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5:25 PM ET, December 28, 2009

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PEOPLE TV Watch:
Tyra Banks Says Goodbye to Talk Show  —  After five seasons, two Daytime Emmy awards and too many girl-power episodes to count, Tyra Banks is announcing the end of The Tyra Show.  —  “This will be the last season of The Tyra Show,” Banks tells PEOPLE exclusively.
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Paul Millar / Digital Spy:
Tyra Banks ‘quits daytime talkshow’
Discussion: X17 Online, Reuters and omg!
TMZ.com:
The JFK Photo That Could Have Changed History  —  TMZ has obtained a never-before published photograph which appears to show John F. Kennedy on a boat filled with naked women — it's a photo that could have altered world events.  —  We believe the photo was taken in the mid-1950s.
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TMZ.com:
Kennedy Picture — A Fake  —  TMZ received an email from someone who said the photo we posted showing a man appearing to be John F. Kennedy on a yacht with naked women was actually a photo from a 1967 Playboy photo shoot.  —  We have contacted Playboy and a rep says the photo did indeed run in one of its 1967 issues.
The Smoking Gun:
TMZ Falls For JFK Photo Hoax  —  Photo that “could have changed history” actually from a Playboy shoot  —  In a colossal screw-up, the gossip web site TMZ.com today published a photo purporting to show John F. Kennedy frolicking on a yacht with a harem of naked women—except …
Discussion: ArtsBeat, Dlisted and Pop Crunch
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Jon Gosselin's Lawyer On Burglary: “Hailey Will Go To Jail!”  —  “Hailey Glassman is going to jail.  It's a simple as that.”  —  That's what Jon Gosselin's lawyer Mark Heller told RadarOnline.com in an exclusive interview, as New York police continue to investigate damage to Jon's apartment.
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New York Post:
Gosselin ‘hoax’  —  West Side pad ransacked for publicity: ex  —  The ransacking of Jon Gosselin's Upper West Side apartment was nothing more than a “huge, huge publicity stunt,” his ex-girlfriend's lawyer told the Post yesterday.  —  And cops are beginning to wonder if the reality TV star's story has any relation to reality.
People.com:
PHOTO: Charlie Sheen's Christmas Card  —  Looks like Charlie Sheen didn't expect to get coal - or police handcuffs - this Christmas.  —  In the TV star's holiday card, sent out well before his arrest Friday on domestic-violence charges, Sheen, 44, is grinning broadly alongside wife Brooke Mueller …
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TMZ.com:
Brooke Mueller 911 Call — Charlie Has a Knife  —  TMZ has obtained the 911 call made by Brooke Mueller on Christmas morning — when she claimed Charlie Sheen threatened her life with a knife.  —  In the call, Brooke tells the dispatcher Charlie has a “knife” and “threatened me” and that she fears for her life.
Sara Nathan / Daily Mail:
Just like old times: Jude Law and Sienna Miller soaking up the sun  —  They split up four years ago when he had an affair with his children's nanny.  —  But time is a great healer, and yesterday Sienna Miller proved she's happy to be back with her former love Jude Law.
Discussion: INF Daily and PopSugar
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Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Did Sienna Miller & Jude Law have a pregnancy scare?
Discussion: Allie Is Wired! and CelebNewsWire
Daily Mail:
Lindsay Lohan shows off her bruised and battered body in a skimpy swimsuit
ETonline:
BREAKING NEWS: TIGER WOODS PARTYING WITH MISTRESS?  —  First word out of Palm Beach, Florida...  Was Tiger Woods partying in Palm Beach?  —  That's what sources tell ET, and Woods wasn't alone.  Rumors that Tiger and reported mistress No. 1 Rachel Uchitel were spotted holding hands …
NY Daily News:
Lindsay Lohan brings hot new beau to meet the fam  —  As the drama heats up yet again for Dina and Michael Lohan, their daughter Lindsay is finding comfort in new beau Adam Senn.  —  Things have gotten even more serious between La Lohan and the Gucci model since LiLo brought Adam to meet …
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TMZ.com:
Michael Lohan — Everyone Needs Addiction Help
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Evil Beet Gossip
Mike Hess / PopEater:
Exclusive: VH1's ‘100 Most Shocking Music Moments’  —  Movies and television certainly have their drama, but when it comes to jaw-dropping celebrity moments, few music always seems to take the cake.  Whether it's a death, a breakdown or another I-can't-believe-it moment, the music industry has had countless moments over time.
Us Weekly:
Demi Moore's Hips Retouched (Again), Photographer Claims  —  The photographer who accused W magazine of “clumsily” retouching its December covergirl, Demi Moore, is firing off another accusation, claming the magazine's Korean issue has altered the actress' hips.
Us Weekly:
Kendra Wilkinson Shows Off a New Photo of Her Son  —  New mom Kendra Wilkinson didn't get much sleep this Christmas.  —  Her son Henry Randall Baskett IV — who was born Dec. 11 — is “almost 10 lbs” and is “not sleepin thru night all [the] way yet,” she Twittered over the weekend before posting a new photo of her son.
Discussion: Extra and X17 Online
Russell Brand / Contactmusic.com:
RUSSELL BRAND - RUSSELL BRAND WANTS NEW YEAR ‘UTOPIA’ … RUSSELL BRAND WANTS NEW YEAR ‘UTOPIA’  —  Russell Brand wants the world to become a “sexual utopia” in 2010.  —  Russell Brand wants to live in a “sexual utopia”.  —  The British comic star - who is currently romancing pop star Katy Perry …
Discussion: OK! Magazine and I Need My Fix
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 Earlier Picks: 
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Nick Patch / Canadian Press:
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X17 Online:
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Soraya Roberts / NY Daily News:
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The Atlantic is profitable, has 1M subscribers, and revenue grew 10% in 2023 thanks to a 50% price hike, a harder paywall, and a shift to in-depth reporting

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How MowPod, which sells podcast advertising tools, uses mobile game ads to incentivize gamers to follow shows on Apple Podcasts in order to earn in-game tokens

New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

 
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