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Michelle Tauber / People.com:
Kate's Pregnant!  How the Queen Found Out  —  They're having a baby!  Now what?  —  With the big news that Prince William and Kate, both 30, are expecting their first child, friends and family greeted the announcement with joy - and caution.  —  The Duchess of Cambridge remains hospitalized with a severe form of morning sickness.
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Sky News:
Pregnant Kate: Hospital Admits Falling For Prank  —  The hospital says it “deplores” the radio station's prank call  —  Prank callers have managed to trick hospital staff treating the Duchess of Cambridge into revealing detailed information about her condition.
Daily Mail:
'Visiting time's at nine, Ma'am': Palace fury as Australian radio pranksters pretending to be the Queen dupe nurse at Kate's hospital into giving out intimate medical details  —  St James's Palace was today said to be furious after the hospital treating the Duchess of Cambridge released private details …
Discussion: Gawker
BBC:
Royal pregnancy: Hoax call fools Duchess of Cambridge hospital  —  The hospital treating the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge says it “deeply regrets” giving information about her to hoax callers from a radio station.  —  Australian DJs posing as the Queen, Prince Charles and corgis got details …
Discussion: PopSugar and Just Jared
lifeandstylemag.com:
Pregnant Kate Middleton Due in July — Friend Reveals When the Duchess Conceived (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Kate Middleton and Prince William have confirmed the duchess is pregnant and Kate's close friend Jessica Hay is spilling all the details on their baby joy in the new issue of Life & Style, on stands now.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
TMZ.com:
Gabriel Aubry Started Fight ... But Won't be Prosecuted  —  Started Fight ...  But Won't be Prosecuted  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  The verdict is in as far as cops are concerned ... Gabriel Aubry was clearly the instigator of the Thanksgiving Day brawl at Halle Berry's house
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In Touch Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Halle Berry's Ex Eric Benét: 'I'm Praying For Nahla'  —  Following a Thanksgiving Day brawl between her fiancé, Olivier Martinez, and ex Gabriel Aubry, Halle Berry's ex-husband Eric Benét is now opening up about the altercation.  —  “I am hoping for the best,” he tells In Touch exclusively.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Paul Chi / People.com:
John Krasinski: I'm ‘Totally in Love’ with Matt Damon  —  Move over, Ben Affleck!  John Krasinski wants to be Matt Damon's new best friend.  —  “Matt is one of the coolest guys I know, and I'm totally in love with the guy, but he doesn't even know my name,” Krasinski joked to PEOPLE …
Discussion: PopSugar
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Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline.com:   Matt Damon In Talks To Join Monumental Cast Of George Clooney's Next Film
Walsten / RADAR:
That Was Fast... And Somewhat Surprising!  Jenelle Evans Ties The Knot In Quickie ‘Shotgun’ Courthouse Wedding!  —  Teen Mom Jenelle Evans and her fiance have made it official — they tied the knot in a quickie “shotgun” courthouse wedding Tuesday, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting!
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Us Weekly:
Teen Mom 2's Jenelle Evans Marries Courtland Rogers
Discussion: RADAR and The Hollywood Gossip
TMZ.com:
Frankie Muniz Suffers ‘Mini-Stroke’  —  Suffers ‘Mini-Stroke’  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  “Malcolm in the Middle” star Frankie Muniz suffered a mini-stroke last week — and sources tell TMZ, doctors are still stumped about the cause.  —  Sources close to Frankie tell TMZ …
People.com:
Hugh Jackman Serenades Amanda Seyfried in N.Y.C.  —  Following a Sunday night screening of Les Miserables, the cast and crew dined at Porter House New York.  —  Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Russell Crowe and Sacha Baron Cohen were all on hand to celebrate the film.
Julia Haskins / People.com:
Anderson Cooper Is Temporarily Blinded  —  Anderson Cooper can see once again after a temporary - and painful - bout of blindness.  —  Cooper posted a picture of himself on Instagram Tuesday sporting a white gauze patch over his right eye.  “Temporarily blinded last week while on assignment,” he said.
TMZ.com:
