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12:00 PM ET, January 18, 2013

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Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Michael J. Fox hilariously mocks Taylor Swift: ‘What a way to build a career’  —  Have I ever talked about my childhood crush on Michael J. Fox?  I grew up watching Family Ties and then Back to the Future and then the criminal underrated film Doc Hollywood (I LOVE THAT MOVIE) …
Melissa Cronin / New York Post:
Zac Efron freaks out after being photographed near an array of dildos  —  Zac Efron was mortified to be caught hanging out at “Fantasy World” sex shop in NYC yesterday - even though he was just filming scenes for his new movie, “Are We Officially Dating.”  When he realized a photographer …
Lynn Hirschberg / Wmagazine.com:
Little Miss Sunshine  —  WHETHER DOLLED UP OR AU NATUREL, EMMA STONE IS HOLLYWOOD'S REIGNING GOLDEN GIRL.  —  In the past five years, Emma Stone has gone from playing the goofy sidekick in movies like Zombieland and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past to the serious heroine in The Help and Gangster Squad (in theaters January 11).
Sarah / People.com:
Amanda Righetti Welcomes Son Knox Addison  —  It's a boy for Amanda Righetti!  —  The Mentalist star, 29, and her husband Jordan Alan welcomed their first child, son Knox Addison Alan, on Thursday, Jan. 10, her rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.  —  Righetti and Alan, 45 …
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop
Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, Alleged Mastermind Behind Manti Te'o Girlfriend Hoax, Auditioned for The Voice  —  The world was shocked when it was revealed on Jan. 17 that Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o's inspirational story of overcoming the death of his grandmother and girlfriend on the same …
Discussion: Gossip Cop
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TMZ.com:
Manti Te'o Hoax — All Scams Lead to Ronaiah Tuiasosopo
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Dorothy Pomerantz / Forbes:
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson Top Our List Of Hollywood's Highest-Grossing Romantic Couples  —  Valentine's Day is just around the corner, when movie lovers' thoughts turn to romance films.  Older folks might think of putting on Casablanca; Gen X'ers, Say Anything.
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Jennifer Lopez not happy with People mag cover, thinks the photo “makes her look old”  —  Jennifer Lopez isn't too happy with her cover photo on this week's issue of People magazine, sources tell us.  The 43-year-old mother of two sits down for an interview with the weekly to discuss her life …
Hector M / NYLON MAGAZINE:
nylon + selena gomez  —  Meet our February cover star!  —  Selena Gomez: Disney star, pop singer, good girl, right?  —  Well, kind of; though she's not ditching her squeaky clean image just yet—"I think [the paparazzi] are over me because I'm so boring[...] I get to Topanga Mall …
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X17 Online:
SELENA GOMEZ ON JUSTIN BIEBER PRE-SPLIT: “I'M HAVING FUN”
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Hot Slut Of The Day!  —  Lazaro Arbos, the Cuban native who sang and stuttered his way into the hearts of the judges on American Idol last night.  That's saying a lot, because to get to Nicki Minaj's heart, he had to sing through ten layers of chest bronzer, four walls of silicone, ten blocks of ice and an Illuminati force field.
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
Vlada Gelman / TVLine:
American Horror Story Scoop: Evan Peters and Sarah Paulson to Return for Season 3  —  Evan Peters and Sarah Paulson will check back into American Horror Story for Season 3.  —  Peters and Paulson, who both appeared in the original run and the current Asylum incarnation …
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Paul Dano to Star as Brian Wilson in ‘Love & Mercy’ (Exclusive)  —  UPDATED: Bill Pohlad has been tapped to direct, and Atticus Ross, who won an Oscar for his work with Trent Reznor on the score for “The Social Network,” is in talks to design the film's soundscape.
Discussion: Hollywood.com
TMZ.com:
Oksana Grigorieva Sues — My Lawyers Screwed Me in Mel Gibson Settlement  —  OKSANA GRIGORIEVA SUES  —  My Lawyers Screwed Me  —  in Mel Gibson Settlement  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Oksana Grigorieva says she was sabotaged by her own lawyers in her settlement with Mel Gibson …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Annie Barrett / TV Recaps:
‘American Idol’ season premiere recap: Mean Girls  —  Nicki Minaj somehow manages to render Mariah Carey the beta diva.  Plus, contestants!  —  Welcome back to Mr. Dawg's Wild Ride, one of the longest-running attractions in this fantasyscape we call Reality!
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Michele Amabile Angermiller / Hollywood Reporter:
‘American Idol’ Season 12 Premiere Recap: All Hail The Turbanator
Discussion: PerezHilton and Gawker
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 …
Tom Cruise / TMZ.com:
LATEST SWATTING VICTIM  —  Police just swarmed Tom Cruise's Beverly Hills estate after someone placed a 911 call saying there was an armed intruder on the property.  —  Beverly Hills cops were all over the property and found nothing.  —  Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... it appears to be the latest incident of celebrity swatting.
Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline.com:
Sundance: James Franco Sets Pic On 60s Hollywood Hair Master Jay Sebring  —  EXCLUSIVE: James Franco, bound for Sundance to promote several projects, has just set another.  He will star in and direct Beautiful People, a bio-pic of charismatic playboy and visionary Jay Sebring, the jet-setting hairstylist to the stars in the 1960s.
Chris Palmer / ESPN:
Discussion: Bossip
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Porn Star James Deen on His ‘Canyons’ Experience With Lindsay Lohan  —  Following a scandalous exposé of Lohan's outrageous behavior during the making of Paul Schrader's film The Canyons, her costar, porn legend James Deen, tells Marlow Stern what it's really like working with LiLo—four-way sex scenes and all.
Daniel Riley / GQ:
Drama King  —  Meet Bravo's Andy Cohen, the mogul behind Real Housewives and other TV cheese you love to eat—and host of his own wild show, Watch What Happens Live  —  You know Andy Cohen from your television.  Not his face, necessarily, but his body of work: the runny-mascara reality empire …
Discussion: Celeb Gossip …
The Superficial:
Lindsay Lohan The Prostitute Tried To Talk S**t On Jennifer Lawrence The Oscar Nominee  —  When Jennifer Lawrence won her Golden Globe for Silver Linings Playbook she joked at the podium, “I beat Meryl!” a line from The First Wives Club which everyone made a big deal about because Meryl Streep's name …
Discussion: Hollywoodtuna and PerezHilton
 
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Carrie Underwood Talks Gay Marriage & Celebrity Cheaters In The February Allure
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Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline.com:
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Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
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Melania Trump hawks QVC jewelry line, has a “different romance” with The Donald
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Kim Kardashian to David Letterman: Stop Joking About My Kris Humphries Marriage!
 

 
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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

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A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

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