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12:40 PM ET, February 2, 2010

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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 …
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 …
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.
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Bruce Weber / New York Times:
David Brown, Film and Stage Producer, Dies at 93  —  David Brown, an urbane New Yorker whose publishing background was the foundation of a producing career in Hollywood, with films like “The Sting,” “Jaws,” and “The Verdict,” and on Broadway, died Monday at home in Manhattan.  He was 93.
Discussion: EW.com
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Richard Natale / Variety:
Producer David Brown, 93, dies
Discussion: Gawker
Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
Matthew Broderick takes TV role  —  Actor attached to star in NBC comedy pilot ‘Beach Lane’  —  Matthew Broderick is coming to series television.  —  The actor, who had been courted by TV networks for years to headline a show, is attached to star in NBC's multicamera comedy pilot “Beach Lane,” which was given the green light Monday.
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
Matthew Broderick headed to TV
Discussion: Movieline and Inside TV Blog
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.
Hollywood Reporter:
HBO eyes biopic about anti-gay activist  —  ‘Sex and the City’ creator to direct film about Anita Bryant  —  HBO is developing a biopic of former beauty queen, singer and celebrity pitchwoman Anita Bryant, who is known mostly for her work as an anti-gay activist.
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: PopSugar and The Hollywood Gossip
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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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't! and Just Jared
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: TMZ.com, Ear Sucker and Us Weekly
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!
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] …
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 …
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.”
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.
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
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.
Mandy Stadtmiller / New York Post:
My night with a prosti-dude  —  Meet the first legal male hooker  —  Who would hire the first legal male hooker in the country?  —  A desperate spinster?  A lonely divorcee?  A New York Post reporter on undercover assignment?  —  Answer: All of the above.
Discussion: coverawards.com and Gawker
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 …
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 and Asylum
 
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Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Orlando Bloom to star in ‘Good Doctor’
Discussion: Movieline, New York Magazine and EW.com
Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
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Stereogum:
Peter Gabriel Covers Bon Iver
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William Keck / TV Guide Magazine:
Kissing Housewives  —  Desperate Housewives offers a girl-girl liplock …
Discussion: TV Fanatic and Perez Hilton
TMZ.com:
'Jersey Shore's' Angelina — Not So Fast!
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Movieline
Perez Hilton:
Pauly D Denies Teen Mom Hookup!
Discussion: RADAR and Us Weekly
Amber James / PopEater:
What You Didn't See: Best Grammy Twitter Photos
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!