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5:25 PM ET, November 20, 2012

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TMZ.com:
Voice of Elmo Kevin Clash Sued — Allegations of Sex with SECOND Underage Boy  — Voice of Elmo Accuser — I Didn't Lie ... I Want to Undo Settlement  — Kevin Clash (Voice of Elmo) Pays Accuser 6 Figures, Demanded Public Retraction of Underage Sex Claim  —  See More: KEVIN CLASH , CELEBRITY JUSTICE , CRIME , 1 More
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Elmo Puppeteer Resigns After Fresh Allegation  —  5:11 p.m. |  Updated Kevin Clash, the longtime voice and puppeteer behind “Sesame Street's” Elmo character, resigned on Tuesday after a new allegation was made that he had underage sexual relationships.  —  Announcing the decision with what he called a …
TMZ.com:
Voice of Elmo Kevin Clash Resigns from Sesame Street  —  from Sesame Street  —  BREAKING NEWS  —  Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo, has resigned from Sesame Street ... in the immediate wake of a new lawsuit accusing him of having sex with an underage boy — the second such accusation in 2 weeks.
Discussion: Starpulse, TVgasm, Queerty and VH1 Celebrity
TMZ.com:
Elmo Accuser Cecil Singleton — We Dry-Humped ... But NO Underage Intercourse!  —  We Dry-Humped  —  ... But NO Intercourse!  —  BREAKING NEWS  —  Kevin Clash — the voice of Elmo — did NOT have sexual intercourse with his 2nd accuser while Cecil Singleton was underage …
Discussion: Gawker and The Hollywood Gossip
Frazier Moore / Yahoo! TV:
Elmo actor Kevin Clash resigns amid sex allegation
Discussion: Deadline.com and The Wrap
Ian Drew / Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Rihanna Apologizes to Journalists for 777 Tour Disaster  —  Us Weekly's Senior Editor Ian Drew has been among the 250 journalists, fans and entourage members flying with Rihanna via Delta 777 jet for her 777 tour — as she plays seven concerts in seven cities in seven different countries …
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Amy Wallace / GQ:
Ocean-ography  —  Yes, he made the album of 2012.  (Just ask him, he'll tell you.)  But that was just the second biggest moment of Frank Ocean's year.  Here, while wearing the sport coats of the season and surrounded by his whole Odd Future crew, the ascendant singer opens up to Amy Wallace …
In Touch Weekly:
Exclusive: ‘Real Housewives of Miami’ Star Joanna Krupa Calls Off Engagement  —  The Real Housewives of Miami's Joanna Krupa exclusively tells In Touch that she's pulled the plug on her five-and-a-half-year engagement to Miami club impresario Romain Zago.  —  “We got in a huge fight …
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Anne Hathaway: “I really want to have a baby” (and an Oscar too, OK?!)  —  I mentioned this in the earlier Cameron Diaz post, but here it is again - this week's Hollywood Reporter features an excellent “Actress Roundtable” - Naomi Watts, Helen Hunt, Sally Field, Amy Adams, Rachel Weisz …
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Giles Hattersley / The Sunday Times:
‘You got to be really smart to play this dumb’  —  Last year, Cameron Diaz made $34m.  Not bad for a 40-year-old California girl who thinks she might just be immature  —  Is Cameron Diaz beyond parody?  “Oooh,” she sighs, somewhat erotically, flopping into a chair, a disarming combo of eyes, lips and blondeness.
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London News:
Why Cameron Diaz likes stripping off for the cameras
Marco / X17 Online:
MEGAN FOX SHOWS OFF HER SVELTE POST-BABY BODY  —  Megan Fox is already looking trim and fabulous after giving birth to her son Noah Shannon on September 27.  That was less than two months ago and her tummy is already flat!  —  The 26-year-old Transformers actress wore an all-dark ensemble …
RADAR:
Bizarre Love Triangle!  Britney Spears' Ex-Husband Is Dating Kevin Federline's Baby Mama  —  It's not odd for celebrities' scorned exes to find love again, but it's bizarre and a little confusing when they end up dating someone who was the displaced ex of their former lover's lover!
Discussion: PerezHilton and Bossip
Justin Ravitz / Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Breaking Amish's Kate Stoltzfus Wants Spinoff, “Hates” Cast Mates  —  Get ready for another TLC breakout star named Kate.  —  Breaking Amish's Kate Stoltzfus, the aspiring model who made waves on season one of the reality TV smash, is hoping to land her own spinoff series, a show insider tells Us Weekly exclusively.
Jon Lachonis / TVOvermind:
The Walking Dead Spoilers - Who Returns, and Who Arrives  —  With all of the head spinning twists on The Walking Dead this season, one question that keeps popping up is “how are they going to top this?”.  Somehow they keep doing it, and with a Group Rick vs Woodbury confrontation looming …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't! and TV Fanatic
TMZ.com:
Kim Kardashian — Education in the Middle East  —  Education in the  —  MIDDLE EAST  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Kim Kardashian is about to embark on a whirlwind trip to Kuwait and Bahrain ... and TMZ has learned she's hoping to educate herself on the Middle East crisis while she's in town.
Len / X17 Online:
MILEY CYRUS LOOKS BEAUTIFUL IN BLACK IN THE BIG APPLE  —  She really has no off days!  —  Yesterday, Miley Cyrus slicked back her short 'do and rocked a cute black sweater and skirt when she hit the New York City streets.  —  The 19-year-old entertainer, along with her mom Tish …
Discussion: INF Daily and omg!
Maggie Coughlan / People.com:
Ashton Kutcher & Mila Kunis Share Romantic (and Rainy) Night in Rome  —  Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis have taken their romance (and appetites) to the Eternal City.  —  Shielded by a large umbrella, on Sunday the couple was photographed leaving Antica Pesa restaurant in Rome.
Discussion: Dlisted
Sara Nathan / Daily Mail:
PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: C'est l'amour!  Scarlett Johansson finds secret love with Frenchman Romain Dauriac  —  Hollywood beauty Scarlett Johansson is dating Frenchman Romain Dauriac - just weeks after splitting from advertising executive Nate Naylor, MailOnline can reveal.
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WE WERE ON A BREAK!!!  —  Straight out of the Ross Geller handbook …
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
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