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10:35 AM ET, February 2, 2010

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Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly Say They're Done With Television After Lost  —  Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.  Get the latest Flash player.  —  Hope you're sitting down for this, Lost fans, 'cause it's just another reason to mourn …
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Us Weekly:
Matthew Fox: I'm Quitting TV After Lost  —  When Lost wraps up this May, don't expect Matthew Fox to find himself on another TV show.  —  “I won't be doing any more television,” the star, 43, tells UsMagazine.com.  —  Fox, who starred as the eldest brother in the '90s drama Party of Five for six seasons …
X17 Online:
Avatar, The Hurt Locker And Up In The Air Top Oscar Noms  —  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have announced the nominees for the 82nd annual Academy Awards, and both Avatar and The Hurt Locker racked up a whopping 9 nominations, including Best Picture.
Discussion: Associated Press and omg!
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Vanity Fair:
It's Showtime!  —  Annie Leibovitz photographs the nine dolls on V.F.'s cover, as Evgenia Peretz explains why Anna Kendrick, Kristen Stewart, Carey Mulligan, et al. are nobody's playthings.  Plus: Go behind-the-scenes of Annie Leibovitz's photo shoot.  —  The Cupid's-bow lips …
Us Weekly:
Why Blanket Skipped Michael Jackson Grammy Tribute  —  Two of Michael Jackson's children, Prince Michael, 12, and Paris, 11, accepted their late father's Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys Sunday.  —  Where was 7-year-old Blanket?  —  Entertainment Tonight reports the boy …
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
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Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Jesse James' Daughter Allowed Calls, Not Visits, From Porn Star Mom  —  It's not exactly a loss for Jesse James—and it's not what you'd call a massive win for his porn-star ex-wife, Janine Lindemulder, either.  —  At a hearing today in the contentious custody battle between Sandra Bullock's current hubby …
Charlotte Triggs / People.com:
Gisele Bündchen Calls Baby Benjamin ‘A Little Angel’  —  Gisele Bündchen may not be getting much sleep since giving birth to her first child, Benjamin, with husband Tom Brady in December - but she doesn't mind.  —  “I haven't slept much,” the supermodel, who says she's …
Adam K. Raymond / New York Magazine:
Did ABC Already Announce the Oscar Nominations on Its Website?  —  Has ABC, the network that will air the Oscars on March 7, prematurely announced the nominations on its website?  It certainly looks that way!  A simple search of the word “oscar” on ABCNews.com brings up a long list of results titled “2010 Oscar Nominations.”
Rebecca Lopez / WFAA-TV:
Police: Novacek's wife died of self-inflicted gunshot wound  —  BURLESON — The wife of Jay Novacek, a former Dallas Cowboys tight end, was found dead Monday morning at her mother's home in Burleson.  —  Police said LeAnne Novacek died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Style Watch:
Pink Happy to Be Standing After Grammy Acrobatics  —  If you found yourself getting dizzy watching Pink's astonishing aerial acrobatics on Sunday night's 2010 Grammy Awards, you weren't alone.  —  The singer herself was a bit disoriented by the end.  —  “When I do it [on tour] …
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Snooki Nude Photos For Sale  —  It looks like the ladies from Jersey Shore can't keep their clothes on when there's a camera around!  —  RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively that nude photos AND video of Snooki are for sale and being shopped to various media outlets.
Hollywoodreporter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Olivia Wilde to star opposite Daniel Craig in ‘Cowboys and Aliens’  —  Olivia Wilde is in negotiations to star opposite Daniel Craig in the sci-fi Western “Cowboys & Aliens,” which Jon Favreau is directing for DreamWorks Studios.  —  Wilde will play a character named Ella who joins …
Lara Martin / Digital Spy:
‘The Bachelor’: Episode 5 recap  —  The remaining five women arrive in San Francisco as their road trip up the California coast comes to an end.  —  One-On-One Date: Tenley  —  Tenley meets Jake for a trolley ride to Chinatown.  She explains that she has been cautious about her feelings since …
Discussion: omg!
Donna Freydkin / USA Today:
German-born Diane Kruger revels in her ‘Inglourious’ role  —  LOS ANGELES — She's dainty and delicate, with seemingly endless legs and cheeks that can cut glass.  —  But Diane Kruger has more to offer than an impeccable sense of style.  —  Quentin Tarantino found that out when he cast …
TMZ.com:
Conan O'Brien Bucks Up for Screwed Crew  —  Conan O'Brien is shelling out his own cash to some ex-staffers who didn't get jack from that $7.5 million separation deal from NBC.  —  According to sources close to production, Conan's stagehands from “The Tonight Show” were not covered by the NBC severance plan.
