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2:25 PM ET, January 26, 2011

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TMZ.com:
Jimmy Buffett Hospitalized After Fall from Stage  —  Jimmy Buffett was rushed to a hospital in Australia today after he fell off the stage during a concert ... and it appears flashing lights from the lighting director may have triggered the fall that left him unconscious ... TMZ has learned.
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TMZ.com:
Jimmy Buffett's Frightening Fall — Caught on Tape  —  Jimmy Buffett plummeted off the stage in Australia last night and crashed HARD into the concrete floor — and the devastating accident was all captured on tape ... and obtained by TMZ.  —  The footage shows Buffett casually strolling towards …
DailyTelegraph:
Singer Jimmy Buffett falls off the stage in Sydney, taken to hospital  —  AFTER singing “It's been a lovely cruise, I'm sorry it's ended” singer Jimmy Buffett crashed off the stage after his final Sydney concert last night and was rushed to hospital with a head injury.
RADAR:
NEW DETAILS: Singer Jimmy Buffett Suffers Head Injures After …
Discussion: National Enquirer and Extra
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Jesse James Has More Alarming Nazi Pics  —  After Us Weekly uncovered a 2004 snapshot of Jesse James dressed in a German Nazi hat giving a “Heil, Hitler” salute last spring, the motorcycle mogul, 41, denied claims of anti-Semitism.  —  But now Us has discovered new …
Shirley Halperin / Hollywood Reporter:
EXCLUSIVE: Inside the Hot Business of ‘Glee’ … The following story appears in the current issue of The Hollywood Reporter available on newsstands Thursday.  —  The note was practically a high “A-sharp”; the cacophony of voices blended perfectly to form an instantly recognizable tone …
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Shirley Halperin / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Glee’ Vs. Kings of Leon, Round 2 … The six-month-old feud between the hit Fox show Glee and rockers Kings of Leon is heating up yet again.  The Grammy winning band famously turned down the show's request to Glee-ify the song “Use Somebody,” sparking outrage from Gleeks everywhere …
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Glee Creator Ryan Murphy Slams Kings of Leon
Discussion: Perez Hilton and X17 Online
Us Weekly:
Report: Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem Welcome a Boy!  —  According to Spanish newspaper El Pais, the infant was born at Cedars Sinai Hospital in L.A.; Spanish magazine Hola broke news of the baby's gender.  Hola also reports that members of the couple's family flew in from Spain for the birth …
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TMZ.com:
‘Top Chef’ Star's Baby Daddy: I Want Custody!  —  The baby daddy of “Top Chef” star Padma Lakshmi has filed legal papers to wrestle custody away from her ... TMZ has learned.  —  Adam Dell — brother of the computer king — filed papers today in a Manhattan court.
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New York Post:
Padma ex fights for custody
Jimmy / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Mike Tyson & Wife — It's A Baby Boy!  —  Former boxing champion Mike Tyson is a dad for the eighth time, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.  —  The Hangover star and his wife Lakiha Spicer Tyson welcomed a little boy on Tuesday.  —  PHOTOS: Mike Tyson's Wife Shows Off Her Baby Bump
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TMZ.com:
Snooki's New Show — MAJOR Toilet Paper Crisis  —  Snooki is about to face off with some of the GREATEST challenges of her life — mortgages, career decisions ... and toilet paper clean-up ... so says the outline for her new reality show obtained by TMZ.  —  We got our grubby little mitts …
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Pal: Eddie Cibrian's Sick of His “Philandering Sleaze” Image  —  Eddie Cibrian's discovered that his bad boy rep doesn't work on everyone.  —  The actor, who left wife of eight years Brandi Glanville, 38, in 2009 after Us uncovered his affair with LeAnn Rimes, 28, has hired an image consultant.
copyranter:
(nsfw) American Apparel's new porny pencil illustration ads.  —  (click ads, via) Cotton: the fabric of their underage? lives.  Aw, how innocently sleazy.  The artist is Boris Lopez, whose graphite pencil works have appeared in such cultured periodicals as Hustler's Barely Legal and Tight.
Discussion: The Hairpin and Gawker
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Meet the Real Housewives of OC's “Feisty” New Star!  —  The Real Housewives of Orange County have a new blonde in town!  —  Stay-at-home mom of two Peggy Tanous is set to join the cast of the smash Bravo reality series, UsMagazine.com can exclusively reveal.
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Tanner Stransky / Inside TV:
