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9:45 AM ET, January 5, 2011

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Sara Hammel / People.com:
Taylor Swift & Jake Gyllenhaal Break Up: Source  —  Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal are starting 2011 single.  —  “They're over,” a source tells PEOPLE about the short-lived relationship.  “It ended last month.”  —  No reason was given for a split, and the stars reps didn't have immediate comment …
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Us Weekly:
Taylor and Jake: Why They Split  —  So what rhymes with Gyllenhaal?  —  Taylor Swift, 21, may be hard at work penning her next break-up ballad — sources confirm to UsMagazine.com that she and Jake Gyllenhaal, 30, have ended their brief romance.  —  “Jake reached out to her and started all of this …
Perez Hilton:
Jake Gyllenhaal & Taylor Swift Break Up!!!!!!!
Discussion: omg! and Oh No They Didn't!
People.com:
Lindsay Lohan's Lawyer Criticizes Palm Desert Police  —  Lindsay Lohan's lawyer says Palm Desert police investigators overstepped their bounds when they announced the troubled actress violated her probation.  —  “The important, yet limited, investigatory role of the police to gather facts …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, RADAR, TMZ.com and Perez Hilton
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TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan — I'll Move If It Makes Sam Happy  —  Lindsay Lohan is telling friends she had “no idea” her new badass beach house was right next door to ex-girlfriend Sam Ronson ...but she's ready to move out in order to “keep the peace.”  —  Sources close to Lindsay tell us …
Ken Lee / People.com:
Police: Lindsay Lohan Committed Battery  —  So much for Lindsay Lohan's clean start in 2011.  —  Police now assert the actress did, in fact, commit battery against a Betty Ford employee in a Dec. 12 scuffle - and plan to hand the case over to local prosecutors for review.
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Lindsay Lohan Causes Uproar In Community By Moving To Venice
Sara Hammel / People.com:
Sherri Shepherd Is Engaged  —  Sherri Shepherd has found the love she's been looking for: She's newly engaged to TV writer Lamar Sally.  —  Sally asked for her hand in marriage on Dec. 26 - and it was no ordinary proposal for the View co-host, who also hosts GSN's The Newlywed Game, her rep tells PEOPLE in a statement.
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Ann Oldenburg / USA Today:
Sherri Shepherd is engaged, planning August wedding
Kay West / People.com:
Kellie Pickler & Kyle Jacobs Have a Surprise Wedding  —  Kellie Pickler is a newlywed!  —  After a proposal on the beach last June, the “elated” country singer, 24, and Kyle Jacobs, 37, eloped, exchanging vows on Jan. 1, in a “small, intimate ceremony on a private island in the Caribbean,” her rep tells PEOPLE.
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Source: LeAnn Rimes Got a Boob Job  —  My, how she's grown!  —  A newly-engaged LeAnn Rimes flaunted a noticeably bustier figure Thursday while sporting a teeny bikini during her vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico with fiance Eddie Cibrian, 37.  —  “She recently got a boob job,” a source reveals to UsMagazine.com.
Guardian:
Gerry Rafferty obituary  —  Singer and songwriter known for Stuck in the Middle With You and Baker Street  —  The Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty, who has died aged 63 after a long illness, wrote the multimillion-selling hit Baker Street, which more than 30 years …
Discussion: Speakeasy, EW.com and Spinner
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Mike Collett-White / omg!:
“Baker Street” singer Gerry Rafferty dies, age 63
Discussion: Digital Spy and PopEater
Tim Nudd / People.com:
Meg Ryan & John Mellencamp Quietly Dating  —  The new year brings new beginnings for Meg Ryan and John Mellencamp.  —  The pair have spent time together on Martha's Vineyard and in New York City in recent days, enjoying a fresh romance just as Mellencamp has announced his separation from wife Elaine after 18 years of marriage.
Jenna Sauers / Jezebel:
Ridiculous L'Oréal Ad Stars Patrick Dempsey, Jessica Alba, Jane Fonda And Just About Everyone Else  — This new French L'Oréal ad is like celebrity spokesmodel whack-a-mole.  We spy Beyoncé, Patrick Dempsey, Jessica Alba, Freida Pinto, Claudia Schiffer, Rachel Weisz …
Discussion: Amy Grindhouse
