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9:50 AM ET, December 30, 2010

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Judy Battista / New York Times:
Favre Is Fined $50,000 but Not Suspended  —  Brett Favre, the Minnesota Vikings quarterback whose 20-year career is likely to end after this weekend, was fined $50,000 by the National Football League Wednesday for failing to cooperate with the league's investigation into graphic photos …
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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 …
TMZ.com:
NFL Fines Brett Favre — $50,000 in Sexting Scandal
Discussion: Digital Spy and Celebs.com
The Superficial:
Brett Favre Will Be Fined For Penis Photos
Discussion: Girls Talkin Smack and Fox Sports
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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The Huffington Post:
Rupert Everett Calls Hollywood Conservative And Homophobic …
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.
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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 …
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
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TMZ.com:
Children Services Visits ‘Teen Mom’ Victim
Doug / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Child Services Brings Daughter Back To Teen Mom Amber Portwood
Discussion: TMZ.com, Starcasm and Examiner
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?
Associated Press:
Isabella Caro, model in anti-anorexia campaign, dies  —  PARIS (AP) — Isabelle Caro, a French actress and model whose anorexic image appeared in a shock Italian ad campaign, has died at the age of 28.  —  Her longtime acting instructor, Daniele Dubreuil-Prevot, told the Associated Press …
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Sara Hammel / People.com:
French Model Who Suffered from Anorexia Dies at 28
Discussion: Bumpshack.com
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 …
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.
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
Doug / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Girls Gone Wild Joe Francis' Wife Moved Out, Says Source  —  Less than two months after Joe Francis and long-term girlfriend Christina McLarty married in a civil ceremony at his luxurious Mexican retreat, the pair have split, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.
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omg!:
Joe Francis, Wife Separate After Seven Weeks of Marriage
Discussion: Bumpshack.com and Gabby Babble
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
Discussion: Perez Hilton
RADAR:
Khloe Kardashian & Hubby Getting Their Own Reality TV Show  —  It should come as no surprise that the most outspoken Kardashian, Khloe, is branching out from her family and getting her own reality-TV show with hubby Lamar Odom that will focus on their life together as a married couple.
Jo Piazza / PopEater:
What's Up With All The Holiday Engagements?  —  Was there something in the water this holiday season?  Was Jared having an extra great sale on diamonds in the greater Los Angeles area, or is love simply winning over all the hardened hearts of tinsel town?  —  Whatever it is …
Discussion: Hollywood Life
Jamie Schram / New York Post:
Swimsuit designer Sylvie Cachay's death ruled a homicide  —  The city Medical Examiner's Office has officially ruled today that swimsuit designer Sylvie Cachay was murdered at the Soho House earlier this month.  —  Cachay, 33, was found partially clothed in the bathtub in her room at the swanky hotel on Ninth Avenue early on Dec. 9.
Discussion: Bossip and Gawker
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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Doug / RADAR:
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Is this rapper T.I. naked?
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JillS / tooFab.com:
“Bad Girls Club” Member Gets Engaged!
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Jeff Sneider / The Wrap:
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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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