Discussion: Ear Sucker
Empire News:
Will The Next Bourne Be A Prequel?  —  While we were doing the red carpet thing at last night's premiere of Invictus, we cornered Matt Damon and demanded that he tell us just what the HECK is going on with Bourne IV, following Paul Greengrass' recent departure.  What he told us will rock you to your very core:
Jordan Hoffman / UGO.com:
The Smurfs Movie Character Design: Exclusive First Look  —  We've been to the Mushroom Village and took this pic of this CG rendered blue guy.  —  What's up with Belgium?  Half of them speak French, the other half speak Flemish.  I don't even know what Flemish is, but I'm pretty sure you speak it through your nose.
Bill Zwecker / Chicago Sun Times:
Sea change for Woodses?  —  Elin said to be considering joining Tiger on private voyage  —  Tiger Woods' campaign to save his marriage is taking a new turn — out to sea.  According to a good source — close to Tiger's wife Elin Nordegren Woods — the fidelity-challenged golf superstar …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Showbiz Spy
The Smoking Gun:
Situation™ Wanted  —  Trademarks sought for valuable nickname of “Jersey Shore” mook  —  For the first time in the republic's history, government officials are being asked to grant a trademark for the nickname a man has given to his abdominal muscles, records show.
Discussion: Us Weekly and Ear Sucker
Jo Piazza / PopEater:
Bret Michaels for President?  The ‘Rock of Love’ Star Thinks It's a Good Idea  —  Bret Michaels went from hard-partying rock star in eighties hair band Poison to lovelorn reality television dating contestant on VH1's ‘Rock of Love with Bret Michaels.’  —  After three seasons Michaels …
Discussion: Ear Sucker
Us Weekly:
All-Star Lineup Arrives to Re-Record “We Are the World” for Haiti  —  We are the ones to make a brighter day, so let's start giving...  On Monday afternoon, an impressive list of stars began arriving at the Jim Henson Studios in Hollywood.  The reason for the day-after-Grammys gathering …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Michael Schneider / Variety:
Matthew Broderick headed to TV  —  Will star in Lorne Michael's sitcom ‘Beach Lane’  —  Matthew Broderick is coming to TV, signing on to star in a sitcom from Lorne Michaels and scribe Paul Simms.  —  Also on Monday, “It Takes a Village” to earn a pilot pickup at ABC; CBS gave pilot orders to …
Discussion: Movieline and Inside TV Blog
Contactmusic.com:
DEPP: ‘POLANSKI IS NOT A PREDATOR’  —  JOHNNY DEPP has come to the defence of ROMAN POLANSKI as he faces extradition to the U.S. on child sex charges - insisting the embattled director is “not a predator”.  —  The Oscar-winning filmmaker pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful sex …
Alicia Dennis / People.com:
Baby Josie Duggar's 18 Siblings Getting to Know Her Onscreen  —  Grab the popcorn!  Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar's crew of 17 kids still at home have a nightly movie date - and their preemie sister Josie is the star of the show.  —  The newest Duggar, who was born three months premature Dec. 10 …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Orlando Bloom to star in ‘Good Doctor’  —  Indie drama is described as a Hitchcockian thriller  —  Orlando Bloom is toplining “The Good Doctor,” an indie drama to which Michael Pena, Troy Garity, Courtney Ford, Taraji P. Henson, Rob Morrow and J.K. Simmons are in negotiations to co-star.
Discussion: New York Magazine and EW.com
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Should Lady Gaga Make Music With Lindsay Lohan?  —  Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images; Donato Sardella/Getty Images  —  Lindsay Lohan could be jumping onto Lady Gaga's disco stick.  —  Über-producer Rodney Jerkins says he'd like the two young ladies to hit the recording studio together.
Chicago Sun Times:
Jason Reitman in conversation  —  Jason Reitman is not only a gifted director, but a forthright and thoughtful one.  After three features ("Thank You for Smoking," “Juno” and “Up in the Air"), he has achieved, at the age of 34, firm standing on the A List.  —  He visited Chicago on Jan. 29 …
Stereogum:
Peter Gabriel Covers Bon Iver  —  The other day we heard the first sounds from Peter Gabriels' all orchestral indie rock covers LP, Scratch My Back, with his take on Arcade Fire's “My Body Is A Cage.”  True, we've turned a fine eye toward comprehensively covering this release.
Discussion: Pitchfork and Spinner
 
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William Keck / TV Guide Magazine:
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TMZ.com:
'Jersey Shore's' Angelina — Not So Fast!
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