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12:20 PM ET, November 23, 2009

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Popeater:
Sexual Hijinks Abound in Adam Lambert AMA Performance  —  In ‘For Your Entertainment,’ Adam Lambert asks “can you handle what I'm about to do?”  Viewers who caught the ‘American Idol’ singer's sexually charged AMA performance may now be answering: “maybe, not.”
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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Us Weekly:
Adam Lambert Not Sorry for Simulating Oral Sex at AMAs  —  Adam Lambert is making no apologies for his racy performance during Sunday's American Music Awards.  —  While closing the show with his new single “For Your Entertainment,” the American Idol alum, 27, simulated fellatio with a male dancer …
Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone:
Adam Lambert Shocks American Music Awards With Racy “For Your Entertainment”  —  For his first televised performance since the Season Eight finale of American Idol, Adam Lambert aimed for the kind of controversy Britney Spears and Madonna are known for generating, completely stunning …
omg!:
Adam Lambert On AMAs Censored Performance: 'That's Discrimination'
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Alan Duke / CNN:
Lambert delivers man-on-man kiss at AMA
Discussion: The Dish Rag
Josh Grossberg / E! Online:
Taylor Swift Tops Even Michael Jackson at American Music Awards
Discussion: iVillage and The Hollywood Gossip
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Perez Hilton:
Jon Brings Flowers For Kate, Gets DENIED!  —  Seriously, Jon?  —  Did you think a bouquet of flowers would clean up the giant mess you made?  —  Jon Gosselin showed up to arbitration on Saturday with roses for estranged wife Kate Gosselin.  She certainly didn't leave with the roses in hand.
Discussion: RADAR, INF Daily and Associated Press
People.com:
Miley Cyrus Turns 17 with Surprise Party  —  Happy Birthday, Miley!  —  Surrounded by friends, family and rumored boyfriend Liam Hemsworth, the singer, who turns 17 Monday, let loose with an '80s themed bash last week at New York City's Canal Room.  —  “The whole thing was a surprise,” …
Carl DiOrio / Hollywood Reporter:
‘New Moon’ has monster opening weekend  —  Vampire sequel sinks teeth into $140.7 million  —  Talk about bloody good boxoffice.  —  Summit Entertainment's vampire-romance sequel “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” opened even bigger than projected with an estimated $140.7 million in domestic grosses.
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Us Weekly:
New Moon Has Third-Biggest Opening Weekend in Film History
DailyFill.com:
New Moon Breaks Another Box Office Record, Earning More Than Dark …
Discussion: Popeater and Asylum
Popeater:
Jennifer Lopez Falls During AMAs  —  Jennifer Lopez took a spill during her performance at Sunday's 2009 American Music Awards.  While performing her new song ‘Louboutins’ at L.A.'s Nokia Theatre on Sunday, she climbed a stair of dancers and jumped off.  That's when Lopez landed on her butt instead …
Mark Gray / People.com:
Robin Thicke and Wife Already Picked Baby's Name  —  As Robin Thicke gets ready to become a father, he can check one item off his to-do list: the baby's name.  —  “We like Julian if it's a boy and Isabella if it's a girl,” he told PEOPLE Saturday while hosting at The Bank nightclub in Las Vegas.
BBC:
Bulls hurt two on Cruise film set  —  Two women have been injured after seven bulls being used in a new film starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz escaped from the set in Spain.  —  The women were hurt when the animals broke free from the set in Cadiz and ran through the streets before being captured on a nearby beach.
Discussion: Just Jared and OK! Magazine
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celebrity.itv.com/2009/latest:
KATIE PRICE HAS WALKED!  —  Last night we watched as Katie won 11 stars in her sixth Bushtucker Trial, Car-Lamity.  —  But when Ant and Dec announced that she was to take part in Bad Pitt alongside Joe Bugner, her response left us on the egdes of our sofas.
Discussion: Fan Fare and Guardian
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Oprah gets steamy with HBO  —  Harpo Films sets sensual pilot at network  —  Oprah Winfrey has a surprising project in the works.  Her Harpo Films has made a deal with HBO to team on a sexually charged hourlong series pilot about a woman who leaves her seemingly perfect marriage and children …
Discussion: /Film and Movieline
Us Weekly:
ONLY ON US: Ashley Greene: Not Eating Got Me in Shape for New Moon  —  How did Ashley Greene get fit for New Moon?  —  “It was really easy,” the actress, 22, told Usmagazine.com Saturday at the Magnificent Mile Festival of Lights event in Naperville, Il.  “We were working 12 hours a day, so it didn't leave too much time to eat.”
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Weitz digs ‘Gardener’  —  ‘New Moon’ director plants next pic at Summit  —  As “New Moon” soared toward a $258 million opening weekend worldwide, director Chris Weitz was in discussions with Summit Entertainment for his follow-up.  —  Weitz said he plans to go to work for Summit right away on …
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
John Travolta: ‘We Know That We Are Loved’  —  In an emotional appearance in his adopted hometown, John Travolta and his family thanked his Florida neighbors for their support after the death of son Jett.  —  “It's meant the world to us,” Travolta, 55, told the crowd Friday night at the Ocala …
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Dave Schlenker / Local News from Star-Banner:
Travolta family: ‘We love you, Ocala’
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com
 
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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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