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5:25 PM ET, January 20, 2011

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People.com:
Jesse James & Kat Von D Are Engaged  —  Start your engines.  Motorcycle king Jesse James and tattoo artist Kat Von D are going to be married.  —  “You know sometimes the public and press gets it wrong.  This is one of those times.  2010 was actually the best year of my life because I fell in love with my best friend.
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Kay West / People.com:
Taylor Swift & Jake Gyllenhaal: Back Together Again?  —  Is Taylor Swift giving Jake Gyllenhaal another chance?  —  The two stars, whose brief relationship fizzled in December, arrived quietly together on Wednesday at Bound'ry, a restaurant near Swift's Nashville condo …
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Jessica / INF Daily:   Camilla Belle Isn't Date Jake Gyllenhaal; Dances With Mario Lopez Instead
Star:
Exclusive: Ke$ha's Big Lie  —  TiK ToK, TiK ToK: It was only a matter of time until Ke$ha's big lie about the identity of her father caught up with her!  —  In the Jan. 31 issue of Star, on sale now, we exclusively reveal that the pop singer is rewriting her family history …
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Halle Berry's Screaming Fits At Ex Gabriel Aubrey, He Believes She's Hired PI  —  Don't believe all those reports that everything is peachy between ex-couple Gabriel Aubry and Halle Berry — the reality is far from it.  —  A source tells RadarOnline.com exclusively that Gabriel …
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Michael K / Dlisted:   Halle Berry And Gabriel Aubry Are At War
X17 Online:
American Idol's Ratings Take A Dip, But We Loved J Lo And Steven Tyler Last Night!  —  image courtesy of FOX A whopping 26.1 million Americans tuned in for the 10th season premiere of American Idol last night, and while that seems like an impressive number, the show is actually down 13 percent …
Discussion: Fan Fare, PopEater, omg! and Digital Spy
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Jim Farber / NY Daily News:
‘American Idol’ judges Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez shy away …
Ken Levine / The Huffington Post:
American Idol: Season 10 Debut
Discussion: Hollywood Life
James Hibberd / Inside TV:
‘American Idol’ premiere ratings: Biggest drop yet
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
A Racy Show With Teenagers Steps Back From a Boundary  —  MTV executives have a new hit drama on their hands, featuring the sexual and drug-fueled exploits of misfit teenagers.  They also have something else — a fear that coming episodes of the show may break the law.
PopWatch:
This week's cover: How ‘Glee’ is leading TV's gay-teen revolution  —  Gay teens are suddenly popping up in major roles all over television, with Glee's popular pairing of Kurt (Chris Colfer) and Blaine (Darren Criss) leading the way.  How did gay teens go from marginalized outcasts …
Kim Kardashian / Kim Kardashian videos …:
To All Young Girls Out There...  While I was at the Today Show this morning I saw a story about a Memphis high school where 90 young female students were either pregnant or have given birth this year!  I just couldn't believe this and I find it so sad and disturbing.
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Us Weekly:
Kim Kardashian Slams Teen Mom Phenom
Discussion: HollywoodNews.com
Sarah Cristobal / StyleList:
New Lady Gaga Song & House of Mugler Short Film [FULL VIDEO]  —  Club kids, beware: Lady Gaga's new bass-pumping anthem will have you hitting the dance floor in a matter of mere beats.  View the video above to listen to the pop queen's newest song, in a short, somewhat shocking and amazing film …
The Superficial:
Macaulay Culkin Knows How to Handle a Break-Up  —  Despite Michael Jackson touching him in places that can only be pointed out on a teddy bear, Macaulay Culkin seems to be handling his break-up from Mila Kunis, along with the fact she was blind the entire time, surprisingly well.
Discussion: Celebrity Gossip … and BuzzFeed
Stephanie / X17 Online:
Britney Spears Premieres Fierce New Look For Hold It Against Me Music Video  —  Courtesy: Shane and Falguni Peacock Britney is back!  A sketch from one of Ms. Spears' new looks for the highly anticipated Hold It Against Me music video has just been revealed, and it has us drooling!
Discussion: PoorBritney.com
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Celebslam:
Mila Kunis doing her best Britney Spears impression …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
EXCLUSIVE: Robert Downey Jr. Out of ‘Oz,’ Johnny Depp to Take Over?  —  Robert Downey Jr. has fallen out of Oz, the Great and Powerful, Disney's prequel-ish take on The Wizard of Oz tale, and the studio is in discussions with Johnny Depp to step into the great wizard's robe.
TMZ.com:
Oksana's Ex-Bodyguard Sides With Mel Gibson  —  The person who knows more about Oksana Grigorieva's claims against Mel Gibson than anyone tells TMZ ... Oksana is grossly exaggerating or downright lying about the alleged domestic violence incident.  —  Kristian Herzog — who served …
TMZ.com:
Octomom's Baby-Whipping Bondage — THE VIDEO!!!  —  PREPARE TO NEVER SLEEP AGAIN — TMZ has obtained VIDEO FOOTAGE of Octomom whipping the bejesus out of that fully grown man ... the only time you'll ever hear her say, “Do you want it harder?!?!”  —  It's not so bad once you get used …
FRANNY-GLASS:
Guess what I found while browsing Gettyimages for “volunteer” photos.  I wonder how long ago this was.  She looks like she could be in her early 20's.
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
ABC's 'Charlie's Angels' Casts First Angel  —  EXCLUSIVE: Meet the first new Charlie's angel: I hear General Hospital co-star Annie Ilonzeh has landed one of the 3 leads in ABC's Charlie's Angels pilot.  The project, from Sony Pictures TV and Drew Barrymore's Flower Films …
TMZ.com:
‘Survivor’ Winner Jailed - Under the Influence  —  Judson Birza, the winner of “Survivor,” season 21 in Nicaragua, was arrested Wednesday afternoon on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance ... TMZ has learned.  —  Law enforcement sources tell us cops noticed Birza at around noon.
Andrew Stewart / Variety:
Will Smith, Sony exploring ‘Annie’ redux  —  Thesp's daughter Willow would star in pic  —  In his latest keep-it-in-the-family move, Will Smith is exploring with Sony the potential for a remake of the musical “Annie,” with daughter Willow as the star, sources say.
Us Weekly:
Cameron Diaz: “I Bought Weed” From Snoop Dogg  —  Katy Perry isn't the only “California Gurl” hanging out with Snoop Dogg — Cameron Diaz says she and the rapper go way back.  —  “We went to high school together,” the Bad Teacher actress, 38, said of her fellow Long Beach Polytechnic High School alum, 39, on Wednesday's Lopez Tonight.
Roger Ebert / Roger Ebert's Journal:
Leading with my chin  —  After surgery, I studiously avoided looking at myself in a mirror.  In my mind my face was still whole.  This was not the case, and one day in the hospital Dr. David J. Reisberg came to visit.  He was a professor of craniofacial medicine at the University of Illinois in Chicago …
Discussion: Neatorama
Danger Guerrero / FilmDrunk:
This Will Haunt You.  —  Much has been made of Natalie Portman's dorky laugh from the Golden Globes last weekend.  It was discussed in real time on Twitter, and the next day on blogs everywhere.  Then someone created an 8 second loop of the laugh, and posted it on YouTube.
Jay A. Fernandez / Hollywood Reporter:
Jennifer Lawrence on Being Painted Naked Daily for ‘X-Men: First Class’ … As if some of us here at Heat Vision don't already spend enough time fantasizing about becoming superheroes or working on the productions of our favorite comics adaptations, here's a fun little anecdote from the set of X-Men: First Class.
Michael Lewittes / Gossip Cop:
Katie Holmes in “Drug Shocker”?  —  “Katie Drug Shocker!” blares the cover of this week's Star magazine about Katie Holmes.  —  That's one explosive claim.  —  According to the weekly, Holmes is addicted to a Scientology treatment that has “an effect similar to heroin!”
TMZ.com:
George Clooney — I Caught Malaria in Sudan  —  George Clooney had a rough start to 2011 — the actor says he caught Malaria during a trip to Sudan earlier this month.  —  Clooney made the revelation to Piers Morgan ... and has since fully recovered from the mosquito-borne infectious disease.
Discussion: Perez Hilton, omg! and X17 Online
Miranda / KORA Organics Blog:
Our darling little man xxx  —  On the 6th of January I gave birth to our beautiful little son Flynn.  He weighed 9lb 12 ounces (a very healthy and big baby boy).  I gave birth to him naturally; without any pain medication and it was a long, arduous and difficult labour …
 
