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7:05 AM ET, January 12, 2011

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Maureen O'Connor / Gawker:
Stephanie Seymour's Son Responds: You're All Gross  —  Last week, pictures of Stephanie Seymour frolicking in the ocean with her 18-year-old son set the blogosphere aflame.  Now, Peter Brant II takes a break from high school to put all of us—and our celebrity industrial complex—to shame.
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The Superficial:
Stephanie Seymour's Son: 'I'm Gay, You Idiots'  —  That still doesn't explain this.  —  When photos of Stephanie Seymour and her son Peter Brant II hit the Internet, almost everyone was mesmerized by the fact she's still got it to the point where she gives her own son a boner.
Discussion: Hollywood Rag
Queerty:
Stephanie Seymour's Gay Son Peter Brant II Insists 'Intimate …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't! and Celebs.com
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Sister, Sister's Tia Mowry Is Pregnant!  —  Mother, mother!  —  Sister, Sister star Tia Mowry will soon be a mom.  —  Mowry — who acted opposite her identical twin, Tamera, on the '90s sitcom and now stars on BET's The Game — iis due July 3, her rep confirms exclusively in the new Us Weekly, out Wednesday.
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Sara Hammel / People.com:
Sister, Sister Star Tia Mowry Is Pregnant
Discussion: Hollybaby
TMZ.com:
Charlie Sheen — MIA in Las Vegas  —  Charlie Sheen is supposed to be on the set of “Two and a Half Men” at 10 AM PT ... exactly 2 hours from the time this story was posted.  But TMZ has learned he's still in Las Vegas.  —  TMZ broke the story ... Charlie was on a bender over the weekend …
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
WBTV & CBS Fight To “Save” Charlie Sheen  —  UPDATE 11:20AM: Charlie Sheen has just arrived on the set of Two and a Half Men.  —  PREVIOUS: As Warner Bros TV and CBS nervously await to see if Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen will show up for work today after his weekend binge in Las Vegas …
TMZ.com:
Charlie Sheen on the Set — Like Nothing Happened  —  TMZ has learned Charlie Sheen is back on the set of “Two and a Half Men” and is showing absolutely no sign he went on a major bender this weekend.  —  One source connected with the show tells TMZ, “He has the constitution of an ox,” …
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
EXCLUSIVE: Shortlist of Actresses Vying for Next Batman Film  —  Christopher Nolan is looking at some of Hollywood's leading actresses — as well as a few emerging talents — for major female roles in The Dark Knight Rises, his next Batman film.  —  Sources tell Heat Vision that Keira Knightley …
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Matt Goldberg / Collider:
RUMOR: THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Casting Info, Shooting Dates, and Design Details for the New Batmobile and Batcave [UPDATED]  —  Today, we've been sent three very interesting rumors concerning Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises.  Before we go into what we were sent …
TMZ.com:
‘Green Hornet’ Star — Thrown In Jail  —  Edward Furlong is currently in jail, after a judge ruled he violated a domestic restraining order.  —  Furlong — who starred in “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” and the new “The Green Hornet” flick — was handcuffed in court at around 11:30 AM and taken to jail.
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Rebecca Macatee / PopEater:
‘Green Hornet’ Star Edward Furlong in Jail After Violating Restraining Order  —  Edward Furlong, who has had roles in ‘Terminator 2’ and most recently ‘The Green Hornet’, alongside Seth Rogan, has gone from the big screen to behind bars.  —  According to MSNBC, the actor, 33 …
Discussion: msnbc.com and Right Celebrity
Katherine Danks / HeraldSun:
Petite Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom have big bundle of joy, boy weighs nearly 10 pounds  —  (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) Source: Getty Images  —  SHE'S only tiny - and hubby Orlando Bloom is no man mountain either - but supermodel Miranda Kerr has given birth to a super-sized baby boy.
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Us Weekly:
Miranda Kerr's Baby Boy Weighs Almost 10 Pounds!
Discussion: Bumpshack.com and Hollywood Dame
PopEater:
‘Ozzie and Harriet’ Star David Nelson Dies  —  David Nelson, who co-starred with his parents and little brother Rick on the popular television show ‘The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet,’ has died after battling complications of colon cancer, a family spokesman told the Associated Press.  He was 74.
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Hollywood Reporter:
David Nelson, Last Surviving Member of ‘Ozzie and Harriet’ Family, Dies at 74
Discussion: TV Squad
Rebecca Macatee / PopEater:
Dr. Conrad Murray's Medical License Suspended, Ordered to Stand Trial Over Michael Jackson's Death  —  Conrad Murray, the physician accused of injecting Michael Jackson with a lethal amount of sedatives, was ordered to stand trial on a count of involuntary manslaughter.
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TMZ.com:
Bellamy Brothers: Britney Spears Ripped Off Our Song!  —  It sure sounded familiar when Britney Spears released it, but The Bellamy Brothers now claim Britney blatantly ripped off their song, “If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body, Would You Hold It Against Me.”
TMZ.com:
Ted Williams Detained By LAPD  —  Ted Williams — the homeless man with the golden voice — was detained by LAPD last night after getting into a shouting match with one of his daughters.  —  It went down at the Renaissance Hotel in Hollywood — where Ted and his daughter got into it so loudly ... a hotel employee called the cops.
