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11:35 PM ET, January 8, 2010

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TMZ.com:
Brittany Murphy 911 Tape  —  TMZ has obtained the heart-wrenching 911 call made on the day Brittany Murphy died — it's one of the most devastating pieces of audio we've ever heard.  —  Murphy's mom can be heard crying and pleading with the 911 operator: “My daughter is passed out.”
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Brittany Murphy's Mom on 911 Call: “Brittany, Please Come Back”
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Michael Starr / New York Post:
Miley's big news: ‘Hannah’ is over  —  Hannah Montana.  The upcoming fourth season will be its last, Disney officials told The Post.  —  Miley Cyrus — who plays Miley Stewart, a down-to-earth high schooler who leads a secret double life as pop star Hannah Montana — has been making noises …
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Breanne L. Heldman / E! Online:
No Shocker Here: Miley Cyrus and Hannah Montana to Part Ways
Sarah Michaud / People.com:
Scrubs's Sarah Chalke Becomes a Mom  —  It's a boy for Sarah Chalke!  —  The Scrubs star and fiancé Jamie Afifi, an entertainment lawyer, welcomed son Charlie Rhodes Afifi on Christmas Eve, her rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.  —  The baby boy is the first child for the actress …
Media Decoder:
Conan O'Brien May Have Options at Fox  —  The future of NBC's late-night plans may wind up in Conan O'Brien's hands.  —  One day after NBC executives said privately that they were contemplating a plan to move Jay Leno back to 11:35 p.m., representatives of Mr O'Brien made it clear the comedian …
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NBC to Conan O'Brien — The Choice Is Yours
Josef Adalian / The Wrap:
Report: O'Brien Not Keen on NBC Plan — But What About Fox?
Discussion: Hollywood Insider and TV Squad
Lindsey / Hollywood Life:
EXCLUSIVE!  Madonna & Sean Penn!  Their Three & A Half Hour Dinner Date!  —  Could there be a romantic reconciliation in the works for the Material Girl and her First Husband?  The former married couple had a very long dinner a deux, Jan. 7, at romantic two Michelin-star NYC restaurant, Adour, in the St. Regis Hotel.
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Us Weekly:
Madonna and Sean Penn Meet Up for Late-Night Dinner  —  It's been over twenty years since Madonna and Sean Penn divorced — and these days, the once-warring couple are friendly enough to break bread together.  —  Madonna, 51, and Penn, 49, shared a three-hour, one-on-one dinner …
Discussion: TMZ.com and Cele|bitchy
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Kate Gosselin's New Hair Cost $7,000!  —  Kate Gosselin showed off a new long hair-do this week and RadarOnline.com spoke exclusively with Ted Gibson, the stylist who created Clean Slate Kate to find out what it was like to spend a day transforming her sassy, cut into a glamorous, long-locked style.
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Michael K / Dlisted:   That Mess On Kate Gosselin's Head Cost $6,450
The Film Stage:
Joe Carnahan's ‘A-Team’ Trailer  —  The trailer for Joe Carnahan's (Smokin Aces, Narc) A-Team has (accidentally?) been uploaded online by a Canadian newspaper and was previously only available to those in that country.  We at TFS have figured a way around that for the entire world's viewing pleasure.
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David Chen / /Film:
A-Team Movie Trailer Leaks Early
Discussion: The Awl and Best Week Ever
Us Weekly:
Tiger Woods' Wife Steps Out With the Two Kids  —  Decked out in a hat and sunglasses, Tiger Woods' wife Elin took their two kids, Sam, 2, and Charlie, 11 months, for a stroll outside their home in Windermere, Fla., Thursday.  —  On Wednesday, a smiling Elin, 30, was also photographed - without her wedding ring.
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Queerty:
Atlanta Falcons' Ovie Mughelli Was Just Outed By a Jilted Ex-Lover.  Uh Oh  —  With everyone complaining about how there aren't very many out still-playing professional sports stars, will you settle for a NFL player forced out the closet against his own will?
