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4:05 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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Kevin Clash, Elmo Puppeteer, Resigns  —  3:20 p.m. |  Updated Kevin Clash, the longtime voice and puppeteer behind Sesame Street's Elmo character, has resigned in the aftermath of allegations that he had underage sexual relationships.  —  Mr. Clash was first accused last week of sexual improprieties …
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
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 …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Gawker
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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 …
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
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Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:   Anne Hathaway: “I really want to have a baby” (and an Oscar too, OK?!)
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 …
Discussion: Crushable and Oh No They Didn't!
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.
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:
Lindsay Lohan — Judge Will Revoke Probation  —  JUDGE WILL REVOKE PROBATION  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Lindsay Lohan is about to have her probation revoked ... TMZ has learned.  —  We broke the story ... Lindsay will be charged with the criminal offense of lying to a police officer.
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 …
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
TMZ.com:
'Here's the Key to Our City'  —  Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian received the keys to North Miami yesterday ... in a ceremony that reportedly started AN HOUR after it was supposed to ... because the girls were running late.  —  When they finally made it to the ceremony …
Discussion: X17 Online
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Joey Francilus / The Huffington Post:
Kim And Kourtney Kardashian Receive The ‘Keys To The City’ In North Miami (VIDEO)
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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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
Us Weekly:
Jessica Biel: Working With Justin Timberlake “Would Be So Much Fun”  —  She's ready for her close-up, Mr. Timberlake!  —  Newlywed Jessica Biel opened up to Vanity Fair at Hitchcock's premiere Sunday, Nov. 19 — her very first post-wedding red carpet — about the types of projects she hopes to get involved with down the road.
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Bennett Marcus / Vanity Fair:
Jessica Biel: I Want Justin to Direct Me
Discussion: Just Jared
 
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Len / X17 Online:
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PopWatch:
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Meghnad Bose / Columbia Journalism Review:
A profile of the Thomson Foundation Young Journalist of the Year winner, an Afghan woman who works anonymously and covers the plight of women under Taliban rule

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Canada's Competition Bureau sues Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct in online advertising, seeking Google to sell two of its ad tech tools and more

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