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4:05 PM ET, November 29, 2010

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Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:
TOLDJA!  James Franco & Anne Hathaway To Host 83rd Annual Academy Awards  —  UPDATE: The Academy just made it official.  Press release below.  —  Oscar telecast producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer announced just now that “James Franco and Anne Hathaway personify the next generation of Hollywood icons …
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Cspargo / Hollywood Life:
James Franco & Anne Hathaway To Host Oscars — Does This Make You Want To Watch?
Gregg Kilday / Hollywood Reporter:
Anne Hathaway and James Franco to Host the Oscars
Discussion: I Watch Stuff and Pajiba
Daily Mail:
Kim Kardashian plays dead in a coffin as stars leave the web until $1m is raised for charity  —  Lying on her back in a coffin, Kim Kardashian plays dead in a new advert.  —  The reality star is promoting an internet campaign in which stars including Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake and Usher …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
....The Hell Is This?  —  This ridiculous poster of a Photoshopped Kim Kardassian striking an “I'm even sexy when I'm dead” pose is part of an ad campaign to raise awareness for World AIDS Day on December 1st, but it's really raising awareness for this waxy piece of vapid s**t.  Who poses like that in a damn coffin?
TMZ.com:
Willie Nelson — High Stakes in Weed Arrest  —  It may sound like a joke — Willie Nelson getting busted for pot — but the music legend could face some serious jail time ... and a pro pot group thinks they have a way to keep Willie out of the pokey.  —  Nelson was busted over the weekend …
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Us Weekly:
Brad, Angelina Take Pax on Parisian Cruise for 7th Bday
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Real Housewives Of Atlanta's Kim Zolciak Engaged!  —  Real Housewives Of Atlanta star Kim Zolciak is engaged to Atlanta Falcons star Kroy Biermann, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.  —  The couple - who are expecting their first baby together next year …
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
‘Spider-Man’ Takes Off, With Some Bumps  —  All $65 million of the new Broadway musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” took flight on Sunday night at its first preview performance, but not without bumps.  The show stopped five times, mostly to fix technical problems, and Act I ended prematurely …
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New York Post:
First ‘Spider-Man’ preview filled with problems
Discussion: Rolling Stone and Daily Noise Blog
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
Eva Longoria And Kathryn Morris Team For Soap At ABC, One of 3 Projects For Longoria  —  Two TV leading ladies, Desperate Housewives' Eva Longoria and former Cold Case star Kathryn Morris are behind Sendera, a Texas border town soap that is in the works at ABC.
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
Longoria's got two series, mini in development
Discussion: Perez Hilton, Pop Crunch and Just Jared
Katie Nicholl / Daily Mail:
Divorce won't stop me adopting, vows Eva Longoria
Discussion: Bossip
TMZ.com:
Leslie Nielsen Dies  —  Legendary funny man Leslie Nielsen died today of complications of pneumonia in a hospital near his home in Fort Lauderdale, this according to his agent.  He was 84.  —  His agent tells TMZ Nielsen passed surrounded by his wife and friends at about 5:34 PM ET.
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Agence France Presse:
‘Empire Strikes Back’ director Kershner dies in LA  —  PARIS — US director Irvin Kershner, renowned for making the second Star Wars film, “The Empire Strikes Back”, has died in Los Angeles, his goddaughter Adriana Santini told AFP on Monday.  He was 87 years old.
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Dave Itzkoff / ArtsBeat:
Irvin Kershner, ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Director, Dies at 87
PopEater:
Justin Bieber Gets New Haircut, Still Causes Fans to Scream  —  Justin Bieber asking his stylist to change things up can cause a seismic shift with his fans.  —  The Biebs caused hysteria among thousands of his hair-adoring followers last Friday at a New York City Barnes & Noble when he showed …
Discussion: omg! and Popbytes
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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: David Beckham Fighting New Cheating Claims, Lurid Allegations Made In Court Papers  —  David Beckham was suspected of having late night hotel trysts with multiple women behind-the-back of his Posh Spice wife Victoria, according to court papers filed by a magazine publisher being sued …
TMZ.com:
Drug Investigation on ‘Deadliest Catch’ Boat  —  The fishing boat featured on the reality show “Deadliest Catch” was the subject of a police search earlier this month after the captain called cops claiming one of the stars had been abusing drugs on board ... this according to law enforcement.
Tim Nudd / People.com:
Jason London Is Engaged  —  Dazed and confused?  Not when it comes to love.  —  Actor Jason London, best known as the ambivalent quarterback in the '70s-set high-school flick Dazed and Confused, got engaged on Saturday to his actress girlfriend Sofia Karstens, E! Online reports.
Discussion: Bumpshack.com and Backseat Cuddler
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E! Online:
Jason London Engaged to Longtime Girlfriend
Discussion: PopEater and The Hollywood Gossip
Tim Nudd / People.com:
It's a Boy for Nina Garcia!  —  Alexander, you are out!  —  Project Runway judge Nina Garcia's second son made his debut in New York City this weekend.  —  “Delighted to announce that over the wknd we welcomed 8lb13oz Alexander David Conrod into our home!”  Garcia, 45, wrote on Twitter.
TMZ.com:
Oksana to Mel: I Just Can't Quit You  —  TMZ has obtained emails sent from Oksana Grigorieva to Mel Gibson in the months following their nuclear argument on January 6 ... and she sounds very much like a woman scorned.  —  In an email sent on March 30, Oksana writes Mel, “I don't belive …
BuzzFeed:
Girl On Drugs At The Pool  —  So Miley Cyrus has been eighteen for a few days now and Hustle...  No Vader, IT'S A TRAP!  —  Jake Gyllenhaal's Penis (NSFW)  —  From a nude scene with Anne Hathaway in Love & Other Drugs .  —  More Winners →  —  partner buzz
 
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Alexis Chiu / People.com:
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Tim Nudd / People.com:
Barbara Walters Reveals Her 2010 Picks for ‘Most Fascinating People’
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DailyFill.com:
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Stuart Levine / Variety:
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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Rachel Uchitel: 'I'm A Love Addict - And It's A Real Disease'
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Marco / X17 Online:
Michael Douglas Spends The Holiday Weekend With Family At Disney World
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Daily Mail:
Want fries with that? …
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The Superficial:
Kanye West Booed at Macy's Parade
Adam Bryant / TVGuide.com:
NCIS' Michael Weatherly Set to Make His Directorial Debut
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From Mediagazer:

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
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