Lesley Messer / People.com:
Jon Gosselin Has a New Girlfriend  —  Jon Gosselin has a new plus-one.  —  Sources tell PEOPLE that Kate's ex is dating 25-year-old Morgan Christie, originally of Greenwich, Conn., and now making her home in California.  —  “She grew up very privileged, tons of money,” …
Discussion: Fancast News
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Sheen's Wife Was In Rehab For Crack Addiction  —  Charlie Sheen's wife Brooke Mueller was addicted to crack and ended up getting in-patient treatment in rehab, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.  —  Mueller was treated at Beit T'Shuvah in Los Angeles, said a friend who knew her while she was there.
The Cheese / Hollywoodtuna:
Jessica Simpson's Cleavage Unleashed!  —  Finally Jessica Simpson gives us something worthwhile to stare at.  Here she is, still wearing far too much closing, but giving us a nice little peek at her sweet cleavage.  It's really not much, but after being deprived of it for so long it's a good start.
Suzanne Zuckerman / People.com:
Tensions Run High as Hailey Glassman and Jon Gosselin Move On  —  Is Jon Gosselin once again finding solace in the arms of a new woman?  —  According to Internet reports, Gosselin is already dating again - having hooked up with a woman named Morgan he met while skiing in Utah.
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Pam Anderson & Surfer Boyfriend Split  —  Looks like sparks are no longer flying between Pamela Anderson and her hunky lover Jamie Padgett, RadarOnline.com can exclusively reveal.  —  PHOTOS: Pam Anderson & Boyfriend In Happier Times  —  The blonde bombshell …
TMZ.com:
Johnson Family to Raise Casey's Daughter  —  Casey Johnson's three-year-old daughter will be raised by Casey's mother and sisters, family sources tell TMZ.  —  Ava — whom Casey adopted two years ago — has been living with Casey's mom, Sale, for the past few months.
Hollywoodreporter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Blake Lively cast as female lead in ‘Green Lantern’  —  Blake Lively has nabbed the female lead opposite Ryan Reynolds in Warner Bros.' “Green Lantern.”  —  Lively will play Carol Ferris, who runs her father's aerospace company and hires cocky test pilot Hal Jordan (Reynolds) …
People.com:
Brad's Beard Getting Him Into Character?  —  No, he's not auditioning to play a billy goat.  Instead, perhaps Brad Pitt has been sporting his long, scraggly beard to get into character for a new movie role: that of British explorer Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett, who disappeared in the Amazon in 1925.
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com
OK! Magazine:
Did John Mayer Come Between the Two Taylors?  —  Before Christmas, Taylor Swift told Taylor Lautner those dreaded words.  “She said she just wants to be friends,” a source tells OK!.  But could John Mayer have been a contributing factor?  —  Swift had been planning on waiting to break …
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com and X17 Online
TMZ.com:
Casey Johnson 911 — 'We All Think She's Dead'  —  TMZ has obtained the 911 call made the day Casey Johnson's body was discovered.  —  The call was made by the owner of the home Johnson was living in.  The woman described Johnson as “ice cold.”  —  The caller also told the operator …
Discussion: Bumpshack.com and Amy Grindhouse
TMZ.com:
Michael Jackson Death Investigation Complete  —  The LAPD investigation into Michael Jackson's death has been completed and the case will go to the D.A. within weeks, law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... and, we're told, it's all but certain Dr. Conrad Murray will be criminally charged in MJ's death.
 
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The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount CEO Bob Bakish steps down; Brian Robbins, Chris McCarthy, and George Cheeks will run Paramount on an interim basis as an “Office of the CEO”

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
The Financial Times signs a deal with OpenAI to train AI models on the publisher's archived content and to let ChatGPT reply with short summaries of FT articles

Alex Sherman / CNBC:
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