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Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Enquirer: Jennifer Aniston is boozehound & she needs rehab
Discussion: Celebrity Gossip …
Stephen Heyman / New York Times:
Nice-Guy Bloggers Needn't Finish Last
Discussion: The Corsair and Just Jared
Sarah Crow / PopEater:
Rihanna Debuts Wild New Hairdo in Hollywood
Us Weekly:
Prince and Madonna End Decades-Long Feud!
Discussion: Oh, The Scandal!
Celebslam:
No more of this please, Rumer  —  Rumer Willis should never do this again
Discussion: Celebrity Blog …
Cynthia Wang / People.com:
Gordon Ramsay Explains His ‘Hair Nightmare’ and Puffy Face
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Sarah Crow / PopEater:
Adorable Father and Daughter Perform Internet Sensation ‘Home’ on ‘Ellen’
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PR inside:
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Discussion: Socialite Life and Perez Hilton
TMZ.com:
Montana Fishburne to Prosecutor: You Screwed Me!
National Enquirer:
TODD PALIN SEX SCANDAL
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Dawn Chmielewski / Reuters:
Paramount Global and Skydance Media announce a merger of the two companies, ending months of chaotic talks; a memo says the deal is expected to close in H1 2025

Nikita Mazurov / The Intercept:
Leaked code: NYT tested using OpenAI tech to generate article headlines and help apply its styleguide; NYT says the “experiment was not taken beyond testing”

Calum Jaspan / Sydney Morning Herald:
Memo: Nine's Pedestrian Group restructures as CEO departs, staff faces cuts, and licensing deals to publish Vice, Gizmodo, Kotaku, others in Australia get axed

 
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