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2:45 PM ET, November 13, 2008

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Bill Zwecker / Chicago Sun Times:
Brad's beef is with Jen  —  The new Vogue magazine interview with Jennifer Aniston has again revived chatter about the breakup of the actress' marriage to Brad Pitt.  —  Though the former “Friends” superstar has universally — and justifiably — been seen as a victim of Angelina Jolie stealing her man …
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Liza Hamm / People.com:
Jennifer Aniston: Brad Pitt Is ‘Doing Great’  —  Jennifer Aniston and Oprah Winfrey  —  In a new interview with Oprah Winfrey Wednesday, Jennifer Aniston continues to open up about her love life - past and present.  —  When asked about her candid interview with Vogue …
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Jennifer Aniston on Vogue: “I Answered as Honestly as I Could”
Discussion: CandyKirby.com and Celebritology
ABCNEWS:
Barbara Walters Exclusive: Pregnant Man Expecting Second Child  —  In First Interview Since Giving Birth, Thomas Beatie Tells Barbara Walters About Life With Daughter Susan  —  Thomas Beatie, the controversial “pregnant man” who gave birth to a daughter earlier this year …
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
The Pregnant Man Is Pregnant Again!
E! Online:
Miley Cyrus Talks Big Hairdos, Obama Girls at CMAs  —  It's not about big hats anymore at the CMA Awards.  —  According to Miley Cyrus, it's all about the hair.  —  “My daddy said that I should wear it up and put it in a ‘Get your hair as high and close to Jesus as possible’ type hairdo,” said the Hannah Montana star.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Billy Ray Backtracks on Obama Girls' Hannah Montana Invite  —  Billy Ray Cyrus is admitting Barack Obama's two young daughters may not appear on Disney's Hannah Montana after all.  —  “Oh, to tell you the truth now, this thing got a lot bigger, a lot quicker than I ever planned,” …
Kay West / People.com:
Miley's Beau Plays Prince Charming for Taylor Swift!
Discussion: X17 Online
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James Hibberd / Hollywood Reporter:
NBC drops ‘Enemy,’ Jungle'
People.com:
Caught in the Act!  —  • They've arrived in London - but before boarding their Virgin Atlantic flight at Los Angeles International Airport, a hoodie-clad Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson were totally inseparable.  The pair “cozied up” at the bar of Roadhouse Route 66 in Terminal 2 …
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Mirror.co.uk:
Lindsay Lohan and Sam Ronson to get engaged in Paris
Discussion: anythinghollywood.com and Bossip
TMZ.com:
TMZ — Mayer's Stepping Stone to Prime Time!  —  OK, it's true he had a big career before “hosting” TMZ, but it's no coincidence that months after John Mayer hijacked TMZ TV, he landed a network TV series.  —  We've learned Mayer will host a weekly variety show for CBS.  And here's the deal.
Scott Wolf / Access Hollywood:
Scott Wolf & Wife Expecting First Child  —  Scott Wolf and his wife Kelley are expecting their first child together - a baby boy.  —  The former “Party of Five” star confirmed the news to Access Hollywood's Billy Bush on Wednesday evening.  —  Scott, 40, revealed that he and Kelley, 32 …
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Scott Wolf & Wife Kelley Expecting Baby Boy
Contactmusic.com:
KANYE WEST - WEST BLASTS MTV EMA'S  —  KANYE WEST is convinced this year's (08) MTV Europe Music Awards were fixed, and insists he shouldn't have been handed a gong.  —  The Stronger hitmaker performed and collected the Ultimate Urban prize at the ceremony in Liverpool, England on Thursday …
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Daniel Frankel / Variety:
Showtime enlists gay superhero  —  Stan Lee to produce hourlong series  —  Showtime is developing an hourlong project from comicbook icon Stan Lee that tracks the life of a gay superhero.  —  Project is being exec produced by Lee and the president and CEO of his Pow!  Entertainment banner, Gill Champion.
New York Post:
WISTERIA BOUND?  —  IS Alaska's Gov. Sarah Palin headed to “Desperate Housewives”?  Series creator Marc Cherry is “very hot to trot to have her appear on the season-five finale,” Hollywood p.r. man Hal Lifson, who's not involved with the show, told us.  “Marc is highly enamored of Sarah …
New York Post:
JUST LIKE KIDS  —  MADONNA and Alex Rodriguez are turning to mush over each other.  Sources close to Madge tell the Chicago Sun-Times she's so smitten with her rumored Yankee lover, she informed a close pal he “has the heart of a poet trapped inside an insanely gorgeous body.”
LAT Blogs / The Big Picture:
Brett Ratner and ‘Conan’: Premature exhilaration?  —  If you hang around Hollywood long enough, you learn not to believe everything you read in the trades.  Still, it was pretty exciting to see the news this week that the indefatigable producer Avi Lerner had wooed Brett Ratner …
Ken Lee / People.com:
Paula Goodspeed Went to Abdul's House Before  —  The former American Idol hopeful found dead in an apparent suicide near Paula Abdul's home had been causing “a disturbance” there for several years, LAPD Capt. James Miller tells PEOPLE.  —  “Our station has been called to respond …
X17 Online:
Silver Fox!  —  Ok so the term “silver fox” is being used improperly here, but there's no denying that Nicole Richie looks pretty foxy in this long silver dress!  The hot mama attended the Alberta Ferretti flagship store opening in West Hollywood last night, and looked even better …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Matthew Rettenmund / boy culture:
The Marrying Kind  —  Yes!  I met Whoopi Goldberg and she happily posed with her sign.  —  My partner José, my pal Jason and I just got back from the well-organized and upbeat march in Columbus Circle to protest California's passage of Proposition 8—there were thousands of queers …
Discussion: Towleroad
Michael Moloney / TVGuide.com:
Could Jesse Csincsak Be the Next Bachelor?  —  Instead of waiting for Dr. Phil or The View to call, Jesse Csincsak (who recently had his upcoming wedding to Bachelorette DeAnna Pappas called off) got on the web and posted his feelings on the unexpected split.
 
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Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood Win Big at CMA Awards
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