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4:25 PM ET, December 13, 2013

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TMZ.com:
FILING FOR DIVORCE ... TODAY!!!!!  —  Khloe Kardashian is filing for divorce from Lamar Odom ... TODAY ... TMZ has learned.  —  Sources tell us, Khloe will be citing irreconcilable differences in her legal docs.  The split should be pretty cut and dry — an ironclad prenup which kept all their assets separate ... and no kids.
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Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Khloe Kardashian Filing for Divorce From Lamar Odom  —  Is it really over?  Khloe Kardashian plans to file for divorce from husband Lamar Odom very, very soon, a source confirms to Us Weekly.  As in today, Friday, Dec. 13.  (TMZ was first to report the news.)
Silvio Petroluongo / Billboard:
Beyonce's Surprise Album Trending Towards No. 1 on Billboard 200 … Questions?  Comments?  Let us know: @billboard
Discussion: PerezHilton
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Gerrick D. Kennedy / Los Angeles Times:
Beyonce's game change: a surprise album release  —  The singer pulled off one of the best-kept secrets in recent music history — she had a new album, and it was already available for purchase.  —  Beyonce performs onstage as part of her Mrs. Carter World Tour last week in Phoenix.
TMZ.com:
Beyonce Surprise —While You Were Sleeping ... I Just Dropped A New Album!
Discussion: X17 Online and tooFab.com
TMZ.com:
Bruce Jenner — I'm Ditching My Adam's Apple  —  I'M DITCHING MY ADAM'S APPLE  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Bruce Jenner is flattening his Adam's Apple ... TMZ has learned.  —  Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ ... the Olympian met with a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon today for a consultation …
Dave McNary / Variety:
Ed Helms Firing Up ‘The Naked Gun’ Reboot for Paramount (EXCLUSIVE)  —  ‘Night at the Museum’ writers on board to script  —  Detective Frank Drebin is coming back with Ed Helms on board to portray Leslie Nielsen's character in Paramount's reboot of “The Naked Gun” comedy franchise.
Discussion: Dlisted, The Blemish and I Watch Stuff
Bill Carter / New York Times:
‘S.N.L.’ to Add Black Female Performer  —  How seriously did “Saturday Night Live” take the furor around its lack of a black female performer?  —  Enlarge This Image  —  Lorne Michaels, executive producer, said the new cast member would start in January.
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Deadline.com:
‘SNL’ To Audition Black Female Cast Hopefuls Monday, Pick One For January Start
Discussion: PerezHilton
Noelle Talmon / Starpulse:
Fergie & Josh Duhamel Celebrate Son Axl's Baptism  —  On Thursday afternoon Fergie and Josh Duhamel baptized their son Axl.  The pair brought their four-month-old to St. Martin's Catholic Church in Brentwood, Calif., and approximately 10 family members and close friends joined them for the ceremony.
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Rachel McRady / Us Weekly:
Fergie and Josh Duhamel Celebrate Baby Axl's Baptism: Pictures
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
NEWS/ Adam Sandler to Guest Star on Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Super Bowl Episode!  Find Out Who He's Playing...  Prince isn't the only one guest starring on a Fox comedy.  Adam Sandler is, too!  —  The funnyman is shooting the Super Bowl episode of Fox's new comedy, Brooklyn Nine-Nine …
Discussion: Defamer, TV Fanatic and The Wrap
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Drfunkenberry.com:
Exclusive! PRINCE To Appear On “New Girl” Super Bowl Episode!
Discussion: PerezHilton
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
NEWS/ Prince on New Girl!  Music Icon Will Guest Star As Himself in Super Bowl Episode and Interfere With Nick and Jess
Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Courtney Stodden Dyes Hair, Goes Brunette: “I Feel Born Again”  —  Courtney Stodden is a blonde bombshell no more.  The newly single 19-year-old — who split from her 53-year-old husband, Doug Hutchison, in November — is embracing her dark side by dyeing her trademark platinum tresses a dark brunette color.
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Gail Mitchell / Billboard:
Bruno Mars: Billboard Artist of the Year Cover Story  —  Jukebox Hero: How did Bruno Mars become Billboard's Artist of the Year?  He grabbed hold of the album and single charts and never let go  —  It's a few days before the Grammy Award nominations are announced, and Bruno Mars is shaking off predictions with an easy laugh.
Paul Morigi / Associated Press:
Judge Finalizes Jack White, Karen Elson Divorce  —  SPLIT: Jack White and Karen Elson  —  Erstwhile White Stripes frontman White and his model-singer wife Elson threw a “divorce party” on June 10, 2011, their sixth wedding anniversary. … Questions?  Comments?  Let us know: @billboard
Discussion: Digital Spy and TMZ.com
Nicole Eggenberger / Us Weekly:
A private screening was held for Paul Walker's family to view his final film.  A rep for the Hours confirms to Us Weekly that the late actor's relatives watched the drama thriller together at a theater in La Canada Flintridge, Calif.  —  “His family was very stoic,” a rep for the Eric Heisserer-directed film told Us.
Discussion: E! Online
Lily Harrison / E! Online:
NEWS/ Find Out Why Miley Cyrus Wants to “Free the Nipple”  —  Yup, you read that right.  —  Miley Cyrus has jumped onboard a new bandwagon aiming to end media's “glorification of violence and repression of nudity.”  —  And really, considering her most recent performance ensembles, the pairing seems to make sense.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
lifeandstylemag.com:
EXCLUSIVE: See LeAnn Rimes, Eddie Cibrian's “Naughty” Christmas Card — With His Two Sons!  —  Eddie Cibrian and LeAnn Rimes pose with Eddie's two sons for their 2014 Christmas card.  —  Looks like this quartet made Santa's naughty list this year!  —  Life & Style has obtained LeAnn Rimes …
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Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
LeAnn Rimes Thought About Sex to Stop Crying During Patsy Cline Tribute
Kathy Ehrich Dowd / People.com:
Susan Sarandon: I Was Stoned at ‘Almost All’ the Awards Shows  —  Awards shows can seem like interminable events, but Susan Sarandon has apparently found a way to make all those dreary speeches seem a lot more fun: by being stoned!  —  The Oscar-winning actress, 67, seemed downright casual …
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Zayda Rivera / NY Daily News:
Susan Sarandon confesses she was high at ‘almost all’ award shows except the Oscars
Discussion: Dlisted and E! Online
 
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Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Benedict Cumberbatch: ‘Women need to take pride in their collective identity’
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NY Daily News:
EDITORS' PICKS  —  Only Beyoncé can get other pop stars to “bow down.”
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Zach Johnson / E! Online:
NEWS/ Blake Lively Jokes That Her Dream Christmas Present Will Bankrupt Ryan Reynolds
Discussion: PerezHilton and Just Jared
Dave McNary / Variety:
Fox Remaking ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ (EXCLUSIVE)
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NY Daily News:
Leonardo DiCaprio, Orlando Bloom and models are rolling in clubland after Victoria's Secret show
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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

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

Wall Street Journal:
eMarketer expects Google's share of the US search ad market to drop below 50% in 2025 for the first time in 10+ years, as Amazon, Apple, and others make gains

 
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