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Kate Hogan / People.com:
Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon Are Having Twins!  —  Ever since Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon confirmed their pregnancy news, the world has been wondering: Is it a boy or a girl?  Maybe even multiples?  —  On Thursday, Cannon himself put rumors to rest on his radio show, telling listeners, “We are having twins.”
Us Weekly:
It's official: Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are getting ready for baby love times two!  —  On his 92.3 Now radio show Thursday, Cannon confirmed that he and Carey are expecting twins.  —  “In order for my wife and I to have our life, we need to be up front and I need to be able to share things with you and be real,” Cannon, 30, said.
Gina Serpe / E! Online:
So True?  So False?  Once and for All, Is Mariah Carey Expecting Twins?!  —  You can't always believe everything you read.  But when the rumor is as persistent and unkillable as the one about Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon expecting twins, you start to wonder if there's a reason why it so steadfastly refuses to die.
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:   Nick Cannon announces that he & Mariah Carey are expecting twins!
Alex Pappademas / GQ:
Winona Forever  —  Is it possible we will always be obsessed with Winona Ryder?  If she keeps doing films such as Black Swan, the answer is yes.  Alex Pappademas talks with our eternal crush  —  Winona Ryder has this problem, and as problems go it's pretty solidly in the first-world category …
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Zach Dionne / PopEater:
Winona Ryder, 39, Talks Aging in Hollywood, Party Memory of ‘Horrible’ Mel Gibson
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop
Doug / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Prince Harry's Secret Trysts With DC Housewife, Says Nanny  —  Playboy Prince Harry sent a chauffeur driven limousine to pick up Catherine Ommanney, the star of the Real Housewives of D.C., so the pair could enjoy a series of steamy rendezvous.  —  PHOTOS: The Sexiest Young Royals
Doug / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Teen Mom Amber Portwood Viciously Attacks Ex-Fiancé Again & Threatens His Girlfriend  —  The tumultuous relationship between Teen Mom star Amber Portwood and Gary Shirley has taken another ugly turn.  —  RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively that Portwood physically attacked Shirley …
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NY Daily News:
Infidelity rumors, hectic schedules, therapy: Scarlett Johansson, Ryan Reynolds tried but flame died  —  Scarlett Johansson donned a bikini and sought solace in sunny Jamaica from her failed marriage to Ryan Reynolds - but she's still wearing her wedding ring.
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TMZ.com:
Scarlett Johansson Vacations with Johnny Depp
Us Weekly:
David Arquette Admits He's Having a Nervous Breakdown  —  David Arquette is losing it — just ask him.  —  During another rambling, painfully honest radio appearance on the Howard Stern Show Wednesday — his third since his split from Courteney Cox — Arquette, 39, admitted he's on shaky ground indeed.
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Dahvi Shira / People.com:
David Arquette: 'I've Been Drinking A Lot'  —  David Arquette is heartbroken and has been using alcohol as a way of coping with the trauma of his recent separation from Courteney Cox, he said Wednesday.  —  During the long on-air chat with Howard Stern on his radio show Wednesday, Arquette …
New York Post:
Near-disaster at Diddy party  —  Tweet  —  Sean “Diddy” Combs threw such a hot party in the penthouse of a Manhattan hotel that guests literally set the place on fire.  —  The Fire Department was called to the London NYC on West 54th Street when the mane of a gorgeous bikini-clad model frolicking …
Discussion: Socialite Life, TMZ.com, TheGloss and Gawker
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Jett Wells / PopEater:
Model's Hair Goes Up in Flames at Diddy Album Release Party
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Allie is Wired
TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan — In Fear of Possible Stalker  —  Lindsay Lohan is afraid she's being targeted by a stalker — and the threat is so real that people at Betty Ford are taking measures to protect her ... TMZ has learned.  —  Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ Lindsay …
Kim Kardashian / Kim Kardashian videos …:
Our 2010 Family Christmas Card!  —  Every year the whole family gets together to take pics for our family Christmas card.  This year was extra special because we had a new addition to the family... little Mason!  —  We went super glam this year and each went for our own look.
