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12:10 AM ET, February 16, 2011

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TMZ.com:
Frankie Muniz' Girlfriend: He Put a Gun to His Head  —  Frankie Muniz put a gun to his head and punched his girlfriend during a nuclear domestic argument Friday night ... this according to the woman.  —  TMZ obtained a police report filed in Phoenix, AZ last Friday.
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TMZ.com:
Frankie Muniz — I Wasn't Suicidal  —  Frankie Muniz claims a gun “played no part” during a domestic incident in Arizona with his girlfriend a few days ago — despite the story she told police — and Frankie insists he was not suicidal.  —  Frankie's rep just released a statement saying …
Chris Heath / GQ:
Mr. Hannah Montana's Achy Broken Heart  —  These days Billy Ray Cyrus's life is imitating a bad country song: He's headed for a messy divorce, his record company just delayed his latest comeback, and his cherished 18-year-old daughter seems destined to rip bong hits at every party in the U.S …
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CBS News:
CBS News' Lara Logan Assaulted During Egypt Protests  —  CBS News Chief Foreign Correspondent Separated From Her Crew And Brutally Assaulted on Day Mubarak Stepped Down  —  On Friday February 11, the day Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak stepped down, CBS correspondent Lara Logan was covering …
Tom Chiarella / Esquire:
The Hard Luck and Beautiful Life of Liam Neeson  —  Actor, ass-kicker, widower, philosophizer, big man, funny man, capable drinker of pinot noir: may we introduce to you, the man you've known for all these years  —  Published in the March issue, on sale soon  —  Liam Neeson and I last spoke a week before I wrote this sentence.
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John Mitchell / PopEater:
Liam Neeson Opens Up For the First Time About Natasha Richardson's Death  —  Nearly two years after his wife, Tony-winning actress Natasha Richardson, passed away following a skiing accident, Liam Neeson is opening up for the first time about that terrible night in March 2009.
Discussion: omg!
E! Online:
Who's Leaving the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills?  —  The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills chicks may be on hiatus, but just because the cameras have stopped rolling doesn't mean the drama is taking a break.  Far from it!  —  Just got word that one housewife is most likely opting …
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Us Weekly:
Kyle Richards: How Paris Hilton Helped Me Handle Fame
Jeffrey Slonim / People.com:
Andy Cohen: I Got Carried Away with Heidi Montag Comments
Discussion: Oh, The Scandal!, PopEater and RADAR
X17 Online:
Nicole Richie: “Charlie Sheen Needs To Take Responsibility For His Actions”  —  Nicole Richie co-hosted The View this morning where the subject of Charlie Sheen's recent radio rant against his Two and a Half Men employers came up during the show's Hot Topics segment.
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TMZ.com:
Charlie Sheen Controls the Fate of ‘Men’
TMZ.com:
Charlie Sheen — No Offense Taken by Parting Shot
Discussion: HollywoodNews.com and X17 Online
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter Eye ‘Dark Shadows’  —  Tim Burton is turning to familiar onscreen leading ladies for roles in Dark Shadows, the film he'll direct for Warner Bros with Johnny Depp in the lead role of Barnabas Collins.  Michelle Pfeiffer is in talks to play Elizabeth Collins Stoddard.
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Rob Shuter / PopEater:
Get Ready for Another Kardashian Wedding!  —  EXCLUSIVE: Can't get enough of the Kardashian clan on the small screen?  Well if the answer is “yes,” then you are in luck!  Kourtney K. and boyfriend Scott Disick are the latest members of the family to be in talks to get their own spinoff show for E! …
Brad Womack / People.com:
Brad Womack's Bachelor Blog: Why I Said Goodbye  —  Hey, everyone!  —  I'm so excited that we're finally at the Anguilla episode!  Aside from the finale, this was by far my favorite week of my journey on The Bachelor.  The island was so beautiful, so pristine.
Us Weekly:
Lady Gaga Spent 72 Hours Incubating in Grammys Egg  —  Is Lady Gaga egging her critics on?  —  After arriving at Sunday's Grammy Awards in a womb-like vessel, the 24-year-old pop star phoned into Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show Tuesday to explain her bizarre entrance.  —  “I was in there for about 72 hours.
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Zach Dionne / PopEater:
