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10:40 AM ET, February 10, 2010

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Kyle Buchanan / Movieline:
EXCLUSIVE: Second Season of Jersey Shore to Shoot in South Beach  —  The producers of MTV's breakout hit Jersey Shore have been dealing with a season two conundrum over the last month — and it wasn't just the cost of reuniting the show's cast members, who currently command five-figure appearance fees …
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PEOPLE TV Watch:
PEOPLE EXCLUSIVE: Meet Snooki's New Boyfriend!  —  Just a month ago, Snooki told PEOPLE that she was looking for love.  Well, it seems she got her wish: Just a week or so ago, the Jersey Shore breakout star started dating 21-year-old Emilio Masella, a personal trainer at the Gold's Gym in New Haven, Conn.
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
It's A Deal: Tom Cruise In ‘MI4’ For Paramount  —  EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures today will clinch has clinched its deal with Tom Cruise to reprise his role as Ethan Hunt in Mission Impossible 4.  Cruise will produce the film with J.J. Abrams.  They are looking for a director …
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Jay A. Fernandez / Hollywood Reporter:
Tom Cruise set for fourth ‘Mission’
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Guardian
TMZ.com:
Lil Wayne — The Tooth Has Set Him Free  —  Lil Wayne mouthed off to the judge in his weapons possession case — and it actually won him his freedom ... at least temporarily.  —  Lil was scheduled to be formally sentenced today ... to begin serving 1 year in jail, but it didn't happen …
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TMZ.com:
‘Deadliest Catch’ Star Dies  —  Captain Phil Harris — star of Discovery Channel's “Deadliest Catch” — died about an hour ago ... sources tell TMZ.  —  Harris was hospitalized a few weeks ago after sufferring a stroke while unloading crabs.  He had been doing better until the sudden turn.
NY Daily News:
State Senate votes to boot Sen. Hiram Monserrate, citing his misdemeanor assault conviction  —  ALBANY - Embattled state Sen. Hiram Monserrate was ousted from his seat Tuesday night by colleagues who say his conviction for misdemeanor assault against his girlfriend brought shame on the chamber.
Discussion: Advocate and Gawker
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
New York Senate Expels Monserrate Over Assault  —  ALBANY — The State Senate on Tuesday expelled a senator convicted of domestic assault, the first time in nearly a century that the Legislature has forced a member from office.  —  The Senate voted 53-to-8 to immediately oust the senator …
Alan Duke / CNN:
Louis Gossett Jr. announces he has prostate cancer  —  Los Angeles, California (CNN) — Louis Gossett Jr. recently learned he has prostate cancer, but it is in an early stage, the actor said Tuesday.  —  “I count this diagnosis among the many challenges I have faced in my life and overcome,” Gossett said in a statement.
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Breanne L. Heldman / E! Online:
Louis Gossett Jr.: I Have Cancer
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Celebuzz Latest Stories:
Rihanna Rides a Mechanical Bull to “Sex On Fire” (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)  —  A reader sent in this exclusive clip of Rihanna taking a long ride on a mechanic bull during a recent night out at New York nightclub Johnny Utah's.  Judging by those sweet bull-riding moves, and the Kings of Leon's whiskey-soaked …
Art Beast / The Daily Beast:
No Idol for Stern  — Home - Cheat sheet - Buzz board - Big Fat Story - Blogs & stories - Videos - Galleries - Crossword  —  Blogs and Stories  —  American Idol insiders tells Richard Rushfield that despite the media rumors this week, Howard Stern is not in the running to replace Simon Cowell as a judge on the show.
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Style News:
Anne Hathaway On Her “Weird Features” and Surprising Style Icons  —  Courtesy InStyle  —  Anne Hathaway looks as unequivocally gorgeous and radiant as ever on the March cover of InStyle—though she's probably the only person out there who doesn't see it: “I think I've got really weird features.
Lisa Ingrassia / People.com:
Nicole Richie & Joel Madden Celebrate Opening of New Playground  —  Nicole Richie and Joel Madden's daughter Harlow had to take her very first rain check on Tuesday in Los Angeles.  With hail and rainstorms sweeping over the city, the 2-year-old couldn't play at the new playground …
Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
Celine Dion's Struggle for a Second Baby  —  After four unsuccessful rounds of in vitro fertilization, Céline Dion is not giving up hope for a second child, she tells PEOPLE in an exclusive cover story.  —  “I'm going to try until it works,” says Dion, 41, who has been giving herself …
PopEater:
‘Angie!  Angie!’  Jolie Cheered at Haiti Orphan Camp  —  Angelina Jolie began two days of meetings with Haiti earthquake victims Tuesday in her role as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. refugee agency.  The actress, representing the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees …
Discussion: X17 Online, Cele|bitchy and RADAR
TMZ.com:
K-Fed Goes Commando for Weight Loss Show  —  It takes a lot of guts to pose in just a pair of skimpy camouflage underwear — but that's exactly what Kevin Federline did for his first appearance on VH1's “Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp.”  —  A 232-pound Federleezy took the “before” …
