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11:50 AM ET, December 1, 2008

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Maureen Dowd / Vanity Fair:
What Tina Wants  —  Tina Fey has rules.  They've guided the 38-year-old writer-comedian through marriage, motherhood, and a career that went into hyperdrive this fall, when her Sarah Palin impression convulsed the nation, boosting the ratings of both Saturday Night Live and her own NBC show, 30 Rock.
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Nancy Franklin / New Yorker:
Tina Fey's “30 Rock.”
Kate Stroup / People.com:
Madonna & A-Rod Head to Mexico City  —  Photo by: Ronald Asadorian / Splash News Online; Pascal Le Segretain / Getty  —  Coincidence?  —  Madonna and Alex Rodriguez were both spotted in Mexico City last weekend.  —  The two have not confirmed their romance.
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Ken Baker / E! Online:
MadRod's Thanksgiving Weekend Capped By Madonna-Brother Reunion, Mexico Trip  —  Brian Zak/Sipa Press via AP images; Kevin Mazur/ Getty Images  —  Madonna may have just split with her husband, Guy Ritchie, but she's getting into the groove with at least two men in her life.
Discussion: Access Hollywood and POPSUGAR
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:   Madonna, A-Rod Both in Mexico City
Chris Rovzar / New York Magazine:
So Plaxico Burress Walked Into a Bar...  Details are coming together about what happened after Giants receiver Plaxico Burress pulled a Suge Knight on Friday night and accidentally shot himself in the leg at the midtown club Latin Quarter.  The Post reports that a series of efforts to hide the injury …
Discussion: NY Daily News and New York Post
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New York Post:
PLAX TURNS HIMSELF IN  —  WILL PLEAD NOT GUILTY TO WEAPONS CHARGE  —  Trouble-prone Giants receiver Plaxico Burress arrived at the 17th Precinct to turn himself in after he shot himself in the leg with an illegal handgun at a Manhattan nightclub.  —  Burress will plead not guilty …
Jocelyn Vena / MTV:
Britney Spears Explains Breakups, Breakdowns, Motherhood In ‘For The Record’  —  'I'm not gonna sugarcoat it and say I was OK,' singer says of meltdown.  —  Britney Spears' life has been filled with speculation and scrutiny over the last few years.  In “For the Record,” …
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Liz McNeil / People.com:
Ricki Lake: 'I Can't Believe I Was Fat'  —  Ricki Lake has trimmed 140 lbs. from her all-time top weight of 270 pounds - and says she is holding steady.  —  “I can't believe I was a fat person for most of my life,” the former talk show host, rocking a sexy black Herve Leger dress (size small) …
Courtney Hazlett / MSNBC:
Britney had ulterior motive for TV special  —  Plus: O'Donnell on variety-show flop; Travolta says Hanks owes him  —  “Britney: For the Record” might offer an inside glimpse into the pop star's life, but offering up tidbits about her failed relationship with Kevin Federline wasn't the goal of the documentary.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Caroline Grant / Daily Mail:
Cheeky Girl: Geri Halliwell exposes her behind in red carpet wardrobe malfunction … Oh dear, Geri.  And it had all been going so well.  —  The Spice Girl turned up to an awards ceremony looking enviably sleek and well-groomed in a ruffled red dress.  —  In fact, with her glossy curls …
Kellvin Chavez / LatinoReview.com:
Exclusive: Beverly Hills Cop IV Story Details!!  —  With everything 1980's being either made, remade, or re-imagined, one of our favorite readers and insiders who we haven't heard from in a hot minute, EL CHAVO has the goods on Eddie Murphy's 80's update of Beverly Hills Cop 4.
Discussion: Cinematical, AceShowBiz.com and /Film
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Travis Barker, DJ AM to Play New Year's Eve Concert  —  DJ AM (left) and Travis Barker  —  New Year's Eve will bring an upbeat reunion for Travis Barker and DJ AM - who will perform together for the first time since they survived a fiery plane crash in September.
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
Jay A. Fernandez / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Fame’ chooses five  —  Will fill out administrative, teaching parts  —  Megan Mullally, Kelsey Grammer, Charles S. Dutton, Bebe Neuwirth and Debbie Allen have been tenured.  —  The quintet has been chosen to fill out the administrative and teaching roles in MGM and Lakeshore Entertainment's remake of “Fame.”
Brianm / Us Weekly:
Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr Are Not Engaged  —  Orlando Bloom and Victoria's Secret model Miranda Kerr aren't engaged, his rep tells Usmagazine.com.  —  Australia's The Sunday Telegraph had reported that a wedding was planned for the middle of next year, “when both have a break from work commitments.”
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Dan Wootton / News of the World:
Britney does it One More Mime  —  BRITNEY Spears mimed her way through her much-hyped X Factor comeback show last night - but still managed to blow away the audience.  —  The pop princess lip-synched to her new song Womanizer because, insiders told me, she wanted to concentrate on her dance routine.
Discussion: OH NO!!
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Britney Spears:
Britney breaks ratings records!
Discussion: Seriously? OMG!
 
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