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6:00 PM ET, January 23, 2015

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Hannah Ongley / Styleite:
Willow Smith Wore a Nipple Shirt and the Internet Is Freaking Out  —  Willow Smith is hardly a stranger to controversy.  Between being too smart, too shorn, too pierced, and too friendly with shirtless older males, the internet does not know what to do with her.  Her latest crime?  Being too fashun.
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Francesca Bacardi / E! Online:
NEWS/ Willow Smith's “Topless” Picture Is the Latest Instagram Naked Photo Controversy
Discussion: In Case You Didn't Know and Bossip
Kirthana Ramisetti / NY Daily News:
Willow Smith courts controversy with seemingly topless Instagram photo
Discussion: The Blemish
Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Willow Smith Posts Crazy “Topless” Instagram Photo
Discussion: UPROXX, Gawker and Oh No They Didn't!
TMZ.com:
Beyonce Scares the Crap Out of Etsy ... Don't Screw with My Name!  —  Beyonce threatened a company that came perilously close to using her name to hawk mugs ... and guess what you can't buy anymore?  —  Etsy — a craft website that's a cross between eBay and Pinterest — was hawking Feyonce mugs.
Mark Byrne / GQ:
Diplo: The Last Dinosaur  —  Thomas Wesley Pentz, or Diplo as in diplodocus the dinosaur, is far and away the least likely EDM artist to ever face extinction.  Here he talks to us about the music industry, Taylor Swift, and how things have changed in the ten years since he put out his first album
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TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan Fails Community Service AGAIN ... Jail on the Table  —  FAILS COMMUNITY SERVICE AGAIN  —  Jail on the Table  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Lindsay Lohan will use a mosquito defense when her lawyer goes to court next week to announce her client has failed A SECOND TIME to complete …
Brett Malec / E! Online:
NEWS/ Gia Giudice Says Mom Teresa Giudice Is “Doing Great” in Prison and “Looks So Amazing!”  Plus Scoop on Her New Music—Watch  —  Gia Giudice is giving fans an update on how her mom Teresa Giudice is doing in prison.  —  “She's doing great,” the 14-year-old Real Housewives of New Jersey star told E! …
Discussion: Gawker, Page Six and PerezHilton
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Paige Feigenbaum / Access Hollywood:
GIA GIUDICE GIVES UPDATE ON VISITING MOM TERESA GIUDICE IN JAIL
Discussion: Us Weekly
Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:
Sean Penn Has Filed to Adopt Fiancee Charlize Theron's Son Jackson and He Wants Even More Kids!  —  First comes engagement, then comes adoption!  Sean Penn has filed to adopt his fiancée Charlize Theron's 3-year-old son Jackson, sources reveal in the new issue of Us Weekly.
Lorien Haynes / Red Online:
Sam Taylor-Johnson: ‘Why I Made 50 Shades Of Grey The Movie’  —  Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Pinterest Share via email Close  —  Red meets the woman behind the year's most hotly anticipated movie, Fifty Shades of Grey, in an exclusive interview....
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Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Box Office: ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Tracking for $45M-Plus Debut
Discussion: PerezHilton and Just Jared
Alyssa Toomey / E! Online:
NEWS/ Kristin Cavallari Is Trying to Add Muscle to Her Tiny Frame: “I Can Look Really Skinny, and I Don't Like That”  —  It's no secret that Kristin Cavallari looked insane just two months after giving birth to her second son, Jaxon Wyatt, who is now 8 months old.
Discussion: Us Weekly, Gawker, Page Six and PerezHilton
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Netflix Makes 4-Pic Pact With Duplass Brothers - Sundance  —  EXCLUSIVE: As everyone wonders how Ted Sarandos and Netflix will stack up as film buyers here at Sundance, Netflix has closed a significant deal with one of the most prolific filmmaking teams here in Park City.
Discussion: Variety and I Watch Stuff
Hannah Marriott / Guardian:
Penises on the fashion catwalk - a flesh flash too far?  —  The sight of men's genitals at the Rick Owens' menswear show in Paris on Thursday caused a bit of a stir on the front row  —  xposed nipples?  Naked bottoms?  Bare breasts?  The insouciant editors who sit in the front row …
Daily Mail:
Pop princesses Katy Perry, Rihanna and Miley Cyrus lead the glamorous front row crowd at LA fashion awards  —  They're three of the most famous women in the world.  —  And it's a rare occasion that Katy Perry, Rihanna and Miley Cyrus are in the same place at the same time …
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Allison / Dlisted:
Katy Perry Helped TLC Meet Their Kickstarter Goal Of $150,000
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay and Bossip
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Marvel Courting Chiwetel Ejiofor for Leading Role in ‘Doctor Strange’ (Exclusive)  —  Benedict Cumberbatch is starring as the good doctor.  —  Chiwetel Ejiofor  —  Oscar nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor could join his first comic book movie.  —  The actor is being courted by Marvel …
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
NEWS/ Kanye West: “Not Smiling Makes Me Smile,” Plus Why He Believes Fashion Is God's Work  —  Kanye West has a lot to say about fashion.  —  The rapper-designer was on hand at The Daily Front Row's inaugural Fashion Los Angeles Awards at the Sunset Tower Hotel last night to present an award to Milk Studios founder Mazdack Rossi.
Discussion: Dlisted and Cele|bitchy
Jason Newman / Rolling Stone:
Mike Tyson Talks ‘Intense, Crazy’ Cameo on Madonna's ‘Rebel Heart’ LP  —  When Madonna released the finished track list for her upcoming album Rebel Heart earlier this week, the most conspicuous guest star wasn't Nicki Minaj, Nas or Chance the Rapper.  That distinction fell to Mike Tyson …
Discussion: Digital Spy, TMZ.com and Stereogum
Bruce Horovitz / USA Today:
Super-racy Super Bowl spot for TV in West only  —  Carl's Jr. All-Natural Burger Super Bowl spot Carl's Jr.  —  Perhaps one of the raciest Super Bowl spots, ever, will be seen on Super Bowl Sunday by less than half the country.  —  The regional ad by regional burger chain Carl's Jr. …
Discussion: PerezHilton, Fox News and Just Jared
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Linsey Davis / ABC News:
Carl's Jr. Super Bowl Ad Cooks Up Controversy
Discussion: Us Weekly
 
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Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
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Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:
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Allison / Dlisted:
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Discussion: The Blemish and The Moviefone Blog
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

New York Times:
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