PopEater:
Lady Gaga Yearbook Photos — How Cute!  —  Lady Gaga's creativity is infinite, and it's often reflected in her wild and elaborate outfits, sometimes comprised of steel orbs or Kermit the Frog dolls.  So it's quite interesting (and cute/charming!) to see Gaga — whose real life name is Stefani Germanotta — in normal, everyday clothing.
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: John Mayer: Jessica Simpson Was “Crazy” in Bed  —  John Mayer is kissing and telling — again.  —  UsMagazine.com has an exclusive peek at Playboy's March issue, where the singer, 32, dishes on everything from his past relationships with Jessica Simpson and Jennifer Aniston to his dream mate.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Paul Chi / People.com:
Johnny Depp's Girlfriend Wouldn't Change a Thing About Him  —  He's not PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive for nothing.  From the long, stringy hair and goatee to the layers of offbeat accessories and everything in between, nobody can quite pull off a look like Johnny Depp - especially as far …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Richard Johnson / New York Post:
Woods' mistress Uchitel gets ‘Extra’ gig  —  Rachel Uchitel, has landed a TV job on “Extra.”  Uchitel, who was interviewed last night by the show's  —  Mario Lopez, “so impressed producers that she's been offered a job as a special correspondent,” a rep told us.  We're told she'll report for “Extra” on nightlife “hot spots.”
Discussion: New York Magazine and Pop Crunch
Jessica Wedemeyer / People.com:
Movie Wife: Vince Vaughn to Make ‘Wonderful Real Husband’  —  She's already been married to Vince Vaughn - albeit in a movie - so Malin Akerman knows the actor made the right decision when he wed real estate agent Kyla Weber in real life.  —  “We're all in love with his wife,” Vaughn's Couples Retreat costar tells PEOPLE.
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com
Extra:
Jennifer Garner and Jessica Biel to ‘Laverne and Shirley’?  —  At last night's premiere of the new film “Valentine's Day,” director Garry Marshall hinted to “Extra's” Mario Lopez about a possible “Laverne and Shirley” movie starring Jennifer Garner and Jessica Biel.
Discussion: AfterElton.com and Perez Hilton
TMZ.com:
Donald Trump Fires Jay Leno  —  Jay Leno just permanently turned off the lights to his primetime NBC talk show — but not before Donald Trump stepped in to officially fire his ass.  —  TMZ infiltrated the taping of the final “Jay Leno Show” — where just moments ago, Jay was doing a satellite bit with Donald Trump.
Discussion: Movieline
Us Weekly:
Heidi Klum Sending Underwear to Seal for Valentine's Day  —  Heidi Klum will be 3,000 miles away from her husband Seal on Valentine's Day.  —  But Klum — who is taping Project Runway in NYC while her husband watches the kids in Los Angeles — is sending him a little something.
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Nothing distracts Kemp from leading LA  —  Center fielder focused on '10 amid newfound celeb status  —  LOS ANGELES — He's young and newly rich, and as if that weren't enough to go to his head, there's that Mexican vacation with the gorgeous Grammy winner that made Matt Kemp TMZ's new favorite hunk jock.
Dave Zani / Cinema Blend Feeds:
Universal Planning A 3D Remake Of Jaws With Tracy Morgan?  —  With all the craziness of reboots and remakes in Hollywood we feared this day might come.  Universal may be planning a re-make of the 1975 Spielberg classic, Jaws.  With the added popularity of Avatar's 3D, there's serious money …
PopSugar:
First Photo - Meet Tom and Gisele's Son Benjamin!  —  The Brazilian magazine Quem got its hands on the first photos of Gisele Bunchden and her son Benjamin, taken during a trip out in Boston at the end of January.  So far this is the only image out of little Benjamin, who's looking so cute at just 2 months old!
 
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Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
Andrea Anders, Jesse Metcalfe join pilots
Discussion: Movieline and TV Tattle
OK! Magazine:
The Wolfman premiere: Emily Blunt steals the show from Sir Anthony Hopkins
Discussion: Just Jared
Todd Martens / Pop & Hiss:
Coachella vs. Bonnaroo: Tennessee fest books Jay-Z, Weezer, Kid Cudi, DMB, more
Discussion: New York Magazine
Just Jared:
Katie Holmes: Hermes Men's Grand Opening!
NY Daily News:
Dina Lohan: Deadbeat dad Michael Lohan hasn't paid child support in nearly a year
Us Weekly:
Adam Sandler Helps the Wait Staff — for Free! — at Miami Hotspot
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com and Gabby Babble
Tim Heidecker:
The Garry Shandling Movie Poster Project
Discussion: Boing Boing and I Watch Stuff
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Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Lindsay Lohan: Jesus Christ?
Ann Oldenburg / USA Today:
Anne Hathaway quits Catholicism for gay brother
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
TMZ.com:
Michael Jackson - 'That's How He Peed'
Discussion: The Superficial and omg!
Deadline.com:
It's A Bird!  It's A Plane!  It's Chris Nolan! …
 

 
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
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New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

 
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