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8:20 AM ET, November 18, 2009

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TMZ.com:
Miss Universe Contestants in Three-Way Sex Tape  —  Carrie who?  —  Two former Miss Universe contestants are stealing the sex tape scandal spotlight, after a home video hit the web featuring Miss Japan 2008 and Miss Trinidad and Tobago 2008 engaged — fully engaged — in a hardcore three-way with some dude …
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TMZ.com:
Miss Universe Sex Tape Guy — I Got Screwed  —  The Miss Universe sex tape is only half as authentic as once believed — one of the women in the scandalous video is NOT a world-class beauty pageant winner, this according to the conductor of the 3-way naked train himself.
Nuzhat Naoreen / MTV:
Miley Cyrus Says She Has No Interest In ‘Twilight’  —  'I don't want anything to do with it,' pop star says of vampire series.  —  With the release of “New Moon” just a few days away, “Twilight” mania seems to be taking over Hollywood.  But at least one starlet wants nothing to do with the vampire craze.
Discussion: Popeater
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Us Weekly:
Miley Cyrus: I “Don't Want Anything to Do” With ‘New Moon’
PopSugarTV / PopSugar Rush:
New Moon Watch '09: Robert, Kristen, Taylor, & More at LA Premiere!  —  Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner led the New Moon cast down the red carpet at the star-studded LA premiere!  And our editors explain how you can make your New Moon movie night one to remember!
Discussion: PopSugar
Richard Johnson / New York Post:
Brat Packer called real brat  —  Anthony Michael Hallhas been ordered to stay away from his ex-girlfriend  —  Diana Falzoneafter he allegedly stalked her and attacked her in her New York apartment.  —  Sirius Radio host Falzone has obtained a temporary restraining order against Hall …
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Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Does Breakfast Clubber Anthony Michael Hall Need More Detention?
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Perez Hilton
Jill Serjeant / Fan Fare:
Taylor Swift - “Fearless” or tone-less?  —  She made history at the Country Music Awards last week, is the biggest selling female artist in the United States this year, and she comes magically to life in December's edition of InStyle in the first ever 3D magazine cover.
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Just Jared:   Taylor Swift Enters Greeting Card Business
Andy Towle / Towleroad News #gay:
OUT Editor Rips Adam Lambert, Handlers for Homophobic Behavior  —  OUT magazine editor Aaron Hicklin has slammed OUT 100 honoree Adam Lambert, who appears on the magazine's cover, and his handlers for being wary of having the singer appear on the cover and in the pages of OUT …
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Michael Fleming / Variety:
Jennifer Hudson to star in ‘Winnie’  —  Thesp to play former wife of Nelson Mandela  —  Jennifer Hudson is set to star in “Winnie,” a drama that casts her as the former wife of South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela.  —  Hudson will play Winnie Mandela in a film …
Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
This just in: Will Arnett confirmed for ‘Parks and Rec’  —  Hey, what's that smell?  Oh, I know — it's the ink on Will Arnett's Parks and Recreation contract.  An NBC spokesperson confirms that Will Arnett will guest star opposite real-life wife Amy Poehler on her creatively-resurgent comedy in early 2010.
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Mike Sampson / JoBlo Movie Network:
EXCL: Salt poster!  —  SALT was originally set up as a starring vehicle for Tom Cruise.  But Cruise (being Cruise) eventually passed on the project and it's to Angelina Jolie's great credit that she was not only able to step in to star in the film, but become the main selling point.
Us Weekly:
PHOTO: See a Toned-Down Katy Perry with Very Little Makeup  —  She usually sports red-hot lipstick, heavy blush and eyeliner, pinup-style curls, and outlandish get-ups (Technicolor jumpers, lingerie, hot pants) only a pop star could get away with.  But on Monday night, Katy Perry was just another girl out on the town.
