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12:00 PM ET, December 14, 2009

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RADAR:
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Child Protection Investigators Visit Tiger Woods Home  —  The Florida Department of Children and Families, escorted by police, visited Tiger Woods' home Saturday, RadarOnline.com is reporting exclusively.  —  It's a shocking twist in a scandal that seemingly has no boundaries.
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Cynthia Sanz / People.com:
Taylor Swift Gives Big as She Turns 20  —  Taylor Swift is no longer a teen: The country superstar marked turning 20 with a Christmas-themed birthday party for friends, her band and her tour crew at her family's home in Hendersonville, Tenn.  —  “It's more like an end-of-year Christmas party …
Us Weekly:
Newly Brunette Nicole Richie: “I Was Sick of Being Blonde”  —  Do brunettes have more fun?  —  On Saturday, Nicole Richie debuted a darker do at the launch of the House of Harlow 1960 Holiday Collection at Bloomingdale's in Costa Mesa, Calif.  —  “I did it about a week-and-a-half ago,” …
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OK! Magazine:
Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr confirm they're engaged  —  Actor Orlando Bloom pops the question to model girlfriend Miranda Kerr  —  ORLANDO Bloom is engaged to his model girlfriend Miranda Kerr after finally popping the question during a holiday in Morocco.
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Mike Fleming / Variety:
Gibson, DiCaprio Conquer Viking Genre  —  Mel Gibson will direct and Leonardo DiCaprio will star in an untitled period drama set in the world of Viking culture.  William Monahan is writing the script.  —  Graham King will produce with Gibson and Tim Headington in a co-production between King's GK Films and Gibson's Icon Productions.
Softpedia News:
Tara Reid Talks Botched Plastic Surgery in New Interview  —  Actress says she got everything fixed now  —  Tara Reid, star of “American Pie,” has quite a reputation of a former hellraiser.  Once the best friend of socialite Paris Hilton, Reid spent most part of her 20s in clubs, rehabs or …
TMZ.com:
Tori and Candy Face Off  —  The epic familial feud between Candy Spelling and daughter Tori Spelling is officially over — Tori brought the brood to Candy's Christmas party Saturday night and buried the hatchet.  —  The two haven't seen each other for 2 1/2 years.
David Caplan / People.com:
Lindsay Lohan Returns From India  —  Lindsay Lohan returned to the U.S. on Saturday, following a weeklong visit to some of India's most impoverished areas, where she filmed a documentary about the trafficking of women and children.  —  “Lindsay is home from India now.
News of the World:
Russell Brand's wedding band  —  RING a ring o' roses... Russell could make a proposal.  —  This is the photo I NEVER thought I'd bring you - RUSSELL BRAND shopping for a diamond sparkler.  —  I caught the one-time zillion-girls-a- month comic hunting for the perfect band at posh London jewellers Cartier on Friday.
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Frank Scheck / Hollywood Reporter:
A Little Night Music — Theater Review  —  Bottom Line: This uneven but welcome revival of Sondheim's classicmusical features a triumphant Broadway debut by Catherine Zeta-Jones.  —  As anyone who's perused the Broadway Internet chat rooms already knows, the current revival of Stephen Sondheim …
Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
‘Dexter’ finale postmortem: Find out why they [spoiler alert]!  —  Warning: Stop reading if you have yet to watch tonight's killer Dexter season finale.  Everyone else, see below for my exclusive postmortem with executive producer Clyde Phillips.  Among the hot topics discussed: When (and why) was the decision made to whack Rita?
Hellomagazine.com:
Sponsor parts ways with Tiger as Elin calls divorce lawyers  —  There was more bad news for Tiger Woods this week as a consultancy firm became the first of the golfer's sponsors to end a deal with him.  —  Business firm Accenture said the sportsman was “no longer the right representative after the circumstances of the last two weeks.”
 
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The Guardian:
How China is using AI news anchors to spread its propaganda on social media; Microsoft: some AI anchors were created using ByteDance's video editing app CapCut

Rodney Tiffen / Inside Story:
Court discovery docs from the UK's News Group phone hacking cases give more detail about evidence destruction and indicate the company gathered political intel

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