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3:55 PM ET, January 17, 2013

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Deadspin:
Manti Te'o's Dead Girlfriend, The Most Heartbreaking And Inspirational Story Of The College Football Season, Is A Hoax  —  Notre Dame's Manti Te'o, the stories said, played this season under a terrible burden.  A Mormon linebacker who led his Catholic school's football program back to glory …
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TMZ.com:
Manti Te'o Hoax — All Scams Lead to Ronaiah Tuiasosopo  —  RONAIAH TUIASOSOPO  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  The Manti Te'o not-really-dead-girlfriend hoax was perpetuated by a man named Ronaiah Tuiasosopo — who served as a representative for the family of the fake “Lennay Kekua” ... and TMZ has the photo proof.
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Kazeem Famuyide / Hip-Hop Wired:
Ruthless: #Teoing Internet Meme Pokes Fun At Manti Te'o [PHOTOS]  —  Man, College Football fans can be cruel as hell, but be damned if this isn't pretty funny.  —  Much like Tebow'ing, Griffin'ing and Romo'ing all became interent memes, the newest trend that has struck the internet overnight has become #Te'oing.
TMZ.com:
Manti Te'o — Fake Girlfriend Called Me AFTER Her Supposed Death
Discussion: Bossip
Justin Ravitz / Us Weekly:
Kim Kardashian to David Letterman: Stop Joking About My Kris Humphries Marriage!  —  Kourtney Kardashian and Kim Kardashian on “The Late Show with David Letterman”  —  Kim Kardashian as a great sense of humor, even when it comes to herself — but she's a stickler for facts!
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Sways Universe:   Kim Kardashian Opens Up About Relationship With Beyonce, Pregnancy & Marriage With Kanye …
Dahvi Shira / People.com:
Kim Kardashian: I Would Love to Be Divorced
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Just Jared
Pauline Phillips / TMZ.com:
DEAD AT 94  —  Pauline Phillips —the woman who founded the “Dear Abby” advice column — died yesterday at the age of 94.  —  A rep for Phillips tells TMZ ... Pauline had been battling Alzheimer's disease.  —  Pauline's daughter, Jeanne — who took over the “Dear Abby” column — says …
Justin Ravitz / Us Weekly:
Jenelle Evans Confirms Second Pregnancy, Debuts Baby Bump in Bra  —  Bump alert!  Early Thursday, Jan. 17, Jenelle Evans confirmed the news that she's pregnant with her second child with photographic proof on Instagram.  Clad in a bra and sweatpants, the 21-year-old Teen Mom 2 star posed …
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Danica Davidson / MTV Act Blog:
‘Teen Mom 2’ Jenelle Evans Confirms Second Pregnancy
Discussion: RADAR
Britney Spears / TMZ.com:
IN BIDDING WAR!  —  There is a raging war among 3 Las Vegas properties to snag Britney Spears as their headliner ... TMZ has learned.  —  TMZ broke the story last week ... Britney was in serious negotiations with one of the Caesars properties to perform several nights a week on a regular basis …
Joyce Chen / Us Weekly:
Channing Tatum Shaves His Head Bald, Steps Out With Pregnant Wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum  —  Daddy-to-be Channing Tatum is trying out a new look.  The Magic Mike actor stepped out for a quick bite with wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum in Beverly Hills Wednesday, Jan. 16, and offered a glimpse of his totally bald, shaved head.
Discussion: OK! Magazine and PopSugar
TMZ.com:
Barney the Dinosaur — Creator's Son ARRESTED for Attempted Murder  —  BARNEY THE DINOSAUR  —  Creator's Son ARRESTED  —  for Attempted Murder  —  BREAKING NEWS  —  So much for the “happy family” ... 'cause the son of the woman who created “Barney & Friends” has been arrested …
Discussion: Bossip and Gawker
Mark Gray / People.com:
Pawn Stars's Rick Harrison Sets Wedding Date  —  Rick Harrison has gone from pawning to planning.  —  After months of going back and forth, the Pawn Stars ringleader and his fiancée, Deanna Burditt, have finally set a date for their wedding: July 21.
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Daily Mail:
Has Taylor Swift had a secret boob job?  Singer's curves spark surgery talk  —  She arrived at the recent People's Choice Awards in a plunging white dress which flashed a good portion of flesh.  —  But new reports are suggesting that Taylor Swift may have undergone some enhancements to her figure of late.
Marisa Meltzer / New York Times:
The ‘Karlie’ Is Turning Heads  —  THE haircut of the year has arrived.  Yes, already.  Vogue is calling it the Chop, others have named it the Karlie, after the model Karlie Kloss.  —  Ms. Kloss, already a fashion world veteran at age 20, cut off about seven inches of her dark hair late last year.
