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Lisa Chudnofsky / MTV Remote Control Blog:
MTV Green-Lights Snooki, JWOWW And Pauly D Spinoffs! — You've all heard rumblings since last year that MTV would eventually expand its incredibly popular “Jersey Shore” franchise to include some separate cast member spinoffs, and today we've been given the g'head to blabbity blab blab …
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TMZ.com:
‘Jersey Shore’ — ENTIRE Cast Signs for Season 4 — Snooki ... The Situation ... and the rest of the “Jersey Shore” crew have FINALLY signed their contracts for Season 4 ... and will head to Italy in May. — So far, it's unclear how much cash each castmember will rake in per episode …
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Jenna Mullins / E! Online:
TV Update: MTV Greenlights Two Jersey Shore Spinoffs
TV Update: MTV Greenlights Two Jersey Shore Spinoffs
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Laura Kalnicky / Life and Style:
JWoww: I'm ready to be a mom
JWoww: I'm ready to be a mom
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Lisa de Moraes / Washington Post:
Bravo officially pulls plug on ‘Real Housewives of D.C.’ — Farewell, “Real Housewives of DC”: From left, Catherine Ommanney, Stacie Turner, Mary Amons, Lynda Erkiletian, Michaele Salahi (Adam Olszweski - BRAVO) — Ta-ta self-edit-gene-lacking Cat Ommanney! — Bye-bye, modeling agency matron Lynda Erkiletian!
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The TV Column: ‘Real Housewives of D.C.’ won't be back for second season — ( Stephen Boitano / BRAVO ) - Michaele and Tareq Salahi on “The Real Housewives of D.C.” — Ta-ta, royalty-canoodling Cat Ommanney! — Bye-bye, modeling-agency matron Lynda Erkiletian!
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George Gurley / ELLE.com:
Boy Wonder — And so begins the post-vamp career of Rob Pattinson, modern matinee idol—and one refreshingly cheeky Brit — How to explain the phenomenon of Rob Pattinson? One could focus on his looks (Byronic, smoldering, perfect), zeroing in on the cheekbones (razor-sharp, perfect) …
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Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Ben Affleck Circling Big ‘Great Gatsby’ Role — EXCLUSIVE: Ben Affleck is in talks to play the role of Tom Buchanan in The Great Gatsby, the Baz Luhrmann-directed 3D adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald literary classic at Warner Bros. Now, Affleck will have to work to fit this in.
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Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Ben Affleck Eyeing Role in Baz Luhrmann's ‘Great Gatsby’ … Ben Affleck is in talks to join Baz Luhrmann's all-star adaptation of The Great Gatsby, which the Australian director is making for Warner Bros. — Leonardo DiCaprio is pegged to play the wealthy and mysterious Jay Gatsby …
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E! Online:
Nikki Reed Virtually (and Officially) Dating American Idol's Paul McDonald — John Shearer/WireImage.com; Mark Davis/PictureGroup via AP IMAGES — It's official, kids. Nikki Reed is calling American Idol's Paul McDonald her “boyfriend,” a well placed source tells us.
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Jennifer Still / Digital Spy:
Latest ‘American Idol’ result revealed
Latest ‘American Idol’ result revealed
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Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Hailee Steinfeld in Talks to Star in Indie ‘Romeo & Juliet’ (Exclusive) … Hailee Steinfeld, Oscar-nominated for the Coen Bros' True Grit, is in negotiations to star as Juliet in a new Romeo and Juliet movie. — Carlo Carlie, an Italian director perhaps best known for the 1992 festival foreign film Flight …
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Linda Ge / Up and Comers:
Hailee Steinfeld replaces Lily Collins in Carlo Carlei's “Romeo and Juliet”
Hailee Steinfeld replaces Lily Collins in Carlo Carlei's “Romeo and Juliet”
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Anthony Miccio / The FABlife:
Amanda Seyfried Throws Parking Ticket At Cop After Riding Hood Premiere — Diva alert! Amanda Seyfried displayed some serious star cojones in London following the UK premiere of Red Riding Hood, returning a parking ticket to the police officer who just placed it on her car.
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Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Ben Stiller Turns Fox's ‘Walter Mitty’ Reboot From Daydream To Reality — EXCLUSIVE: Ben Stiller is in talks with 20th Century Fox to play the title role in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty after the previous script was finally dumped and a new approach and screenwriter was put on the project.
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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Twin Touchdown! NFL Icon Peyton Manning & Wife Welcome Boy & Girl — NFL superstar quarterback Peyton Manning and his wife Ashley Manning are the proud new parents of twins, RadarOnline.com has learned. — The 35-year-old Indianapolis Colts signal-caller and his wife welcomed …
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TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan — HANDPICKED By Victoria Gotti — Lindsay Lohan beat out Blake Lively AND Sienna Miller for her new role as Victoria Gotti — and TMZ has learned ... Victoria herself made sure that happened. — Sources close to the production tell TMZ, producers were considering both Blake …
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Video: Eva Longoria Comes Close to Flashing Chest to David Letterman — Stopping by David's ‘Late Show’ to promote her cook book, the ‘Desperate Housewives’ actress nearly suffers a wardrobe malfunction when her tuxedo jacket popped open during the interview.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Fishsticks Paltrow Loves Hot Dog Buns, Hates Hot Dogs — Now, I haven't read Fishsticks Paltrow's Ode To My Perfect Life (No Poors Allowed), because I can feel bad about my diet for free by calling my mother up and telling her what I had for lunch. But Eater must've been behind …
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Hamish Anderson / ELLE.com:
In The Minajerie: Nicki Minaj — Powerfully sexy, rapier sharp, and dressed to attract every eye (and camera lens) on the planet, Nicki Minaj is redefining what it means to be a rapper, one fashion spectacle at a time — Midway through her platinum-selling debut album, Pink Friday …
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Robert Seidman / TVbytheNumbers:
TV Ratings Thursday: ‘Bones,’ ‘Rules,’ ‘The Mentalist’ Up; ‘Idol,’ ‘CSI’ Down; ‘Outsourced’ Hits Low; ‘Vampire Diaries,’ ‘Nikita’ Down … Of course Fox won the adults 18-49 ratings on Tuesday night, but American Idol's 6.1 adults 18-49 rating was down 9% vs. last Thursday and down 9% versus …
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Matt Webb Mitovich / TVLine:
Tina Fey To Host SNL! And Will 30 Rock Pull a Parks and Rec With Her Pregnancy? — Nothing slows Tina Fey down, folks. Not 24 hours after word broke that the very funny lady is five months pregnant with her second child, a rumor started swirling that the 30 Rock star is set to host an upcoming installment of Saturday Night Live.
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Naomi, Wynonna Judd: We Were Sexually Abused, Too — In her headline grabbing memoir, All That Is Bitter and Sweet, Ashley Judd talks about being sexually abused as a child by an older man. Now her famous mother and older sister — a.k.a. the singing duo The Judds — are admitting to similar experiences.
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