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9:45 AM ET, January 24, 2011

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Ken Baker / E! Online:
DWTS' Aaron Carter Enters Rehab  —  The 23-year-old former Dancing With the Stars contestant checked into a private Southern California facility earlier this month, says the source  —  The source reveals that Carter's choice to go to rehab was his move to “finally get help” and not a court-mandated decision.
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People.com:
Aaron Carter Seeks Treatment for ‘Emotional and Spiritual Issues’  —  For former Dancing With the Stars contestant Aaron Carter, the road to restarting his music career has taken a detour - into a treatment facility.  —  Carter, 23, the brother of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter …
Associated Press:
Fitness guru Jack LaLanne, 96, dies at Calif. home  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jack LaLanne, the fitness guru who inspired television viewers to trim down, eat well and pump iron for decades before diet and exercise became a national obsession, died Sunday.  He was 96.
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Richard Goldstein / New York Times:
Jack LaLanne, Founder of Modern Fitness Movement, Dies at 96  —  Jack LaLanne, whose obsession with grueling workouts and good nutrition, complemented by a salesman's gift, brought him recognition as the founder of the modern physical fitness movement, died Sunday afternoon at his home in Morro Bay, Calif. He was 96.
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Fitness Guru Jack LaLanne Dies at Age 96  —  The godfather of physical fitness, Jack LaLanne, died at his coastal California home in Morro Bay from respiratory failure due to pneumonia.  He was 96.  —  “He was surrounded by his family and passed very peacefully and in no distress …
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Steve Gorman / Reuters:
Fitness guru Jack LaLanne dies at 96 in California  —  (Reuters) - Jack LaLanne, a one-time sugar-holic who became a television fitness guru preaching exercise and healthy diet to a generation of American housewives, died on Sunday at age 96, his daughter said.
Discussion: PopEater, omg! and Celebrity Gossip …
Alex Ben Block / Hollywood Reporter:
Producers Guild Awards Host Judd Apatow Rips Into Ricky Gervais … Producers Guild Awards host Judd Apatow built his opening monologue around a profanity-laced attack on the way Ricky Gervais handled his Golden Globe Awards hosting chores a week earlier in the same room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
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TMZ.com:
John Travolta — Globes Were ‘More Like a Roast’
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Christine Fenno / PopEater:
Judd Apatow, Host of Producers Guild Awards, Slams Ricky Gervais
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Ulrica Wihlborg / People.com:
Jewel and Ty Murray: We're Having a Boy!  —  Jewel and Ty Murray can finally start painting their nursery.  —  “We would have been happy either way, of course, but we are so excited to be having a little boy,” the singer, 36, tells PEOPLE.  —  The couple, who are expecting their first child this summer …
Discussion: Hollybaby and The Insider
Robert Feder / Time Out Chicago:
Biographer: Oprah's ‘family secret’ is half-sister she never met before  —  Oprah Winfrey is calling it “the miracle of all miracles” and “news that literally shook me to my core.”  On Monday's show, according to her unauthorized biographer, the world will be introduced to the half-sister Oprah never knew she had.
TMZ.com:
Spice Girl Announces Engagement on Twitter  —  Everyone's fourth favorite Spice Girl, Emma Bunton, announced her engagement to someone named Jade Jones on Twitter today.  —  Baby Spice posted a pic with her ring on and the message, “Yahooooo I'm Engaged!  Love you Jade!  I'm a very happy lady!”
Stacey Wilson / Hollywood Reporter:
EXCLUSIVE: Sundance Breakout Elizabeth Olsen Lands Next Role … Coming off of rave reviews for her Sundance debut in Martha Marcy May Marlene, actress Elizabeth Olsen has chosen her next project: Buried director Rodrigo Cortes' Red Lights.  —  Olsen joins the previously cast Robert De Niro …
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Goldie Hawn Opens Up About Kate Hudson's Pregnancy!  —  Goldie can't wait to be a Grandma again!  —  Goldie Hawn gushed about daughter Kate Hudson's second pregnancy —Us Weekly broke the news almost two weeks ago — for the first time in London on Saturday.  —  “I'm excited!
 
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From Mediagazer:

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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