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12:55 PM ET, February 16, 2011

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Rolling Stone:
Justin Bieber Talks Sex, Politics, Music and Puberty In New ‘Rolling Stone’ Cover Story  —  'I don't think you should have sex with anyone unless you love them,' Bieber tells Vanessa Grigoriadis  —  In the new issue of Rolling Stone - on stands and online in the digital archives on February 18th …
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Justin Bieber Talks “Sex,” Has Selena Gomez Pic as Screensaver
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Julie Jordan / People.com:
Christina Applegate: Daughter Sadie ‘Has Healed Me’  —  Holding newborn daughter Sadie Grace in the hospital on Jan. 27, Christina Applegate was overwhelmed by her feelings of acceptance and love.  —  “I felt my heart literally open up for the first time and like wrap itself around her.
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! …
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Kourtney Kardashian & Scott Disick Engaged!
Discussion: National Enquirer and Bossip
Laura Kalnicky / Life and Style:
Kourtney Kardashian is engaged
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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Frankie Muniz & GF — Cozy Date After Gun Incident
Discussion: Bossip, The Hollywood Gossip and Pop2it
Devin Gordon / GQ:
Kruger Town  —  Like your everyday dominatrix assassin, Diane Kruger looked natural killing Nazis with Brad Pitt.  This month she sidles up to Liam Neeson—and stands tall  —  One of the more bizarro details in the making-of-Inglourious-Basterds story is that Quentin Tarantino …
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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Lara Martin / Digital Spy:
Paris Hilton celebrates 30th birthday  —  Paris Hilton has celebrated her 30th birthday with a lavish party, according to reports.  —  The socialite, who actually turns 30 tomorrow, celebrated with friends and family at a Moulin Rouge-themed bash in the Hollywood Hills on Tuesday night.
Discussion: INF Daily and X17 Online
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Dahvi Shira / People.com:
Lindsay Lohan to Present Top Ten List on Letterman  —  Lindsay Lohan is getting set to make an appearance that doesn't involve a courtroom or a Hollywood nightclub.  —  Instead, the troubled star is getting back into the limelight by presenting the Top Ten List on the Late Show with David Letterman Thursday, CBS announced Tuesday.
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Lara Martin / Digital Spy:
Lindsay Lohan not booked for ‘Letterman’
Discussion: X17 Online and omg!
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Phillippe Hits on Rihanna, Amanda Seyfried Fling Cools Off  —  Is their three-month romance over already?  —  Ryan Phillippe and Amanda Seyfried were spotted having an intense conversation followed by a lingering embrace at the Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood February 7.
Lady Gaga / New York Magazine:
Warner Bros. Offers 300 Sequel to Guy Ritchie  —  If you're like most of Vulture readers, you don't need us to tell you that Xerxes the Great was the fourth Zoroastrian king of the Achamenid Empire.  Du-uh.  But what you do need your Vulture editors to tell you is that Warner Bros. has offered Xerxes …
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 …
Anthony Osei / Complex.com:
Listen: Katy Perry f/ Kanye West “E.T.”  —  Welcome to the danger zone.  Katy Perry links up with Kanye West on “E.T.,” the fourth single from Katy's Teenage Dream LP.  Word got out yesterday that confirmed the collaboration between the two and a music video for the single had already been shot.
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Tracey Harrington McCoy / PopEater:
Sneak Peek: Katy Perry Is an Alien
Discussion: Amy Grindhouse
RADAR:
Halle Berry & Baby Daddy Declare Truce, Are Talking To Each Other Again  —  Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry have called a truce — for now — in their bitter custody battle over their two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Nahla.  —  It's not exactly peace, but it's not all-out war either …
Kelly Fisher / PopEater:
Nicole Richie Tells Charlie Sheen to Get Clean on ‘The View’  —  Nicole Richie knows a thing or two about rehab, and she had some things to say about Charlie Sheen's latest trouble while co-hosting on ‘The View.’  —  According to Us Magazine, the 29-year-old newlywed and mother …
TMZ.com:
O.J. Laughs Off False Prison Beatdown Report  —  Not only is it completely untrue that O.J. Simpson got his ass handed to him in a bloody prison fight recently — we're told it's SO untrue that when the Juice finally got wind of it ... he couldn't stop laughing.
Michael Ausiello / TVLine:
Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on House, Glee, Gossip Girl, Modern Family, Supernatural and More!  —  Got a scoop request?  An anonymous tip you're dying to share?  Just want to say hi?  You can send any/all of the above to askausiello@tvline.com  —  Question: I need Huddy news, please!
Discussion: Queerty, TV Fanatic and AfterElton.com
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 …
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 …
Andrew Stewart / Variety:
Ice Cube in talks for ‘21 Jump Street’  —  Actor to star opposite Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum in Sony pic … Ice Cube is in negotiations to join the cast of Columbia Pictures' contempo treatment of “21 Jump Street.”  —  Thesp would star alongside topliners Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum …
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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.
LATimes / L.A. Unleashed:
Westminster dog show 2011: Scottish deerhound Hickory wins Best in Show  —  It's official: History was made when judge Paolo Dondina of Italy awarded the Westminster Kennel Club dog show's coveted Best in Show title to Hickory, a Scottish deerhound, on Tuesday night.
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 …
Jeff Sneider / Variety:
‘Photographer’ snaps Daniel Radcliffe  —  ‘Harry Potter’ star boards indie pic for Ted Hope, Anne Carey  —  Exclusive: Daniel Radcliffe is attached to star in the indie comedy “The Amateur Photographer.”  —  Christopher Monger will direct from his own screenplay, based on his novel of the same name.
Gina Serpe / E! Online:
By Jove, Sherlock Holmes Sequel Has a Lame Title!  —  Elementary, our dear Watson, is not always a good thing.  —  Particularly when it comes to the newly revealed title of Guy Ritchie's Robert Downey Jr.-and Jude Law-starring Sherlock Holmes sequel, which certainly seems like it could've benefited …
 
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From Mediagazer:

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

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

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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