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3:40 PM 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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Associated Press:
Tina Fey's husband talks about her facial scar  —  NEW YORK - Tina Fey's husband is talking about something the “30 Rock” actress would rather not discuss: the scar on her left cheek.  —  In an interview in Vanity Fair, Jeff Richmond says a stranger slashed Fey's face when she was 5 years old.
New York Post:
TINA OPENS UP ABOUT FEY-MOUS SCAR
Discussion: Gone Hollywood and OH NO!!
Nancy Franklin / New Yorker:
Sketchy Comedy  —  Upon winning the second of three Emmy Awards …
Allison Corneau / Us Weekly:
Simon Cowell: Britney Spears Is in Awe of Me  —  Britney Spears won over one of America's toughest critics with her string of comeback performances last week: Simon Cowell!  —  As part of a promotional tour to tout Tuesday's release of her new album, Circus, Spears, 26, performed “Womanizer” on Cowell's X-Factor Saturday.
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Associated Press:
Ivana Trump separates from fourth hubby Rubicondi  —  NEW YORK - Ivana Trump has issued a statement confirming reports of marital discord with Italian entrepreneur Rossano Rubicondi.  —  Trump, who married Rubicondi in April, says she filed a legal separation agreement three months ago.
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People.com:
Ivana Trump Separates from Fourth Husband
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Bitten and Bound
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 …
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New York Times:
Plaxico Burress Surrenders to Police
Discussion: Scandalist
New York Post:   PLAX TURNS HIMSELF IN
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:   Madonna, A-Rod Both in Mexico City
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Brad Pitt: The Best Meal Angelina Jolie Has Cooked for Me Is Cereal  —  Don't expect Angelina Jolie to whip up a fancy dinner for her six kids and beau Brad Pitt.  —  In the new issue of chef Jamie Oliver's eponymous magazine, Pitt, 44, admits the best meal Jolie has ever cooked for him was “cereals,” according to the U.K. Guardian.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Guardian
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Lizzie Smith / Daily Mail:
Angelina Jolie shows off her flat stomach proving she's NOT pregnant
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: ER Star Parminder Nagra Pregnant With First Child  —  ER star Parminder Nagra and her photographer beau, James Stenson, are expecting their first child this summer, the actress confirms to Usmagazine.com exclusively.  —  “We are thrilled and overjoyed at the prospect of becoming first time parents,” Nagra tells Us.
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed and Lifeline Live
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) …
Derrik J. Lang / Associated Press:
Travis Barker and DJ AM to reunite for performance  —  LOS ANGELES - Punk musician Travis Barker and celebrity disc jockey DJ AM will perform together for the first time since the duo survived a fiery plane crash in South Carolina.  —  The former Blink-182 drummer and DJ AM …
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PopEater:
Downey Jr. Knocked Out on ‘Holmes’ Set  —  A freak accident on the set of Robert Downey Jr.'s latest movie was less ‘Iron Man’ and more iron chin.  —  The Sun reports that Downey Jr. was knocked unconscious when a 350-pound stuntman accidentally punched him during a scene they were filming …
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, /Film and FishBowlLA
Starpulse:
Kate Hudson: ‘I Stalked A Man’  —  Kate Hudson once stalked a man she was desperate to date, and even recruited her friends to help her track the unwitting suitor down.  —  The single star confesses she was so obsessed with an unnamed bachelor, she tried to manipulate meetings in the hope he would ask her out.
Lissey / Marie Claire:
KATE BOSWORTH INTERVIEW  —  Kate Bosworth, through no fault of her own, is one of those young Hollywood actresses whose personality has been writ large in their absence; altogether human complexities expediently forgotten in favour of half truths, tossed into the frying pan of tabloid hysteria …
 
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From Mediagazer:

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Gannett fires an experienced editor overseeing 26 community newspapers for “sharing proprietary information” with a “competing media company”, which was Poynter

Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD reports a $86M profit in Q1 for its DTC unit, which includes streaming, up from $50M in Q1 2023, and 99.6M streaming subscribers, up from 97.7M in Q4 2023

Sara Fischer / Axios:
Vice Media plans to create a joint venture with Savage Ventures, which will invest “tens of millions of dollars”, to relaunch its sites, including Vice.com

 
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