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10:10 AM ET, November 16, 2009

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Samantha Conti / WWD.com:
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Design Jewelry for Asprey  —  LONDON — There's a new designer duo in the jewelry world: none other than Brangelina.  —  Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are breaking into high-end jewelry design with Asprey via a capsule collection of gold jewelry and silver accessories called …
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Candace Jackson / Speakeasy:
Lady Gaga at the MOCA 30th Anniversary Gala: “Art is a lie.” … Lady Gaga has had quite the week.  Her latest video, for the song “Bad Romance,” hit the Internet and became an instant phenomenon.  There has been plenty of anticipation over her coming appearance on “Gossip Girl.”
Discussion: PopSugar
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE DOCUMENT: Read Farrah Fawcett's Will; Ryan O'Neal Not Mentioned  —  Farrah Fawcett left $4.5 million to her son Redmond, $100,000 to an ex-lover and nothing to long-time love Ryan O'Neal and the other cast of characters who fought over her cancer documentary during the star's final days.
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Starpulse:
Farrah Fawcett Included Secret Lover In Will  —  Farrah Fawcett's family has been stunned by allegations the actress included a secret lover in her will.  —  The Charlie's Angels star passed away in June, aged 62, and reportedly left the bulk of her multi-million dollar fortune …
Discussion: Bumpshack.com and Bitten and Bound
Lynda Gorov / Boston Globe:
My turn  —  As Jacob Black in the new ‘Twilight’ film, Taylor Lautner is ready for the attention and the hysteria  —  LOS ANGELES - Make no mistake.  The boy is buff.  But Taylor Lautner is human-scale fit.  In real life, there's not a touch of vampire-slaying werewolf to him.
Discussion: AceShowBiz.com
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Access Hollywood:
Taylor Lautner On His ‘Twilight’ Wig: ‘I Would Not Want That Hair!’
Alex Dobuzinskis / Reuters:
Hollywood rethinks use of A-list actors
Discussion: /Film and Hot Momma Celebrity …
E! Online:
Shayne Lamas Busted For DUI  —  First The Bachelor break-up and now this.  —  Shayne Lamas just can't seem to catch a break.  —  E! News has learned exclusively that the 24-year-old Leave it to Lamas reality star was taken into custody on suspicion of DUI charges just after 1:00 a.m. Saturday morning in Venice, California.
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TMZ.com:
Porn Company Gives Carrie Prejean the Hard Sell  —  Carrie Prejean's sex tape cost her more than a million bucks during her settlement discussions with Miss California USA, but we've learned Vivid Entertainment is officially stepping up with an offer to line her pockets with even more money.
Discussion: omg! and Gawker
Bill Zwecker / Chicago Sun Times:
Don't get Fergie started  —  Stripper's claim of a dalliance with her husband still rattles Fergie, who snaps backstage at ‘SNL’  —  Things reportedly got a little testy backstage at “Saturday Night Live” this weekend when Fergie spied a couple of copies of People magazine …
Discussion: Gossip Cop
Miles Goslett / The Mail on Sunday:
Race row as black stars are left out of Couples Retreat film poster  —  The makers of a hit Hollywood film are at the centre of a race controversy after removing two black actors from a poster being used to promote it in Britain.  —  The American advert for Couples Retreat …
Richard Johnson / New York Post:
Paris strikes back at Kardashians  —  Paris Hiltonis declaring war on her former best friends, the  —  Kardashiansisters, for becoming more famous and earning more cash than she does.  —  The hotel heiress is fuming that  —  Kimand her sibs, who got their first big break by hanging …
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Kings of Leon Drummer Weds  —  Kings of Leon drummer Nathan Followill has wed his girlfriend, singer/songwriter Jessie Baylin, Usmagazine.com has confirmed.  —  The band's rep tells Us they tied the knot around 5 p.m. at Wolf Den Farm in Brentwood, Tenn., in front of close friends and family …
 
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Simon Reynolds / Digital Spy:
Edward Woodward dies, aged 79
Discussion: Hellomagazine.com and Reuters
Mark Gray / People.com:
Slipknot Singer Weds In Vegas
Access Hollywood:
Ed Norton & Joel McHale At PUMA's African Bazaar
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Susan King / Los Angeles Times:
Early Oscars are presented to 4 honorees
Discussion: EW.com and New York Magazine
 Earlier Picks: 
Michael K / Dlisted:
Hot Slut Of The Day!  —  Patricia Paay, Dutch singer …
Brian McCollum / Detroit Free Press:
Bruce Springsteen shows heart, puts foot in mouth
Discussion: EW.com and New York Magazine
omg!:
January Jones Tries to Bring on the Funny for Saturday Night Live
Discussion: Amy Grindhouse
TMZ.com:
Ominous Illness Sidelines UFC Champ Lesnar
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The NYT added 210,000 digital subscribers in Q1, for 10.5M subscribers in total, up 8% YoY, and ad revenue fell 2.4% YoY to $103.7M; the OpenAI lawsuit cost $1M

Austin Fuller / Current:
NPR CEO Katherine Maher will not attend a US House committee hearing on May 8 looking at alleged NPR bias due to a schedule conflict, but offers to appear later

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
A historical look at Pulitzer winners shows the decline of local and regional newspapers and the growth in online news outlets, especially at the local level

 
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