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5:30 PM ET, December 18, 2008

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Variety:
Piven speeds away from ‘Plow’ play  —  Actor leaves show due to ‘high mercury count’  —  Jeremy Piven has exited David Mamet's ‘Speed the Plow’ because of a medical condition.
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E! Online:
Jeremy Piven Pull-Out Blamed on Bad Sushi; William H. Macy Rolls to Rescue  —  Los Angeles (E! Online) - And you thought Jeremy Piven's excuse was fishy before...  A day after the actor abruptly announced his decision to pull out of David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow on Broadway to pursue a career …
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Jeremy Piven Abruptly Abandons Broadway Play
Dave Itzkoff / ArtsBeat:
Jeremy Piven Leaves ‘Speed-the-Plow’
Discussion: Defamer and L.A. Rag Mag
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Jeremy Piven Quits Broadway Play Due to “High Mercury Count”
Discussion: The Pop and dailystab.com
Cwhite / SAG Awards Official Web Site:
15th SAG Awards Nominations Press Release  —  A complete downloadable version of the Nominations Press Release is at the bottom of this page.  —  For Immediate Release  —  NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 15th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS®  —  Actor® Awards Ceremony …
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Birthday Boy Brad Pitt: “Am I in Mid-Life?”  —  Brad Pitt turns 45 today.  —  But it's his new movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — not his latest milestone — that has gotten the actor thinking about his life.  —  In the fantasy drama — for which he scored a Screen Actors Guild Award nod …
POPSUGAR:
Brad Gets a SAG Nomination For His Birthday
Discussion: Marie Claire News
Rennie Dyball / People.com:
Double SAG Nominations for Kate Winslet
Access Hollywood:
Brad Pitt Talks Taking The Family To France & Celebrating Christmas
Discussion: MTV UK, X17 Online and iVillage
Josh Brolin / Us Weekly:   Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt Score SAG Nods
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Scarlett Johansson Selling Her Used Tissue on eBay  —  Going once...  Scarlett Johansson is putting her old tissue on eBay for charity.  —  During her appearance on Wednesday's The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, she complained that she caught a cold from her Spirit costar Samuel L. Jackson.
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Courtney Hazlett / MSNBC:
Tom Cruise skips son's first film premiere  —  Plus: No inauguration crowds for Baldwin; J.Lo and hubby look happy  —  “Seven Pounds” is his son Connor's first film, but Tom Cruise opted not to attend the premiere in L.A. Dec. 16. so he could continue to promote his own film, “Valkyrie.”
Will Greenlee / TCPalm.com:
Police: Suspicious wife who demands to smell husband's genitals beaten  —  PORT ST. LUCIE — Police are seeking an arrest warrant for a man accused of hitting his wife after she asked to smell his penis to determine whether he was cheating with another woman, according to a police report released Wednesday.
OK! Magazine:
JEN: WE WILL MAKE FRIENDS FILM  —  ACTRESS SAYS SHE'S EAGER TO GET STARTED ON A MOVIE VERSION OF THE SERIES  —  JENNIFER Aniston is eager to release a Friends film as soon as possible.  —  The actress, who has previously been rumoured to be against making the movie, says she wants to …
X17 Online:
Clothing Store Forced To Stop Using Nude Image of French First Lady  —  A clothing company is being forced to pay $75,000 in damages for using bags featuring a topless image of France's First Lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.  Bruni-Sarkozy, a former model who posed for the picture years ago, sued the company for illegally using her image.
Khloe Kardashian:
I've Changed My Ways Thanks to PETA  —  As some of you might have seen today, there are several people who have taken to the web calling me a hypocrite and posting photos of me wearing fur.  —  The reason PETA approached me initially is because in my past I did wear fur and they wanted …
Lance Pugmire / Los Angeles Times:
MMA fighter Justin Levens, wife found shot dead  —  Justin Levens, left, of the Southern California Condors and Brian Foster of the San Jose Razorclaws face off during the IFL weigh-in at Buffalo Wild Wings on May 18, 2007, in Hoffman Estates, Ill. (Getty Images Photo)
Discussion: Celebrity Smack! and Scandalist
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El Mayimbe / LatinoReview.com:
Exclusive Scoop: The Player May Join Stark Industries  —  El Mayimbe here...  Got a new source and even though it is a tad bit late at night to double check, he passed my prelimanary source check and besides I figured this scoop is too damn hot to wait till morning.
Hollywoodtuna:
Kristen Bell's Little Globes Are Still Golden  —  Here's Kristen Bell at the Golden Globe Awards party honoring young Hollywood that I wasn't invited to even though I've only been doing this site for like 4 years, which makes it pretty young and there's Hollywood right in the f@#king title.
New York Post:
ALASKA'S MASCULINE CHILD  —  THE first grandchild of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is a boy, her father, Chuck Heath, revealed to Grandparents.com.  Heath said his pregnant granddaughter, Bristol Palin, has a due date of Dec. 20.  Asked what Bristol and the child's still unmarried father …
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Taylor Lautner Gaining Weight to Save Twilight Job  —  Taylor Lautner is packing on the pounds in the hopes of convincing Twilight producers he should return in the sequel, New Moon, as a bigger and more mature werewolf Jacob Black.  —  “I have been working out.  I've been working out since the day we finished filming Twilight.
 
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Brittany Lawonn / in-forum.com:
Cisco Adler, musician and ex-boyfriend of celebs, arrested …
Discussion: X17 Online, Perez Hilton and Dlisted
Cele|bitchy:
Ryan Phillippe and Abbie Cornish make it official with first red carpet appearance
Michael K / Dlisted:
Non-Scientologist Will Smith Gave A Lot Of Money To Scientology
Discussion: Fox News
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PEOPLE TV Watch:
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Discussion: Just Jared, oceanUP and The Recapist
James Montgomery / MTV:
T.I., Jonas Brothers, Katy Perry Share Their Favorite Albums And Songs Of 2008
 

 
From Mediagazer:

John Ourand / Puck:
Sources: Netflix is nearing a deal to stream two NFL games on December 25

Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Talk radio station WABC suspends Rudy Giuliani and cancels his daily show, saying he broke rules by trying to discuss discredited claims about 2020's election

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
C-SPAN's own business choices keep the network from being offered on streaming TV platforms like YouTube TV, as it stays reliant on cable and satellite funding

 
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