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1:40 PM ET, January 15, 2009

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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Gossip Girl Spins Off Serena's Mom  —  The juiciest story right now is what happened way back when.  —  Putting the not-happening rumors to rest, the CW has ordered up a pilot for a Los Angeles-set Gossip Girl spinoff, E! News confirmed Wednesday.  —  The new venture from GG creators Josh Schwartz …
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
‘Gossip Girl’ spinoff to travel in time
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Sophie Barnett / The Sun:
Do not serve drinks to the Wino  —  Creepy crawler ... Amy goes on all fours as she prowls resort for booze  —  WASTED AMY WINEHOUSE is reduced to crawling up to holidaymakers and grabbing their drinks — after fed-up resort staff refused to serve her.  —  The sneaky singer also BEGS guests …
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Simon Cable / Daily Mail:
Back in the old routine: Winehouse is left crawling on all fours and begging for drinks … It's a matter of days since Amy Winehouse was boasting of her new healthy-living regime after meeting a clean-cut young rugby player on holiday in the Caribbean.  —  Unfortunately for her, 21-year-old Josh Bowman has now returned to England.
Daily Mail:
‘Bear with it,’ says Big Brother as the celebs object to dressing as teddies and eating honey … In their everyday lives they are used to being treated with a fair bit of respect.  —  But it appears Big Brother is not impressed by claims of celebrity.  —  When former pop star Michelle Heaton …
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Rob Owen / Tuned In Journal:
Press Tour Journal: Poehler series' premise  —  UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — The premise of NBC's untitled Amy Poehler sitcom from “The Office” executive producer Greg Daniels has been revealed.  NBC put scripts to the first episode in TV critics' press kits with our names emblazoned across every page …
Discussion: I Watch Stuff, TV Squad and Pop Crunch
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Amanda Bynes Dumps Doug Reinhardt  —  Amanda Bynes has split with baseball player Doug Reinhardt .  —  “She ended it.  She had had enough,” a source close to the actress tells Usmagazine.com.  “Her friends didn't trust him.  Everyone thought he was using her for celebrity.  He was not good, and she was over it.
Peter G / Us Weekly:
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt Nab British Academy Award Nominations  —  Another day, another round of acting nominations for Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.  —  The two — who previously scored both Golden Globe and Screen Actor Guild Award nods — are being honored by the British Academy for their dramatic acting roles.
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Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
‘Slumdog’ leads field for British Academy awards
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Lauren Johnston / NY Daily News:
The Oscars have a secret ... but does anyone care?
Discussion: Seriously? OMG!
Thailan Pham / People.com:
Raven-Symoné Is Combatting Body Critics  —  Raven-Symoné  —  When she needs a self-esteem boost, Raven-Symoné can count on her biggest fan: her mom.  —  “She'll call me and say, 'You're very pretty,' ” says the former That's So Raven star.
Korin Miller / NY Daily News:
Hugh Hefner's Playboy lifestyle isn't what it seems, says Kendra Wilkinson  —  Life at the Playboy Mansion wasn't always a party, according to Kendra Wilkinson.  As for sex ... well, she got it elsewhere.  —  “I had to have sex every now and then, so I had to kind of sneak it,” Hugh Hefner's 23-year-old ex tells Us Weekly.
New York Post:
WRESTLING MATCH  —  MICKEY Rourke (above) is already reaping the benefits of his comeback.  The star of “The Wrestler” was at the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood the other night with Sean Penn and his long-suffering wife, Robin Wright Penn, when, our witnesses said, Rourke was accosted by fame-craving Bai Ling.
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Emily Blunt rumored for ‘Iron Man 2’  —  Jon Favreau searching for his Black Widow  —  With Mickey Rourke and Sam Rockwell negotiating to play key villains in “Iron Man 2,” Marvel Entertainment and director Jon Favreau are now looking for the right thesp to play femme fatale Black Widow …
Rennie Dyball / People.com:
Kate Winslet: Please Don't Call Me a Movie Star  —  Kate Winslet is keeping it real.  Very real.  —  In fact, when she watches her Golden Globe-winning role in Revolutionary Road, she says, “I'm so thrilled by our foreheads.”  (She's speaking, of course, of hers and costar Leonardo DiCaprio's non-Botoxed brows.)
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
X17 Online:
Is Johnny Depp Getting Hitched?!?!  —  Apparently so!!  —  Johnny and his longtime girlfriend Vanessa Paradis are planning a spring wedding in the chapel at their chateau in France, MTV UK reports.  —  It's reportedly going to be a small, low-key affair - although with Rolling Stones rocker Keith Richards …
Gregory Ellwood / Hitfix:
Exclusive: Kieran Culkin to star in ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’  —  Actor will play Pilgrim's gay roommate Wallace  —  HitFix has confirmed that Kieran Culkin has been cast as Wallace Wells in Edgar Wright's “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.”  —  Based on Bryan Lee O'Malley's popular series of …
Lorenza Munoz / Los Angeles Times:
Suave actor Ricardo Montalban dies  —  (01-15) 04:00 PST Los Angeles - —  Ricardo Montalban, the suave leading man who was one of the first Mexican-born actors to make it big in Hollywood and who was best known for his roles as Mr. Roarke on ABC's “Fantasy Island” and the villainous Khan of the …
Discussion: I Watch Stuff and Defamer
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Associated Press:
Steve Carell buys Massachusetts general store
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Mirror.co.uk:
Worry over Lindsay Lohan girlfriend Sam Ronson DJing for Barack Obama
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Just Jared:
Mila Kunis is a Zombie
Elaine Sciolino / New York Times:
In the Lap of Luxury, Paris Squirms
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X17 Online:
Happy (Belated) Birthday Orlando!
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Scott Collins / Show Tracker:
Breaking: FCC reviewing NBC's Golden Globes telecast
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TMZ.com:
Naomi Deals with the Help — No Skulls Smashed
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Arasu Kannagi Basil / Reuters:
OpenAI and Reddit partner to bring Reddit content to ChatGPT and more via Reddit's Data API, bring new AI tools to Reddit, and make OpenAI a Reddit ad partner

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Memo: Gannett is adding AI-generated summaries to the top of some stories, with a disclaimer at the bottom; some USA Today stories already show the summaries

Steven Waldman / @stevenwaldman:
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