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Sara Hammel / People.com:
Mariah Carey Confirms World's Most-Speculated Secret: She's Pregnant!  —  It's been talked about for months now, and finally Mariah Carey has come clean: She's pregnant!  —  “Yes, we are pregnant.  This is true,” Carey, 41, said on the Today show Thursday morning as part of a sneak peek at a three-part Access Hollywood interview.
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Access Hollywood:
ACCESS EXCLUSIVE: Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon: ‘We Are Pregnant!’  —  Mariah Carey,Nick Cannon,America's Got Talent,Music,Couples,TV One,Pregnancies,TV,Billy Bush,NBC  —  After months of media speculation, Mariah Carey and husband Nick Cannon are ready to break their silence for the first time.
Us Weekly:
Mariah Carey Finally Confirms Pregnancy  —  After months of speculation, Mariah Carey has confirmed that she is pregnant.  —  She announced the big news Thursday on NBC's Today show.  —  “Yes, we are pregnant,” she said.  “It is true.”  —  She said that it has been a “long journey” …
The Scoop:
Mariah Carey confirms, ‘Yes, we are pregnant, this is true!’  —  In an exclusive interview with “Access Hollywood” host Billy Bush, Mariah Carey confirms, “yes we are pregnant, this is true!”  —  Carey told Bush — in a segment which aired on TODAY Thursday morning — that it's been a struggle to keep the news private.
PopEater:
Mariah Carey Confirms She's Expecting First Child With Nick Cannon
Discussion: Reuters and Hollybaby
omg!:   Mariah Carey Finally Confirms Pregnancy
People.com:
Billy Ray Cyrus and Wife Tish File for Divorce  —  Miley Cyrus's parents, Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus, are divorcing after 17 years of marriage, they tell PEOPLE.  —  “As you can imagine, this is a very difficult time for our family,” they say in a statement.  “We are trying to work through some personal matters.
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TMZ.com:
Miley Cyrus' Parents — The Marriage is Over  —  Miley Cyrus' parents — Billy Ray Cyrus and Tish — are calling it quits after 17 years of marriage.  —  According to People.com, the couple filed divorce docs in Tennessee yesterday — citing irreconcilable differences.
Us Weekly:
Billy Ray Cyrus Files for Divorce From Wife Tish After 17 Years
Discussion: The Marquee Blog
Charlie Sheen / TMZ.com:
Charlie Sheen's Hotel Mystery Girl — Porn Star  —  TMZ knows the identity of the woman who ended up locked in Charlie Sheen's hotel bathroom early Tuesday morning at The Plaza Hotel ... she's Capri Anderson, a 22-year-old porn star.  —  We're told Anderson, whose legal name is Christina Walsh …
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Dan Mangan / New York Post:
Charlie Sheen's mystery date during his Plaza rampage was a porn star  —  Tweet  —  The mystery woman who locked herself naked in a Plaza hotel bathroom during bad-boy actor Charlie Sheen's coke-fueled frenzy was identified yesterday as a smokin'-hot porn star from New York City.
Discussion: coverawards.com and The Scoop
Lesley Messer / People.com:
Rachel Dratch Reveals Her Son's Father  —  Rachel Dratch wasn't trying to be a Debbie Downer by keeping mum about the identity of her baby's father during her pregnancy.  She was just trying to preserve his privacy.  —  But after giving birth to son Eli Benjamin on Aug. 24 …
Us Weekly:
Camille Grammer: Kelsey Got Me to Do Housewives So He Could Cheat  —  Kelsey and Camille Grammer's marriage of 13 years was seemingly intact when Camille signed on to Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, which debuted two weeks ago on Bravo.  —  Yet this past July, as the show filmed …
The Huffington Post:
David Arquette: I Had Extramarital Sex With Multiple Women, It Made Me Cry  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … Read More: Brian Van Holt.  Brian Van Holt Courteney Cox, Courteney Cox, Courteney Cox Boyfriend, Courteney Cox Brian Van Holt, Courteney Cox Dating, David Arquette, David Arquette Affair …
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OK! Magazine:
COVER STORY: ‘Teen Mom’ Shockers — Amber Loses Leah; Maci's Taking Bentley  —  It's been more than six days since 2-year-old Leah has heard from her mother, Teen Mom star Amber Portwood — not a single visit, no quick phone call or even a simple “I love you” message since the troubled young reality star …
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Perez Hilton:
Teen Mom Loses Her Baby!
Discussion: Hollywood Life and Bumpshack.com
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Justin Timberlake Cheated on Jessica Biel With Actress Olivia Munn  —  Justin Timberlake cheated on Jessica Biel with actress Olivia Munn during a three-day fling this past September, reports the new Us Weekly (on newsstands now).  —  Timberlake, 29, and Munn, 30 …
Jennifer Arrow / E! Online:
Will Glee Newbie Hook Up With Kurt?  —  Only the good die young, which is why, when Glee's newest castmember, the adorable, amazing, articulate, smart and humane Darren Criss, joked to us that his character Blaine could possibly get killed off in some kind of surprise cyborg killing spree, we actually got a little worried.
Discussion: TV Fanatic
James Hibberd / Hollywood Reporter:
EXCLUSIVE: Mike & Molly creator slams Marie Claire's ‘fatties’ post  —  The creator of CBS' new hit comedy Mike & Molly fired back at a Marie Clarie blog post that criticized his show for starring “gross” fat people.  —  The women's magazine is facing an online firestorm about a post titled …
Us Weekly:
VIDEO: Audrina's Mom Goes on Drunken Rant After DWTS Elimination  —  No one is taking Audrina Patridge's dismissal from Dancing With the Stars harder than her own mother, Lynn.  —  After the Hills alum, 25, and her partner Tony Dovolani were eliminated Tuesday night, the Patridge family hit …
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
HBO Renews Series ‘Bored to Death’ And ‘Eastbound & Down’  —  EXCLUSIVE: HBO has renewed sophomore comedies Bored to Death and Eastbound & Down for a third season.  With drama Boardwalk Empire already picked up for Season 2, HBO has now renewed its entire current Sunday lineup.
Discussion: TV Squad and From Inside the Box
Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on ‘House,’ ‘Glee,’ ‘Bones,’ ‘Gossip Girl,’ ‘Castle,’ 'Grey's,' and more!  —  Question: Maybe I missed it, but when is your last day at EW?  And where are you going?  —Cynthia  —  Ausiello: Let me see if I can peel back the thick layer of denial long enough to type …
Discussion: TV Fanatic and New York Magazine
Daily Mail:
Birthday girl Kelly Osbourne goes for gold as she recreates iconic Goldfinger scene  —  After dramatically changing her diet and lifestyle, Kelly Osbourne is looking slimmer than ever.  —  So with the reality TV star feeling more confident with her body than ever before, Kelly has decided to bare nearly all in a new campaign.
Amy Kaufman / Los Angeles Times:
Kristen Stewart detours from ‘Twilight’ to a different kind of drama in ‘Welcome to the Rileys’  —  The media-shy actress talks about her new role as a teen runaway-turned-stripper in the movie that also stars James Gandolfini, but keeps her personal life mostly under wraps.
Discussion: Socialite Life and PopSugar
Oren Yaniv / NY Daily News:
Local steakhouse creates $100,000 version of Lady Gaga meat costume, waitress models in Meatpacking  —  Lady Gaga fans, sink your teeth into this Grade A knockoff of her famous meat dress.  —  All you need to wear this beefy, 85-pound piece of carnivore couture is $100,000 - and a lot of gumption.
Us Weekly:
PICS: Regis and Kelly Dress Up as Kardashians for Halloween  —  It's the Kardashians on Live With Regis and Kelly!  Wait, not really.  —  For the Oct. 29 Halloween episode of their show, Kelly Ripa and Regis Philbin — plus Live coworkers Art Moore and Michael Gelman — dress up as reality TV's most famous family.
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
Amber James / PopEater:
Padma Lakshmi Runs 70 Flights of Stairs Before She Hits the Gym  —  Although Padma Lakshmi gave birth to her first child in February, you'd never know it by looking at her slim physique.  The former model isn't coy about the rigorous workouts she endures to keep her figure, though …
Elizabeth Leonard / People.com:
Jessica Simpson Is Inspired by Her ‘Hottie’ Boyfriend  —  For Jessica Simpson, falling for former NFL football tight end Eric Johnson sometimes feels too good to be true.  —  “I've never really been in such a healthy relationship.  I'm like, 'Something's going to go wrong.
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Tom Cruise Courted For ‘Rock of Ages’  —  File this one under: I have no idea if he'll say yes, but it's a fun idea.  I'm told New Line has offered Tom Cruise a supporting role in Rock of Ages, the movie version of the hit Broadway musical.  Cruise has been asked to play a bartender …
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Kendra: The Real Reason I Turned Down Playboy  —  You might have seen the tabloid speculation that our pal Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett has turned down an offer to pose in Playboy for the fifth time because she was concerned about her weight.  —  That's bogus.  —  Kendra tells us the real story...
 
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: NBC's new deal with Macy's to keep the Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC and Peacock has an average annual fee of $60M+, up from ~$20M in the current deal

Brian Stelter / CNN:
As Elon Musk posts memes about buying MSNBC, sources say one liberal billionaire expressed interest in buying the channel; Comcast is not looking to sell MSNBC

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
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