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Alison Schwartz / People.com:
Snooki's New Year's Eve Ball to Drop in New Jersey — Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi will drop inside a ball on New Year's Eve in a location where she has fallen before: The Jersey Shore. — Although it was reported earlier this month that the MTV reality star would ring in 2011 in New York City's Times Square …
Discussion:
Inside TV and OK! Magazine
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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 …
Discussion:
Hollywood Reporter, Pink is the New Blog, ArtsBeat, Pop Crunch, AfterElton.com, Celebrity Smack, Notorious News and I'm Not Obsessed
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.
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 …
Discussion:
Gone Hollywood, www.bricksandstonesgossip.com and Notorious News
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Judy Battista / New York Times:
Favre Is Fined $50,000 but Not Suspended
Favre Is Fined $50,000 but Not Suspended
Discussion:
Us Weekly, Celebrity Gossip …, Hollywood Dame, The Hollywood Gossip, Pop2it and Joe. My. God.
TMZ.com:
NFL Fines Brett Favre — $50,000 in Sexting Scandal
NFL Fines Brett Favre — $50,000 in Sexting Scandal
Discussion:
omg!, Digital Spy and Celebs.com
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 …
Discussion:
Cele|bitchy, TMZ.com, Hot Momma Celebrity …, E! Online, Notorious News, Perez Hilton, TV Squad, Crazy Days and Nights, Oh No They Didn't! and Hollybaby
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Amber Portwood / TMZ.com:
New ‘Teen Mom’ Audio — Gary's Cover-Up Call
New ‘Teen Mom’ Audio — Gary's Cover-Up Call
Discussion:
The Superficial and Celebrity Dirty Laundry
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:
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 …
Discussion:
Socialite Life, Notorious News, Celebrity VIP Lounge and Necole Bitchie.com
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Christine / CONCRETELOOP.COM:
TWITTER LOOP: RAZ-B CALLS OUT CHRIS BROWN, OMARION CHIMES IN
TWITTER LOOP: RAZ-B CALLS OUT CHRIS BROWN, OMARION CHIMES IN
Discussion:
TMZ.com, Celebrity Dirty Laundry, Hollywood Life and Perez Hilton
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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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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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 …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Double The Awwwwws — And here's Neil Patrick Harris and his partner David Burtka putting their double dose of BABY!!!! on display in the pages of People Magazine for all of us to coo and awww (or hiss at if you've tested positive for a slobber allergy) at!
Discussion:
Seriously? OMG! and Oh No They Didn't!
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, Gone Hollywood and Famecrawler
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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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?
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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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 …
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 …
Discussion:
The Huffington Post, Splash Page, io9, AceShowBiz.com, Oh No They Didn't! and Bleeding Cool Comic Book …
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.