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2:00 PM ET, December 7, 2013

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Perez Hilton:
Carrie Underwood Wasn't Sound Of Music's 1st Pick?!  The Original Von Trapps Wanted A DIFFERENT Actress!  —  Uh oh!  Maybe they SHOULD have given them what they wanted!  —  Last night's broadcast of the Sound of Music LIVE was met with mixed reviews, Carrie Underwood's vocals were AH-MAZE but her acting was...not.
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Kevin Fallon / The Daily Beast:
‘Sound of Music Live!’  Review: The Hills Are Barely Alive  —  By Kevin FallonDecember 6th 20135:45 AM  —  Was Carrie Underwood a good Maria?  No. Was NBC's decision to do a live staging of ‘The Sound of Music’ a good one?  Maybe not.  Was it fun anyway?  Actually, kinda.  —  The poor hills.
Discussion: Washington Post and The Wrap
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
TV Ratings: NBC's ‘Sound of Music Live’ Sings With 18.5 Million Viewers  —  UPDATED: The peacock's three-hour presentation of the musical ties “The Big Bang Theory” in the demo and propels the network to an impressive nightly win — its biggest on a Thursday since the “ER” finale in 2009.
Discussion: Defamer
TIME:
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Carrie Underwood?  —  9 things that went wrong, 6 things that went right, and 4 people who should've played Maria instead  —  By Charlotte Alter @charlottealterDec.  06, 2013  —  An imposing Austrian manly-man falls for the nanny even though he is attached …
Discussion: Right Celebrity
Marc Bernardin / Hollywood Reporter:
The Sound of Music Live!: TV Review
Discussion: PopCrunch and Variety
Donna Freydkin / USA Today:
Jennifer Lawrence hungers for normalcy  —  Franchises and awards aside, the 23-year-old actress craves a life away from the red carpet.  —  CONNECT  —  NEW YORK — Behind the clever banter and disarming repartee, beyond the glamorous red-carpet Dior gowns, in a private dining room …
Discussion: PerezHilton
Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Kim Kardashian Makes Fan's Night, Invites Teen to Sit With Her at Kanye West's Yeezus Concert  —  Talk about a fan-tastic experience!  Kim Kardashian made one teen very, very happy on Thursday, Dec. 5, when she invited the girl and her friend to sit with her in the VIP section at fiance Kanye West's Yeezus concert in New Orleans.
Discussion: Daily Mail
Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Jennifer Aniston “Very Into the Holiday Spirit” While Shopping for Christmas Trees With Justin Theroux  —  'Tis the season!  Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux are ready to deck the halls.  On Thursday, Dec. 5, the couple paid their annual visit to Mr. Greentrees in Beverly Hills to pick the perfect Christmas tree for their new home.
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity and Just Jared
Justin Kroll / Variety:
Disney Takes Over Rights to ‘Indiana Jones’ Franchise  —  Paramount keeps distribution rights to previous four films  —  The Walt Disney Studios and Paramount Pictures have reached a distribution and marketing agreement for the Indiana Jones franchise.  —  Under the arrangement …
Perez Hilton:
Amanda Bynes Is On Track To Recovery!  Enrolls Herself At FIDM!  —  WOW!  A slow and steady recovery?  —  Perhaps not for Amanda Bynes!  —  After returning home from rehab, the What I Like About You star is wasting no time getting back onto her own two feetsies!
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Amanda Bynes / TMZ.com:
ENROLLS IN FASHION SCHOOL
Discussion: PerezHilton and Celeb Gossip …
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
New ‘Terminator’ TV Series in the Works  —  “Thor's” Zack Stentz and Ashley Miller will pen the script for the project, from Skydance Productions and Annapurna Pictures, that will be a companion piece to the rebooted film.  —  Arnold Schwarzenegger in “The Terminator”
Discussion: The Moviefone Blog
TMZ.com:
Paul Walker — Emergency Dispatch Recording ... ‘Dead on Arrival’  —  Dispatch Recording ...  ‘DEAD ON ARRIVAL’  —  6 MINUTES AGO BY TMZ STAFF  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  First responders to the Paul Walker crash declared the actor dead almost immediately after arriving on the scene ... and TMZ has obtained audio of the call to dispatch.
Nicole Eggenberger / Us Weekly:
Kelly Clarkson Talks Pregnancy Morning Sickness on Ellen: “I Vomit a Good Dozen Times a Day”  —  Pregnancy has been rough on Kelly Clarkson.  During an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Friday, Dec. 6, the 31-year-old singer vented to host Ellen DeGeneres about how “miserable” …
 
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Access Hollywood:
Heidi Klum: No Botox For Me - I'm ‘Too Scared!’
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Megan / Dlisted:
Rashida Jones Is Still Sick Of The Vaginalization Of Pop Music
Discussion: E! Online
People.com:
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TMZ.com:
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Discussion: Reality TV Magazine
Daily Mail:
Are you fur real? …
Cavan Sieczkowski / The Huffington Post:
Kim Zolciak Tweets About Being A Size 4 Just 9 Days After Giving Birth To Twins
Discussion: X17 Online
 

 
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Kamala Harris, who mostly avoided interviews over the past few months, sets out on a media blitz, including the Call Her Daddy podcast, The View, and 60 Minutes

Financial Times:
Sources: New York Sun owner Dovid Efune is close to striking a deal to buy The Telegraph for £550M+, more than what others like National World offered

Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers:
[Thread] CBS News leaders told staff that Tony Dokoupil's interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates about the Israel-Hamas war did not meet impartiality standards

 
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