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8:35 AM ET, February 17, 2010

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The Huffington Post:
Lady Gaga's Nearly Nude Brit Awards Performance (PHOTOS, VIDEO)  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  ***Scroll down for photos and video***  —  AP/Huffington Post:  —  LONDON - Flamboyant chanteuse Lady Gaga swept the U.K.'s Brit Awards Tuesday winning three categories and offering …
Discussion: Socialite Life
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Daniel Kilkelly / Digital Spy:
GaGa ‘really upset’ over McQueen death  —  Lady GaGa has been feeling emotional and downbeat following the death of her fashion designer friend Alexander McQueen, according to a report.  —  The ‘Bad Romance’ singer last night dedicated her Brit Awards performance to the late star …
Discussion: PopEater and omg!
Aaron Parsley / People.com:
FIRST PHOTOS: Lady Gaga's ‘Telephone’ Video  —  Pick up the phone - it's Lady Gaga!  —  The first official photos of the pop star in her new video for “Telephone,” her addictive dance track with Beyoncé, have been released.  And the singer, who rocked a hair bow in the video for …
Chris Jones / Esquire:
Roger Ebert: The Essential Man  —  It has been nearly four years since Roger Ebert lost his lower jaw and his ability to speak.  Now television's most famous movie critic is rarely seen and never heard, but his words have never stopped.  —  Read More at Roger Ebert's Journal >>
Extra:
Kevin Eubanks Leaves ‘The Tonight Show!’  —  “Extra” has confirmed that Jay Leno's longtime bandleader and sidekick, Kevin Eubanks, is leaving “The Tonight Show,” as first reported by Lisa Stanley on K-EARTH 101.  —  A source tells “Extra” Eubanks “wanted a change” and decided to leave the show …
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MIke Fleeman / People.com:
Is Kevin Eubanks Leaving the Tonight Show?  —  When Jay Leno goes back to the Tonight Show, he may need to find a new musical sidekick: Bandleader Kevin Eubanks is said to be leaving Leno's side after 18 years.  —  NBC so far has not officially confirmed the latest shock wave to hit Leno's show …
Perez Hilton:
Leno's Sidekick Leaves The Tonight Show
Discussion: Gossip Cop
The Superficial:
Jessica Simpson says stuff, too  —  Seen here over the years/when she was retarded hot, Jessica Simpson appears in the latest issue of Allure where she might as well have answered each question with “I'm completely oblivious to everything around me and sometimes a man's penis enters my vagina.”
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OK! Magazine:
OK! COVER STORY: Jessica Simpson — Betrayed by John Mayer
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com:
Fox411 Exclusive: JWOWW reveals neither she nor Snooki are Italian!  —  When MTV announced it was debuting a little television show called “Jersey Shore,” scores of Italian-Americans decried the program, claiming it promoted unhealthy ethnic stereotypes.  —  But in an appearance …
TMZ.com:
Beyonce's Dad Ordered to Pay Child Support  —  Beyonce's father, Mathew Knowles, has just been ordered to support baby Nixon, at least temporarily ... TMZ has learned.  —  An L.A. judge just ordered Knowles to pay $8,200 a month in child support, retroactive to February 1.
Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
‘Supernatural’ exclusive: Eric Kripke stepping down as showrunner  —  Aw, hell.  I had a bad feeling Supernatural's early season 6 renewal came with an asterisk.  —  Sources confirm to me exclusively that creator Eric Kripke will be stepping down as the CW drama's day-to-day showrunner next season.
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Oh No They Didn't!:
Chunks is gone  —  Basically, someone pretended to be a magazine editor and tricked Tila into thinking she had landed a photoshoot, only to cancel it for her “pregnancy” and replace her with Lady Gaga.  But then Tila ‘miscarried’ and sent this crazy ass emails to the “magazine editor” pleading for the job.
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TilaGnome / Tilas Rotspot:
BREAKING NEWS Tila NOT pregnant?! *GASP*
Discussion: Allie Is Wired and Ear Sucker
Michael K / Dlisted:
Tila Tecate Light Is No Longer Fake Pregnant
Discussion: Tilas Rotspot
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Keeping Up with the Kardashians: Kourtney Kicks Scott to the Curb  —  Another week, another blow-up on Keeping Up with the Kardashians!  —  In part one of the show's season finale, Kris and Scott found themselves on familiar turf, butting heads yet again over his maturity level.