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Shirley Halperin / Hollywood Reporter:
EXCLUSIVE: 8 Big Changes Coming to ‘American Idol’ … New judges Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler aren't the only changes in store for the 10th season of American Idol, premiering Jan. 19 on Fox.  —  Longtime American Idol reporter Shirley Halperin details the series' revamp in new issue …
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Adam B. Vary / Inside TV:
‘American Idol’ exclusive: Exec. producers say no music videos …
Brandon Voss / Advocate:
Black Beauty  —  Black Swan's Mila Kunis — whom we asked about jealousy before announcement of her split from longtime boyfriend Macaulay Culkin — recalls nude scenes with Justin Timberlake and the last time she simulated oral sex with a woman.  —  Even if you haven't seen Black Swan …
NY Daily News:
Longtime manager Bernadette Brennan cuts ties with rapper Foxy Brown, vows to sue for studio fees  —  Raunchy rapper Foxy Brown's trash talk on Twitter persuaded her long-suffering manager to dump the hip-hop queen - but not before vowing to sue her.  —  “It's always sad when an artist …
Discussion: Bossip and The Young, Black …
Rachel Quigley / Daily Mail:
Keep it in the Time Lord family: David Tennant to marry Georgia Moffett... daughter of ex-Doctor Who Peter Davison  —  Even by a Time Lord's standards, it's a fairly head-spinning concept.  —  David Tennant, the tenth Doctor Who, has become engaged to the daughter of the fifth Doctor, Peter Davison.
Vanity Fair:
Justin Bieber on His Musical Inspirations, His Fans, and Trying to Be a Regular Kid  —  New York, N.Y.— “I'm crazy, I'm nuts,” Justin Bieber tells Vanity Fair contributing editor Lisa Robinson.  “Just the way my brain works.  I'm not normal.  I think differently—my mind is always racing.
OK! Magazine:
COVER STORY: Sandra Bullock & Ryan Reynolds — Yes, They're Together!  —  There are no two people in the world more in need of a fresh start than Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock.  And on New Year's Eve, they got their wish.  It came at the end of a bad year.
Jon / Egotastic!:
Stephanie Seymour Bikini Pictures With a Taboo Twist  —  Let me make a confession: I've been in lust with Stephanie Seymour since before my family jewels even dropped.  This veteran Sports Illustrated swimsuit and Victoria's Secret model (not to mention a million other hot magazine covers …
Discussion: The Blemish
Annie Yuan / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Live to Dance’ Contestant Injured During Performance … A contestant on the new CBS talent competition program Live to Dance injured herself during her performance on the show's stage.  She fell on her head as she attempted a mid-air turn.  The fall will be televised during Live to Dance's series premiere Tuesday night on CBS.
Discussion: Gawker.TV, TheFABlife and TV Envy
New York Post:
Eva's new guy  —  Eva Longoria has quickly bounced back from her divorce heartbreak with soon-to-be ex-husband Tony Parker — into the company of Penelope Cruz's handsome little brother, Eduardo.  Longoria was spotted Christmas Eve morning walking around barefoot in her garage wearing nothing …
Discussion: Bossip and TheFABlife
omg!:
Bodyguard expected to testify against Jackson doc  —  LOS ANGELES - A bodyguard who prosecutors say was ordered by the doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death to conceal syringes and other items before calling 911 is expected to shed light on the chaotic efforts that failed to revive the King of Pop.
Discussion: Guardian
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Monsters’ Director Stomps to ‘Godzilla’ … Godzilla has a director.  —  Gareth Edwards, the British filmmaker who wrote and directed indie sci-fi movie Monsters, is closing a deal to develop and direct the creature feature for Legendary Pictures, the company that co-produced blockbusters …
 
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National Enquirer:
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From Mediagazer:

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video is in talks with veteran anchor Brian Williams to host a live Election Night special, its first entry into news-related programming

Cristiano Lima-Strong / Washington Post:
Meta will also block sharing of Ken Klippenstein's newsletter and other sources with the JD Vance dossier, citing foreign meddling and hacked materials policies

Tyler Falk / Current:
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