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Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Hollywood Cowardice: George Clooney Explains Why Sony Stood Alone In North Korean Cyberterror Attack — EXCLUSIVE: As it begins to dawn on everyone in Hollywood the reality that Sony Pictures was the victim of a cyberterrorist act perpetrated by a hostile foreign nation on American soil …
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Collins: An older woman exposed herself to me when I was a child — Stephen Collins says his past sexual misconduct with underage girls may have stemmed from his own childhood trauma. — “I did have someone in my life when I was between the ages of about 10 and 15, an older woman …
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Stephen Collins — ‘I Am Not a Pedophile’ — ‘I AM NOT A PEDOPHILE’ — BREAKING NEWS — Stephen Collins says he's not a pedophile, but rather someone who had a “distortion” in his thinking. — Collins told Katie Couric ... he does not fit the “clinical or dictionary definition” of a pedophile ... so concluded his therapist.
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Josh Margolin / ABC News:
Exclusive: Newly Released Ray Rice Video Shows Couple in Cuffs, Kissing After Elevator Punch … Turns out there's even more surveillance video Ray Rice doesn't want you to see. — ABC News today exclusively obtained a copy of the security-camera video that shows the ugly aftermath …
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Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon / Us Weekly:
Cameron Diaz Is Engaged to Benji Madden! — Cameron Diaz is engaged to her boyfriend, Good Charlotte rocker Benji Madden, multiple sources confirm to Us Weekly. — The Charlie's Angels actress, 42, who has previously dated Justin Timberlake and Alex Rodriguez, amongst others, first stepped out with Madden, 35, in May of this year.
James Hibberd / Inside TV:
‘Daredevil’: Exclusive new photos from Marvel series — Forget Ben Affleck. — Netflix's Daredevil is “the exact opposite” of Affleck's much-maligned 2003 bomb, promises showrunner Steven S. DeKnight. Expect the classic origin story to remain unchanged: Blinded as a child, Matt Murdock …
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Michael Slezak / TVLine:
Hannibal Recast Shocker: Michael Pitt Out, Joe Anderson In as Mason Verger — Michael Pitt will no longer be hearing the squealing of the pigs when Hannibal returns for Season 3. — The actor, who played sociopathic meat-packing magnate Mason Verger in Season 2, is not returning to the series …
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Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell Welcome Daughter Delta — Christmas came early for Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell! — The Parenthood and House of Lies stars welcomed their second daughter on Friday, Dec. 19, they announced via Twitter. — “Delta Bell Shepard is here.
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
David Schwimmer To Play Robert Kardashian In FX's ‘American Crime Story: People Vs. O.J.’ — FX has cast another key player in American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, the first installment of Ryan Murphy's new anthology miniseries, an offshoot of his hit American Horror Story FX franchise.
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Crisis Guru Judy Smith — Secret Adviser in Sony Scandal — CRISIS GURU JUDY SMITH — SECRET ADVISER IN SONY SCANDAL — EXCLUSIVE — Judy Smith — the inspiration behind the Olivia Pope character on “Scandal” — is on the case ... the Sony case, TMZ has learned.
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Ernie Hudson To Play Poseidon On ‘Once Upon a Time’ — Ernie Hudson has been cast as King Poseidon in ABC's Once Upon A Time. He will appear in episode 15 of the fairytale drama's current fourth season. In a twist, in addition to being the the powerful deity of legend, in the OUAT world …
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BECOMING SUICIDAL OVER BREAKUP — The ex-boyfriend of Nicki Minaj is taking their break-up INCREDIBLY hard ... to the point he's having suicidal thoughts. — Safaree Samuels is confiding in friends that he's an emotional wreck over his breakup with Nicki after a 12-year relationship.
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