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2:40 PM ET, January 28, 2013

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Chris Brown and Frank Ocean — Huge Fight at Recording Studio  —  CHRIS BROWN & FRANK OCEAN  —  HUGE FIGHT AT RECORDING STUDIO  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  UPDATE: 5:20 AM PT: After the incident, Ocean tweeted “got jumped by chris and a couple guys. lol. i only wish everest [his dog] …
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Justin Ravitz / Us Weekly:
Chris Brown Accused of Assaulting Frank Ocean  —  Credit: Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty; Christopher Polk/Getty  —  Another day, another violent feud for Chris Brown.  The 23-year-old has been accused of physically assaulting fellow R&B star Frank Ocean at a West Hollywood parking lot on Sunday Jan. 28.
Dan Good / New York Post:
Chris Brown probed for assault after brawl with singer Frank Ocean: officials
Discussion: Dlisted
TMZ.com:
Rick Ross — Crashes Rolls-Royce While Escaping Gunfire  —  Crashes Rolls-Royce  —  While Escaping Gunfire  —  BREAKING NEWS  —  8:45 AM PT — Cops have now confirmed Ross was driving the Rolls-Royce at the time of the crash.  —  The passenger was Shateria L. Moragne-el — who is reportedly dating the rapper.
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Tamika Bickham / WPLG-TV:
Rapper Rick Ross reported target of drive-by shooting  —  Rolls Royce crashes into building on Las Olas Blvd. … Rapper Rick Ross was reportedly inside a Rolls Royce that was the target of multiple gunshots Monday morning, according to witnesses.  —  Around 5 a.m. Monday …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
John Boone / E! Online:
NEWS/Tina Fey Talks Mean Girls Musical: Mariah Carey Should Play the Cool Mom!  —  Mean Girls fans, look alive!  Because the fetch Lindsay Lohan movie might be coming to a theater near you...as a musical!  —  “Maybe!  We want to.  I would love to,” Tina Fey told E! News on the red carpet at the SAG Awards.
Len / X17 Online:
THE CAST OF ARGO TAKES TOP PRIZE AT THE 2013 SAG AWARDS  —  The actors of Argo, Les Miserable and Silver Linings Playbook took the top prizes at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards took place tonight at The Shrine auditorium in Los Angeles where Hollywood's biggest and brightest stars got …
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Dahvi Shira / Style Watch:
Jennifer Lawrence Feeling Better Thanks to a ‘Lot of Medication’
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Maria Mercedes Lara / PopSugar:   The Best Moments From the 2013 SAG Awards
Bryan Alexander / USA Today:
Ashton Kutcher suffers health scare prepping for ‘Jobs’  —  A fruit-only diet sickened the actor as he prepared for the biopic about the Apple co-founder. … PARK CITY, Utah — Ashton Kutcher might have gotten a little too close to Steve Jobs.  —  Kutcher says that he started a fruit …
Jesse Spero / Access Hollywood:
Bradley Cooper Slams Lance Armstrong Movie Rumors: ‘So Nuts!’  —  LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — Despite reports that Bradley Cooper is in talks to play disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong in an upcoming J.J. Abrams-directed biopic, the “Silver Linings Playbook” star tells Access Hollywood otherwise.
Discussion: Starpulse and I Watch Stuff
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Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Sam Edelman's New Muse: Kate Upton  —  Kate Upton in Sam Edelman's new advertising campaign.  —  Photo By Courtesy Photo Photo By Courtesy Photo  —  Sam Edelman is marching into 2013 with Kate Upton by its side.  —  The New York-based footwear brand has tapped the model for its new digital …
TMZ.com:
Taye Diggs Thwarts Home Invasion ... BY HIMSELF  —  Thwarts Home Invasion  —  BY HIMSELF  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Some actors play super heroes on the screen, but Taye Diggs really is one ... single-handedly apprehending a guy who tried to break into his home last night ... TMZ has learned.
Joyce Chen / Us Weekly:
Mary O'Connor, Hugh Hefner's Longtime Playboy Secretary, Dies  —  Hugh Hefner; Mary O'Connor (inset) Credit: Michael Buckner/Getty; E! (inset)  —  Heavy hearts are aplenty at the Playboy Mansion today.  Hugh Hefner's longtime secretary Mary O'Connor has died, the Playboy boss announced via Twitter on Sunday, Jan. 27.
TMZ.com:
‘Real Housewives of Miami’ Star Lisa Hochstein — Sues Internet Commenter Over Being Called a Call Girl  —  “Real Housewives of Miami” star Lisa Hochstein does NOT have sex for money and she's suing some random woman on the Internet who said that she did.  —  Hochstein recently filed a lawsuit …
Lara Gould / Daily Mail:
Why won't Adele let me see my grandson?  After a shattering rift, star's heartbroken father reveals agony of being ‘dead’ to her  —  When she takes centre stage at the Oscars next month to perform Bond theme Skyfall, the eyes of the world will be on North London ‘girl-done-good’ Adele.
 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

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The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

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