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11:45 AM ET, December 30, 2010

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Sara Hammel / People.com:
Brett Favre Fined $50,000 for Failing to Cooperate in Photo Scandal Investigation  —  Brett Favre, who was accused in October of sending graphic photos and sexy text messages to a female Jets employee in 2008, was let off the hook by the National Football League Wednesday …
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TMZ.com:
NFL Fines Brett Favre — $50,000 in Sexting Scandal
Discussion: omg!, Digital Spy and Celebs.com
The Superficial:
Brett Favre Will Be Fined For Penis Photos
Discussion: Girls Talkin Smack and Fox Sports
TMZ.com:
Snooki's Ball to Drop at Jersey Shore  —  Snooki's going down in a familiar place on New Year's Eve — TMZ has learned her ball drop will happen on the Jersey shore instead of Times Square.  —  The giant ball (pictured above) — with a lit “Snooki” sign attached — just showed up in Seaside Heights …
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Rob Shuter / PopEater:
Snooki ‘Hamster’ Stunt Banned From Times Square on New Year's Eve?  —  ‘Jersey Shore’ star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is looking for another way to ring in the New Year now that her plan to spend the festivities in a glass ball (think hamster toy) has been banned from the Times Square area on Dec. 31, sources reveal.
Doug / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: J.Lo's Husband Marc Anthony Hit With $3.4M In Unpaid Tax Bills  —  The husband of superstar Jennifer Lopez has been slapped with demands for $1.8 million in unpaid taxes, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.  —  PHOTOS: J.Lo & Family Celebrate Her Birthday In Cabo
TMZ.com:
Kim Kardashian Locks Down Kanye for Music Video  —  Kanye West teamed up with Kim Kardashian and Hype Williams for a music video shoot in L.A. yesterday — but it wasn't for his own album ... it was all for Kim's upcoming single.  —  Sources connected to the video tell us ... Hype …
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Just Jared:
Kim Kardashian Music Video Will Feature Kanye West
Discussion: Idolator.com and Toya's World
Chloe Melas / Hollywood Life:
‘Teen Mom’ Amber Portwood Tells Judge Her MTV Salary Is $280,000 A Year — Is It Too Much?  —  After 24 hours in jail, a judge orders Amber to appear in court and reveal what MTV pays her — and it's much more than anyone thought!  —  It appears Amber Portwood is taking home some pretty major bucks …
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Doug / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Child Services Brings Daughter Back To Teen Mom Amber Portwood
Discussion: PopEater, TMZ.com, Examiner and Starcasm
TMZ.com:
Children Services Visits ‘Teen Mom’ Victim
Discussion: Pop2it and In Case You Didn't Know
TMZ.com:
Teen Mom's BF — Can I Drop ‘No Contact’ Order?
TMZ.com:
Chris Brown — Racial, Gay Slurs in Twitter Feud  —  So much for anger management ... Chris Brown just unloaded an offensive, scathing Twitter attack on a former member of the R&B group B2K ... and it had to do with comments about Rihanna.  —  Brown got into it with singer Raz B …
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Christine / CONCRETELOOP.COM:
TWITTER LOOP: RAZ-B CALLS OUT CHRIS BROWN, OMARION CHIMES IN
Us Weekly:
Rupert Everett Bashes Jennifer Aniston's “Tasteless” Career  —  Rupert Everett isn't a fan of The Bounty Hunter.  Or The Switch.  Or pretty much anything else Jennifer Aniston has starred in.  —  During an interview with BBC Radio 4, the 51-year-old British actor claimed that no matter …
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PopWatch:
This Week's Cover: The Oscar Race is On!  —  Natalie Portman took her fans by surprise this week with a big announcement: She's pregnant and engaged to marry her Black Swan choreographer, Benjamin Millepied.  But that's hardly the only excitement she's got coming in the new year.
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The Huffington Post:
Natalie Portman On ‘Black Swan’: ‘I Thought I Was Going To Die’
Discussion: TheFABlife and PopBytes
Jett Wells / PopEater:   Natalie Portman Thought She Was ‘Going to Die’ on ‘Black Swan’ Set
Alexis Chiu / People.com:
Candace Cameron Bure Reveals Her Battle with Bulimia  —  As a child star of the hit series Full House, Candace Cameron Bure had to weather life's most awkward stages - baby fat and all - on national television.  —  Now 34, she's never been in better shape.  Her secret?
Sara Hammel / People.com:
French Model Who Suffered from Anorexia Dies at 28  —  French model and actress Isabelle Caro, whose anorexia-ravaged body was featured in a shocking 2007 advertising campaign, has died.  —  The young woman's acting coach, Daniele Dubreuil-Prevot, revealed Caro died on Nov. 17, at the age of 28, according to reports.
Discussion: Bumpshack.com
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Associated Press:
Isabella Caro, model in anti-anorexia campaign, dies
TMZ.com:
David Beckham: I Did Not Have Sex With That Prostitute  —  David Beckham swears under oath, he never had sex with the prostitute who claims she had a threesome with him in 2007.  —  Beckham filed a declaration in his $25 million lawsuit against Irma Nici and the publishers of “In Touch Weekly,” which ran the story.
Discussion: X17 Online, Us Weekly and Famecrawler
Perez Hilton:
NPH Wants To Setup A Playdate With Elton John's Kiddie  —  Neil Patrick Harris ain't the only famous papa of twins anymore.  —  Upon hearing the news that Sir Elton John and David Furnish had a baby boy via surogate, similar to how Neil and his partner welcomed their twins …
Discussion: X17 Online
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People.com:
Elizabeth Hurley: Elton John Will Be a ‘Wonderful’ Dad
Discussion: Us Weekly
TMZ.com:
Nicole Richie — Officially a Free Woman!!!  —  Nicole Richie's probation was terminated this morning — months before it was scheduled to end ... TMZ has learned.  —  Nicole was on probation for a DUI in 2006, where she was driving the wrong way on an L.A. freeway.
Julie Jordan / People.com:
Neil Patrick Harris & David Burtka: Thrilled to Be Raising Twins  —  It's double diaper duty and sleepless nights for How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris and actor/chef David Burtka - but the couple wouldn't have it any other way.  —  “Everyone says that it's such a blur after it happens …
Jeff Sneider / The Wrap:
Exclusive: Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye Will Cameo in ‘Thor’  —  Everyone knows that Jeremy Renner will play Hawkeye in Joss Whedon's “The Avengers,” but that's not the first time we'll see the Oscar-nominated “Hurt Locker” star drawing the bow and arrow.  —  Renner will first appear as Hawkeye …
Ben Todd / Daily Mail:
Keep it under your hat but Gordon Ramsay's had a £30,000 hair transplant  —  Take a vicious and very public family feud, mix in a large helping of financial woes, and you have the perfect recipe for Gordon Ramsay tearing his hair out.  —  So it should perhaps come as ­little ­surprise …
 
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‘Spider-Man’ Actor Leaves ICU For Rehab Center
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Tara Lamont-Djite / The Fashion Spot:
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Jo Piazza / PopEater:
What's Up With All The Holiday Engagements?
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Jamie Schram / New York Post:
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Carlton Banks / Tabloid Prodigy:
Is this rapper T.I. naked?
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JillS / tooFab.com:
“Bad Girls Club” Member Gets Engaged!
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Joe Francis, Wife Separate After Seven Weeks of Marriage
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TMZ.com:
Teena Marie 911 — ‘My Mom Is Dead’
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PopEater:
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From Mediagazer:

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: CVC Capital Partners and a major European broadcaster, thought to be France's Groupe TF1, are among those considering a takeover of the UK's ITV

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

 
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