Laura Kalnicky / Life and Style:
Avril and Wilmer: VERY close friends  —  She filed for divorce from Deryck Whibley just last month, but Avril Lavigne has already found a new man: Lindsay Lohan's ex, Wilmer Valderrama.  “They have been friends since working together on Fast Food Nation in 2005, but things heated up last month,” an insider tells Life & Style.
TMZ.com:
Cage's Manager: Nic Was Broke As a Joke  —  The guy Nic Cage blamed for his financial ruin now claims by the time Nic hired him in 2001, “Coppola [Cage] had already squandered tens of millions of dollars... and owed millions of dollars in... income taxes, with no funds available to pay the tax debt.”
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip and omg!
Jeanne Wolf / PARADE Magazine:
Robert Pattinson: ‘Love Can Be More Lethal Than a Vampire Bite’  —  Robert Pattinson turned millions of females around the world into frenzied fans when they saw him heat up the screen in Twilight as the heartthrob vampire Edward Cullen.  And the love continues as Pattinson returns in New Moon.
Variety:
Fuqua, Lee serve ‘Crime’ time  —  Vigilante Entertainment to develop project  —  Antoine Fuqua and Spike Lee are going on a crime spree.  —  Fuqua will direct a bigscreen adaptation of the graphic novel “Miss: Better Living Through Crime,” with Lee exec producing.
Discussion: Collider
David Caplan / People.com:
Penélope Cruz Dodges Engagement Questions  —  Penélope Cruz  —  Ever since Penélope Cruz wore a sapphire-and-diamond sparkler on her ring finger at the October premiere of Broken Embraces, buzz has mounted that the actress is engaged to actor Javier Bardem.
Discussion: Popeater
The Huffington Post:
Levi Johnston Playgirl PHOTO!  First Topless Picture Released  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  Playgirl.com has posted a first teaser picture of Levi Johnston from his upcoming nude, but not full-frontal, photo shoot.  —  Johnston, shot in black and white, stares directly into the camera with one arm up over his head and no shirt.
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Julianne Hough Not Returning to Dancing with the Stars  —  Sorry, Julianne Hough fans, you'll have to endure another season of Dancing with the Stars without your favorite pro dancer in the ballroom.  Hough, whose break from the show started with the current season, says she won't be back for season 9.
Martin Evans / Telegraph:
Secret of Jackie Onassis nude paparazzi pictures revealed  —  ITALIAN paparazzo Settimio Garritano has revealed the secret of how he snapped naked pictures of President Kennedy's widow Jackie Onassis on a private Greek island almost 40 years ago.  —  The pictures, which shocked the world …
TVgasm:
OMG, Unused Styl'd Clip—This Is Amazingly Gross.  —  Whether you watch MTV's Styl'd or not, you have to see this clip.  Tara is kind of horrible...this clip didn't make the air because it was deemed as “too weird”...but it's not too weird, it's messed UP!!!  She should put her tongue to use on a person, not on a cup!!!
Mary Beth Quirk / OK! Magazine:
New Couple Alert: ‘Biggest Loser’ Sweethearts Rebecca & Daniel  —  They lost the weight — and gained a romance.  Daniel Wright, 20, a student from Willow Spring, N.C., and Rebecca Meyer, 25, a student from Des Moines, Iowa, were best friends on the ranch while contestants on The Biggest Loser.
Discussion: Bumpshack.com
Steven Zeitchik / Hollywood Reporter:
Justin Theroux launches into ‘Space’  —  Tapped to pen script for astronaut romantic comedy at Fox  —  Justin Theroux is heading to space.  The actor-cum-writer is on board to pen a draft of “Space Invader,” an astronaut romantic comedy set up at Fox.  —  Mike Lisbe and Nate Reger sold …
Discussion: Collider and EW.com
Popeater:
Spencer Pratt Rips Al Roker After Being Canceled From ‘Today Show’  —  After ‘The Today Show’ called off Monday's chat between Al Roker, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag (citing schedule changes), Pratt vented his frustration on Twitter, sending multiple insults to Roker.
Discussion: DailyFill.com
 
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