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Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:
Ted Williams, homeless man with golden voice, detained by LAPD …
Rob Shuter / PopEater:
Teresa Giudice Doesn't Want Daughters to End Up Like the ‘Jersey Shore’ Kids  —  A sold-out crowd got schooled by ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ star Teresa Giudice at the Learning Annex in NYC on Monday, and seeing as I was moderating, you know I wasn't going to just talk business.
Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:
Taylor Lautner Making 8-Figures Per Movie; Will Produce & Star In 2 Studio Tentpoles During 2011; Now Casting His Love Interest  —  EXCLUSIVE: I've learned that the Taylor Lautner juggernaut continues in Hollywood as this 18-year-old Twilight Saga action star and teen heartthrob just keeps booking movie after movie.
Ulrica Wihlborg / People.com:
Jewel & Ty Murray: We're Having a Baby  —  It was on the first day of her job as the co-host of Bravo's upcoming new reality show Going Platinum that Jewel received the happy news.  —  “I took a pregnancy test and it was positive!” the singer, 36, tells PEOPLE.  “It was so hard to keep it a secret.
Meaghan Murphy / entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com:
Should Maxim's Olivia Munn cover be shelved with Playboy and Penthouse?  —  Olivia Munn in the February issue of Maxim.  (Maxim)  —  Maxim, the bawdy men's magazine, isn't exactly known for the modesty of its cover subjects.  But at least one observer says that the February issue featuring …
Discussion: The Blemish and Asylum
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WHY DOES ALL OF HOLLYWOOD WANT A PIECE OF THE SOCIAL NETWORK'S ANDREW GARFIELD?  —  THE BREAKOUT STAR OF 2010'S DEFINING MOVIE IS THE NEW BIG-SCREEN SPIDER-MAN AND IS HURTLING TOWARD THE A-LIST.  YET THE 27-YEAR-OLD BRIT IS STILL LOATH TO LEAVE BEHIND THE LIFE OF A STRUGGLING ACTOR WHO PUKES BEFORE BIG AUDITIONS.
Erin Carlson / omg! on Yahoo!:
Rooney Mara Channels Lisbeth Salander  —  Call her the Daniel-Day Lewis of rising young starlets: Rooney Mara stays in character, whether or not she's on set.  —  The actress — chosen to portray fictional icon Lisbeth Salander in the American movie adaptation of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Perez Hilton:
Britney Spears WILL Perform At The Grammy Awards!  —  Sources reveal exclusively to PerezHilton.com that Britney Spears will be performing at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 13th.  —  Wow!  Wow!  Wow!  —  We're shocked!  We didn't expect her to do much promo for this new album!
Us Weekly:
Pregnant Rachel Zoe Reveals Gender of Her Baby!  —  Bananas, it's a boy!  —  Pregnant celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe has finally confirmed the gender of her baby.  In an interview with Women's Wear Daily, she lets a telling pronoun slip.  Patting her stomach, Zoe, 39, says, “It all depends on his arrival.”
Us Weekly:
Source: Jersey Shore's Sammi and Ronnie Call It Quits  —  Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola and Ronnie Magro are finito.  —  “They are done,” a source close to the Jersey Shore duo tells Usmagazine.com, adding, there was “major tension” between them as they promoted the MTV hit's third season.
Cristina Gibson / E! Online:
Why Did Mark Wahlberg Quit Smoking Weed?  —  Mark Wahlberg wants you to know that he's no longer smoking marijuana.  —  When he accepted Variety's Indie Impact Award during the Palm Springs Film Festival on Sunday, he joked that the trophy resembled a bong.
Discussion: Dlisted
Michael K / Dlisted:
It's Chrissy, Bitch (Again)  —  No Brit Brit comeback would be complete without any appearance by her most famous and loyal fan: CHRISSY CROCKER (The “Leave Britney Aloooooone” Dude for those of you who don't f**k with names)!!  As Brit Brit's new song rises up the charts like your cholesterol …
Discussion: Hollywood Rag
Kaja Whitehouse / New York Post:
50 Cent millions  —  Rapper 50 Cent made $8.7 million yesterday — by tweeting.  —  The 35-year-old celeb, aka Curtis Jackson, helped pop the shares of a no-name penny stock company he's invested in by 290 percent yesterday after chatting it up this weekend on Twitter, the social-networking site.
Tim Nudd / People.com:
Natalie Portman Happy to Be Going from ‘Skinny’ to ‘Fat’  —  Natalie Portman got super thin for Black Swan.  Now, she's headed in the opposite direction - happily so - as a mom-to-be.  —  “I told [director] Darren [Aronofsky], I was like, 'First you got me skinny, and now you're getting my fat …
Discussion: Us Weekly
Extra:
Kim Kardashian on Bigger Lips: ‘I Have the Flu’  —  Reality TV star Kim Kardashian talked to “Extra” about a recent rumor that she had lip enhancement.  Yup, we went straight to the mouth that roared.  “That's not true.  Trust me, I've tried Botox on the show,” Kardashian confessed to …
Discussion: Us Weekly
 
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