.
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Amazon joins the Motion Picture Association, after a long courtship; the lobbying group's other members are Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Universal, and WBD

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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