Captain America's Kid Brother Scott Evans — Busted in Undercover Drug Buy  —  Former soap actor Scott Evans — younger brother of Chris Evans — got busted for attempting to buy drugs off an undercover cop ... TMZ has learned.  —  Law enforcement sources tell us Evans was arrested Tuesday evening …
Discussion: Gossip Cop
TMZ.com:
In DUI Hash Case  —  Former “Home Improvement” star Taran Noah Smith has just been convicted of DUI and hash possession following his arrest earlier this year, TMZ has learned.  —  TMZ broke the story ... Smith was popped in L.A. back in February when cops saw him behind the wheel of a Honda Accord …
Discussion: PerezHilton
Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Stevie Nicks on Kristen Stewart Cheating Scandal: “I Was Her Age Once”  —  Stevie Nicks thinks it's time for people to lay off Kristen Stewart.  —  Fleetwood Mac's frontwoman (the band hits the road for their 2013 tour in Columbus, Ohio April 4; tickets go on sale Dec. 14) …
Dorothy Pomerantz / Forbes:
Eddie Murphy Tops Our List Of The Most Overpaid Actors In Hollywood  —  Poor Eddie Murphy desperately needs a comeback.  Remember back in the day when he was so funny on Saturday Night Live and in movies like Trading Places and Beverly Hills Cop?  His voice work has helped make movies …
Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Jessica Simpson Skipped Nephew Bronx's 4th Birthday Party to Avoid Dad Joe  —  Jessica Simpson is definitely not a daddy's girl.  —  When Tina Simpson filed for divorce from her husband, Joe Simpson, in Texas Sept. 24, a family rep assured Us Weekly the split was “amicable.”
Zach Johnson / Us Weekly:
Anne Hathaway Worries: “Am I Thin Enough?  Am I Too Thin?”  —  Even A-list movie stars like Anne Hathaway have their insecurities.  —  “I still feel the stress over ‘Am I thin enough?  Am I too thin?  Is my body the right shape?’” the Les Miserables star admits in the January issue of Glamour.
Discussion: Daily Mail, PopSugar and Just Jared
Aili Nahas / People.com:
Lindsay Lohan Is ‘Out of Control,’ Says a Source  —  Things are not looking good for Liz and Dick star Lindsay Lohan.  —  Less than 24 hours before the well-documented punching incident at an N.Y.C. nightclub that got her arrested, Lohan was “dancing like crazy” past 2 a.m. at The Darby …
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Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Barbara Walters Anoints Honey Boo Boo As One of the “Most Fascinating People” of 2012  —  Haven't been taking Honey Boo Boo seriously?  All you doubters better redneckognize, because the pint-size pageant queen is a pop culture force to be reckoned with — according to Barbara Walters, at least.
Discussion: Crushable, TVgasm, PerezHilton and The Wrap
Essence Magazine:
Alicia Keys Graces the January Cover of ESSENCE  —  “It's okay if I can't do every single thing.  I finally understand that it doesn't make me a lesser artist or human being...” -Alicia Keys  —  Alicia's New Day  —  This girl is on fire!  With her fifth studio album recently released …
PerezHilton:
Taylor Swift & Harry Styles Do The WALK OF SHAME!  See The Hotel Photos HERE!  —  Ooo!  What a sight!  —  Taylor Swift and Harry Styles have made their relationship more public than ever by exiting the same hotel minutes in between each other!!  —  Following their recent Tour de PDA all over NYC …
Discussion: INF Daily and X17 Online
 
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Jane / X17 Online:
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Peter Gicas / E! Online:
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The Superficial:
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Discussion: New York Post
Kimberley Dadds / Daily Mail:
Doing ‘a Brad’: Angelina Jolie joins fiancé by vowing to quit acting to spend more time with their children
Discussion: The Blemish and Cele|bitchy
Michael K / Dlisted:
The Trollsens Have Really Outdone Themselves This Time
Discussion: Daily Mail
David Lindquist / Indianapolis Star:
‘Parks and Recreation’: Men of Pawnee chow down at St. Elmo Steak House
Discussion: The Wrap
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:
OpenAI suspends early access to Sora after ~20 artists leaked access to the tool in protest of the company's treatment of creative professionals as “PR puppets”

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Italy, Europol, and others say they dismantled a pirate streaming service that redistributed IPTV, Netflix, Disney+, and more to 22M+ users, making €250M+/month

Marty Swant / Digiday:
US filing: Google sent subpoenas in October 2024 to OpenAI, Perplexity AI, and Microsoft for the remedies part of the US v. Google search antitrust trial

 
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