Discussion: Us Weekly
Claude Brodesser-Akner / Vulture:
Exclusive: Warner Looking to Breed Gremlins Again  —  Bright light!  Bright light!  Our sources tell us that, in keeping with Hollywood's mandated pop culture recycling program, Warner Bros. Pictures is negotiating with Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment to reboot their 1984 horror comedy, Gremlins.
Discussion: I Watch Stuff
Fehintola Betiku / Daily Mail:
‘I permed my hair today’: Bradley Cooper makes a not so sexiest man in the world revelation about his locks  —  He's taken the top shot on several lists which source out the members of the male species who are worthy to be called the world's sexiest men.  —  However Bradley Cooper recently …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
‘The Office’ EP Talks ‘Changing’ Endgame, Returning Cast and the Long Goodbye  —  Reaffirming there are no plans for Steve Carell to come back, showrunner Greg Daniels reveals who fans will see again, details about the documentary crew and that someone is getting canned.
Discussion: MoeJackson
Cele|bitchy:
Melania Trump hawks QVC jewelry line, has a “different romance” with The Donald  —  Melania Trump has a new jewelry line on QVC which she's promoting, because all you need to do to get a jewelry, fashion or perfume line is to be some kind of celebrity.  Sadly, it's true.
Discussion: ETonline.com
Jon Boon / RADAR:
Family Feud!  Jessica Simpson Refuses To Work With Dad Joe On Her New Sitcom  —  Joe Simpson is the executive producer on her daughter Jessica's new TV show, but don't expect the pair to reconcile any time soon.  —  When the singer-turned-actress begins taping scenes for her semi-autobiographical NBC sitcom …
Discussion: PerezHilton
People.com:
Jennifer Lopez Thought Her ‘World Had Fallen Apart’ After Split  —  Jennifer Lopez knows how Leslie Rodgers feels.  —  The actress-singer, 43, who plays the character in the crime thriller Parker, tells PEOPLE that when she and Marc Anthony began divorce proceedings, she “felt like my whole world had fallen apart.”
TMZ.com:
Skrillex Sets Hair on Fire In Birthday Candle Disaster [VIDEO]  —  Sets Hair on Fire  —  In Birthday Candle Disaster  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Wanna see a world famous DJ accidentally set his hair on fire while blowing out his birthday candles?  YOU'RE IN LUCK ... because Tuesday night in L.A., that's exactly what Skrillex did.
Discussion: Gawker
Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline.com:
Laeta Kalogridis And Patrick Lussier Set To Script New ‘Terminator’  —  EXCLUSIVE: Skydance Productions and Annapurna Pictures have set Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier to script the next installment of The Terminator franchise.  —  Her credits include Avatar, Shutter Island and Alexander, produced White House Down.
Discussion: I Watch Stuff
 
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Discussion: ETonline.com
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Discussion: Dlisted
Hollywoodtuna:
Elizabeth Banks In A Super Tight Yellow Dress
Joyce Chen / Us Weekly:
Lena Dunham Calls Into Howard Stern's Radio Show: “I'm Not That Fat, Howard”
Larry McShane / NY Daily News:
Sexy Victoria's Secret angel Constance Jablonski faces $3.3 million suit for ditching Manhattan …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
E! Online:
NEWS/Jennifer Aniston to Be New Face of Aveeno Skin Care
Discussion: Celeb Gossip … and PopSugar
Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline.com:
Liam Neeson Locked To ‘Run All Night;’ Helmer Jaume Collett-Serra In Talks
Discussion: Hollywood.com and I Watch Stuff
Sean O'Hare / Daily Mail:
Woman, 51, ‘smothers lover to death with her breasts during drunken row in caravan’
Discussion: Gawker
 Earlier Picks: 
Sophie A. Schillaci / Hollywood Reporter:
'X Factor's' Fifth Harmony Sign With Syco Music, Epic Records (Exclusive)
Discussion: Hollywood.com
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Emmy Rossum works out constantly: ‘I think you should just do something every day’
lifeandstylemag.com:
Khloé Kardashian Kicks Lamar Odom Out, Stays at LA Hotel for Week (EXCLUSIVE)
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
TMZ.com:
Ex-Miss America Ericka Dunlap — Show Producer Moved My Seat Because I'm Black
Discussion: Bossip
Daily Mail:
Disgraced golfer Tiger Woods tries to 'win back ex-wife Elin with a $200 million deal and she says yes! …
Discussion: Bossip
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
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