Sarah Michelle Gellar's new CBS thriller pilot ‘Ringer’: The producer spills details!  — EXCLUSIVE  —  The networks have been on a pilot-greenlighting tear lately.  But which possible show has the potential to be a gem of the 2011-12 season?  We'll go out on a limb here …
Mark Pasetsky / coverawards.com:
Harps Stores Causes Outrage By Censoring Us Weekly Elton John Cover  —  This is outrageous!  —  Harps - a grocery store chain in Arkansas - appears to have censored last week's Us Weekly Magazine cover featuring Elton John and David Furnish's new baby.  —  The above photo was brought …
TMZ.com:
Vince Neil Pleads Guilty to DUI  —  Mötley Crüe front man Vince Neil just pled guilty to DUI in Las Vegas ... and will most likely spend two weeks behind bars ... TMZ has learned.  —  Neil was busted back in June — and cops say his blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit.
PopEater:
Did ‘Bachelor’ Brad Ditch a Girlfriend for the Show?  —  In his second turn at being ‘The Bachelor,’ Brad Womack has claimed over and over that he's a new man, that he's gone through years of therapy and that he's really ready to settle down.  —  According to Life & Style magazine …
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Naomi Watts Joins ‘J. Edgar’ Hoover Cast  —  EXCLUSIVE: Naomi Watts has signed on to star in J. Edgar, the Clint Eastwood-directed biopic.  Watts will play Helen Gandy, J. Edgar Hoover's loyal secretary for 54 years.  Hoover (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) called her indispensible …
PopEater:
James Franco Gets Trapped By Mini-Fridge on ‘Daily Show’  —  James Franco barely survived a harrowing experience on ‘The Daily Show.’ After having to get into character for his film ‘127 Hours,’ where his character's arm was trapped in a rock collapse, it must have been eerie to suffer a similar calamity.
Discussion: TV Squad and The Frisky
Sara Hammel / People.com:
Oprah Winfrey Is ‘Taking It Slow’ with Half-Sister Patricia  —  The half-sister Oprah Winfrey never knew she had has been revealed to the world, and now the two siblings are getting to know each other.  —  “We're taking it slow,” Winfrey said of Patricia (whose last name has not been revealed) …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Rob Shuter / PopEater:
‘Real Housewives’ Coming to Miami and Bringing Along a Drag Diva  —  The wildly successful ‘Real Housewives’ series is taking its talents to South Beach, well, Miami to be exact, for its latest expansion of the franchise.  But aside from the possibility of bumping into the odd ‘Jersey Shore’ straggler …
Discussion: Extra and Crazy Days and Nights
Simon Perry / People.com:
Save-the-Date Faxes Sent for William & Kate's Wedding  —  For those royal families in Europe who didn't already know, there's a wedding happening on April 29.  Now the senior members of those families have received save-the-date notices from Buckingham Palace - via fax.
People.com:
How Reese Witherspoon Found Mr. Right  —  What kind of bride-to-be is Reese Witherspoon?  A focused one.  —  The actress, 34, hit Paris with three of her closest girlfriends for a whirlwind pre-wedding weekend on Jan. 20.  Gearing up for her nuptials to showbiz talent agent Jim Toth, 40 …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Jo Piazza / PopEater:
Welcome to the Whitest Oscars in Ten Years  —  Comparing this year's pool of Academy Award nominees to last year's, one major difference is evident: the obvious lack of minorities among the contenders.  In fact, this year represents the whitest group of Oscar contenders in the major acting categories in 10 years, since the 73rd Oscars.
Discussion: CNN and Hollywood Reporter
Style News:
The Designer Details of Natalie Portman's One-of-a-Kind Engagement Ring  —  When it came to designing Natalie Portman's engagement ring, the star's choreographer fiancé, Benjamin Millepied, relied on his leading lady and the art of ballet for inspiration.
Us Weekly:
Rosie O'Donnell Defends Teen Mom Franchise  —  Sorry, Kim Kardashian: Rosie O'Donnell isn't among the Teen Mom haters out there.  —  At the Sundance Film Fest in Park City, Utah to promote her new OWN TV show, the mom of four told UsMagazine.com she and her teenaged daughter recently checked out the controversial MTV hit.
Silvia / AceShowBiz.com:
Disney's Princess Ke$ha in New Funny or Die Video  —  The foul-mouthed princess chooses a different look with ‘glitter, fur and animal prints’ in this newly-unveiled video.  —  Following her previous Funny or Die video where she explains the meaning of “$” in her moniker …
 
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NME:
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From Mediagazer:

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired:
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response

 
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