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New York Post:
Co-workers at Channel 7 ‘betrayed’ by ‘rape-lie’ weather gal  —  Tweet  —  For months, weather babe Heidi Jones had convinced sympathetic colleagues at WABC/Channel 7 that she had nearly been raped while jogging in Central Park.  —  Yesterday, that compassion turned to rage when staffers …
Discussion: Bossip and Gawker
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NY Daily News:
WABC-TV's Heidi Jones suspended after filing phony cop report on Central Park attack
Discussion: PopEater
TMZ.com:
Miley Cyrus: I Was Just Having Fun  —  Miley Cyrus is telling her friends ... the bong video published by TMZ is no big deal.  —  Miley, who has taken a lot of heat since TMZ posted the story that she was smoking salvia, has been saying, she's just young and having fun ... this, according to friends in direct contact with her.
Nicki Gostin / PopEater:
Michelle Williams: Doing 'Dawson's Creek' Was ‘Like Being a Mobster’  —  Michelle Williams, the beautiful and ethereal Oscar-nominated actress, will soon be seen alongside fellow indie icon Ryan Gosling in ‘Blue Valentine,’ which had its controversial NC-17 rating overturned last week.
TMZ.com:
Diddy May Be Persona Non Grata After Hotel Fire  —  Diddy has some serious ‘splainin’ to do if he ever wants to stay at The London Hotel in NYC again.  —  Sources connected with the hotel say they are meeting today to discuss what happened inside Diddy's hotel room when a model's hair caught fire.
Discussion: CONCRETELOOP.COM and Sandra Rose
Harry Potter / New York Magazine:
Kevin Spacey Has Frank Discussion About His Sexuality, Without Quite Mentioning His Sexuality  —  Interviewing Kevin Spacey for the Daily Beast, the writer Kevin Sessums totally goes there, and flat out asks Spacey why he doesn't publicly acknowledge his homosexuality.  (Has Sessums been brushing up on his Carrie Fisher?)
Discussion: Perez Hilton and The Daily Beast
USA Today:
SAG nominees include Betty White, ‘Modern Family,’ ‘Glee’ stars  —  JoBeth Williams, who is the Screen Actors Guild Awards committee chairwoman, introduced Angie Harmon and Rosario Dawson this morning to make the SAG nominations announcement.  —  Up for Best Film ensemble:  —  Black Swan
Discussion: Us Weekly and The Huffington Post
Us Weekly:
Kim Kardashian Vows to Stay Single Through 2011  —  Kim Kardashian is planning to ring in the new year as a single woman!  —  After dating Reggie Bush, Miles Austin and Gabriel Aubry in 2010, the 30-year-old reality star says she's ready to take a breather.
Us Weekly:
Jessica Simpson Is “Happiest She's Ever Been” Prepping to Wed  —  Bride-to-be Jessica Simpson is going to have the merriest Christmas ever!  —  “This is the happiest she's been in her entire life,” her dad Joe Simpson told UsMagazine.com at Wednesday's launch party for his show The X Life.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Elise Poole / INF Daily:
First Pics - Angelina Jolie And Brad Pitt Arrive In Madrid  —  It's hard to believe that Angelina Jolie's movie, The Tourist could warrant a big premiere in every city around the world.  The buzz on the street is that the movie sorta sucks.  In fact most critics have panned the film altogether …
Discussion: X17 Online
Jeffrey Slonim / People.com:
Matt Damon Only Spanks Kids in the Movies  —  Matt Damon isn't the spanking kind of man, even though he plays one in the movies.  —  In a key scene in the new Coen Brothers Western True Grit, Damon, playing a boastful Texas Ranger, takes his costar Hailee Steinfeld - who turned 14 last week …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
TMZ.com:
Playmate Suffering from Serious Staph Infection  —  Former Playboy Playmate Donna D'Errico is in a bad spot right now — hospitalized with a VERY serious staph infection ... TMZ has learned.  —  Sources close to D'Errico tell TMZ the former Baywatch star has been infected with MRSA …
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Jessica Parker Joining 'New Year's Eve'; Halle Berry, Zac Efron in Talks  —  Sarah Jessica Parker, left, Halle Berry and Zac Efron … Sarah Jessica Parker is set to join New Line's New Year's Eve, while Halle Berry, fresh off her Golden Globe nomination for Frankie and Alice …
 
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