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11:30 AM ET, July 12, 2010

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Nick Cumming-Bruce / New York Times:
Swiss Reject U.S. Request to Extradite Polanski  —  GENEVA — Switzerland will not extradite the film director Roman Polanski to the United States to face charges of unlawful sex with a minor because of a possible fault in the American application for his extradition, Justice Minister Eveline …
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TMZ.com:
Roman Polanski Won't Be Extradited to U.S.  —  The Swiss government has denied a United States extradition request for Roman Polanski.  —  The Justice Ministry said Monday in a statement that national interests were taken into consideration in the decision, and that Polanski was now a free man
CNN:
Swiss won't extradite Polanski on child sex charge  —  (CNN) — Switzerland will not send Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski to the United States to face child sex charges, the Ministry of Justice announced Monday.  —  He is now free, the ministry said.
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Polanski free, Swiss reject US extradition request  —  BERN, Switzerland - The Swiss government declared renowned film director Roman Polanski a free man on Monday after rejecting a U.S. request to extradite him on a charge of having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl.
TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan's Lawyer: Persona Non Gratis  —  TMZ has learned Lindsay Lohan's new lawyer isn't her new lawyer anymore ... people connected with him say because he wouldn't work for free ... but we're hearing a very different story.  —  Stuart V. Goldberg met with Lindsay …
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Rob Shuter / PopEater:
Lindsay Lohan's Plan to Stay Out of Jail  —  Lindsay Lohan might have been sentenced to 90 days in the slammer last week by an angry judge, but that doesn't mean the troubled young actress is going to go down without a fight.  —  “Lindsay has no intention of going to jail,” a friend of the Lohan's tells me.
Discussion: Hollywood Dame
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Angelina Jolie: “I Love Speaking Russian”  —  Angelina Jolie has learned a new language of love.  —  “I love speaking Russian.  It's very, very hard.  I find it a very interesting sound because it can be so hard and strong and also very sensual and very beautiful,” says Jolie, 35 …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and PopSugar
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X17 Online:
Angelina Jolie And Brad Pitt Don't Sleep, Would Consider Marriage  —  Angelina Jolie talks to Cynthia McFadden for a Nightline special about her upcoming film Salt and reveals a little bit about the Jolie-Pitt household in the mornings — how she and Brad serve breakfast to the kids, “bartender"-style.
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Hitfix:
Exclusive: Edward Norton's agent responds to Marvel Chief's statement  —  ‘purposefully misleading, inappropriate attempt to paint our client in a negative light’  —  In what is turning out to be a dramatic parting of the ways, Edward Norton's agent has issued a statement to HitFix …
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Sistaelle / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Oksana Signed Away Right To Mel Gibson's Billion Dollar Fortune  —  Mel Gibson's baby mama Oksana Grigorieva signed a cohabitation agreement that locked her out of securing a slice of the Oscar winning director/actor's billion-dollar fortune, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.
Us Weekly:
PIC: Carrie Underwood Departs for Honeymoon!  —  Bon voyage!  —  After saying “I Do” in front of more than 200 guests in a luxe country ceremony in Georgia, Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher have jetted off on their honeymoon.  —  The newlyweds were spotted in Los Angeles' LAX airport Sunday afternoon.
Discussion: Bumpshack.com and Perez Hilton
Press Association:
Gwyn describes losing baby weight  —  Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed how she lost her baby weight.  —  The Oscar-winning actress, who is married to Coldplay singer Chris Martin, gave birth to their second child in 2006 and found it hard to regain her figure - but she said every woman could make time to burn off post-natal pounds.
TMZ.com:
Tiger Woods Files Daddy Dismissal Papers  —  Tiger Woods has fired back at porn star Devon James and her paternity claims — asking the court to throw the case out for one simple reason ... the kid ain't his.  —  As we first reported, James filed papers back in June alleging Woods was the father …
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: LaLa Vazquez, Carmelo Anthony Say “I Do”  —  It's official!  —  Actress and former MTV VJ LaLa Vazquez and NBA star Carmelo Anthony wed in New York City Saturday night, her rep confirms to UsMagazine.com exclusively.  Their 3-year-old son, Kiyan, escorted them to the altar.
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From Mediagazer:

Kayla Cobb / The Wrap:
Nielsen launches The Media Distributor Gauge, showing TV usage ranked by company: Disney accounted for 11.5% of TV viewing in April, YouTube accounted for 9.6%

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google will roll out AI overviews in search to all US users, starting this week, and in more countries soon; they will be available to 1B+ users by end of year

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts says Comcast plans to launch StreamSaver, a bundle of Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+, later this month at a “vastly reduced price”

 
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