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com and Perez Hilton
TMZ.com:
Tiger Woods Huddles Over Return to Golf  —  Tiger Woods went from his home in Isleworth, Florida yesterday to the bungalow he owns in the same gated community for a meeting with officials from the Tavistock Cup to talk about his next tournament, sources tell TMZ.  —  The meeting took place midday.
Discussion: Hollywood Life
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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Tiger Woods' Wife Won't Move Back In With Him
Discussion: Extra and Perez Hilton
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Oscar Spoilers: Best Original Song Artists Not Performing; But Contestants Invited From ‘So You Think You Can Dance?’  —  EXCLUSIVE: Oscarcast executive producers Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic have dropped a bombshell, telling artists nominated for Best Original Song that they won't be invited …
Joshua David Stein / Out.com Features:
Ewan McGregor: Filthy and Gorgeous  —  The Scottish actor has never been afraid to take chances, drop his trousers, or kiss a boy.  Now he comes clean.  —  Sydney, Ewan McGregor's sand-colored poodle mutt, is pooping on a well-kempt lawn in Los Angeles.  He eyes the horizon, birds chirp, and McGregor readies the bag.
Johnny Dodd / People.com:
Megan Hauserman's Haunting Memories of Reality TV Murder  —  Megan Hauserman's life seemed perfect: The University of Illinois at Chicago accounting graduate, who had appeared on a string of reality TV shows, was finally the star of her own series VH1's Megan Wants a Millionaire.
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
American Idol: Y'all Ready for...Paula Deen?!  —  American Idol may be cooking something up with Paula Deen.  —  A source tells me the Food Network star is in discussions to appear on the singing competition show.  —  “They started talking about two weeks ago,” the source says.
Discussion: Pop Crunch, Dlisted and Perez Hilton
PopEater:
‘We Are the World’ Raises Profits, Eyebrows  —  ‘We Are the World 25 for Haiti,’ a remake of the song originally recorded in 1985 to aid famine relief in Ethiopia, debuted at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.  The track is packed with star power; a wildly diverse chorus loaned their voices …
Discussion: Socialite Life
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Brothers & Sisters Recast: Melrose Place's Colin Egglesfield Is In!  —  Remember a few months ago when Melrose Place's too-sudden dismissal of resident stud Colin Egglesfield caused all sorts of commotion?  And remember how all we wanted was a place in our TV lineups for the former soap star to call home?
Discussion: TV Fanatic and From Inside the Box
 
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Laura Kalnicky / Life and Style:
Kelly Osbourne reveals her diet secret!
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Vermonster / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Mischa Barton Tokes And Runs Over Curb
Jada Yuan / New York Magazine:
Quentin Tarantino Is Not Out Campaigning for an Oscar, Nosiree
Larry Carroll / Splash Page:
EXCLUSIVE: James Cameron And Marc Webb Meet, Discuss 3-D ‘Spider-Man’
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Jersey Shore Feud: Ronnie & Sammi Hate Each Other
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Emily Smith / New York Post:
Partiers make off with Haring-tribute art
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TMZ.com:
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Amy Diluna / NY Daily News:
At size 4, Fashion Week model Coco Rocha, 21, is latest of many …
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From Mediagazer:

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
C-SPAN's own business choices keep the network from being offered on streaming TV platforms like YouTube TV, as it stays reliant on cable and satellite funding

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Memo: Spotify's head of podcast studios, Julie McNamara, is leaving the company after nearly three years, emphasizing Spotify's reduced ambitions in podcasts

Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times:
LAist initiates a voluntary buyout program for staff to avoid layoffs as it faces a “significant budget shortfall” ranging from $4M-$5M in the next two years

 
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