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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Katie Couric to Interview Manti Te'o — 1:42 p.m. | Updated Katie Couric has landed the first television interview with Manti Te'o, the Notre Dame football star who said he was tricked into believing first that he had a girlfriend and then that the girlfriend died of leukemia. The girlfriend never existed.
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Katie Couric to Interview Manti Te'o, Notre Dame Football Star Who Was Victim of Hoax — Katie Couric has scored the first on-camera interview with Manti Te'o for her syndicated daytime talk show, “Katie.” — Couric will sit down with Te'o and his parents, Brian and Ottilia Te'o …
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ESPN:
Manti Te'o denies being part of hoax — Manti Te'o denied being part of a hoax involving a relationship with a person online whom he considered his girlfriend, during an interview with ESPN's Jeremy Schaap on Friday night, but did say he “tailored” his stories so people would think he “met her before she passed away.”
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Zach Johnson / Us Weekly:
Justin Bieber Pulls Down Pants, Moons the Camera — Justin Bieber is full of surprises. On the heels of his recent breakup with Selena Gomez and a headline-making marijuana controversy, the 18-year-old singer showed off his bare butt in an Instagram picture Saturday, Jan. 19.
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Patrick Gomez / People.com:
Daniel Radcliffe Seen Kissing Costar Erin Darke in Sundance — On screen, Daniel Radcliffe's playing adult roles now. But offscreen, he's still a young wizard, conjuring up some magic with his Kill Your Darlings costar Erin Darke - with the two seen sharing a kiss and a cuddle at the Sundance Film Festival Friday.
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Marc Malkin / E! Online:
NEWS/Daniel Radcliffe Talks Steamy Gay Sex Scene in Sundance Movie: “It Was Something New” — Daniel Radcliffe proves once again that he's put Harry Potter way behind him. — In his new indie drama, Kill Your Darlings, he plays the late gay Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in 1944 when a murder brings …
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Mike Allen / Reuters:
Barbara Walters falls, cuts forehead — Barbara Walters, 83, fell on a stair on Saturday night while visiting the British Ambassador's residence and cut her forehead, ABC said Sunday in a statement in response to an inquiry from POLITICO. — “Out of an abundance of caution …
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TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan — Take Your Plea Deal — AND SHOVE IT! — Take Your Plea Deal ... AND SHOVE IT — EXCLUSIVE — Lindsay Lohan doesn't care that the prosecutor in her car crash case is willing to let her skate without spending a day in jail ... because she won't plea bargain a case in which she says she's innocent.
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Carrie Bell / People.com:
The Bachelor's Sarah Herron: Having One Arm Helped Me Catch Sean Lowe's Attention — Sarah Herron, 26, was determined to find love on The Bachelor - and she wasn't about to let having only one arm get in her way. — And as the advertising executive, who was born without an arm …
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Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Box Office Report: Arnold Terminated by ‘Mama,’ ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ — Schwarzenegger's “The Last Stand” flops, while Mark Wahlberg-Russell Crowe thriller “Broken City” likewise struggles; “Silver Linings Playbook” rockets up the chart as it expands nationwide. — Hasta la vista, baby.
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Pam Belluck / Well:
A Cat's 200-Mile Trek Home Leaves Scientists Guessing — Nobody knows how it happened: an indoor housecat who got lost on a family excursion managing, after two months and about 200 miles, to return to her hometown. — Even scientists are baffled by how Holly, a 4-year-old tortoiseshell …
Perez Hilton:
Selena Gomez Covers Her Heartbreak In Concert...With The Help Of Justin Timberlake And Taylor Swift! — Show that booty of yours all of you want, Justin Bieber! — Because we think it's more than a little CLEAR after last night that Selena Gomez ain't missing that - or anything else about you - AT ALL!
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