Sexy Channing Tatum Gets Drunk With a GQ Writer  —  Channing Tatum covers the March issue of GQ with (surprise!) a sexy new photo shoot.  But we're psyched to say the written profile is as enticing as the 30-year-old actor's physique.  —  Writer Jessica Pressler spent 24 hours …
Style News:
Emma Watson: I Need to Grow My Hair to ‘Keep Acting’  —  When Emma Watson chopped her long locks last summer, it was to mark the end of her Harry Potter days — contractually, she couldn't cut her hair while playing Hermione.  But since debuting her pixie cut in August …
Discussion: Jezebel
The Superficial:
Demi Moore's in a Bikini Again  —  Here's Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher vacationing in the Caribbean over the weekend, and once you're done gawking at $1.6 billion worth of cosmetic surgery on her, check out the book he's reading: “The Youth Pill: Scientists at the Brink of an Anti-Aging Revolution.”
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: “Cuddly” Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz “Making Out” in NYC  —  Just in time for Valentine's Day, Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz are getting hot and heavy!  —  After very quietly going public with their romance in the English countryside over Christmas, the sexy British stars ramped …
Michael K / Dlisted:
O.J. Simpson Got The Beat Down In Prison  —  This is some s**t straight out of the best (or worst, depending on who you ask) episode of Oz.  The National Enquirer is saying that O.J. Simpson was on the bad end a good old-fashioned prison yard ass whoopin' and is now shaking like a tire on a speeding Bronco.
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS & DETAILS: Lindsay Lohan Spends Valentine's Day With Sam Ronson!  —  Busted again!  —  OK — this time, it's not what you think.  Lindsay Lohan was caught sneaking out of Samantha Ronson's home in Venice Beach, CA. on (drum roll please!)  VALENTINE'S DAY!
Arwest / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Paula Abdul ‘Devastated’ After Being Told Show Is Cancelled  —  Paula Abdul will soon be joining the ranks of the unemployed, once again.  —  An official announcement has yet to be made but a source close to the situation tells RadarOnline.com exclusively that Paula has been told …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and I'm Not Obsessed
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Ice Cube Joining ‘21 Jump Street’ And Shops Directing Vehicle ‘Chrome And Paint’  —  Ice Cube is negotiating to join Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum in 21 Jump Street.  He is also preparing to shop Chrome and Paint, a gritty Boyz N' The Hood-style drama that Cube wrote as a starring …
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
How Photoshopped is Sofia Vergara in her new Diet Pepsi ad?  —  Sorry for the poor quality of this new Diet Pepsi image, it was the best one I could find.  Sofia Vergara is the new face of Diet Pepsi - they're launching a new campaign aimed at young women, and they've redesigned the can.
Steve Zeitchik / 24 Frames:
‘Men in Black III’ production pushed back again  —  EXCLUSIVE: The theme song goes, “Here come the Men in Black.”  But they're not coming so fast.  —  After a hiatus of nearly two months, “Men in Black III,” the third installment in the sci-fi/comedy franchise, was to resume production this week in New York.
Us Weekly:
Why Kim Kardashian Skipped Valentine's Day With Kris Humphries  —  So much for romance.  —  Instead of spending Valentine's Day on a romantic date with NBA player Kris Humphries, E! reality star Kim Kardashian was on the other side of the country making a club appearance.
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed and Starpulse
Michael Musto / La Daily Musto:
Joan Rivers Furious Over Oscar Snub  —  ​As sure as my name is Esperanza Spalding, Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work was one of the best documentaries of the year — funny, revealing, pungent, and wise.  —  But not only was it not nominated for an Oscar, it wasn't even on their “short list” of 15 choices they narrowed down from!
 
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From Mediagazer:

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: NBC's new deal with Macy's to keep the Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC and Peacock has an average annual fee of $60M+, up from ~$20M in the current deal

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: CVC Capital Partners and a major European broadcaster, thought to be France's Groupe TF1, are among those considering a takeover of the UK's ITV

Brian Stelter / CNN:
As Elon Musk posts memes about buying MSNBC, sources say one liberal billionaire expressed interest in buying the channel; Comcast is not looking to sell MSNBC

 
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